Billy Gibbons
Hardware
Gibbons' third solo album finds him drawing upon his time-tested strengths while adding elements of dusty desert splendor.
Carolyn Wonderland
Tempting Fate
After a four-year recording break, the Texas singer, songwriter, and guitar hero delivers her Alligator debut, produced by Dave Alvin.
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
662
The young hotshot blues guitarist delivers a sophomore set that deepens and expands upon the sound of his award-winning debut.
Curtis Salgado
Damage Control
Employing three bands with top-shelf sidemen in three cities, the singer/songwriter channels early rock and R&B on this killer set.
Dan Kroha
Detroit Blues
Detroit mainstay approaches his second solo album of traditional and public domain folk and blues songs with inventive arrangements and an array of homemade instruments.
Elizabeth King
Living in the Last Days
After a recording break of nearly 50 years, the powerhouse Memphis sacred soul and gospel singer delivers her debut album.
Eric Bibb
Dear America
The artist offers a tender, poignant manifesto of love and empathy to a land, history, and people that haven't always loved him back.
GA-20
Try It…You Might Like It! GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor
The Massachusetts trio deliver a riotously raw tribute to the great Chicago bluesman.
Jimmie Vaughan
The Jimmie Vaughan Story [Deluxe Edition 5CD Set, 12-Inch Vinyl, 2x7-Inch Singles & Book]
A handsomely designed five-disc box traces the influential guitarist's career for over five decades, and offers a wealth of unissued material.
Joanna Connor
4801 South Indiana Avenue
Teaming with co-producers Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith, the queen of Chicago blues guitar delivers 11 tracks of raw, raucous joy.
John Mayall
First Generation 1965-1974
A massive 35-disc box set presents its subject as one of the most innovative, influential, and prolific blues musicians to emerge from the 20th century.
Robben Ford
Pure
On his first instrumental album since 1997, the guitar master delivers a wonderfully diverse and balanced collection of funky originals.
Robert Finley
Sharecropper's Son
The Louisiana singer renews his partnership with producer Dan Auerbach in a searingly honest, emotionally powerful set of originals.
Selwyn Birchwood
Living in a Burning House
The Florida bluesman's wide embrace of blues and R&B traditions assists him in creating a stubborn, expansive, individual style.
Southern Avenue
Be the Love You Want
In teaming with co-producer Steve Berlin, the Memphis ensemble reveals exponential growth on their third long-player.
Steve Cropper
Fire It Up
A decade after his 2011 LP, the great guitarist and bandleader delivers a gritty, riff-based set of soul, funk, and blues.
Sue Foley
Pinky's Blues
The Austin-based guitar slinger celebrates the lineage of the Texas blues on this raw, wooly, joyous outing.
The Black Keys
Delta Kream
The indie rock duo pay homage to their Mississippi blues idols with a gritty, textured covers album.
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Dance Songs for Hard Times
A raw, vital, and fun blues album inspired by the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020.
Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro Presents: A Bluesman Came to Town
On his first blues concept album, the San Jose bluesman offers wide-ranging, rocking, and cautionary tales of an itinerant musician's life.
