Oftentimes quickly knocking out a record translates into a low quality product. For someone like Sue Foley, the raw and unfiltered ‘Pinky’s Blues’ just means she’s doing what comes naturally.

Eric Bibb bites off a lot on ‘Global Griot,’ but if there’s anyone who can pull all of this together, it’s this guy.

Eric Bibb’s awareness-raising ‘Migration Blues’ soothes the soul as it kindles the mind.

Eric Bibb’s civil rights blues manifesto ‘Blues People’ is poignant, and also entertaining.

Rory Block returns to a well of some two dozen haunting, unequivocal and profound blues songs recorded by Skip James for Paramount in 1931.

‘Good News,’ like all Ronnie Earl & The Broadcaster records since their 1990 debut, is where intense soul and stylish exploits intersect.