April 2021 – Top Blues
This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail Twitter: @bwheelerglobe
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Vol 2 Stony Plain
Chris Cain Raisin’ Cain Alligator
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band Dance Songs for Hard Times Family Owned Records
Joanna Connor 4801 South Indiana Avenue Keeping The Blues Alive
Curtis Salgado Damage Control Alligator
Cristina Vane Old Played New Blue Tip
*Steve Hill Desert Trip Self
Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrating the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac BMG
*Bill King Mondo Jumbo Self
Selwyn Birchwood Living in a Burning House Alligator
Alabama Slim The Parlor, Cornelius Chapel
Bette Smith The Good, The Bad and The Bette Ruf
*Layla Zoe Nowhere Left to Go Self
*Alec Fraser Jr. On The Wings of the Wind Self
*Tony D Speak No Evil A Flurry of Instrumentals Self
Wall Matthews The Plum Women’s Blues, Vol. 3 Tompkins Square
*Endrick and the Sandwiches Green Room Rumble Self
*Miss Emily Live at the Isabel Independent
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny Let’s Get Happy Together Stony Plain (May 7)
Tony Joe White Smoke from the Chimney Easy Eye Sound (May 7)
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Vol 1 Stony Plain
*Canadian release