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New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, Vol. 2

Thursday, March 25, 2021 By Bill Wilcox

Sequels are so often disappointing, but not this time. Last October, Stony Plain released a great set of jam sessions featuring blues masters Charlie Musselwhite and Alvin Youngblood Hart, together with former Squirrel Nut Zipper Jimbo Mathus, North Mississippi Allstars brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson and their father Jim that were recorded in 2007. Now, […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Alvin Youngblood Hart, Charlie Musselwhite, Cody Dickinson, Jim Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, Luther Dickinson, New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers

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

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers – Vol. 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 By Bill Wilcox

There are jam sessions, and then there are JAM SESSIONs. When you get blues masters Charlie Musselwhite and Alvin Youngblood Hart together with former Squirrel Nut Zipper Jimbo Mathus, North Mississippi Allstars brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson and their father Jim, you’re gonna have a JAM SESSION. That’s what happened in the fall of 2007, […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Alvin Youngblood Hart, Charlie Musselwhite, Cody Dickinson, Jim Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, Luther Dickinson, New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, North Mississippi All-Stars, North Mississippi Allstars, South Memphis String Band, Squirrel Nut Zippers

Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson with the Tennessee Valentines – Amour

Thursday, February 14, 2019 By Bill Wilcox

Once in awhile there’s a collaboration that turns the music word on its head. Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto was such a pairing when, in 1963, they popularized bossa nova jazz in the United States. Jan and Dean did much the same for surf music, and Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry paired up for a […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Billy Swann, Colin Linden, Luther Dickinson

Peter Parcek – Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven

Wednesday, November 01, 2017 By Bill Wilcox

If you like crusty, aggressive blues and you haven’t heard Boston’s Peter Parcek, give him a listen. You won’t be disappointed. Parcek, whose love of blue-rock began when he was an American ex-patriot in London during the Vietnam War, again shows off his lightning guitar-slinger licks on Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, his third […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Luther Dickinson, Peter Parcek

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

Luther Dickinson – Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook Volumes I & II)

Thursday, March 17, 2016 By Bill Wilcox

When I caught Luther Dickinson’s show last month in Philadelphia, it was in the smaller of the two halls at World Cafe Live. There were maybe 100 or so patrons there, and the tickets were reasonably priced under $20. He and his “Cooperators” couldn’t have walked away with more than $2,000 from the evening. After […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Alvin Younblood Hart, Amy Lavere, Jason Isbell, Jimbo Mathus, JJ Grey, Luther Dickinson, Mavis Staples, North Mississippi Allstars, Sharde Thomas, Will Sexton

Peace, Love and Twang at the Philadelphia Folk Festival

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

The Philadelphia Folk Festival, which has been around for 54 years, isn’t your grandfather’s folk festival. While there is still a smattering of venerable acoustic solo folksingers on its program like Arlo Guthrie, Bruce Cockburn and Tom Paxton, the festival has become a great platform for Americana artists of all flavors as well as for […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Cajun, Country, Folk, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Arlo Guthrie, Baskery, Bruce Cockburn, Cody Dickinson, El Caribefunk, Hillbenders, Hoots & Hellmouth, Larry Campbell, Luther Dickinson, Lyle Lovett, North Mississippi Allstars, Parker Millsap, Selwyn Birchwood, Shakey Graves, Teresa Williams, The Lee Boys, Tom Paxton

JJ Grey & Mofro – Ol’ Glory

Friday, February 20, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

Southern swamp funk-blues band JJ Grey & Mofro have a unique sound forged in the backwaters of Florida.  Grey, the band’s leader, is well established as a songwriter, and the band’s recordings and live performances are among the most dependably enjoyable in the business. Grey & Mofro’s reputation grew steadily since the band recorded its first […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Country, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Derek Trucks, J Grey and Mofro, JJ Grey, Luther Dickinson, Mofro

Southern Soul Assembly at the Saenger Theatre, Mobile, Alabama

Friday, April 04, 2014 By Bill Wilcox

So I’m in Mobile, AL this week for my day job.  As I’m eating lunch Tuesday I look up and see a poster for the Southern Soul Assembly, featuring JJ Grey, Luther Dickinson, Anders Osborne and Marc Broussard.  And it’s that night at the Saenger Theatre about a block from my hotel. I rush out […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Anders Osborne, JJ Grey, Luther Dickinson, Marc Broussard, Southern Soul Assembly

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