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Bill’s (Belated) Blues-based Best of 2021

Wednesday, January 05, 2022 By Bill Wilcox

Well, here it is again … my inexpert, incomplete review of the best blues albums of 2021. Better late than never. 1. Selwyn Birchwood – Living in a Burning House. A mature masterwork of a young(ish) musician carrying the torch for the next generation of blues greats. 2. Eric Bibb – Dear America. Bibb takes […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Blues, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Black Keys, blues traveler, Cedric Burnside, Chris Cain, Christone Ingram, Colin James, Corey Harris, Eric Bibb, GA-20, Government Mule, Guy Davis, Joanna Connor, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Maria Muldaur, New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, Robben Ford, Selwyn Birchwood, Sue Foley, Tuba Skinny

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

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