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Monthly recommended listening by various guest contributors.


Top Blues – February 2019

This month’s recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of John Valenteyn’s Blues on ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues.  

Top Blues – January 2019

Various Artists    Muscle Shoals Small Town Big Sound    RCA
Keesha Pratt Band    Believe    Independent
Eric Lindell    Revolution in Your Heart    Alligator
Boz Scaggs    Out of the Blues    Concord
Keith Stone With Red Gravy    Keith Stone With Red Gravy    Independent
Billy Hector    Some Day Baby    Ghetto Surf Music
Anthony Geraci    Why Did You Have To Go    Shining Stone
Damon Fowler    The Whiskey Bayou Session    Whiskey Bayou Records
Bob Lanza    Kid Dogs And Krazy Women    Connor Ray Music
Billy Gibbons    The Big Bad Blues     Concord
Big Harp George    Uptown Cool    Blues Mountain Records
Tom Hambridge    The NOLA Sessions    SuperStar
Trudy Lynn    Blues Came Knockin’    Connor Bay Music
Russ Green    City Soul    Cleopatra Records
Kat Riggins    In The Boys’ Club    Bluzpik
David Vest *    David Vest    Cordova Bay
Jack de Keyzer *    Checkmate    Blue Star Records
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar *    Run To Me    Gypsy Soul Records
Ndidi O *    These Days    Independent
Spencer Mackenzie *    Cold November    Gypsy Soul
Elise LeGrow *    Playing Chess    S-Curve Records
Lindsay Beaver *    Tough As Love    Alligator
Suzie Vinnick *    Shake The Love Around    Independent
Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio    Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here    Alligator
Myles Goodwyn *    And Friends of the Blues    Northern Goody Two Tunes/Linus
Gina Sicilia    Heard the Lie    Blue Elan Records
Kara Grainger    Living With Your Ghost    Station House
Bob Corritore & Friends    Don’t Let The Devil Ride    SWMAF / VizzTone
Nicki Bluhm    To Rise You Gotta Fall    Compass
Kat Danser *    Goin’ Gone    Black Hen
Mike Farris    Silver & Stone    Compass
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band    Poor Until Payday    Thirty Tigers
Rachelle Coba    Blink    American Showplace
Buddy Guy    The Blues is Alive and Well    Silvertone/RCA/Sony
Al Basile    Me & The Originator    Sweetspot
Jon Cleary    Dyna-Mite    FHQ/Thirty Tigers
Dan McKinnon    The Cleaner    Independent
Michael Kaeshammer *    Something New    Linus Entertainment Inc.
John Fogerty    The Holy Grail    BMG
Sons of Rhythm *    Sons of Rhythm    Independent

*=Canadian

Top Blues – December 2018

This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail Twitter: @bwheelerglobe

Top Blues – November 2018

This month’s recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of John Valenteyn’s Blues on ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues.

Top Blues – September 2018

This month’s recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of John Valenteyn’s Blues on ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues.

Top Blues – August 2018

This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail Twitter: @bwheelerglobe

Top Blues – July 2018

This month’s recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of John Valenteyn’s Blues on ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues.

Top Blues – June 2018

This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail
Twitter: @bwheelerglobe

Top Blues – May 2018

This month’s recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of John Valenteyn’s Blues on ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues.

Top Blues – April 2018

This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail

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