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Allen Toussaint, Songbook…
Composer-pianist Allen Toussaint invented New Orleans rhythm-and-blues as… more »
Cécile McLorin Salvant…
Few modern jazz debuts have been as audacious and confident as 23-year-ol… more »
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Made Up…
An 11-piece troupe, co-founded by guitarist Derek Trucks and his wife sin… more »
Dumpstaphunk, Dirty Word…
Dumpstaphunk started 10 years ago backing local hero and keyboard player … more »
Quadron, Avalanche
Can’t get enough of this year’s instant soft-soul classic, Rh… more »
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Live: E…
The husband-wife team of Derek Trucks (guitar) and Susan Tedeschi (vocals… more »
Otis Taylor, Otis Taylor…
Because it runs the risk of sounding samey, Taylor’s trance-inducin… more »
St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Blues L…
Had he never written and recorded anything except “Goin’ Down… more »
Doc Pomus, It’s Great t…
Yeah, that Doc Pomus, the one who wrote such ’50s and ’60s ro… more »
Jessie Ware, Devotion…
In the video for breakout single “Wildest Moments,” UK singer… more »
Gary Clark Jr., Blak and Blu…
True guitar heroes don’t come along often. So when one threatens to… more »
Kid Koala, 12 bit Blues…
It seems like a joke at first: A blues album made entirely out of samples… more »
Taj Mahal, The Hidden Treasur…
Some “official bootleg” compilations dispel the notion of bei… more »
Etta James, The Chess Box…
When Etta James came to Chess Records in 1960, she’d already had a … more »
Alabama Shakes, Boys & Gi…
The chatter that southern blues-rockers Alabama Shakes have generated in … more »
Four Vagabonds, Complete Reco…
The Four Vagabonds are the missing link between the Mills Brothers, the I… more »
Four Vagabonds, Complete Reco…
The Four Vagabonds are the missing link between the Mills Brothers, the I… more »
Four Vagabonds, Complete Reco…
The Four Vagabonds are the missing link between the Mills Brothers, the I… more »
Rory Gallagher, Against The G…
The six-string soul of Ireland, Rory Gallagher is revered in his native l… more »
B.B. King, King of the Blues…
It’s so easy to take an artist like B.B. King for granted, especial… more »
B.B. King, Blues Summit…
The collaborative album is another concept that seems to work best when t… more »
B.B. King, Live in Cook Count…
More than a few artists cut live albums behind bars in the wake of Johnny… more »
B.B. King, Live at the Regal…
Long celebrated as the ultimate live urban blues album, this 1964 set cap… more »
B.B. King, Back in the Alley…
A slapped-together compilation of live and studio recordings that put a … more »
