Friday March 19th 2010

‘Essential Blues Recordings’ Archives

2010 Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy Nominiees

2010 Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy Nominiees

Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * This Time - The Robert Cray Band - or This Time MP3s for $5.00 * The Truth According To Ruthie Foster - Ruthie Foster - or The Truth According To Ruthie Foster MP3s for [...]

2010 Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy Nominiees

2010 Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy Nominiees

Without further ado the 52nd Annual Grammy Award Nominees for Best Traditional Blues Album(Vocal or Instrumental.) * A Stranger Here - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - or A Stranger Here MP3s for $8.99 * Blue Again - The Mick Fleetwood Blues [...]

B.B. King’s Bluesville Picks To Click - May 2, 2009

B.B. King's Bluesville Picks To Click: For The Week of May 2 Artist Album Label 1) John Nemeth Love Me Tonight – Blind Pig 2). Bobby Jones Comin' Back Hard – Delta Groove 3) Larry Garner Here Today, Gone Tomorrow – Dixie Frog 4) Shemekia [...]

Essential Blues Recordings

Essential Blues Recordings

I thought it would be fun to start a list or essential blues recordings. Here are some suggestions. Please leave a comment so we can add yours to the list.   

Grammy Hall of Fame - Blues Singles

Dave Gross is a rising star on the blues scene and also really fun to follow on Twitter @davegrossblues. Dave frequently tweets out tunes and musical facts and a while back he tweeted out "Today in #Jazz History-1928: Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five [...]