Blues - CD Reviews (387)
The once ultra rare South American blues-rock LP "Dias de Blues," originally released in 1972 in Argentina on the Discos De La Planta label, is a slice of electric blues La…
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History has plenty of characters that flash upon the cultural landscape like the proverbial shooting star - a bright, unforgettable flash, then gone, leaving only an afterg…
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TRYING TO GET HOME is the complete 1940 Library of Congress recordings in chronological order of Blind Willie McTell. These are his blues song compositions and arrangements…
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Here's a nice compilation of T-Bone Walker's 78s on various labels of the 1940s and 50s. Represented are the labels that make collectors drool. Consider Black & White, Rhum…
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Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (1912-1982) was born in Texas and picked up a guitar at the tender age of five. Several years later, he met the Dallas bluesman, Blind Lemon Jeffers…
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Somewhere along the line, maybe because he refused to paint himself into a tidy genre corner and instead fueled his voracious creative appetite with Tin Pan Alley standards…
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I’ll tell you right off the top that I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Ann Rabson’s second solo CD for a while. It arrived at my door today; the same day it hit…
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Modern electric blues usually bores me because -- like a lot of mainstream rock & roll and jazz -- it has become complacent and predictable. If you've listened to a lot of …
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Wow! This gal has a great set of powerful pipes. Zola kicks off the set with a candid blues titled "Meatgrinder" and the lyrics are anything but pretty but they certainly m…
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Rhino continues their Blues Masters Series with a great compilation of the music of the late Jimmy Reed (1925-1976). These sessions are from the period of 1953 through 1963…
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Since 1995, Corey Harris has released three solo records on Chicago’s Alligator label which stand out both because they blend the Delta blues sound with more contemporary R…
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Pianist/singer/songwriter Rosco Gordon is one of those figures in Blues and Rhythm & Blues history that has fallen through the cracks of history. In the 1950s - from whence…
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If you like blues with vocals and guitars, Acoustic Blues-Duo's CD release, 5TH STREET is bound to hit a happy chord in your imagination! This CD contains 50:30 minutes of …
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The NYC-based Music Magnet Media launches its new CD label, "Blues Magnet" this week with the release of this previously unissued privately recorded session from 1965.Lo…
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New Orleans-bred guitarist/singer Lonnie Johnson is a seminal figure in American music. Johnson played both blues and jazz (brilliantly), and was one of the first recorded …
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A darn near perfect greatest hits collection. Great for someone who says, "Yeah, I like blues, B.B.'s cool." Because after hearing this, their life won't be quite the same.…
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The story of blues singer Reverend Gary Davis is the stuff of which indie documentaries are made. Born in South Carolina in 1896, Davis - who lost his sight as a child - mi…
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Although placed in the blues style, this recording really defies categorization. It spans jazz, ballads, blues, gospel and boogie. This Arizona pianist & vocalist is a trul…
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For those who like their blues rich & creamy, warm, mellow,sensitive, sweet,and wildly innovative, please take a listen to the new winning cd of 14 selections by Katherine …
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Here's Joe Louis Walker, an extraordinary bluesman with a respect for his roots. His singing is rough and ready; his guitar keeps the listener's attention as there are no o…
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