In a Blue Mood

Notes Hot & Blue - This was a column of reviews I wrote for the DC Blues Society's original newsletter, the DC Blues Calendar. This ...

These reviews originally appeared in the June 1978 Buffalo Jazz Report (Issue 52). I do not recall if I purchased these or received review ...

Today's short playlist is devoted to several renditions of " Catfish Blues ," a song first recorded by Robert Petway in 1941 a...

Muddy Waters Blues Band Mud In Your Ear Douglas Douglas Records has made available on compact disc, “Mud In Your Ear”, 15 selecti...

Muddy Waters (real name McKinley Morganfield) was one of the greatest of all the post-World War II blues artists associated with the city of...

This installment of Take 5 looks at five songs by the popular Blues Hall of Famer, Junior Wells. Wells was a significant part of the post-Wo...

Various Artists Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969 Third Man Records To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the legendary Ann Arbor Blues Festiva...

Muddy Waters Paris 1972 Pablo A part of Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic Series of recordings (that includes albums by Ray Charles ...

If one closes one eyes while listening to For Pops | A Tribute to Muddy Waters the new Severn Records release by Mud Morganfield & Ki...

This is my blues column from the March 1977 Buffalo Jazz Report which had Benny Goodman on the cover. My column was relatively lengthy, ...

Otis Spann is among my favorites as a blues performer, not simply as a blues pianist. I had the pleasure of doing this review which appe...

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...

An import reissue of the late George ‘Harmonica’ Smith’s first album, Blues With A Feeling - A Tribute To Little Walter (BGO) is welcome ...

Back in 2004 I did a review of Sony/Legacy reissues of Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter albums. The review originally appeared in the Novembe...

Following up the acclaimed and award-winning reissue, Muddy ‘Mississippi’ Waters Live , Sony/Legacy recently reissued the three studio album...

Trombonist Chris Barber has been a mainstay of the British trad jazz scene for over five decades. With Lonnie Donegan he helped lunch the sk...

2008-0429_Ponderosa_Stomp-610 , a photo by NoVARon on Flickr. We mourn the passing of Iverson Minter, better known as Louisiana Red on Feb...

1999 brought a treat to Blues Lovers when Blind Pig issued previously unissued recordings by Muddy waters, The Lost Tapes. I wrote the foll...

Occasionally one sees a write-up on music that strikes one as wrong-headed. In this case, the normally astute Tim Niland, on his blog Music ...

Blues singer-guitarist Bob Margolin has self-published an e-book, Steady Rollin’ (Vizz-Tone) compiled mostly from pieces he has contributed...