In a Blue Mood

Buddy Tate was both a band mate of, and successor to, fellow Texas tenor saxophonist Herschel Evans. Both had played together in Troy Floy...

There is an appealing weariness in Freddy Cole’s treatment of a Bobby Bland recording “This Time I’m Gone For Good,” that is on  his new H...

With a six decade career that includes associations with such iconic artists as Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Sun Ra, Ben Webster, Ken...

Produced by Duke Robillard, Billy Boy Arnold’s new Stony Plain recording “ The Blues Soul of Billy Boy Arnold ” has him performing songs h...

“ Still on the Levee ” (Homunculus Music/Mighty Albert) is a double disc retrospective of Chris Smither’s 50 odd year career in new June 2...

It has been years since Billy Branch’s last recording, a Japanese CD shared with guitarist Carlos Johnson, a decade ago. Thankfully Blind ...

I found Linsey Alexander’s first Delmark album, “ Been There Done That ” to be “the most impressive blues recording which is one of the fi...

A welcome re-release by Delmark from the Sackville label is Don Pullen’s Richard’s Tune . Originally released in 1975 as “Solo Piano Album...

The Delta Swing is a fine original as Harpe calls listeners out to go swinging from Cambridge to Memphis. It is played with a relaxed gro...

Pierre Lacocque's Mississippi Heat have a new release on Delmark, Warning Shot , that will be welcomed by the band's fans and like...

Delmark's latest releases include a re-release of Jump Records Early Tunes 1915-1932 by The Evergreen Classic Jazz Band. Originally i...

  Blues Boulevard’s new Lucky Peterson album I’m Back Again is a release of music from the excellent DVD/CD set on BlackbirdMusic/ So...

Today's blog is devoted to simply presenting a number of renditions of a song most associated with Leroy Carr, How Long, How Long Blues ...

Of course it is simplistic to describe The Cookers as an band of Hard Bop All Stars, but certainly the music here has its roots in the ove...

Corey Harris’ Fulton Blues , originally issued by Corey, has been reissued with a couple of bonus tracks added on Blues ...

It has been a couple of years since The Nighthawks had a new recordings and EllerSoul has just issued 444 . This is the second CD since dr...

John Mayall returns with his first album in 5 years, “A Special Life” (Forty Below Records) with Rocky Athas on guitar; Greg Rzab on bass ...

Ruthie Foster is one of the most thrilling singers in American vernacular music today. A singer and songwriter with roots in gospel and cl...

B.B. King: The Life of Riley (Emperor Media/MVDVisual) is a documentary film by John Brewer that traces the King of the Blues career from...

Raised as a classical pianist, exposure to Dave Brubeck’s Take Five at the age of 9, turned Christian Jacob onto jazz. The pianist contin...