Issue Articles
Obituary: Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009)
The generation that made the defining records in New Orleans’ rhythm and blues became a little smaller when Snooks Eaglin died February 18 from cardiac arrest. He was 73. Eaglin […]
Lloyd Price, Lloyd Rocks (Bear Family)
Because Lloyd Price left New Orleans early in his career for the greener financial and musical pastures of New York, he’s been overlooked in the pantheon of New Orleans music. […]
Luther Kent: Gimme Two Steps
It should be no surprise that Luther Kent’s latest CD, The Bobby Bland Songbook, pays tribute to the “Three B Blues Boy,” as Kent considers himself Bland’s biggest fan. “He’s […]
The Lost Ford
Frankie Ford’s latest album, On the Street Where You Live, presents the singer known for “Sea Cruise” in a swinging, big band context, where he sounds right at home. The […]
Robert Cray, Live at the BBC (Mercury)
Those of us lucky enough to have witnessed the arrival of Young Bob back in the early 1980s recall what an amazing breath of fresh air he brought to the […]
Shemekia Copeland, Never Come Back (Telarc Blues)
With song topics that address water pollution, bad brakes, Bible-toting politicians, and the trials of single parenthood, Never Come Back definitely isn’t your father’s blues CD. Musically it isn’t either, […]
Sam Myers and Anson Funderburgh, My Love is Here to Stay (Hep Cat)
This was the initial coupling between Sam and Anson that originally appeared on Black Top in 1984. As luck would have it, I was in the Dallas strip-mall studio when […]
Phil Phillips, Sea of Love (Bear Family)
Perhaps because he hails from Lake Charles, Louisiana—slightly off the beaten musical path—Phil Phillips is probably the most overlooked and under-appreciated hit-maker in the state’s history. Nevertheless, his classic “Sea […]
Howlin’ Wolf, Rocking the Blues: Live in Germany 1964 (Acrobat)
These tracks have been around the block several times since the late 1960s, but it’s great that they are available again. This CD captures Howlin’ Wolf at a key turning […]
