In a Blue Mood

Charlie Sayles liners by Ron Weinstock Charlie Sayles has come away from playing blues on the Streets of New York and Washington, D.C. Today...

Robert Lockwood Jr. | Got To Find Me A Woman Verve It has been quite awhile since Robert Lockwood, Jr. had a new album, and for it to be on ...

I have been slow on writing new material, so here is a review from 1997, Bobby Patterson Second Coming Ultrax / Ichiban Bobby Patterson, who...

Jimmy Rushing The Bluesway Collection Charly (UK) The present collection from English Charly puts into one double record package, the two AB...

Here is a composite review of several Delmark Blues reissues that appeared in Issue 218 of the Jazz & Blues Report (1997). I likely rece...

Larry Garner Baton Rouge Verve / Gitanes | recall some statement by one of the new hot-shot teenage ‘blues’ guitarists out there responding ...

On the heels of their second batch of Original Blues Classics, Fantasy (under the guidance of Lee Hildebrand) has delved into the vaults of ...

Kurt Crandall - Starts on the Stops - YesterYear Records Kurt Crandall mailed his new CD (I believe his fourth album to me), and after givin...

Jose Ramirez - Major League Blues - Delmark Originally from Costa Rica, singer-guitarist-songwriter Jose Ramirez has been making a name for ...

This one is a totally unexpected release that is likely to be one of my favorite records of 1994. A  singer who this reviewer had never hear...

 James Reese Europe was born on February 22, 1981 in Mobile Alabama. "The Porduct of Our Souls" is one of several books about him ...

Trix Blues Reissues Here are four more releases from the reactivated Trix label. The albums by Big Chief Ellis, Honeyboy Edwards and Willie ...

This is the text of an article I wrote about Lil Ed that appeared in the August 1998 DC Blues Calendar , the the newsletter of the DC Blues ...

Ledisi Ledisi Sings Nina Listen Back Ledisi remembers waking up in New Orleans hearing her mother sing, "…and everybody knows about Mis...

  Just heard this sad news about Warner Williams. The first time I saw him was when the DC Blues Society and The House of Musical Traditions...

Lightnin' Hopkins -Shootin’ Fire - April 11, 1969 - Cicadelic Records A release of the legendary, and iconic Lightnin’ Hopkins that incl...

GAYE ADEGBALOLA Neo-Classic Blues HOT TODDY MUSIC This is Gaye Adegbalola’s most recent “embrace” of the classic blues and the classic blues...

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

Notes Hot & Blue - This was a column of reviews I wrote for the DC Blues Society's original newsletter, the DC Blues Calendar. This ...