Deep Inside the Blues: Photographs and Interviews by Margo Cooper (University Press of Mississippi, 2023) Deep Within the Blues compiles thirty-four of Margo Cooper’s interviews…
Trio Ravnogor – Mountain Blue (Aide Aide! Music & Dance, 2022) Trio Ravnogor’s Mountain Blue is a captivating fusion of acoustic Bulgarian mountain blues, a…
Ronnie Baker Brooks, a prominent figure in the world of blues music, is the son of the late blues legend, Lonnie Brooks. Nevertheless, Ronnie has…
JJ Grey & Mofro – Olustee (Alligator Records, 2023) Blues outfit JJ Grey & Mofro’s latest offering, Olustee (2023), highlights Grey’s continued exploration of his…
Extraordinary blues guitarist, lap steel player, songwriter, and vocalist Selwyn Birchwood’s latest album, Exorcist (Alligator Records), won the Quarterly German Record Critics’ Award. German writer…
Up for some no-nonsense, passionately rendered blues music? France’s Blues Corner has got you covered with a teaser from their new EP, Lonely Mile.
Pekko Käppi – Credo (Rockadillo / Nordic Notes, 2023) Pekko Käppi, a musician from Tampere, Finland, is known for performing his partially electrified Finnish-Karelian lyre,…
Marcos Coll – Nómade (Galileo Music, 2023) Marcos Coll, a seasoned Spanish blues musician from Galicia with world music leanings, has released Nómade under the…
The Count Basie Orchestra – Basie Swings The Blues (Candid, 2023) Basie Swings The Blues brings together an extraordinary lineup of musical talents, including George…
The boxed set Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958 – 1971 (Smithsonian Folkways) will be…