In a Blue Mood

This is a review that I wrote in Fall 2006 and published in the November-December 2006 Jazz & Blues Report ( Issue 288). I will be posti...

This is a review that I wrote in Fall 2006 and published in the November-December 2006 Jazz & Blues Report ( Issue 288). I will be posti...

This is a review that I wrote in Fall 2006 and published in the November-December 2006 Jazz & Blues Report (Issue 288). I will be posti...

Veronica Lewis - You Ain't Unlucky - Blue Heart Records " You Ain't Unlucky " is an auspicious debut by a young New Englan...

Kenny' Blues Boss' Wayne Go, Just Do It! Stony Plain Records " Go, Just Do It! " is the latest album by the veteran blue...

Best known as Muddy Waters' pianist after Otis Spann left, Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins also spent time with the King Biscuit ...

Otis Spann Someday Silk City An album of previously unissued Otis Spann performances, “ Someday ” (Silk City), is welcome, but ala...

Legendary blues pianist and singer Henry Gray passed away on February 17 at the age of 95. The Louisiana native was an important part of the...

Henry Gray at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Just got word that blues pianist and singer Henry Gray passed away at th...

Bruce Katz Solo Ride American Showplace Music An album of solo blues piano without vocals might be as challenging for a listener as th...

Ben Levin Before Me VizzTone Listening to Ben Levin, one might believe as annotator Mark Thompson observes, is a "product of deca...

Henry Townsend and Roosevelt Sykes Blues Piano and Guitar: Washington University, Graham Chapel, 1973 Omnivore Recordings Having recen...

Anthony Geraci Why Did You Have To Go Shining Stone Records Pianist and organist Anthony Geraci brings his four decades plus experienc...

Dave Keyes The Healing Keyesland Records I am familiar with Dave Keyes from his work as a sideman behind the likes of Slam Allen, Alexis S...

Pinetop Perkins Portrait Of A Delta Bluesman Omega While there hasn’t been a shortage of Pinetop Perkins albums in recent months, this...

Ace Records in the UK recently reissued a number of recordings that came out on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman and related labels. Inclu...

“ 50 Shades of Blues ” is a new Delta Groove recording by keyboard wizard Anthony Geraci and The Boston Blues All Stars. Geraci is best k...

  Bob Corritore has been championing the greats of blues, especially Chicago blues, for several decades. Host of a terrific blues radio ...

  Since he moved back to Louisiana a few decades ago, former Howlin Wolf pianist Henry Gray has kept playing but has never enjoyed the l...

Delmark Records posted in Facebook that pianist Aaron Moore has passed away. Here is my review of his Delmark album,  Boot ‘Em Up!,  that...