Blues - CD Reviews (387)
It’s nice to watch an artist rise in popularity. Kay Kay Greenwade has done very well with her recent CDs. I’ve been fortunate to have reviewed her 2000 album featuring Abn…
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The first sentence in the booklet that accompanies this CD says-"Elmore James is electric blues slide guitar." After listening to this collection of 18 tracks from the crit…
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How good are Scott Holt and his band? Well, when you take into consideration that Chipped Front Tooth was recorded in one take in one day in the middle of a tour, yo…
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Strange Brew surely came up with their name because of the Cream song with the same name, which is not a hard one to figure out as they were one of the first big blues rock…
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I keep telling myself, no more tribute albums this year! Well I can make an exception if the album is devoted to guitar God Jimi Hendrix can’t I? Voodoo Crossing …
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The Black Keys are a duo from Ohio who without being at all purists draw upon that era of blues when the music was in the transition from rural to urban styles. The form wa…
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Delbert McClinton has come storming back into the collective music consciousness of the blues and country world once again with a new live album. With 19 tracks fill…
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Julien Kasper’s release, Flipping Time, introduces a down-home bluesy guitarist with a flair for funk and more than a nod to Jimi Hendrix. His tone is unique, his ta…
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Eric Thompson is back with another great album this year. The title Locally World Famous is an oxymoron. The irony of it fits Thompson so well, he is like the guy ne…
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There haven’t been many performers who can successfully work more than one of the proverbial sides of the street. Ray Charles has sung R&B, pop and country, and played jazz…
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Bakerloo was a blues power trio in a format that emulated Cream. Keith Baker (drums), Terry Poole (bass) and Dave "Clem" Clempson (guitar) combined to make a sophisticated …
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Lightnin’ Hopkins left his mark on the blues. Blues legend and lore will reflect upon his contributions to the culture and genre for many moons to come.Live at Ne…
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When I opened this CD, looked at the insert, and saw that it was mastered in Berkeley, California at the Fantasy Studios I knew that this had to be a quality recording.…
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The one band I thought of while listening to Carl Carlton and The Songdogs time after time was The Rolling Stones. Their influence is so obvious to me. While you may hear r…
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Ike Turner’s place in music is secure for his many contributions to the blues, rock, rhythm & blues and pop worlds. His website hails him as the Godfather of rock ’n’ roll;…
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Youthful and beautiful, Aurora Block plants her flag on the summit of being the finest female traditional blues guitarist and singer. After 15-plus recordings, Ms. Block fi…
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What’s Chicago’s most versatile, Native American headdress-wearing bluesman doing playing in tandem with America’s finest Mexican Wrestling League mask-wearing instrumental…
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This is the CD accompaniment/compliment to the Martin Scorsese-produced, Marc Levin-directed PBS documentary of the same name - if this film (due to be broadcast later this…
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If he’d been born just a little bit later, blues singer/guitarist/songwriter J.B. Lenoir (1929-1967), might’ve been an early rock & roll star like Chuck Berry. As it was, L…
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I am a big fan of the Rolling Stones and I always have been. When I saw "Exile On Blues ST" in my mailbox it got my attention. I must say that I am not exactly the p…
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