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Highway 61 Revisited

By Bob Dylan

Highway 61 Revisited turned 60… and, as usual, this kind of big anniversary makes a good excuse to turn back to this kind of album and have another look at it. If not an original or fresher look, at least an honest and...

Hard Road

By Christone Kingfish Ingram

Kingfish, A Prodigy I’ve mentioned Kingfish a number of times in past reviews. Just to reintroduce this legend, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, is a fantastic 26 year old blues musician from Mississippi. As a young...

Otis Blue

By Otis Redding

Sixty years ago — in July 1965, under the sweltering Memphis heat — Otis Redding walked into Stax Studios and, in just twenty-four hours, recorded one of the defining albums of soul music. Otis Blue wasn’t simply made —...

Ain’t Done With the Blues

By Buddy Guy

From his early days in Louisiana to sharing the stage with legends like Clapton and Zeppelin, Buddy Guy has shaped the sound of modern blues. Now, at 89, he releases Ain’t Done With the Blues, an album that both honors...

Breakthrough

By Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is an American guitarist, most famous for his numerous blues and rock albums. A guitar virtuoso: Bonamassa has blues in his veins. A child prodigy: Bonamassa played alongside BB King at the age of 12. At...

Room On The Porch

By TajMo

Eight years ago, Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ joined forces to create a strong collaborative album under the moniker TajMo. It wasn’t the best work of either artist, but we’re talking about two living legends of blues...

Hackney Diamonds

By Rolling Stones

The Band to Date Hackney Diamonds is the latest release of The Rolling Stones. The legendary rock band, who initially formed in 1962, are amongst the most influential and long lived bands in the world. With such ground...

Thin Lizzy Acoustic Sessions

The Acoustic Sessions

By Thin Lizzy

A few months ago, I was surprised to read a news article announcing the release of a new Thin Lizzy album. “Sure, Look! That must be a mistake!” I thought. “They haven’t released anything new under...

A Christmas-ish Playlist

This is it... The time for cheers, and glee has come back. Like every year. But this year is special... This Year, a new webzine is born. You have followed some mysterious bright star and landed here. The Hidden Track...