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Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - 100 Years Of Blues
Release date: September 25, 2020 Alligator Records By Greg Easterling One hundred years of blues...let that soak in for a while. That's...


Marty Gunther’s Red, Hot ’n Blues Music Reviews - October 2020
Marty runs down 15 sizzling new releases for October. Sugar Ray and the Bluetones featuring Little Charlie Too Far from the Bar (Severn...


BLUES LEGACY: Tradition and Innovation in Chicago
When esteemed educator, writer and music historian David Whiteis pens a profile of an artist, he is not content to go with the mundane.


Blues Before Sunrise: Interviews from the Chicago Scene by Steve Cushing
For over 40 years, Steve Cushing’s radio show, “Blues Before Sunrise” has been the gold standard for serious blues lovers.


Always The Queen: The Denise LaSalle Story
LaSalle's autobiography is a compelling page-turner, full of twists and turns that comprise her fascinating life and career.


Marty Gunther’s Red, Hot ’n Blues Music Reviews - September 2020
Marty Gunther's monthly take on new Blues releases.


Gerald McClendon - Can’t Nobody Stop Me Now
Release date: June 12, 2020 Delta Roots Records By James Porter Singer Gerald McClendon and producer Twist Turner may have met their...


Marty Gunther’s Red, Hot ’n Blues Music Reviews - August 2020
By Marty Gunther Gerald McClendon – Can’t Nobody Stop Me Now (Delta Roots Records DR-1003) www.geraldmcclendon.com No one working in the...


Johnny Burgin w/ special guests - No Border Blues
Put on this album and close your eyes. What you hear will make you think you are sitting in a vintage Chicago blues club circa 1960.


Linsey Alexander - Live At Rosa's
Live At Rosa's by guitarist-vocalist Linsey Alexander and band is a bright light on the wall of a darkened club.


John Primer & Bob Corritore - The Gypsy Woman Told Me
The title is the first tip that this CD is a real treat.


Marty Gunther’s Red, Hot ’n Blues Music Reviews - July 2020
By Marty Gunther John Primer & Bob Corritore – The Gypsy Woman Told Me (VizzTone Label Group VT-SWMAF-14) www.johnprimer.com...


Chicago’s Blues Clubs Face Uncertain Future:
Chicago's Blues Clubs Face Uncertain Future


Marty Gunther’s Red, Hot ’n Blues Music Reviews - June 2020
Victor Wainwright and the Train – Memphis Loud (Ruf Records 1280) www.victorwainwright.com Keyboard master Victor Wainwright earned a...


The Art of The Blues - A Visual Treasury of Black Music’s Golden Age
This impressive collection compiled by Bill Dahl is a lavish, stunning book that truly lives up to its title.


Shoji Naito - Westmont to Chicago: Tribute to Eddy Clearwater
Release date: January 10, 2020 Ogden Records 15 Tracks / 56 minutes By Marty Gunther When Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater left us at age 83...


Tinsley Ellis - Ice Cream In Hell
Release date: January 31, 2020 Alligator Records 11 Tracks / 51:01 By Mark Thompson After seeing B.B. King for the first time, there was...


Alex Dixon - The Real McCoy
Release date: Friday, March 24, 2020 Dixon Landing Music 13 Tracks / 44:27 By Jeff Johnson Some musicians grow up in the Mississippi...


Roomful of Blues - In A Roomful of Blues
Release date: Friday, March 13, 2020 Alligator Records 13 Tracks / 44:27 By Mark Thompson It has been almost seven years since the last...


Liz Mandeville - Playing with Fire
Release date: March 7, 2020 Blue Kitty Music By Robin Zimmerman Liz Mandeville is back and her timing couldn’t have been more perfect. On...
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