Blues - CD Reviews (387)
It's been kept from The People far too long -- they don't teach in school, they act like it never happened in Jazz College and Jazz Academia, 60 Minutes has yet to d…
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Bluesman Paul Reddick follows up his highly successful 2002 effort titled Rattlebag with even better session. Villanelle has a wonderful down-home feel…
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Janiva Magness is making here presence known. Although the Detroit bred blues belter grew up in the east, her success seemed limited to the west where she enjoys hig…
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Tony Monaco is a superb musician and his performances with the Hammond organ are incredibly perfect, classy, and filled to the brim with much sensitivity. In FIERY BLUES, T…
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African Winds is an extraordinary album of blues with an African twist. R&B singer Frankie Lee teams up with a veteran Colorado bluesman, Dan Treanor f…
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In my mind, I felt that this, my 400th review for JazzReview, was a personal milestone. Then this CD landed on my desk. My little milestone is dwarfed by this release by th…
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When they (you know, them) speak of "last of their kind"-type performers, one of the artists they'll be talking about (if "they" have any brains) is Clarence "Gatemo…
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Toronto, Canada, native Nick Cuda showcases the best of cool blues, hot latin and retro/disco music in a six-track album, "Cichi (A Beautiful Woman)".Dedicated "t…
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Ray Charles proved wrong the image of a genius as a solitary personality, disengaged from society and lost in thought as the larger issues of the universe or the special in…
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I took a walk on Lonely Street today courtesy of a great blues-rock band named The Dare Ya Blues Band. Well, ya gotta love the name of the band, its original and it …
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Boz Scaggs is smooth, there is no getting around it, and he always has been that type of performer. I have always appreciated his distinct vocals and the fact that he is an…
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Larry Carlton is a one-of-a-kind guitarist who can play anything he wants to play. And, he makes it sound like he’s played it all his life, with improvisational notes, long…
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Classic Rock is as popular as it ever was. For this listener, it never lost its appeal. Mountain was always one of those bands that were hard to forget with songs like "Mis…
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Joe Vicino & The Smokedaddys sure are smokin’, oh yeah. Their new record Shine tells the story in so many ways. They could not have chosen a better name for the albu…
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GENIUS LOVES COMPANY is a fine tribute to the late Ray Charles, for it reveals the genius of the man who helped form so many different styles. His voice is perfect, and tho…
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The Blues: Memphis, St. Louis, Sweet Home Chicago...and now, apparently, Dear Old Stockholm. Anybody still questioning the universal nature of the blues needs to give a lis…
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En route to laying their claim to the title of "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band," the Rolling Stones paved the way by mastering the form of the blues. Singles, 1963-…
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This CD is placed in the blues category for only one reason; the media kit states File Under Blues. The music of master guitarist Amos Garrett has always defied clas…
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Fresh from winning his fourth "Best Guitarist" award at the 25th annual W.C.Handy Blues Awards, Duke Robillard offers a new CD dedicated to the music of Aaron "T-Bone" Walk…
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The band Jessie Rae, named after the bandleader Joan Meyer’s grandmother (first name) and her sister (middle name), sustain a funky, blues, rock, reggae beat, with dashes o…
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