- Bobby Rush, Rawer Than Raw, Deep Rush
- Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite, 100 Years of Blues, Alligator
- Ronnie Earl &
Author Archives: Living Blues
LIVING BLUES RADIO REPORT AUGUST 2020
- Anthony Geraci with Dennis Brennan, Daydreams in Blue, Shining Stone
- The Lucky Losers, Godless Land, VizzTone
- Kat Riggins,
Living Blues #268 Top Ten Reviews
FENTON ROBINSON
Out of Chicago: The Chicago Blues Master—Live and Studio Sessions, 1989/92
JSP Records – JSP 3017
Out of Chicago is a welcome and unexpected set of tracks from the late Chicago guitarist Fenton Robinson.
27th Annual Living Blues Awards (2020)
Critics’ Poll
Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
Bobby Rush
Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Shemekia Copeland
Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Mavis Staples
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Jimmy Johnson
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
Billy Branch
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Marcia Ball
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass)
Benny Turner
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums)
Cedric Burnside
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns)
The Texas Horns: Kaz Kazanoff,
LIVING BLUES RADIO REPORT JULY 2020
- Anthony Geraci with Dennis Brennan, Daydreams in Blue, Shining Stone
- Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, Go, Just Do It!,
LIVING BLUES RADIO REPORT JUNE 2020
- John Primer & Bob Corritore, The Gypsy Woman Told Me, VizzTone
- Ruthie Foster Big Band, Live at the Paramount,
Living Blues #267 Top 10 Reviews
BETTYE LAVETTE
Blackbirds
Verve – B0031706-02
Bettye LaVette considers the creative success and widespread recognition she has achieved in recent years her “fifth career.” After so many stops and starts,
LIVING BLUES RADIO REPORT MAY 2020
- Roomful of Blues, In a Roomful of Blues, Alligator
- John Primer & Bob Corritore, The Gypsy Woman Told Me,
LIVING BLUES RADIO REPORT APRIL 2020
- Roomful of Blues, In a Roomful of Blues, Alligator
- John Primer & Bob Corritore, The Gypsy Woman Told Me,
Living Blues #266 Top 10 Reviews
DOM FLEMONS
Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus
Omnivore Records – OVCD-354
Dom Flemons’ Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus is an ambitious undertaking to redefine the “songster,” a term used to describe musical artists who “sang and played a variety of material in the years before the First World War.” Flemons cites artists such as Papa Charlie Jackson,
