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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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Nov 18, 2007

• Music Review: Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan On The Jimmy Reed Highway

  ...a great CD filled with superlative performances by great musicians.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Nov 17, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Nov 15, 2007

• Interview: Blues Guitarist Lurrie Bell

  "I wouldn’t change a thing; music is my life and always will be."

  Interview by Richard Marcus — on Nov 10, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Nov 09, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Oct 24, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Oct 13, 2007

• 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

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Sep 29, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Sep 20, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Sep 17, 2007

• Music Review: Melvin Taylor - Dirty Pool

  Blues guitarman extraordinaire Melvin Taylor just might be Chicago's best kept secret.

  Review by Pico — on Sep 01, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Aug 25, 2007

• Music Review: Robben Ford - Truth

  Your standard, basic Robben Ford album. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

  Review by Pico — on Aug 07, 2007

• 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

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Aug 03, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Jul 12, 2007

• 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.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Jul 11, 2007

• 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

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Jul 09, 2007

• 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.

  Review by T. Michael Testi — on Jun 27, 2007

• Concert Review: Watermelon Slim And The Workers – Route 66 Road House, Oklahoma City, OK 06/01/2007

  At the end of the day, what you have is a group of guys that just want to make good music.

  Review by T. Michael Testi — on Jun 04, 2007

• Music Review: John Lisi and Delta Funk - Dead Cat Bounce & Cashman - Texassippi Stomp

  Two new hard-hitting blues albums from 219 Records.

  Review by El Bicho — on May 30, 2007