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Bill’s Badly Belated Blues Based Best of 2022

Thursday, February 02, 2023 By Bill Wilcox

Ok, so it’s February. Kind of late for a year-in-review special. But, I was traveling for my day job, the one I get paid for, so that’s why I’m late. So, I’ve been doing these blues-based years in review for a few years now, and I’m not sure I ever explained the methodology I use, […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Bernard Allison, Blue Moon Marquee, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Kenny Neal, North Mississippi Allstars, Ronnie Earl, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Rory Block, Ry Cooder, Shemekia Copeland, Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tommy McLain

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

Readers’ Pick: Prayer for Peace by North Mississippi Allstars

Friday, June 09, 2017 By Tom Osborne

North MIssissippi Allstars, Prayer for Peace - cover art

You picked Prayer for Peace from Mississippi-based blues-rock band, North Mississippi Allstars, as your favorite new release for the week of June 2, 2017. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Spring 2017 COLTER […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: North Mississippi Allstars

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

North Mississippi Allstars – World Boogie Is Coming

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 By Bill Wilcox

North Mississippi Allstars has been tearing it up for 17 years. From their studio recordings, with their unique blend of traditional roots and edgy rock, to their thundering live performances, featuring drumlines and bizarre instrumentation from electric washboards to cigar box guitars and a stringed instrument made from a coffee can on a stick, the […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Cody Dickinson, Luther Dickinson, North Mississippi Allstars, South Memphis String Band

Best of Winter 2008, Tom’s Mixtape

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 By Tom Osborne

Another winter passes without disappointment. There were some expected solid records like those from Tift Merritt, Gary Louris, Kathleen Edwards and the Drive-by Truckers. Some breaking artists like Liam Finn, The Whigs, Mando Saenz and Justin Townes Earle. Some surprises from Counting Crows, The Black Crowes and Seven Mary Three. And some that simply made […]

Filed Under: Playlists, Videos Tagged With: Counting Crows, Drive-By-Truckers, Eric Lindell, Gary Louris, jason collett, Justin Townes Earle, Kathleen Edwards, kelley stoltz, Liam Finn, Mando Saenz, Marah, Missy Higgins, North Mississippi Allstars, Richard Julian, Sean Costello, seven mary three, Shawn Mullins, the black crowes, The Whigs, Tift Merritt

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