 | A Bothered Mind
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by Fat Possum (Ryko)
Audio CD
(17 August, 2004)
Editorial Review: John Lennon once claimed that "the blues is a chair…the first chair," explaining the music's primacy in the grand scheme of things. That notion is richly underscored on this follow-up to late-blossoming North Mississippi bluesman R.L |
 | A Real Mother for Ya
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by Collectables
Audio CD
(26 August, 1994)
(3 reviews) 
Customer Review: A Soul Classic: Though he never recieved the accolades and praise, let alone the chart success he truly deserved, the late Johnny "Guitar" Watson was a musical genius, |
 | All the Classic Sides 1928-1937
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by Jsp Records
Audio CD
(27 January, 2004)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: ****½: Finally! All of Big Bill Broonzy's classic and hugely influential prewar sides gathered together. 128 sides recorded for labels like Paramount, |
 | Alligator Stomp, Vol. 4: Cajun Christmas
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(08 September, 1992)
(4 reviews)
Editorial Review: You probably haven't traveled enough if you've never heard Cajun music, and there's a good bet you've never really two-stepped around the Christmas tree until you've two-stepped to either a Beausoleil or Cajun Gold Christmas classic like those found on this 17-track compilation. |
 | Alone & Acoustic
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by Alligator Records
Audio CD
(06 November, 1991)
(16 reviews)
Customer Review: 'unplugged' blues at it's best...: Before I heard this album I was only aware of Buddy Guy's electric abilities, this record showcases just how enormous and down to earth his talent is. |
 | American Roots Music
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by Palm Pictures (Audio
Audio CD
(30 October, 2001)
(5 reviews) 
Editorial Review: These are the sounds of the American melting pot in full boil, a vibrant study in musical and cultural collision. The companion box set to the four-part PBS documentary, this four-disc set skims the cream of 20th-century American "roots music"--music based in its own rich ethnic, |
 | An Anthology -- The Elektra Years
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by Elektra
Audio CD
(20 January, 1998)
(13 reviews)
Editorial Review: It might be impossible to overestimate the importance of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band on American music in the latter half of the '60's. Unlike British blues revivalists The Rolling Stones, the Butterfield band was schooled in the tough Chicago bars that housed Muddy Waters, |
 | An Anthology of Big Band Swing (1930-1955)
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by Verve
Audio CD
(26 October, 1993)
(9 reviews)
Customer Review: A Memorable Collection, But Not Really For the Casual Fan: Strictly speaking, "swing" designates a style of performance in which the emphasis falls on the offbeat. |
 | Anthology 1962-98
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Audio CD
(14 November, 2000)
(4 reviews)
Editorial Review: The two-disc, 34-track Anthology could be subtitled "The Crossover Decades," for it covers the years when B.B. King (like his "Sweet Little Angel") spread his wings. Spanning the era 1962-1998, the set begins when King was a recording veteran whose renown was confined to the blues ghetto. |
 | Anthology of American Folk Music (Edited by Harry Smith)
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by Smithsonian Folkways
Audio CD
(19 August, 1997)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: This impressive--and frankly, fun--musical document is still sending out shock waves almost 50 years after its original 1952 vinyl release. The Smithsonian's six-CD reissue is painstakingly researched, annotated, and packaged (even boasting an enhanced disc for the techno-capable). |
 | Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz 1960-200
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by Arhoolie Records
Audio CD
(26 September, 2000)
(5 reviews)
Editorial Review: Superbly packaged and lovingly annotated, the five-discArhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection distills four decades of musical passion into six hours of highlights. The passion is that of Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz, |
 | Ash Wednesday Blues
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by Shanachie
Audio CD
(13 March, 2001)
(8 reviews)
Editorial Review: Who'd have thought a Swede raised on an island in the Baltic, not a single drop of African blood in his veins, would emerge as one of the leading exponents of R&B and blues in New Orleans? Unlike many musicians from elsewhere who've staked out turf there, |
 | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 [Box]
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by Atlantic
Audio CD
(15 October, 1991)
(26 reviews)
Editorial Review: Atlantic Records has ridden musical trends since the late '40s; these seven CDs chronicle the first 28 years of the label's work in black pop, during which artists such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Otis Redding oversaw the creation and flowering of soul music. |
 | Avalon Blues : Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
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Audio CD
(08 October, 1996)
(19 reviews)
Editorial Review: Mississippi John Hurt recorded 13 country-blues songs for the Okeh Electric Records company in 1928. Then he vanished. Actually, he never went anywhere. Indeed, he never strayed from his hometown of Avalon, |
 | B.B. King - Greatest Hits
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Audio CD
(25 August, 1998)
(14 reviews)
Customer Review: "So You See Why I Stuck With Blues.": This BB King quote, stated to David Ritz, was his conclusion to why he chose to play and sing blues over his other love, |
 | Bayou Degradable: The Best of Louisiana's LeRoux
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by Razor & Tie
Audio CD
(23 July, 1996)
(6 reviews)
Customer Review: Leroux Roux: Leroux is the best band of all time. I saw them personally at City Stages in Bham,AL this year and they rocked my entire face off. |
 | Bayou Deluxe: The Best Of Michael Doucet & Beausoleil
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(16 February, 1993)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: Beausoleil may have originated as Cajun purists, but Cajun music itself has always been a rich, creolized mixture combining Southern country and folk music with traditional songs from France's Brittany region. |
 | Best of the Four Aces [Polygram International]
