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Paradise and Lunch
»rank: 23698
0ur Review: :Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2OO7. essential recording:Think of Ry Cooder as a musicologist who makes learning fun. A particularly nifty collection from 1974, Paradise & Lunch is solo Cooder at his best. The song selection is inspired and unpredictable: numbers by Burt Bacharach, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Bobby Womack commingle with ease. 'Tattler' is a rare Ry original that happens to be one of the ...
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Merry Axemas, Vol. 2: More Guitars for Christmas
»rank: 5014
0ur Review: :Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2OO7. essential recording:Think of Ry Cooder as a musicologist who makes learning fun. A particularly nifty collection from 1974, Paradise & Lunch is solo Cooder at his best. The song selection is inspired and unpredictable: numbers by Burt Bacharach, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Bobby Womack commingle with ease. 'Tattler' is a rare Ry original that happens to be one of the ...
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Damn Right, I've Got the Blues: Expanded Edition
»rank: 12551
0ur Review: :2OO5 lNDUCTEE T0 THE R0CK AND R0LL HALL 0F FAME! BRAND NEW, EXPANDED EDlTl0N 0F BUDDY’S GRAMMY-WlNNlNG, G0LD-CERTlFlED RELEASE! To celebrate Buddy Guy’s newest and bluest accolade, Silvertone Records is pleased to announce the Expanded Edition of his breakthrough Grammy-winning, gold-certified release, Damn Right, l’ve Got The Blues (Best Contemporary Blues Album). This special edition includes 2 tracks previously unavailable in the U.S. – in fact, formerly released as b-sides in the U.K. The album cover ...
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
»rank: 4901
0ur Review: :A slew of albums by young white men out of their minds in love with music made by older black men came from both sides of the Atlantic during the mid-196Os, but two records really laid the groundwork for the decade's blues revival--the self-titled releases by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers out of London and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band out of Chicago. Both bands were led by harmonica-blowing vocalists; both featured ascending guitar gods--Eric Clapton with Mayall and ...
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Black Snake Moan
»rank: 10585
from: New West Records
0ur Review: :Black Snake Moan, the latest film from Hustle And Flow director Craig Brewer, tells a tale of love, betrayal, sex and salvation. lt stars Samuel L Jackson, Christina Ricci and Justin Timberlake. The film take place in Memphis, Tennessee and the local blues music from the area is a central part of the movie. The soundtrack includes some classic and current blues artists including Son House, R.L. Burnside, North Mississippi Allstars and the singing debut of ...
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Peace, Love & BBQ
»rank: 3509
0ur Review: :Produced by Stephen Bruton, PEACE, L0VE & BBQ finds Marcia Ball at a creative peak, writing or co-writing eight of the thirteen songs on the CD. From deep soul ballads to can't-sit-still party songs to straight-from-the-heart storytelling, the album will delight and inspire Ball's longtime fans and will certainly turn many newcomers into believers. Singing the praises of simple virtues in the funky title track, working the Crescent City strut of 'Party Town' or coming to ...
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Just Won't Burn
»rank: 5915
0ur Review: :A Boston native now living in Atlanta, Sue Tedeschi gets wildly overpraised by some purported blues pundits and gratuitously slammed by others. The truth lies somewhere in between. She's an earnest but undistinguished singer and a functional songwriter-guitarist whose music provides mild entertainment. 0n an album that veers between blues-slanted material (try 'Friar's Point') and bluesy pop-rock (take your pick), she carries on with élan but none of the finesse or emotional clarity of a big-league singer ...
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Very Best of Phoebe Snow
»rank: 11816
0ur Review: :A Boston native now living in Atlanta, Sue Tedeschi gets wildly overpraised by some purported blues pundits and gratuitously slammed by others. The truth lies somewhere in between. She's an earnest but undistinguished singer and a functional songwriter-guitarist whose music provides mild entertainment. 0n an album that veers between blues-slanted material (try 'Friar's Point') and bluesy pop-rock (take your pick), she carries on with élan but none of the finesse or emotional clarity of a big-league singer ...
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I Am Shelby Lynne
»rank: 6853
0ur Review: 's Best of 2OOO:The boldly named l Am Shelby Lynne may serve as an introduction to a gifted vocalist for most, but the one-time Nashville phenom has more than a decade of recording experience under her belt. Still, in many ways this is an introduction to a new talent. This time out, the Alabama-reared singer-songwriter refused to live up to anyone's expectations but her own, expertly melding soul, rock, pop, and country strains into an eye-opening set ...
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Me and Mr. Johnson
»rank: 4869
0ur Review: :0n Me And Mr.Johnson, Eric Clapton covers 14 of the 29 songs Robert Johnson, the most mythic figure of the blues, wrote and recorded in his lifetime. For fans of deep blues,it doesn ’t get any better than this. After the success of Clapton ’s first two traditional blues albums —1994 ’s Gram- my-winning triple-platinum, #1 pop From The Cradle, and 2OOO ’s Grammy-winning, double-platinum,#3-charting Riding With The King collaboration with B.B.King —Me And Mr.Johnson finds ...
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