‘Contemporary Blues’ Archives
2010 Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy Nominees
Best Contemporary Blues Album The 2010 Grammy Award Winner for Best Contemporary Blues Album was Already Free - The Derek Trucks Band - . I just picked it up and I have to say it is awesome. Check the previews here on Amazon. The [...]
Sean Costello New Memorial CD Release
Sean Costello was born April 16, 1979 and died April 15, 2008 one day short of his 29th birthday. Sean is being remembered by his label http://www.landsliderecords.com/ with a new release called Sean's Blues - A Memorial Retrospective. It's an [...]
Ry Cooder Blues, Mandolin and So Much More
I've always been a Ry Cooder fan. His name appears several times in the book Boogie Man - The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the 20th century" by Charles Shaar Murray and this peaked my interest in blues tunes Ry Cooder may have recorded. Ry was one of [...]
Peter Green – Awesome Blues – Now I Know
There have been a lot of people rave to me about Peter Green. I have to admit I just didn't get it. I only own one Peter Green CD, Alone with the Blues, and while I've certainly enjoyed it I didn't feel compelled to run out and get more. My friend on [...]
Bob Dylan’s New Album – Together Through Life – is pretty bluesy
Bob Dylan's new release Together Through Life is out . Bob Dylan is not really a "Blues Musician" but I have no trouble saying this album is more bluesy than any other Dylan album I'm familar with. I love the "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" which has a Texas [...]