In a Blue Mood

Larry Davis -  Funny Stuff -  Rooster Blues Best known for the original recording of "Texas Flood," which was popularized by Stev...

Cephas & Wiggins Homemade Alligator Records  I’m sure many of your are already familiar with the talents of John Cephas, one of to...

Various Artists It's The Best Stuff Yet Frog Records UK This is a double CD set of rare Piedmont blues packaged in a DVD sized box...

Various Classic Piedmont Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways A new acoustic blues compilation from Smithsonian Folkways d...

I was pleasantly surprised to see an article in the current  Living Blues of John Jackson's nephew. Jeff Sc...

As Jeff Place, who with Barry Lee Pearson compiled Classic Appalachian Blues (Smithsonian-Folkways) states, the ‘Classic’ series on Smit...

As you may be aware, I am a fan of Piedmont blues stylist Ernie Hawkins and earlier in 2012, I posted a review of his most recent recordin...

In the nineties, Gene Rosenthal was especially active in making available his recordings (some previously unissued) on compact discs. On...

Here is another older review (with a few stylistic changes that originally appeared in the DC Blues Calendar , then the DC Blues Society’s...

I recently had the pleasure to see Michael Roach at a performance in Falls Church, Virginia. Mike and I had an association with the DC Blu...

One of the latest recordings issued by the Music Maker Foundation is the debut of Shelton Powe, Carolina Blues and Gospel . While his earlie...

One can certainly appreciate the work of Tim Duffy and the Music Maker Foundation. The Foundation’s efforts to assist and promote mostly sou...

North Carolina bluesman, Richard ‘Big Boy’ Henry is among the blues artists that have been assisted with the Music Maker Relief Foundation. ...

Empire Musicwerks issued back in 2007, Josh White Comes A-Visiting Big Bill Broonzy Comes A-Singing , which makes available on CD music orig...

I had the privilege of knowing that late John Cephas as well as Phil Wiggins who were cornerstone’s of the Washington DC and vicinity blues ...

Living in the Washington DC area, I have had the pleasure of knowing the late John Cephas and Phil Wiggins. Phil Wiggins met Cephas at a Smi...

I was at John Jackson ’s last performance on New Year’s Eve, 2001 as part of the City of Falls Church Virginia’s annual celebration. Alter...

I have written about the Music Maker Relief Foundation several times ( such as here ) and the activities they undertake on behalf of blues a...

One of the masters of acoustic finger-style guitar in the Piedmont tradition, the legendary Reverend Gary Davis exerted considerable influen...

John jackson's Last Performance-105 , originally uploaded by NoVARon . I found out this past weekend that Smithsonian Folkways will be i...