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112 North Duck
-
I took The Hook
Albert Castiglia -
These Are The Days
Ana Popovic -
Still Making History
Back Door Slam -
Roll Away
Big James and the Chicago Playboys -
Thank God I’ve Got The Blues
Billy Gibson -
DVD: Live at the North Atlantic Blues Festival (2007)
Billy Jones -
My Hometown
Blue Voodoo -
Hot Wire (My Heart)
Bobby Rush -
Raw
Bocce Boogie –
Live 1978
Byther Smith -
DVD: Blues on the Moon – Live at the Natural Rhythm Social Club
Candye Kane -
Guitar’d and Feathered
Carlos Johnson -
LIVE at B. L. U. E. S. on Halsted
Carolyn Wonderland -
Miss Undestood
Chainsaw Dupont -
Ghost Kings of Beale Street
Charles “Big Daddy” Stallings -
Blues Evolution
Clarence Spady -
Just Between Us
Dallas Hodge -
Reelin’
Dave Hole -
Rough Diamond
Dave Riley and Bob Corritore -
Travelin’ the Dirt Road
Deak Harp -
Gateway To The Blues
Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater -
West Side Strut
Eden Brent -
Mississippi Number One
EG Kight -
It’s Hot In Here’
Ellis Hooks -
Another Saturday Morning
Eric Lindell -
Low On Cash, Rich In Love
Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill, Rich DelGrosso -
Live From Bluesville
Haley Crouch & The Comet Blues Band -
Bring Pluto Back
Hamilton Loomis -
Ain’t Just Temporary
Harper -
Day By Day
Hollywood Fats & The Paladins -
Live 1985
Honeyboy Edwards -
Roamin’ and Ramblin’
Howard & The White Boys -
Made In Chicago
Jason Ricci & New Blood -
Rocket Number 9
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat -
Tijuana Bible
John Németh -
Magic Touch
John-Alex Mason -
Town and Country
Kenny Neal -
Let Life Flow
Larry Garner -Here
Today Gone Tomorrow
Lefty Williams Band -
Snake Oil
Lew Jetton & 61 South -
Tales From A 2 Lane
Luther Allison -
Underground
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues -
Backbone & Gristle
Malkum Gibson and the Mighty Juke -
It's Gonna Be Alright
Mannish Boys -
Big Plans
Michael Osborn -
What Goes Around
Mike Bader -
Matches my Feelings
Miss Blues -
Bad Prospects
Mississippi Heat -
Hattiesburg Blues
Monica Dupont -
Life Goes On
Mud Angels -
A Bolt From The Blue
Otis Taylor -
Recapturing the Banjo
Pat Smillie Band -
Down By The River
Popa Chubby -
Electric Chubbyland Volumes 1 & 2
Reba Russell Band -
Bleeding Heart
Rob Roy Parnell -
Let’s Start Something
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet -
ThrillVille
Roomful of Blues -
Raisin’ A Ruckus
Root Doctor -
Change Our Ways
Samuel James -
Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy
Scott Ellison -
Ice Storm
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King -
Blood Brothers
South Side Cindy & The Sliptones -
Change From a Penny
Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman, Roxanne Potvin -
Time Bomb
Ted Cash -
Big Boss Man & Alternative
The Beat Daddys -
Live at the Quincy Blues Fest 2007
The Delta Jets -
Chair Factory Blues
The Gas House Gorillas -
Five Gorillas Walk Into A Bar...
The Insomniacs -
Left Coast Blues
The Mannish Boys -
Lowdown Feelin’
The Rounders -
Wish I Had You
Wanda Johnson -
Hold What You Got
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith -
Born In Arkansas
Blind Willie’s -
Live at Blind Willie’s, Volume 1
Chris James & Patrick Rynn –
Stop and Think About It
Hybrid Groove -
Just About Feeling
Irma Thomas -
Simply Grand
Mr. Keith Little -
Take It Off And Get Loose With It
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm -
2 Man Wrecking Crew
Davis Coen -
Blues Lights For Yours And Mine
Gravel Road -
Shot The Devil
Hiromasa Suzuki -
From Where I Am
Jake Walker -
Confidence Man
Jon Justice -
The Rebound
Liz Mandeville -
Red Top
Michael Burks -
Iron Man
Scottyboy Daniel Blues Band -
Flip The Switch
Watermelon Slim and the Workers -
No Paid Holidays
Dave Herrero -
Austin to Chicago
Everett Smithson Band -
Mad Dog
Gaye Adegbalola -
Gaye Without Shame
James "Super Chikan" Johnson -
Sum' Mo' Chikan
Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers -
Inside Tracks
Marcia Ball -
Peace, Love & B.B.Q.
Walking with The Kings - DVD/CD
Willie “Pinetop” Perkins -
Pinetop Perkins And Friends
Jimmy Sweetwater -
Jimmy Sweetwater
JJ Grey & Mofro -
Orange Blossoms
Lightnin’ Rod & The Thunderbolts -
After The Storm
Magic Slim & The Teardrops -
Midnight Blues
Travis “Moonchild” Haddix -
Daylight at Midnight
Vince Agwada -
Eyes of the City
Bob Levis -
Barstool Blues
Kilborn Alley -
Tear Down Chicago
Willie King -
One Love
King Robinson and the Housewreckers -
Hit the Big Time
Steve Gerard & the National Debonaires -
New Sounds From Kansas City
The Phantom Blues Band -
Footprints
Chris Duarte Group -
Vantage Point
Eric Gales -
Story Of My Life
Experience Hendrix DVD
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat -
Tijuana Bible
Kelly Richey -
Carry The Light
Rory Block -
Blues Walkin Like A Man
Back Door Slam -
Special EP
Becki Sue and her Big Rockin’ Daddies -
Big City Blues
EB Davis and the Superband -
Live at Yorckschlosschent
EB Davis and the Superband -
Uh Uh Baby
Eric Bibb –
Get On Board
Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band -
Overnight Sensation
Jerome Washington Express -
Live – San Luis Obispo Blues Society Show
Martijn Schok Boogie & Blues Band -
Let the Four Winds Blow
Phantom Blues Band -
Footprints
Scott Albert Johnson -
Umbrella Man
Sean Costello -
We Can Get Together
Second Breath -
Save The Blues
Stan “the Man” Hedges - Two Mule Parade
Tab Benoit -
Night Train to Nashville
Tommy Keys -
Side Street Boogie
Albert Collins -
Live at Montreux
Alex Wilson -
Tell Me Why
Aynsely Lister -
Everything I Need
B.B. King -
Live (DVD/CD)
Bettye LaVette -
Scene of the Crime
Born In the Honey:
The Pinetop Perkins Story
Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans - ‘Le Blues
Hot’
Buddy Flett -
Mississippi Sea
Catherine Russell -
Sentimental Streak
Charlie Wood & the New Memphis Underground
Chris Bergson Band -
Fall Changes
Coco Montoya -
Last Dirty Deal
D. Johnson -
Doney Blues
Darrell Nulisch -
Goin’ Back to Dallas
Dave Gross -
Crawling the Walls
Dave Specter & Friends -
Live In Chicago CD
Delta Moon -
Clear Blue Flame
Evin Bishop -
Booty Bumpin
Gerry Hundt -
Since Way Back
Gina Sicilia -
Hey Sugar
Gina Sicilia -
Allow Me To Confess
Janiva Magness -
What Love Will Do
JW-Jones -
Bluelisted
Kim Field & the Mighty Titans of Tone -
Blue Smoke
LA Blues Alliance -
What A Life
Laurie Morvan Band -
Cure What Ails Ya
Los Lonely Boys -
Sacred
Lurrie Bell -
Let’s Talk About Love
Mason Casey -
Sofa King Badass
Maurizio Pugno & Sugar Ray Norcia -
Look What I Found Out!
Mem Shannon -
Live: A Night At Tiptina’s
Microwave Dave & The Nukes -
Down South Nukin'
Mike Morgan & the Crawl -
Stronger Every Day
Monster Mike Welch -
Just Like It Is
Moreland & Arbuckle -
1861
Nalle, Magic Slim, Omar Dykes -
Chapel Hill
Nappy Brown -
Long Time Coming
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops -
Play It Til Tomorrow
Nicole Hart & the NRG Band -
Live! NRG
North Mississippi All Stars -
Hernando
Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan -
On the Jimmy Reed Highway
Peter Karp -
Shadows and Cracks
Richard Ray Farrell & Marco Pandolfi -
Stuck On the Blues
Ruthie Foster -
The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
South Side Cindy & The Sliptones -
Mighty Mighty
Steve Guyger -
Radio Blues
Stevie Ray Vaughan -
Solos, Sessions, & Encores
Sugar Ray Norcia & The Bluetones -My
Life, My Friends, My Music
Tad Robinson -
A New Point of View
Teeny Tucker -
Two Big M’s
Texas Northside Kings -
Texas Northside Kings
The Blues Experience w/Cash McCall -
The Vintage Room
The Pauline York Band -
Get Down and Ride!
