In a Blue Mood

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...

After the sale of Chess to GRT and its eventual demise, the best place for Little Milton was to join the Stax where he produced several albu...

It says so much about highly Cuban singer Issac Delgado is regarded, that his new CD, “LOVE,” (Calle 54 Records), is the first tribute to Na...

2010-0904 DC Blues Festival-9046363 , originally uploaded by NoVARon . Diunna Greenleaf and the Blue Mercy Band, with Jonn Richardson on gu...

“Drum Lore” (BJURecords) is an auspicious recording by Owen Howard, a member of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground. As Howard explains, the genes...

Jazz Wax is a fascinating blog by Mark Myers.  Today he ran an interesting blog entry inspired by the donation of the Savory Collection to ...

2010-0826 Kenny Neal at Surf Club Live-8265928 , originally uploaded by NoVARon . Not a completely accurate title insofar as Surf Club Live...

Sunday August 29 will be (I believe) the 90th Birthday of one Charlie Parker, a musical trail brazer, who life and music has been recounted,...

Eden Brent certainly has emerged as one of the most promising new artists in the blues world. Most recently she was the winner of the Pineto...

Following the very successful CD “Things About Comin’ My Way: A Tribute to the Music of The Mississippi Sheiks”, Black Hen Music has just re...

The blues certainly developed an audience and players around the world. Guitarist Igor Prado hails from Brazil and his latest recording (and...

I was not familiar with Mitch Kashmar until his fine recent Delta Groove releases. But he has been playing and singing the blues for several...

One of the most interesting pieces of news this week was the NY Times article on the donation of the Bill Savory collection of nearly 1000 ...

I have long owned the LP, “ Louisiana Red Sings The Blues ,” in its original Atco release. Recently the 2007 Wounded Bird reissue of it  was...

Back in 1987, the Dutch Double Trouble label put out a terrific LP by Eddie King & Mae Bee Mae, “The Blues Has Got Me.” It documented a ...

Several months ago, This writer purchased a CD by a West Coast based singer, Alabama Mike, that I had been unfamiliar with. The disc, “Day T...

Bob Corritore has been championing blues for four decades, first while living in Chicago and producing albums by under-recorded harmonica ma...

Guitarist Steve Freund established himself as part of the Chicago scene several decades ago working with blues legends like Sunnyland Slim. ...

Willie Buck is a Mississippi-born, Chicago resident since the 1950s who is a solid Chicago blues singer who has been part of that City’s clu...

Andy Cohen has been playing older music styles on guitar, piano, dolceola and assorted instruments for several decades now and has a number ...