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Bill’s Blues Based Best of 2018

Thursday, December 27, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

Once again, I have compiled my inexpert list of the blues-based albums that I liked the most from the past year. Here we go: 1. Eric Bibb – Global Griot. I like experimentation, and that is something Bibb is not afraid to do, as his last several albums all include interesting collaborations and stylistic blends. […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Blues, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Al Basile, Ben Harper, Bernard Allison, Beth Hart, Blue & Lonesome Duo, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, Charlie Musselwhite, Colin James, Crystal Shawanda, Dave Keller, Eric Bibb, Joe Bonamassa, John Oates, Marcia Ball, Mike Zito, Ray Bonneville, Ry Cooder, Shemekia Copeland, Victor Wainwright, Walter Wolfman Washington

Victor Wainwright & the WildRoots – Boom Town

Friday, June 05, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

Victor Wainwright is relatively new on the national music scene, but his swampy honky tonk piano licks are having an impact in both his solo career and as a member of roots rock, blues and funk “supergroup” Southern Hospitality. Wainwright, who grew up in a musical family in Savannah, Georgia, moved to Daytona Beach, Florida to […]

Filed Under: Blues, Country, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly, Roots, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Southern Hospitality, Victor Wainwright, Victor Wainwright & the WildRoots

Readers’ Pick: Sundown Over Ghost Town by Eilen Jewell

Tuesday, June 02, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Eilen Jewell, Sun Over Ghost Town - cover art

EILEN JEWELL, Sundown Over Ghost Town beats out VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & WILDROOTS, Boom Town by 13 votes as your favorite for the week of May 26, 2015. Poll Results     Readers’ Top 25 – Spring 2015 THE SIDESHOW TRAGEDY, Capital (50) RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Ruffian’s Misfortune (22) DWIGHT YOAKAM, Second Hand Heart (21) EILEN […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Eilen Jewell, Victor Wainwright

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