December 2022 – Top Blues
This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail Twitter: @bwheelerglobe
*Harrison Kennedy Thanks for Tomorrow Electro-Fi
Rory Block Ain’t Nobody Worried Stony Plain
*Blue Moon Marquee Scream, Holler & Howl Independent
Buddy Guy The Blues Don’t Lie RCA
*Bill King Paradise Blue Independent
Mud Morganfield Portrait Delmark
Kenny Neal Straight From the Heart Ruf
*Robert Connely Farr Shake It Independent
Thee Sacred Souls Thee Sacred Souls Penrose/Daptone
Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal Get on Board Perro Verde/Nonesuch
Kenny Wayne Shepherd The Trouble Is…25 Provogue
Will Jacobs Goldfish Blues Ruf
*Sass Jordan Bitches Blues Stony Plain
Lee Fields Sentimental Fool Daptone
*Angelique Francis Long River Independent
*Cliff Stevens Better Days Independent
*Miss Emily Defined by Love Independent
Kirk Fletcher Heartache by the Pound Ogierea
*Crystal Shawanda Midnight Blues True North
*Suzie Vinnick Fall Back Home Independent
Dr. John Things Happen That Way Rounder
*Andre Bisson The Ballad of Lucy Stone Independent