Blues Posts

Excello Singles Anthology
Slim Harpo

TRY! Live in Concert
John Mayer
unlikely guitar god

The Pentangle
Pentangle
British sophisti-folkies

The Howlin' Wolf Album
Howlin' Wolf
He didn't like it.

Funeral For Justice
Mdou Moctar

Slowhand
Eric Clapton

Mose Allison Sings
Mose Allison
a distinctive voice

Burnin
John Lee Hooker
Blues before sunrise

Amassakoul
Tinariwen
Desert blues

Hung Down Head
Lowell Fulson
fulson prism blues

Pierre Barouh and the Saravah Sound
Various
vive la chanson

In Step
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
A monster of a blues record

Rough And Rowdy Ways
Bob Dylan
A Master Class

Root Cause
Cleo Reed
A memoir

I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone
it does.

Decca Singles Vol 1
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
gutsy early gospel

Nach'l Blues
Taj Mahal
modern classic blues

Atlanta Twelve String
Blind Willie McTell
A step back in time

A Southern Gothic
Aida Victoria
southern roots

Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
a rootsy interpolation

Wary + Strange
Amythyst Kiah
a bluesy shot in the arm

Dire Straits
Dire Straits
a strong debut for a soon-to-be-great band

Walkin' This Road By Myself
Lightnin' Hopkins
old school blues, rebooted

Strictly A One-Eyed Jack
John Mellencamp
Old Man Logan sings the blues

At The Gate of Horn
Odetta

The Best of Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters