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Best Gift Shopping > Music > Modern Blues
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Raising Sand(more) »rank: 42from: Rounder
Our review:Album Description:The musical collaboration of the decade, Raising Sand is the sound of two iconic figures stepping out of their respective comfort zones and letting their instincts lead them across a brave new sonic landscape. Despite hailing from distinctly different backgrounds, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant share a maverick spirit and willingness to extend the boundaries of their respective genres. This spirit, expertly honed by producer T Bone Burnett, has resulted in an album pitched three steps beyond some cosmic collision of early urban blues, spacious West Texas country, and the untapped potential of the folk-rock revolution. Supported by the unparalleled musicianship of ... Detail |
Back To The River(more) »rank: 133by: Susan Tedeschi
Our review:Album Description:Back To The River is Susan Tedeschi's 2008 album, her second recording for Verve Forecast. Susan writes, sings and plays on a hard-driving collection of new songs that offer an emotionally honest look at love and life. Produced by George Drakoulias (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Black Crowes, Jayhawks) it also features performances by Derek Trucks (who also produced 1 track), Gary Louris and Doyle Bramhall II. Tedeschi's Verve Forecast debut, Hope and Desire, focused on her amazing vocal talents as an interpreter of other's songs. This time out she turns her pen, guitar and powerful voice to her own work having ... Detail |
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One Kind Favor(more) »rank: 223by: B.B. King
Our review:Album Description:B.B. King returns to his blues roots with the help of producer T Bone Burnett on 'One Kind Favor,'. The legendary artist is backed on the effort by pianist Dr. John, drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Nathan East. The track list includes such blues chestnuts as Big Bill Broonzy's 'Backwater Blues,' Lonnie Johnson's 'Tomorrow Night,' Blind Lemon Jefferson's 'See That My Grave Is Kept Clean' and T-Bone Walker's 'I Get So Weary.' Detail |
Skin Deep(more) »rank: 354by: Buddy Guy
Our review:Album Description:Skin Deep is the 2008 release by Buddy Guy. The album features The Memphis Horns, Willie Mitchell,Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph and Quinn Sullivan. :It’s erroneous to characterize this 2008 Buddy Guy release, his first in three years, as a comeback, since he’s never been gone. But between a spotlight stealing performance in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert flick Shine a Light in the same year and the appearance of Skin Deep, Guy has returned to the crossover arena as the magnetic and dynamic blues journeyman he has always been. Drop the laser anywhere on these dozen tunes, all ... Detail |
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Trouble(more) »rank: 414by: Ray LaMontagne
Our review: :Some singer/songwriters (think Paul Westerberg and Elliott Smith) develop their world-weariness through the unforgiving trials of passing years and the heart-breaking grind of the music business. Others (Van Morrison, Neil Young) seem to have sprung from out of nowhere with the fully formed soul of a life well-lived. Ray LaMontagne belongs with the latter. On this, his debut, LaMontagne has crafted a handful of quietly devastating meditations on life and love--and delivered them with a raspy vocal all his own. The simple, mournful lyrics of 'Burn,' 'Shelter' and the title track recall a Hank Williams ballad, and the reserved production by alt-country/americana genius ... Detail |
From the Reach(more) »rank: 457by: Sonny Landreth
Our review:Album Description:Singer, songwriter and Louisiana slide guitar phenom Sonny Landreth's first studio album in five years unites his band with a who's who of musical guests for a set of all-original roots rock tinged with the blues and New Orleans soul. Featured guitarists and vocalists include Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffett. Detail |
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Maestro(more) »rank: 467by: Taj Mahal
Our review:Album Description:The mythology of American blues is filled with images of the lone musician standing at the crossroads, caught in that gray area between light and shadow, cutting impossible deals with dark forces, offering up nothing less than his soul as collateral. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, a two-time GRAMMY® winner and one of the most influential American blues and roots artists of the past half-century, has made no Faustian deals in his long and distinguished career, but he stands at an important crossroads nonetheless. In his never-ending exploration of the complex origins and underpinnings of American music, he has forged a four-decade ... Detail |
Bad for You Baby(more) »rank: 1013by: Gary Moore
Our review:Album Description:Gary Moore is acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists that the British Isles has ever produced. In a career that dates back to the sixties, Moore has graced the line-ups of several notable rock bands including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II and Skid Row, to name but three, and to this day maintains a highly successful solo career. With his latest studio album 'Bad For You Baby', Gary continues with the sequence of blues rock albums that he began on Eagle Records with 'Old, New, Ballads, Blues' and continued on 'Close As You Get'. Mixing original tunes with Blues classics that Gary ... Detail |
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Live Through the 70's(more) »rank: 4429starring: Johnny Winter
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Mess of Blues(more) »rank: 894by: Jeff Healey
Our review: :This DVD contains an incredible collection of official archival footage from the '70s including performances from Danish TV 'Gladsaxe Teen Club' (Denmark 1970), the Royal Albert Hall in London (1970), the Beat Club in Bremen, Germany (1970), Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT (1973), Soundstage - Blues Summit in Chicago, IL (1974), Musikladen in Bremen, Germany (1974), and Rockpalast in Germany (1979). Intermixed with the live content is interview footage at Detroit Tubeworks in Detroit, MI (1970). It's the definitive document of Johnny's career in the '70s. Detail |