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Music Review: Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues
Two Men With The Blues will undoubtedly take yours away.
Every other 2008 album released, from those already out to those awaiting a future Tuesday, are officially put on notice that Two Men With The Blues...
BC Music Goodie Bag: Buddy Guy's Skin Deep
A goodie bag of Buddy Guy's new album "Skin Deep."
Rock and Roll and Blues Hall of Famer Buddy Guy returns with Skin Deep, his first studio album since 2005's Bring 'Em In. The 72-year-old...
Music Review: Double Trouble (Chris Layton & Tommy Shannon) & Friends Been A Long Time
Double Trouble - the core around which great music is built.
It's sort of ironic that the two members of a rock and roll, or any popular music band for that matter, who are most responsible...
Music Review: Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do
If you want to hear a real woman sing real music for a change, than this is the disc for you.
I don't know about anybody else, but I'm getting really sick of histrionic singing passing...
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Blues Postage Stamps
I've been trying to put together a post on blues postage stamps. You know, a little something something for the philatelists who read SML. Oh, and the bluesmen just call them stamp collectors.
Leadbelly at Angola, Louisiana
Prison Compound No. 1, Angola, Louisiana, Leadbelly in Foreground

Jump Blues
I have always liked the Jump Blues. According to Wikipedia;

Jump blues is a type of up-tempo blues music influenced by big band sound. It is characterized by a jazzy, saxophone (or brass...

Rev. Gary Davis - Gospel, Blues and Street Songs Print

Bobby Rush - Night Fishing
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Bobby Rush - Night Fishin'

Honey, Where You Been So Long?

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So Young, So Cold , So Fair : The Saint James Infirmary Blues

I’m happy to present So Young, So Cold, So Fair: The Saint James Infirmary Blues, a collection of songs of loss and love regarding The St. James Infirmary. Honey was established over four (!) years...
St. James Preview !!!

For those who have donated - the full download for the St. James Infirmary is ready to be downloaded here. If you contributed, and haven’t donated, please send me an email and I’ll send...
Virgil Childers

Virgil Childers recorded a handful of sides in Charlotte, NC a recording site more known for pre-war country than blues. Childers is a really light/pop piedmont blues artist (though his style isn’t pure piedmont like... (audio/mpeg 3.35MB )
Luella Miller

I updated the release dates for the first blues mix below - I knew someone would call me out for not including it - yet here we are. Does anyone know if Yazoo Records is... (audio/mpeg 4.26MB )
Hambone Willie Newbern

There’s not a whole lot out there about “Hambone” Willie Newbern - the story about him giving guitar tips to Sleepy John Estes and his temper - which may of led to his death in... (audio/mpeg 4.02MB )