Blues Enthused

There’s a cinematic aspect to this album from Mississippi-born, Vancouver-based Robert Connely Farr.  Listening to a track like ‘Girl In The...

Today, 25 January, is the birthday of one of the truly great blues, R'n'B and soul singers, Etta James.  So I thought I’d pen a brie...

I like Selwyn Birchwood.  And one of the reasons I like him is that he dares to be different.  Not in a radical way like, say, Fantastic Neg...

What have we here, wending its way from Kentucky?  Well, it ain’t Dolly Parton, that’s for sure. The Last Of The Boogiemen was released in ...

What’s this?  A book about a boxer on a music blog?  For why? Well, the “hook” for  Cassius X  may be the early professional boxing career o...

Juke joints and back porches.  That’s where Alabama Slim is at.  Oh yeah, and bedrooms, a coupla times.   The Parlor  may have been recorded...

“Brim-full of vim!”  That’s the phrase that first came to mind on first acquaintance with this first studio album from The Bad Day Blues Ban...

“Please sir, I want some more,” said Oliver Twist. Which sums up how I feel about Voodoo Blues , the latest album by Irish roots songstress ...