Blues - CD Reviews (387)
Rick Woodward and Rick Seale call their music an acoustic gumbo, and rightly so, they are the Hoodoo Papas. This guitar duo from the heart of central Louisiana strut their …
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Alan Lomax made it his life's work to record "indigenous" music wherever he could get to it, especially in the good ol' U.S. of A. The 2-CD set Blues Songbook presen…
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Rounder Records have a winner on their hands with this new CD/DVD combo package. It’s a gem and the set includes everything a collector looks for. The liner notes by Chi…
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Shout! Factory sent along their "Heroes of The Blues" sampler CD introducing a series of six albums featuring Reverend Gary Davis, Furry Lewis, Son House, Ma …
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Every once in a while, a great blues anthology arrives on the scene. Blues Story is one of them. While most serious blues collectors will already own much of this ma…
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High Wire Act Live in St. Louis 2003 is Little Feat's first video in over 20 years. This DVD offers footage from The Pageant in St. Louis performance in August of 20…
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How could the blues possibly get any better than this? John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and a few of his old cronies, namely Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor, gather together to…
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The late Charles Brown (1922-1999) was/is one of the great pivotal figures in the history of blues and pop music. Brown sort of picked up where Nat "King" Cole left off whe…
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Future Blues: A Celebration of Paramount Records, is a debut album for Larchmont Recordings, founded by industry veterans, Joe Ferry and Charlie B. Dahan.This al…
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John Lee Hooker is a name synonymous with the blues. Just like B.B. King, Lightnin’ Hopkins and many others, Hooker developed his own style that afforded him a special nich…
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When I listened to the Edgar Winter CD Live At The Galaxy I was quite pleased with what I heard, then I watched and listened more intently to the DVD. This is the fi…
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Eagle Records (a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment) has Got Blues for you! Fifteen tracks from some of the most recognized names in the business give their contri…
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The old grey mare ain’t what he used to be.... that is what many folks are saying about Peter Green these days. I agree that he is not the guitar player he once was, howeve…
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When it comes to the giants/legends/big figures of Blues, the names usually bandied about are Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Charley Patton and Robert Johnson - and well th…
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Gary Moore is back in a big way with a rockin’ set of songs on a DVD and CD titled Live At Monsters of Rock. Moore’s legacy reaches back prior to the glory days of T…
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The man may be gone but his music certainly is not. John Lee Hooker was working on a new album before he died and this is it, you get to meet him Face To Face one la…
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Several tracks are written by Dave Costarella, who also does the lead vocals on manysongs, giving this album a lively combination of ballads and instrumentals.Take me…
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More Jack Than God is a thought provoking title is it not? Jack Bruce is back with another studio effort and it is his finest work in a very long time. Actually, I t…
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I remember when In Session with Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan was first released. I could not wait to hear it. It was everything I could have hoped for and more…
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B.U.F.O.-Blues United Fighting Organization, was an ultra rare acetate recorded by the Swiss based blues-rock band Toad in 1970. They were one of the better European…
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