“Sometimes you hear a voice that leaves you speechless,” said Huey Morgan of the Fun Loving Criminals recently. He’s right of course. The voice is that of Jo Harman, English born but channelling Memphis, Detroit and Nashville in her genre […]
Luther Dickinson is one of today’s outstanding blues musicians, well known for his work with the Black Crowes and North Mississippi Allstars. He’s also got a number of top notch solo albums to his credit – Hambone’s Meditations, Rock ‘n […]
“It’s a magnificent, career-defining set, full of hard-won wisdom, assertive independence – and compassion in abundance.” Independent newspaper. Lucinda Williams’ new album Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone isn’t strictly speaking a blues album – but it’s suffused with […]
Hans Theessink, is one of the fiercest acoustic players in Europe and one of the top acoustic blues stars worldwide–a man who has played with the best and is one of the best, American or European, black & white, old […]
The UK’s Classic Rock Blues Magazine said simply of Jo Harman: “Her music mainlines the human soul.” Over the last year in particular, she has travelled tirelessly throughout Europe, bringing her outstanding blues, soul and roots-fuelled music to appreciative audiences, which included over 40 festivals […]
2013 was another cracking year for the blues, as you can see from the list below. Blues music is so diverse that it’s very difficult to make a list that contains both acoustic and electric blues and everything else in […]
Left: Rev. Gary Davis Songs about death and dying are common in the blues. Not surprising, given the toughness of life for African Americans in the southern states under Jim Crow during the early decades of the twentieth century when the blues […]
First published at Down at the Crossroads Beth Hart has really hit it big these past couple of years. Her collaborations with Joe Bonamassa on a sensational album of soul covers, Don’t Explain, and on the just-released Seesaw, another collection of covers of songs by Billie Holiday, Etta […]
DATC: Gary, tell us what Document Records is and what makes it special? Gary: It is rather unique! I was a CD reviewer when I first encountered it. From the 1970s onwards there were labels that were reissuing pre-war country blues. Artists’ works […]
Maria Muldaur is probably best known for her 1974 hitMidnight at the Oasis, but she has had a long and outstanding career over 40 years. During that time, she’s released around 40 albums covering almost every kind of American roots music. […]
