Full Reviews Index
Things About Comin' My Way Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks (2009)
Review of Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks album
Johnny Winter - The Woodstock Experience (2009)
Review of Johnny Winter's The Woodstock Experience album, a two-CD set comprised of Winter's 1969 debut and his festival performance
Mike Bloomfield - Live At The Old Waldorf (1998)
Review Mike Bloomfield's Live At The Old Waldorf album, a compilation of performances from the San Francisco blues club
Otis Redding - The Best: See & Hear (2009)
Review of Otis Redding's The Best: See & Hear album, a two-disc CD/DVD compilation of hit songs and live performance video
Joe Bonamassa - Live From The Royal Albert Hall (2009)
Review of Joe Bonamassa's Live From The Royal Albert Hall DVD, a two-disc set featuring a dynamic performance by the blues-rock guitarist
Sean Costello - Sean's Blues: A Memorial Retrospective (2009)
Review Sean Costello's Sean's Blues album, a memorial retrospective that takes a look at the blues guitarist's early work
Coco Montoya - The Essential Coco Montoya (2009)
Review of Coco Montoya's The Essential Coco Montoya album, a retrospective of the guitarist's years with Blind Pig Records
Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons Live (2009)
CD review of Jack Bruce & Robin Trower's Seven Moons Live album
Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons Live (2009)
Review of Jack Bruce and Robin Trower's Seven Moons Live DVD, which captures a live February 2009 performance in Nijmegen, Holland
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - An Anthology: The Elektra Years (1997)
Review of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band's An Anthology: The Elektra Years, a two-disc collection of 33 of the Chicago blues pioneers' best songs
Corey Harris - blu.black (2009)
Review of Corey Harris's blu.black album, an interesting collection of blues & reggae songs
John Lee Hooker - Don't Look Back (1997/2007)
Review of John Lee Hooker's Don't Look Back album, a fine 1997 collection produced by Van Morrison and the blues great's final album
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (1992/2007)
Review of John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom album, a fine 1992 collection that revisits the blues legend's past hits
Tommy Castro - Hard Believer (2009)
Review of Tommy Castro's Hard Believer, the 11th album from the popular blues-rock singer and guitarist and his first for Alligator Records.
Big Bill Morganfield - Born Lover (2009)
Review of Big Bill Morganfield's Born Lover album, a fine collection of contemporary Chicago blues
Bo Diddley - Ride On: The Chess Masters, 1960-1961 (2009)
Review of Bo Diddley's Ride On The Chess Masters 1960-1961 album, the third in Hip-O Select's chronological series covering Diddley's career
Sonny Landreth - Levee Town (2000/2009)
Review Sonny Landreth's Levee Town album, expanded edition, a solid collection of roots-rock, blues, and zydeco music.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (1968/2008)
Review of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Electric Ladyland album, the landmark work upon which the guitarist's legacy is based
Rory Gallagher - Crest of a Wave The Best of Rory Gallagher (2009)
Review of Rory Gallagher's Crest Of A Wave - The Best of Rory Gallagher album, a collection of two dozen of the guitarist's best performances
Jeff Healey - Songs From The Road (2009)
Review of Jeff Healey's Songs From The Road album, a posthumous collection of inspired live performances
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - Back to the Black Bayou (2009)
Review of Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint's Back to the Black Bayou album, a collection of raw performances from the underrated slide guitarist
Walter Trout - Unspoiled By Progress (2009)
Review of Walter Trout's Unspoiled By Progress album, a retrospective collection of 20 years of the guitarist's music
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969/2009)
Review of Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul album, a landmark in soul and R&B music
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats - Twisted (2009)
CD review of Rick Estrin and the Nightcats' Twisted album, the first under the veteran band's new management
Charlie Musselwhite - Rough Dried: Live At The Triple Door (2009)
Review of Charlie Musselwhite's Rough Dried: Live At The Triple Door album, a scorching collection of red-hot live performances.