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Music Review: Luther Allison Underground
Luther puts on a clinic for anybody who wants to learn how to build a lead.
Music Review: Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan On The Jimmy Reed Highway
...a great CD filled with superlative performances by great musicians.
Music Review: Bob Brozman - Post Industrial Blues
A recording that utilizes instruments from around the world and from different eras in history to make a thoroughly contemporary CD.
Interview: Blues Guitarist Lurrie Bell
"I wouldn’t change a thing; music is my life and always will be."
Music Review: The Musicians Of New Orleans City Of Dreams: A Collection Of New Orleans Music
New Orleans might go from being a City Of Dreams to be the city that lives only in our dreams.
Music DVD Review: A Journey Through The Blues: The Son Seals Story
These folk loved what they did to the extent that they sacrificed their lives and their health for their music.
Music Review: Lurrie Bell - Let's Talk About Love
It's not often that popular music can transcend personal tragedy with dignity and sincerity, but Lurrie Bell has done just that.
Music Review: Deering & Down - Break This Record
This soulful duo prove there is still gold up in the tundra, you just have to look for it different places now
Music Review: Sleepy John Estes - Sleepy John Estes On The Chicago Blues Scene
You can buy this disc for its historical significance...but the best reason for getting a copy is that it's great music.
Music Review: Big Mama Thornton - Big Mama Thornton
Almost every female singer of popular music who performs rock and roll owes a debt of gratitude to Big Mama Thornton.
Music Review: Melvin Taylor - Dirty Pool
Blues guitarman extraordinaire Melvin Taylor just might be Chicago's best kept secret.
Music Review: Stacy Mitchhart Gotta Get The Feeling Back Again
Stacy Mitchhart plays some of the best down to earth Blues music I've heard in a long time.
Music Review: Robben Ford - Truth
Your standard, basic Robben Ford album. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Music DVD Review: Koerner, Ray, & Glover Blues, Rags & Hollers: The Koerner, Ray & Glover Story
Blues, Rags & Hollers: The Koerner, Ray & Glover Story is a great tribute to three fine musicians who might have fallen through the cracks of memory without it
Music DVD Review: Tail Dragger: My Head Is Bald - Live at Vern's Friendly Lounge
My Head Is Bald by Tail Dragger is an experience that shouldn't be missed by anyone who loves and adores the Blues.
Music Review: Harry "The Hipster" Gibson - Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?
Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? is a fitting tribute to a consummate artist.
Music Review: Gina Sicilia Allow Me To Confess
"Allow Me To Confess" has gone a long way to restoring my confidence in the next generation of Blues musicians
Music Review: Watermelon Slim - The Wheelman
If you want a taste of what real blues are made of you need to look no father than The Wheelman.
At the end of the day, what you have is a group of guys that just want to make good music.
Music Review: John Lisi and Delta Funk - Dead Cat Bounce & Cashman - Texassippi Stomp
Two new hard-hitting blues albums from 219 Records.
