Music Tracking 2018: Blues
These are 2018 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically
by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are
in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in
blue indicate that I have a physical copy
(albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green
are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such
source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note
(usually taken from AMG).
Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5).
The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests,
reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what
I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something
I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been
noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some
specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to
ASAP.
Option selectors:
Genre switches (no data for Indie Rock, Pop, Singer-Songwriter):
New Releases
- Geoff Achison: Sovereign Town (Jupiter/Landslide) [09-07] - blues
- Shawn Amos: Breaks It Down (Put Together) [02-16] - blues
- Sean Ardoin: Kreole Rock & Soul (Zydekool) [09-14] - blues
- Marcia Ball: Shine Bright (Alligator) [04-20] - blues [*]
- Lindsay Beaver: Tough as Love (Alligator) [10-12] - blues
- Lurrie Bell & the Bell Dynasty: Tribute to Carey Bell (Delmark) [05-03] - blues
- Frank Bey: Back in Business (Nola Blue) [09-21] - blues
- Eric Bibb: Global Griot (Dixie Frog) [10-26] - blues
- Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio: Something Smells Funny (Alligator) [07-13] - blues
- Rory Block: A Woman's Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith (Stoney Plain) - blues
- Barbara Blue: Fish in Dirty H2O (Big Blue) [09-14] - blues
- Joe Bonamassa: Redemption (J&R) [09-21] - blues
- RL Boyce: Rattlesnake Boogie (Waxploitation) [09-20] - blues [*]
- Charles Bradley: Black Velvet (Dunham) [11-09] - soul
- David Brinston: Kitty Whipped (Ecko) [05-11] - blues
- OB Buchana: Parking Lot Love Affair (Ecko) [02-16] - blues
- Cedric Burnside: Benton County Relic (Single Lock) [09-14] - blues
- Kevin Burt: Heartland and Soul (Little Village Foundation) [10-18] - blues
- Sean Chambers: Welcome to My Blues (American Showpiece) [10-19] - blues
- Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (Universal) [06-15] - British blues
- Jon Cleary: Dyna-Mite (FHQ) [07-13] - blues [*]
- Collard: Unholy (Virgin/EMI) [05-10] - r&b
- Shemekia Copeland: America's Child (Alligator) [08-03] - blues
- Charley Crockett: Lil GL's Blue Bonanza (Son of Davy) [12-07] - blues
- Fantastic Negrito: Please Don't Be Dead (Cooking Vinyl) [06-15] - blues
- Amanda Fish: Free (VizzTone) [09-14] - blues
- Kirk Fletcher: Hold On (self-released) [10-19] - blues
- Sue Foley: The Ice Queen (Stony Plain) [03-02] - blues [***]
- Dany Franchi: Problem Child (Station House) [05-18] - blues
- Anthony Geraci: Why Did You Have to Go (Shining Stone) [09-21] - blues
- Billy F Gibbons: The Big Bad Blues (Concord) [09-21] - blues rock [*]
- Barry Goldberg: In the Groove (Sunset Blvd) [06-15] - blues
- Diana Gordon: Pure (self-released -EP) [08-03] - r&b [*]
- Russ Green: City Soul (Cleopatra) [06-08] - blues
- Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive and Well (RCA) [06-15] - blues
- Beth Hart: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Provogue) [11-30] - blues
- Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa: Black Coffee (J&R Adventures) [01-26] - blues rock
- Lonnie Holley: MITH (Jagjaguwar) [09-21] - soul [B]