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by Polygram Int'l
Audio CD
(14 May, 2001)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Four LADS... or Four ACES...make up your mind...: I actually haven't heard this CD. I was looking for the Four Aces Christmas album that I remember so well from my childhood.. |
 | Big Boss Man Box Set
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by Collectables
Audio CD
(27 November, 2001)
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 | Big Boss Man-Best of
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by Recall Records UK
Audio CD
(15 September, 1999)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: BIG BOSS MAN!: LOVE JIMMY REED ALL OF HIS MUSIC! #1 THE BEST! |
 | Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(10 September, 1991)
(5 reviews)
Editorial Review: Blue Yule is without question one of the hippest collections of rhythm & blues Christmas music ever assembled. The disc boasts the likes of Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker, the gospel-powered Pilgrim Travelers, |
 | Blues at Sunrise
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Audio CD
(04 April, 2000)
(45 reviews)
Editorial Review: A decade after his tragic, untimely demise, electric-blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan has left behind a void that remains largely unfilled, despite a number of ballyhooed young pretenders. The guitarist's career was long troubled by personal demons, |
 | Blues Blues Blues
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by Atlantic
Audio CD
(05 January, 1999)
(18 reviews)
Editorial Review: Back in 1969, Muddy Waters and Otis Spann teamed with young guns Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfield to create Fathers & Sons. The idea was to match the sagacity of the "old timers" with the flash and commercial muscle of the upstarts. |
 | Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(10 November, 1992)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Good sampler: The trouble with the Blues Masters collection is that CDs like this one, which is compiled to showcase some great blues harmonica playing, |
 | Blues Masters: The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(15 August, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: Another day, another Lightnin' Hopkins collection. It's only to be expected for a musician whose career lasted six decades, and whose recorded output was so profuse (often for several labels simultaneously) that the neophyte is hard pressed to determine which of the many albums, |
 | Blues on the Bayou
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Audio CD
(20 October, 1998)
(65 reviews)
Editorial Review: Opting for simplicity this time around, B.B. King gets by with a little help from his excellent backing band, producing an album that's evocative of the Louisiana countryside where it was recorded. After over half a century in the business, |
 | Blues Singer
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Audio CD
(03 June, 2003)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: Not known for his acoustic work, Buddy Guy unplugs for a rare album-length excursion into folk blues. Continuing the rootsy, bare-bones approach that made 2001’s electric Sweet Tea (also produced by Dennis Herring) so gutsy and memorable, |
 | Blues
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(17 October, 2000)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Millennium Blues Party brings the party to life: Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a new blues lover, this CD brings your listening pleasure to new peaks. |
 | Bon Reve
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by Rounder / Pgd
Audio CD
(09 September, 2003)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Still the Bayou Ruler!!: I was attending my 16th Festival Acadienne in Lafayette, LA, in September, 2003, when I heard each song on this album performed live at Grant Street Dance Hall. |
 | Boogie Man
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by Ruf (Idn)
Audio CD
(10 February, 2004)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: A Howlin' New Release!: Omar's gritty and slightly hollow baritone vocals pay homage to the boogie blues by way of Memphis, TN. The Howlers stay closer to traditional Texas blues rock with roadhouse influences and an open-tuning slide background. Omar & |
 | Buddy's Baddest: The Best Of Buddy Guy
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Audio CD
(15 June, 1999)
(13 reviews)
Editorial Review: The title's baloney. Sure, some of Buddy Guy's most blistering guitar playing has been captured on his '90s recordings for Silvertone, but with albums like Muddy Waters's 1964 Folk Singer and his own 1967 solo debut A Man & |
 | Buddy's Blues (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
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by Chess
Audio CD
(08 April, 1997)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: The best of Buddy Guy's Chess sides: If you're only going to buy one Buddy Guy-album, I'd probably go with Rhino's career-spanning "The Very Best Of Buddy Guy".B |
 | Cajun for Kids
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by Music Little People
Audio CD
(07 April, 1998)
(22 reviews)
Editorial Review: One of Cajun music's chief qualities is its cheerfulness; it's impossible to listen to it and stay depressed. This same quality makes it perfect music for kids, and Papillion succeeds admirably, from the rollicking gaiety of "Down on the Bayou" to the zydeco rhythm of "Zydeco Dancing" to the bluesy shuffle of "Sugar Bee." |
 | Capitol Collectors Series: Louis Prima
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(21 May, 1991)
(59 reviews)
Editorial Review: Band leader and lounge kingpin Louis Prima will be best be known for the classic, "Just a Gigolo," immortalized by David Lee Roth for a whole new generation of swingers. But Prima's output went much further: in his day he recorded for Capitol, |
 | Change (Dig)
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by Ruf (Idn)
Audio CD
(24 August, 2004)
Editorial Review: Unplugged, but electrifying nonetheless, Canada-based blueswoman Sue Foley's first live disc was recorded in one take with a band that hadn't rehearsed the set. Yet, instead of a sloppy, slapdash show, she delivers her most inspired and undoubtedly most intimate album to date. |
 | Chess Blues
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by Chess
Audio CD
(02 February, 1993)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Blues 101!!!: All right, students, now pay attention! Put down that racing form and pay attention right now! This here Chess Blues box set contains exactly 101 tracks. |
 | Chicago/Blues/Today!
