Blues - CD Reviews (387)
Tupelo Mississippi has always been know as the birthplace of the King of Rock and Roll, but now it can also be known as the birthplace of the new King of the Blues, Will…
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Tab Benoit is really at his best live at a nice crazy venue like the Rock ‘n Bowl in New Orleans, jamming like mad on the guitar, breaking string after string after string …
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Whether the mood calls for blues or jazz, there is a sultry appeal when a vocalist can master both genres with ease. As strong as some of the greats may have been, Margu…
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British blues legend John Mayall’s musical persona might be akin to jazz drummer/bandleader Art Blakey’s mentoring of those who possess raw talent and display the goods …
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Linda Hopkins released her first album in 25 years on her 82nd birthday in mid-December, 2006. She’s a very gutsy gal and still puts whitecaps on the beer when she shouts t…
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If what you want is solid blues and soul from a champion piano player who lit up the Louisiana blues/soul scene in the 70s, Bobby Powell is your man. As notable a vocali…
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Warm, passionate, deep toned clarity, and melodically strewn are some of the essential ingredients found in acoustic blues-pop vocals and broths. Ben Carroll’s debut alb…
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Joe Bonamassa can only be described as a prodigy. How else would you describe someone who performed with BB King at age 12 and John Lee Hooker at 14? Since then, Bonamas…
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It has always struck me as a bit of an oxymoron that Bob Dylan a man whose speech you could seldom understand is considered a legendary songwriter and performer. Another…
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Now, here’s some great jazz-blues originally recorded in the late 1970s, showcasing a marvelous collaboration between the legendary Hank Crawford and jazz-blues buddy Calvi…
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While Sugarcane Collins is not a well-known blues name in the US, the release of this album might change that. Hailing from Cairns, Queensland, Australia, this guitarist…
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The late great song sleuth Townes Van Zandt cited singer/composer David Olney as one of his favorites. And accolades have been bestowed upon him with similarities pertai…
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Funk-n-Blues is an authentic blue-collar blues album that too seldom is heard any more. After all, no longer is there a real B-3 organ circuit that covered…
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In recent years, there seems to be a greater "above-ground," i.e., not limited to die-hard fans and collectors, awareness and appreciation of "roots music." It includes …
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For those of you who at sometime in your life have experienced the joys and angst of dieting, you may recall just how mouthwatering good that slice of pie or piece of ch…
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"We weren't a club or promoters, we were blues fanatics." Clifford Antone remarks about his legendary blues club of the same name in the documentary Antone's House of Bl…
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Native American, front-man and guitarist-vocalist Mato Nanji is often seen as the next coming of past and present icons Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. An arguable notion…
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Magnificent rhythm can grab you every time. If the rhythm in this recording doesn’t penetrate your soul and you can’t hear the message, I would say that something is ser…
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JW-Jones is back with his fourth release for the NorthernBlues label. The young band from Ottawa impressed everyone with their 2002 disc Bogart’s Bounce and followed…
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Wow! One thing that can be definitely said about this CD: It has attitude! The common threads throughout feature searing guitar riffs by the group’s namesake that are th…
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