In a Blue Mood

When I first put on Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys (Adamo ADS 9507) I received a jolt. The opening " Mr. Downchild ...

Little Boys Blue with Kid Memphis Hard Blue Space VizzTone Nothing fancy but some straight-ahead blues performances from the Memphis b...

Enjoying the Fish fry Tomorrow, July 14 DC Blues Society is presenting its 8th Annual Hotter Than July Fish Fry ‘n’ Blues at the Americ...

Arcola Records has issued a wonderful recording by Furry Lewis, Bukka White and Friends, Party! At Home . Recorded in Memphis in July 1968, ...

This is an older review from 2007 and I did select this recording to be an outstanding blues recording of 2007. It appeared in the March-Apr...

The Memphis based band led by Daddy Mack Orr has a new disc on inside Sounds, BluesStones , that brings the leader’s vocals and guitar toget...

Chester Arthur Burnett, known as Howlin' Wolf, was one of the seminal blues artists of all time. Sam Phillips who recorded Wolf’s earlie...

A fixture on Beale Street playing the Hammond B-3, with whom legendary guitarist Calvin Newborn would often join, Charlie Wood has a new I...

The following review came out a couple years ago in the May 2009 Jazz & Blues Report (Issue 316). My friend Chester Chandler is about t...

The veteran Charlie Musselwhite has returned to Alligator Records for his new CD, “ The Well .” A career that on record dates back to the mi...

If there is a Mount Rushmore of Blues Harmonica, than the four gentlemen who would be represented would be John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson; ...

If there is a Mount Rushmore of Blues Harmonica, than the four gentlemen who would be represented would be John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson; ...

In light of Memphis Gold's recent serious injury, it is appropriate to reprint my review that originally appeared in the D.C. Blues Cale...