In a Blue Mood

EDDIE CUSIC LITTLE MILTON WILL TELL YOU 'BOUT HIM The Blues in its approximately 100 years has been a music found in the back woods as w...

There are two recent John Lee Hooker greatest hits compilations worth noting. Rhino Records has issued a collection of recordings that spa...

Big Joe Williams The Original Ramblin' Bluesman, 1945-1961 Jasmine Bon Fisher observes, in the liner notes to this two-CD collection o...

Son House John the Revelator: Chicago to London Town The Devil's Tunes Eddie 'Son' House was one of the pillars of the Delta B...

Hayes McMullan Everyday Seem Like Murder Here Light in the Attic Records Gayle Dean Wardlow was traveling in Black communities in his ...

John Lee Hooker Everybody’s Blues Specialty Fantasy has issued the second of its Specialty John Lee Hooker reissues, Everybody’s Blues . ...

Cedell Davis  The Best Of  Fat Possom / Capricorn  Arkansas blues artist CeDell Davis is one of the more unique practitioners of slide...

Calvin Frazier This Old World’s In A Tangle Laurie This disc is is Laurie Records’ second reissue of Library of Congress field recordi...

SAM CARR’S DELTA JUKES   Let The Good Times Roll SPV BLUE Son of the legendary Robert Nighthawk, Sam Carr is in his seventh decade as ...

Nehi is a new English label devoted to reissues of pre-World War II country blues and takes it name from an American manufacturer of soda ...

Mississippi born guitarist Dave Riley and harmonica wizard Bob Corritore have just issued their third CD, the traditionally rooted Hush Y...

Catfish & Cotton: Driving Down The Blues Highway  by brothers Luc & Marc Borms is a self-published, wonderfully illustrated accou...

The Modern Record labels are perhaps best known for classic blues and R&B recordings by the likes of Hadda Brooks, The Cadets, Ett...

Corey Harris’ recent performances at the Pennsylvania Blues Festival reinforced this writer’s view that he is amongst the foremost acous...

One of the greatest bluesmen of all time, Elmore James is the subject of a new collection of his later recordings on the reactivated Budd...

Bluesman Big George Brock won acclaim for his debut disc, Club Caravan. Round Two (Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc.) is his foll...

Muddy Waters was a towering perfumer who I had the opportunity to see a number of times ranging from him opening for Moby Grape at Central P...

Corey Harris certainly has distinguished himself over the years with his blues and world music recordings. Back in February, I looked back...