Ty Curtis Band -
Stubborn Mind
ZZ Hill Jr. -
Goin' To Mississippi
Coco Montoya -
Dirty Deal (Courtesy
Crossroads Blues Society)
The Holmes Brothers -
State of Grace (Courtesy
Crossroads Blues Society)
Jimmy Burns -
Live at B.L.U.E.S Delmark DVD (Courtesy Mark Thompson
Crossroads Blues Society)
Carey & Lurrie Bell -
Gettin' Up Delmark DVD (Courtesy Mark Thompson
Crossroads Blues Society)
Phillip Walker -
Going Back Home - Review by Bill Porter
Big Joe Shelton -
Black Prairie Blues - Review by Bill Porter
Elvin Bishop -
The Blues Rolls On - Review by Bill Porter
Jeff Healey -
Mess Of’ Blues - Review By Brian Holland
Joe Louis Walker -
Witness to the Blues - Review By Brian Holland
Homemade Jamz Blues Band -
Pay Me No Mind Review by Jeremiah "Little Junior" James
Bonnie Bramlett -
Beautiful Review by Jeremiah "Little Junior" James
Albert Cummings Live -
Feel So Good – Review By Brian Holland
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters –
Hope Radio Sessions DVD
The Son
Seals Story -
A Journey Through the Blues
Willie King -
Down In the Woods
Little Arthur Duncan DVD -
Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge
Performance Reviews
◊ by Chicago Blues Editor
Lordy
Chicago Venue and artist reviews
- Updated weekly!
◊ by James "Skyy Dobro" Walker
Back Door Slam -
Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL
Blues On The Fox - Blues Festival,
Aurora, IL
Joe Bonamassa - The New Lafayette Club,
Normal, IL
John Nemeth with Junior Watson - The Alamo,
Springfield, IL
Robert Randolph - 2007 IH Mississippi Valley
Blues Fest
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat - The Alamo,
Springfield, IL January 28, 2008
Laurie Morvan Band - Live at The Highdive,
Champaign IL
◊ by Ben Cox
Sue Foley, Debra Coleman & Roxan Potvin
- 2007 Nothin' But The Blues Fest
Gina Sicilia featuring Dave Gross - The
Alamo – Springfield IL November 12, 2007
Bill Lupkin & the Blues Coalition - Live
at the Alamo, Springfield IL January 21, 2008
"Honeyboy" Edwards, Kilborn Alley, Deak
Harp and Dave Faubel - Deactur, IL - February 28, 2008
Coco Montoya Live - The New Lafayette Club,
Bloomington, IL - Saturday, March 15, 2008
Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones Live - The Alamo, Springfield IL
March 17, 2008
The Chris Cain Band - Live at Blue Monday May 5,
2008 The Alamo, Springfield IL
Simply the Blues Festival - May 9th –
10th, 2008 Ft. Madison Iowa
Too Slim & the Taildraggers - Thursday, May 8,
2008, Normal, IL
By Rob Paullin
The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue -
Live @ The New Lafayette Club, Bloomington, Illinois - February 7, 2008
(With 12 year old Matthew Curry)
City of Glendale Gibson Jazz and Blues
Festival - April 12-13, 2008
By
Mike CATHEAD Nunn & Gary WINGMAN
Weeks
Nick Moss - Marietta, Georgia
Book Reviews
Moanin’ At Midnight – The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf
- Book by by James Segrest and Mark Hoffman - Book review by James "Sky
Dobro" Walker
Today's Chicago Blues - Book by Karen
Hanson - Book review by James "Sky Dobro" Walker
Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life & Times of Muddy
Waters - Book by Robert Gordon - Book review by Ben Cox
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