In a Blue Mood

Mavis Staples Live in London Self-Produced This gem of a live performance was recorded by the great Mavis Staples at London's Unio...

Bryan Lee Sanctuary Earrelevant Records Some of my most memorable experiences listening to blues live (as well as listening to blues r...

Leo Bud Welch The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name Easy Eye Sound This is the final recordings by the late Mississippi blues and gos...

Marie Knight The Gospel Truth Live M.C. Records A surprise is this posthumous concert recording by the late great Gospel singer, Marie...

Race Records and the American Recording Industry 1919-1945: An Illustrated History Allan Sutton Mainspring Press, Littleton, Co. 2016: 366...

Washington Phillips Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams Atlanta GA: Dust-To-Digital 2016: 76 pages plus16 track CD Atlanta-b...

Fans of gospel music with a bluesy twist may find a new album by the Canadian gospel trio, The Sojourners, Sing And Never Get Tired  (Litt...

An unexpected delight is Daptone Records release of a CD from an a cappella trio of gospel singers, The Como Mamas, Get An Understanding...

One of the highlights from this summer’s Pocono Blues Festival (2004) was the performance by Mavis Staples. Her ...

A new release by The Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in New Orleans (Time-Life) has the legendary gospel singers in the Crescent City where t...

A new Lurrie Bell recording, The Devil Ain’t Got No Music (Aria B.G. Records), represents a double departure from Bell’s prior recordings...

Singing comes naturally to the McCrary Sisters, daughters of the late Rev. Samuel McCrary --  one of the original members of the legendary g...

A recent post on Memphis Gold noted the deep influence his upbringing in the Church of God in Christ had on his music. When chatting about ...

Its just been over ten years since Arhoolie Records issued its first anthology of the sacred steel music tradition. In the intervening decad...

Fans of Sister Rosetta Tharpe may be familiar with the name Marie Knight whose alto could be heard with Tharpe’s soprano and guitar on such ...

Brother Joe May Thunderbolt Of The Middle West Specialty The first time I heard this Brother Joe May Specialty album, (reviewed in Jazz ...

The Holmes Brothers new Alligator album, State of Grace , is another solid disc by brothers Wendell and Sherman Holmes and drummer Popsy Dix...