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by Vanguard Records
Audio CD
(24 August, 1999)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Blues masterpiece: Every single one of the 42 tracks is a gem. All of the original liner notes and artwork are reproduced and augmented with additional notes for a total of 47 pages of blues history with lots of great period photography. |
 | Chill Out
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by Virgin Records
Audio CD
(21 February, 1995)
(10 reviews)
Editorial Review: One of his finest '90s recordings, Chill Out balances the guitar-glitz of Carlos Santana's guest shot on the karmic title cut with a handful of profoundly deep Hooker solo performances. Among those are new versions of his standards "Tupelo" and "Annie Mae," |
 | Choo Choo Boogaloo
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by Music Little People
Audio CD
(30 August, 1994)
(56 reviews)
Editorial Review: Take a spicy Cajun tour through Louisiana's bayou country on Choo Choo Boogaloo! The musical scenery includes foot-stompin', two-steppin,' finger poppin' zydeco emblazoned with hot guitar licks, sassy accordion, |
 | Christmas Celebration of Hope
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Audio CD
(06 November, 2001)
(12 reviews)
Editorial Review: Now that Charles Brown is gone, it's up to B.B. King to uphold the blues for Christmas. If this first collection of holiday music is any indication, he deserves his own igloo in the North Pole. Self-produced with his touring band in New Orleans during a spring heat wave, |
 | Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters
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Audio CD
(23 September, 2003)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: One of his best: This is my favorite Christmas CD, hands down. I'm a little biased, as I've been a BB King fan for years, but I was blown away by the production quality of this album. |
 | Circle
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by Pachyderm Records
Audio CD
(09 May, 2000)
(46 reviews)
Editorial Review: Nakota Nation quartet Indigenous refine and expand their already impressive sound on their second studio full-length album, Circle. These twentysomethings prove themselves to be the most rounded of all the young guns. |
 | Classic Sides
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by Jsp Records
Audio CD
(18 March, 2003)
(6 reviews)
Customer Review: Excellent: This four-disc JSP compilation provides a truly excellent overview of Texas bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson's career. It is very well annotated, |
 | Classic Years 1927-1940
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by Jsp Records
Audio CD
(10 June, 2003)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Brilliant,get it.: I came to this box set having heard nothing of the music of Blind Willie McTell,I just thought I'd take a chance.I |
 | Come On In
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by Fat Possum
Audio CD
(25 August, 1998)
(31 reviews)
Editorial Review: Now, here's what you call a break from tradition. After bridging the gap between punk and blues on his collaboration with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, A Ass Pocket of Whiskey, Mississippi bluesman R.L |
 | Complete Recordings 1929-34
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by Jsp Records
Audio CD
(24 September, 2002)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: The best!: The JSP label's blues box sets featuring Charlie Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy are among the best-sounding prewar blues compilations on the market, |
 | Daddies Sing GoodNight: A Fathers' Collection of Sleepytime Songs
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by Sugarhill [Country]
Audio CD
(22 February, 1994)
(11 reviews)
Editorial Review: Inspired by 1992's 'Til Their Eyes Shine: The Lullaby Album, an all-female collection of sleepy-time songs for children, Daddies Sing Good Night proves that men are no less tender in nurturing their wee ones. |
 | Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
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Audio CD
(27 August, 1991)
(31 reviews)
Customer Review: Ambassador of Blues: There are two giants that keep on promoting the lifestyle of the blues. The first is B.B. King. The other? Buddy Guy. |
 | Dark Was the Night [Columbia/Legacy]
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Audio CD
(30 June, 1998)
(5 reviews)
Editorial Review: Along with Robert Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, and others, Blind Willie Johnson was one of the founding fathers of the blues. This 16-song collection features some of his best, most classic work, |
 | Deluxe Edition
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by Alligator Records
Audio CD
(22 January, 2002)
(4 reviews)
Editorial Review: Koko Taylor's something of a deluxe edition herself. With a Cadillac of a voice that rumbles the earth and rattles the glassware, she reigns as the undisputed empress of the blues. Deluxe Edition, a retrospective of her 15 years with Alligator Records, |
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