- Wilko Johnson: Blow Your Mind (Chess) [06-15] - blues-rock [**]
- Joi: SIR Rebekkah Holylove (Jolicious/Leau Tech) [06-22] - r&b
- Jeter Jones: Dhis Him (Music Access) [06-15] - blues
- Sir Charles Jones: The Masterpiece (Southern King Entertainment) [04-01] - blues
- Dave Keller: Every Soul's a Star (Catfood) [10-19] - blues
- Tori Kelly: Hiding Place (Schoolboy/Capitol) [09-14] - gospel
- King Fred: Soul 2 Soul (Riverside) [11-24] - blues
- Aki Kumar: Hidi Man Blues (Little Village Foundation) [08-01] - blues
- Yazmin Lacey: When the Sun Dips 90 Degrees (First Word) [06-22] - r&b
- Jonathon Long: Jonathon Long (Wild Heart) [09-07] - blues
- Fullee Love: Soup J5 Presents Fullee Love: Free White & 21 (Najla Music) [07-27] - r&b
- Magic One: The Magic Show (self-released) [09-01] - r&b
- Janiva Magness: Love Is an Army (Blue Elan) [02-23] - blues
- The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling: The High Cost of Low Living (Alligator) [03-09] - blues
- Ms Jody: I'm Doin' My Thang (Ecko) [07-06] - blues
- Maria Muldaur: Don't You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker (The Last Music Company) [09-28] - blues [A]
- Danielle Nicole: Cry No More (Concord) [02-23] - blues [*]
- P2K DaDiddy: Welcome 2 Da Boom Boom Room (self-released) - blues
- Joyann Parker: Hard to Love (BNC) [04-13] - blues
- Ben Pirani: How Do I Talk to My Brother? (Colemine) [09-21] - r&b
- The Keeshea Pratt Band: Believe (self-released) [05-29] - blues
- The Proven Ones: Wild Again (Roseleaf) [05-21] - blues
- Bernard Purdie & Friends: Present: Cool Down (Sugar Road) [05-19] - r&b
- Johnny Rawls: I'm Still Around (Third Street Cigar) [09-10] - blues
- Donnie Ray: My Southern Soul (CDS) [10-05] - r&b
- The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band: Poor Until Payday (Family Owned) [10-05] - blues
- Ben Rice: Wish the World Away (self-released) [06-30] - blues
- Boz Scaggs: Out of the Blues (Concord) [07-27] - blues [*]
- The Sha La Das: Love in the Wind (Daptone) [09-21] - r&b
- Crystal Shawanda: Voodoo Woman (True North) - blues
- Whitney Shay: A Woman Rules the World (Little Village Foundation) [08-01] - blues
- Chris Smither: Call Me Lucky (Signature Sounds) [03-02] - blues
- Carolyn Staten: Ladies' Night (Firefyre) [08-31] - blues
- Aaron Stephens: Focus (Aaron Stephens Music) [08-22] - r&b
- The Suffers: Everything Here (Shanachie) [07-13] - r&b
- Patrick Sweany: Ancient Noise (Nine Mile) [05-11] - blues
- Thundercat/OG Ron C/DJ Candlestick: Drank (Brainfeeder) [02-15] - r&b
- Too Slim and the Taildraggers: High Desert Heat (Underworld/VizzTone) [04-27] - blues
- Tower of Power: Soul Side of Town (Artistry Music) [06-01] - r&b
- Tucka: Working With the Feeling (Hit Nation) [11-10] - r&b
- VanJess: Silk Canvas (self-releaswed) [07-27] - r&b
- David Vest: David Vest (Cordova Bay) [04-06] - blues
- Joe Louis Walker/Bruce Katz/Giles Robson: Journey to the Heart of the Blues (Alligator) [10-26] - blues
- Summer Walker: Last Day of Summer (LVRN) [10-12] - r&b
- Walter Wolfman Washington: My Future Is My Past (Anti-) [04-20] - blues
- Tony Joe White: Bad Mouthin' (Yep Roc) [09-28] - blues
- Barrence Whitfield & the Savages: Soul Flowers of Titan (Bloodshot) [03-02] - blues [***]
- Luke Winslow-King: Blue Mesa (Bloodshot) [05-11] - blues [*]
Reissues, Etc.
Priority Counts
- Priority 1: 73
- Priority 2: 14
- Priority 3: 0
- Priority 4: 15
- Priority 5: 0
Total: 102
Grade Counts
- A : 1
- A- : 1
- *** : 3
- ** : 1
- * : 8
- B : 1
Total: 15
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