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Bill’s Blues-Based Best of 2020

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 By Bill Wilcox

Well, it’s over. We got through it, and, while it 2020 was a monster in so many ways, there were some choice blues albums that hit the street. Below is a dozen of my favorite blues (or ‘bluesy’) albums of 2020. Sonny Landreth – Blacktop Run. It’s a great album for when you’re on the […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Alvin Younblood Hart, Andrew Alli, Charlie Musselwhite, Dave Alvin, David Bromberg, Elvin Bishop, Jim Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, John Primer, Luther Dickinson, New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, Nora Jean Wallace, Ronnie Earl, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Rory Block, Savoy Brown, Sonny Landreth, The Nighthawks

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters – Beyond the Blue Door

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 By Bill Wilcox

Ronnie Earl has become a dependable source of exceptional music every year or so. A great guitar player with an expressive instrumental voice, Earl and his Broadcasters have, over the years, embraced styles ranging from jazz to soul blues to blues-rock. Now, with Beyond the Blue Door, Earl and company have released an album that […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: David Bromberg, Kim Wilson, Ronnie Earl, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters

Bill’s Blues Based Best of 2016

Thursday, December 29, 2016 By Bill Wilcox

2016 was a hard year. But it was a pretty good year for the blues, with some of the highest profile blues musicians releasing fantastic albums. Below is my inexpert summary of some of the most memorable blues releases from the year to forget. 1. Steve Dawson – Solid States & Loose Ends. A relative unknown, Dawson’s […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Big Dave McLean, Bob Margolin, Bobby Rush, Bonnie Raitt, David Bromberg, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Luther Dickinson, Mavis Staples, Ronnie Earl, Steve Dawson, Taj Mahal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Rolling Stones, Tinsley Ellis

David Bromberg – Only Slightly Mad

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 By Bill Wilcox

Music enthusiasts at the 2013 Philadelphia Folk Festival got to see some great moments.  They got to see Fairport Convention folker Richard Thompson rock out as if making a statement that he can shred with the most aggressive electric guitar slingers in the land.  They also got to see a young ukelele virtuoso from Hawaii, Jake […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: David Bromberg, Philadelphia Folk Festival

David Bromberg and Ry Cooder

Tuesday, November 01, 2011 By Bill Wilcox

The release of new albums by two masters of roots music this summer flew pretty much under the radar. Both David Bromberg and Ry Cooder have churned out album after album of Americana spanning folk to R&B since the early 1970s. Bromberg’s career has been the oddest, with long periods of withdrawal from public performance […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: David Bromberg, Dr. John, John Hiatt, John Lee Hooker, Keb Mo, Levon Helm, Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, Ry Cooder, Tim O'Brien, Vince Gill, Widespread Panic

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