Henry Cooper, Slide Man (Burnside)

Jimmy Johnson, Every Road Ends Somewhere (Ruf)

When the road ends, you have to leave it. And it’s only natural that the cover of this, Johnson’s first CD since his comeback I’m A Jockey (1995), should feature […]

Troy Turner, Blues on My Back (Telarc)

When Baton Rouge-bred, Texas-schooled Troy Turner steps into his cover of Arthur Gunter’s “Baby, Let’s Play House,” track two of this CD, he drains all the implicit sex out of […]

Ben E. King, Shades of Blue (Half Note Records)

This was Ben’s idea. And it looks good on paper: Take the man whose golden throat graces such sweet soul classics as “Stand By Me” and “Spanish Harlem,” surround him […]

Peter V. Carter, Love Or Money? (Reezy Col)

Grown Folks’ Business: WODT Triumphant After Two Years

For the hardcore music enthusiast, there’s sometimes nothing as strangely sad as the death of a format. And for a lot of blues lovers, AM has reluctantly gone the way […]

Duke Robillard, New Blues For Modern Man (Shanachie)

Chris Vincent, Long Blue Night (Front Porch Blues)

Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson, Live at the Rynborn (M.C. Records)

Debbie Davies featuring Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon, Tales from the Austin Motel (Shanachie)