Frequent visitors of worldofblues.com know I’m a big fan of lists and of About.com. You’ll also know that my frequent complaint about about.com is that they do not provide videos or music samples of the artists they bring to the attention of their readership. Well you can look at things as problems or opportunities and I always see the later so without further ado, may I present the Top Blues Albums of 2008 as recommended by the Reverend Keith A. Gordon, About.com. Click the widget below to hear a preview of one cut from each album, click on the artist name for music previews or see the list of links to Amazon to check out the Albums. The link above will take you to about.com and the original article by Reverend Keith A. Gorden.
B.B. King – One Kind of Favor
Buddy Guy – Skin Deep
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin Malcolm – 2 Man Wrecking Crew
Janiva Magness – What Love Will Do
Dave Specter – Live In Chicago
Joe Louis Walker – Witness To The Blues
Kenny Neal – Let Life Flow
Michael Burks – Iron Man
Mississippi Heat – Hattiesburg Blues
Rory Block – Blues Walkin Like A Man
Sean Costello – We Can Get Together
Watermelon Slim and the Workers – No Paid Holidays
Great choices Reverend, I have some new ones to listen to.
Oli Brown’s debut album Open Road, was voted the number 2 new release of 2008 by Blues Matters! magazine readers…number 1 was one of Oli’s heroes Sean Costello !
Oli has had the honour of opening for Buddy Guy and Kenny Neal in the States and also jamming with Kenny Neal too.
Keep well
All the best to you from the UK
Graham
http://www.olibrownband.co.uk