Blues - CD Reviews (387)
Injection of pure blues hits the surface with one spin of the new release of the Zen Blues Quartet (titled the same) from Shunyata Records. Stinging and crafty displays …
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Here’s a debut CD by a rough and ready newcomer to the California blues scene. Michele Lundeen is the first-place winner of the San Diego Blues Challenge and …
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The cover art on Mojo Stu’s new CD pictures his National Reso-Phonic, an instrument that’s always as easy on the eyes as it is on the ears. The Philadelphia s…
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The Chicago Blues Reunion wants to make sure you are Buried Alive In The Blues when you attend one their concerts. Not just anyone can pull off something so power…
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After many years leading free-jazz tinged units spiced with Ornette Coleman patented harmolodics and rocking electric blues, guitar innovator and vocalist James Blood Ul…
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In his 5th CD, New Orleans bluesman Mem Shannon carries on the traditions of the Crescent City’s music. While the city’s musical styles differ widely, the sound is i…
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Smokey Robinson's status as a singer and songwriter of rhythm and blues is the same as Sugar Ray Robinson achieved in boxing: the undisputed champion. My World: The Defi…
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Recorded "Live" at the Running Horse, Nottingham, UK on Saturday September 18th 2004Release date 3rd March 2005 http://www.therunninghorse.ukpub.net/…
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Coining the phrase Bluezion for his versatile down-home jazz and blues inspired grooves, saxman James Evans has reached a new pinnacle in his career. Evans played…
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Coining the phrase Bluezion for his versatile down-home jazz and blues inspired grooves, saxman James Evans has reached a new pinnacle in his career. Evans played…
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Here’s a fine budget priced sampler from NorthernBlues Music. The five-year-old Toronto company is owned and operated by a devoted blues fan. Fred Litwin jumped into…
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Here’s a fine new CD to tempt the palates of traditional and electric blues aficionados. Two outstanding New England guitarists team up for a kick-ass blues party with some…
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Solomon Burke, the self-professed king of rock and soul, lives up to his billing with a new album titled Make Do With What You Got. The man recorded his first album …
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Duke Ellington’s highest compliment for someone was "beyond category," a rarefied level where "categorizations," labels, appellations, etc. mean little or nothing. Ray Char…
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Singer/guitarist Rory Block has been at it for awhile now - "it" being the business of playing & singing the blues, with particular emphasis on country blues (also known as…
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Here’s an important blues release for fans of Hubert Sumlin. About Them Shoes is a collection of the guitarist’s recent material featuring some big name guests. With…
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February saw NorthernBlues release new CDs by two Cuban born bluesmen. It’s an invasion! Both Eddie Turner and…
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The Downchild Blues Band, Canada’s ’Premiere Blues Band’ for the past 35 years, has recently released their brand new, Juno-nominated CD, …
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To paraphrase Myron Cohen, "Everybody got to come from someplace" -- Charlie Parker begat Cannonball Adderley and Phil Woods, Thelonious Monk begat Andrew Hill, and so on. …
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When you listen to the many different types of jazz, do you ever wonder how jazz came to be? Where were its roots? How did it evolve? It mainly started with the progression…
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