Bessie Jones, John Davis, and The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Tag: blues
The Staple Singers
Africa 80 (Omnivore Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
The 1920s spring to life in this sprightly jukebox musical.
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Live in 1967: Volume Three (Forty Below Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
An evening of soul and alcohol draws Billie Holiday to her demise. Carl F. Gauze reviews Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Orlando Shakes.
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.
Rick Holmstrom
See That Light (LuEllie Records). Review by James Mann.
Guitar Man
He’s the best-selling artist on the Billboard Blues charts, and most people don’t know his name. Who is Joe Bonamassa? Guitar Man tells you that story.
16 Bars
A jailhouse program gives inmates a chance to be heard.
Alesia Xo
The Corner. Review by Stacey Zering.
Alan Goldberg
Passion No Distraction. Review by Stacey Zering.
The Blue-Hots
Collection Four: Moonshots (2016 -2018). Review by Stacey Zering.
Ben Winship
Acorns (Snake River Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Junkyard
Old Habits Die Hard (Acetate Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Ronnie Wood With His Wild Five
Mad Lad A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry (BMG). Review by Joe Frietze.
Keep Living, Keep Loving
Jazz and Disney and plenty of piano. There’s only one place THAT could be…
Lauren Anderson
Wild and Free (Devious Planet). Review by Joe Frietze.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Join the jumpin’ Jive at Winter Parks pop up version of The Cotton Club!
Jeremiah Johnson
Straightjacket (Ruf Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Hot Mikado
What if Gilbert and Sullivan did “Chicago” with the cast of “Happy Days”?
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