Various Artists, Louisiana Blues (Arhoolie)

This 48-minute, 12-song, five-artist showcase for Louisiana’s finest bluesmen first appeared in 1970, and despite its absence from the standard classic-blues discographies compiled in the past 27 years, it’s as […]

Vin Bruce, Beau Bayou L’Ours (Lanor)

You want songs in 3/4 time? How about seven of them out of a possible dozen? That’s how many country waltzes show up on this French-language country album, and instead […]

Chris Duarte Group, Tailspin Headwhack (Silvertone)

Al Rapone, Al Rapone Plays Tribute: A Tribute to Clifton Chenier (Atomic Theory)

Creole Junction, Don’t Need A Ticket to Ride (Maison de Soul)

Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, Feelin’ Kinda Lucky (Hightone)

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Blues for the Lost Days (Silvertone)

The Hackberry Ramblers: Bridges to Babylon

Pat Boyack and the Prowlers, Super Blue and Funky (Bullseye Blues)

Rosie Ledet, Zydeco Sensation (Maison de Soul)