Living Blues #283 Top 10 Reviews

TAJ MAHAL 
Savoy

Stony Plain Records – SPCD1470

Taj Mahal is music royalty. A prime exponent of both Americana and so-called “world music” long before either of those labels came into widespread use,

Living Blues #282 Top 10 Reviews

BUDDY GUY
The Blues Don’t Lie

RCA/Silvertone Records – 19658-73152-2

The title of Guy’s electrifying new album is just right. In his sure hands,

Living Blues #281 Top 10 Reviews

LEE FIELDS
Sentimental Fool

Daptone – DAP-075

The continuing autumnal renaissance of soul singer Lee Fields is one of those heartwarming stories of overdue success and acclaim coming late in life that is impossible to imagine in pop or rock.

Living Blues #280 Top Ten Reviews

SHEMEKIA COPELAND
Done Come Too Far

Alligator – AL5010

Done Come Too Far is the third album in Shemekia Copeland’s trilogy that includes America’s Child (2018) and Uncivil War (2020) and melds a signature approach to blues rock and Americana with socially conscious songs that target such issues as racism,