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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

Shawn Holt and the Teardrops – Daddy Told Me

Thursday, October 10, 2013 By Bill Wilcox

Keeping it in the family, Shawn Holt, son of the late blues icon Magic Slim, is the latest of a number of sons of famous fathers to try to break into the music industry.  Holt took over as front man for his father’s band earlier this year when Magic Slim was hospitalized hours before opening […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: John Primer, Magic Slim, Shawn Holt

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