I’ll say it right now: Red Beans and Weiss is the perfect album for the year 2014. You May Also Like: Mort Weiss – Mort Weiss Is a Jazz Reality Show (2015) Dan Weiss Trio – ‘Dedication’ (2022)

When I asked Chicken Diamond what’s the name of his upcoming record, he replied, “This is simply named: ‘My Name is Charles ‘Chicken’ Diamond’. Albert Ayler style.” You May Also Like: Chicken Diamond – Skeleton Coast (2018) Chicken Diamond – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (2016) Diamond Hands –Read More

As the reigning champ of blues-rock guitarists after Clapton’s generation, Joe Bonamassa attracts notice whenever he issues new music (and to the great delight of his fans, he does this often). You May Also Like: Joe Bonamassa – Blues of Desperation (2016)

Brent Johnson was born in south Texas, but having spent most of his life in New Orleans, he’s more of a Louisiana guitar slinger than a Lone Star State one. You May Also Like: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, “Fire” (1968): One Track Mind How B.B. King Left UsRead More

Billy Branch, a fire-kissed harp-playing protegé of blues great Willie Dixon, took some 15 years between studio recordings — and not because of some lack of creative impetus. Instead, Branch was waiting for a new sound to come together. You May Also Like: Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die (2017)

Ask anyone familiar with Lucinda Williams’ music and early on in their reply they’ll almost surely include mention of 1998’s Car Wheels On a Gravel Road, but Williams’ abilities as a singer and songwriter came to full bloom ten years before. You May Also Like: Lucinda Williams – The GhostsRead More

Leo Welch’s music comes from that place where down-home gospel meets up with jukey blues (would that be the church’s backporch?), filling your heart even as it gets your toe to tapping. You May Also Like: Andrew Cyrille, with Wadada Leo Smith and Bill Frisell – ‘Lebroba’ (2018)

A New Year’s Eve show by Levon Helm and his RCO All Stars so impressed a member of the audience that he eventually swiped several members.

Beth Hart has crafted a reputation for scalding, Joplin-esque barnburners — and you might be expecting “Baddest Blues” to follow suit. Think again. You May Also Like: No related posts.

There’s a different attitude surrounding these recordings, which find Tommy Castro collaborating with a tough new group of blues-rock loving youngsters. You May Also Like: Left Lane Cruiser – Beck In Black (2016)