Joe Louis Walker, Weight of the World, Forty Below Jimi “Primetime” Smith & Bob Corritore, The World in a Jug, SWMAF / VizzTone Eddie 9V, Capricorn, Ruf Buddy Guy, The Blues Don’t Lie, RCA / Silvertone Teresa James, With a Little Help from Her Friends, Blue Heart Barbara Blue, From the Shoals, BIG Blue Tas Cru, Riffin’ the Blue, Subcat Diane Blue All-Star Band, Live! At the Fallout Shelter, Regina Royale Angela Strehli, Ace of Blues, New West Damon Fowler, Live at the Palladium, Landslide Mud Morganfield, Portrait, Delmark Mississippi MacDonald, Heavy State Loving Blues, Another Pla ..read more

Buddy Guy, The Blues Don’t Lie, RCA / Silvertone Angela Strehli, Ace of Blues, New West Eddie 9V, Capricorn, Ruf Mud Morganfield, Portrait, Delmark Yates McKendree, Buchanan Lane, Qualified John Primer, Hard Times, Blues House Productions Diane Blue All-Star Band, Live! At the Fallout Shelter, Regina Royale Ben Levin, Take Your Time, VizzTone Barbara Blue, From the Shoals, BIG Blue Martin Lang and Rusty Zinn, Mr. Blues, Mr. Blues, Random Chance Vanessa Collier, Live at Power Station, Phenix Fire Mississippi MacDonald, Heavy State Loving Blues, Another Planet Music Teresa James, With a Little ..read more

BUDDY GUY The Blues Don’t Lie RCA/Silvertone Records – 19658-73152-2 The title of Guy’s electrifying new album is just right. In his sure hands, the blues never steer us wrong, never promise more than they deliver; in Guy’s hands, the blues deliver straight-ahead truths about life’s up and downs, and his incendiary guitar licks burn a hole in our soul and cleans us with their fire. The opening song of the album, I Let My Guitar Do the Talking, jumps out of its grooves with smoldering horns and screaming wah-wah lead runs. In this propulsive track, Guy tells the story of his life, pulling no pu ..read more

Buddy Guy, The Blues Don’t Lie, RCA / Silvertone Angela Strehli, Ace of Blues, New West Mud Morganfield, Portrait, Delmark John Primer, Hard Times, Blues House Productions John Németh, May Be the Last Time, Nola Blue Vanessa Collier, Live at Power Station, Phenix Fire Ben Levin, Take Your Time, VizzTone Yates McKendree, Buchanan Lane, Qualified Martin Lang and Rusty Zinn, Mr. Blues, Mr. Blues, Random Chance Annika Chambers and Paul DesLauriers, Good Trouble, VizzTone Ruthie Foster, Healing Time, Blue Corn Music Shemekia Copeland, Done Come Too Far, Alligator Rory Block, Ain’t Nobody Worried ..read more

LEE FIELDS Sentimental Fool Daptone – DAP-075 The continuing autumnal renaissance of soul singer Lee Fields is one of those heartwarming stories of overdue success and acclaim coming late in life that is impossible to imagine in pop or rock. As with Charles Brown and Professor Longhair, two artists who had scored minor hits in their youth yet found their greatest professional success only decades later, Fields (profiled in LB #252) is only now making the best music of a career stretching back more than half a century. As with his other recent outings, Sentimental Fool is a slice of undiluted v ..read more

Buddy Guy, The Blues Don’t Lie, RCA / Silvertone Angela Strehli, Ace of Blues, New West Mud Morganfield, Portrait, Delmark John Primer, Hard Times, Blues House Productions John Németh, May Be the Last Time, Nola Blue Annika Chambers and Paul DesLauriers, Good Trouble, VizzTone Ben Levin, Take Your Time, VizzTone Vanessa Collier, Live at Power Station, Phenix Fire Ruthie Foster, Healing Time, Blue Corn Music Rory Block, Ain’t Nobody Worried, Stony Plain Shemekia Copeland, Done Come Too Far, Alligator Martin Lang and Rusty Zinn, Mr. Blues, Mr. Blues, Random Chance Yates McKendree, Buchanan Lan ..read more

Buddy Guy, The Blues Don’t Lie, RCA / Silvertone John Primer, Hard Times, Blues House Productions John Németh, May Be the Last Time, Nola Blue Shemekia Copeland, Done Come Too Far, Alligator Rory Block, Ain’t Nobody Worried, Stony Plain Bob Corritore & Friends, You Shocked Me, SWAMF / VizzTone Mike Morgan and the Crawl, The Lights Went Out in Dallas, M. C. Records Ben Levin, Take Your Time, VizzTone Annika Chambers and Paul DesLauriers, Good Trouble, VizzTone Grant Dermody, Behind the Sun, Self Demetria Taylor, Doin’ What I’m Supposed to Do, Delmark Blue Moon Marquee, Scream, Holler & ..read more

SHEMEKIA COPELAND Done Come Too Far Alligator – AL5010 Done Come Too Far is the third album in Shemekia Copeland’s trilogy that includes America’s Child (2018) and Uncivil War (2020) and melds a signature approach to blues rock and Americana with socially conscious songs that target such issues as racism, gun violence, poverty, and gender discrimination. Essentially, the trilogy is a collaborative effort that melds Copeland’s talents as a singer with material and musical accompaniment tailor-made by producers and songwriters John Hahn and Will Kimbrough. As with the other albums, they recruit ..read more

Shemekia Copeland, Done Come Too Far, Alligator The Texas Horns, Everybody Let’s Roll, Blue Heart Bob Corritore & Friends, You Shocked Me, SWAMF / VizzTone Silent Partners, Changing Times, Little Village Foundation Charlie Musselwhite, Mississippi Son, Alligator John Németh, May Be the Last Time, Nola Blue Demetria Taylor, Doin’ What I’m Supposed to Do, Delmark The Phantom Blues Band, Blues for Breakfast, Little Village Foundation Janiva Magness, Hard to Kill, Fathead Harrison Kennedy, Thanks for Tomorrow, Electro-Fi Eric Clapton, Nothing But the Blues, Reprise Dylan Triplett, Who is He ..read more

Charlie Musselwhite, Mississippi Son, Alligator Kenny Neal, Straight from the Heart, Ruf Janiva Magness, Hard to Kill, Fathead Delbert McClinton, Outdated Emotion, Hot Shot / Thirty Tigers The Phantom Blues Band, Blues for Breakfast, Little Village Foundation Eric Clapton, Nothing But the Blues, Reprise Harrison Kennedy, Thanks for Tomorrow, Electro-Fi Johnny Sansone, Into Your Blues, Short Stack Kat Riggins, Progeny, Gulf Coast Silent Partners, Changing Times, Little Village Foundation Dylan Triplett, Who is He?, VizzTone Shemekia Copeland, Done Come Too Far, Alligator Anthony Geraci, Blues ..read more