In a Blue Mood

Watermelon Slim Traveling Man Northern Blues Watermelon Slim's new recording is a 2-CD set of live solo performances of him on voc...

Watermelon Slim Church of the Blues NorthernBlues Music This is the 13th album by William P. Homans, better known as Watermelon Slim, ...

  Johnny Jones Blues Is In The House NorthernBlues Music NBM 0007 A Fool Never Learns/ Girlfriend Blues/ I’m Gonna Love You/ Stacked...

Northern Blues has treated us to the latest release by the Cuban born, Canadian raised harmonica wizard Carlos del Junco, Steady Movin...

Janiva Magness has certainly established herself in the past few years as among the finest singers of blues and classic rhythm & blues. ...

Watermelon Slim has emerged as a hot act in the blues and roots music realm. This is the final of three reviews I have written of his record...

Watermelon Slim has emerged as a hot act in the blues and roots music realm. This is the second of three reviews of his music from the past ...

Watermelon Slim has emerged as a hot act in the blues and roots music realm. This is the first of three  reviews of his music that I have wr...

Still in his twenties, Samuel James has become in just a few years a prominent name in the world of acoustic blues. Born in a musical family...

This is a slightly changed review that appeared in Jazz & Blues Report (Sept 2009- Issue 320). Since winning the Blues Foundation’s Int...

The following review was published in the August 2009 (issue 319) Jazz & Blues Report (the whole issue can be downloaded as a pdf file ...

Its a pleasure to put on something from a band that one had not previously been familiar with, and take notice.The new album by The Twisters...

I must confess that I was not overwhelmed by the initial album by The Homemade Jamz Blues Band and seeing them play live, my impression was ...

This is another review from late 2001 with minor editing of original to correct it. This CD is also available and as stated in the review, i...