June 2025 – Top Blues
This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail Twitter: @bwheelerglobe
*Steve Marriner Hear My Heart Cordova Bay
Charlie Musselwhite Look Out Highway 40 Below
D.K. Harrell Talkin’ Heavy Alligator
*Dominique Fils-Aimé Live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival Ensoul
Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Room on the Porch Concord
Janiva Magness Back For Me Blue Élan
Robert Randolph Preacher Kids Sun
John Primer Grown in Mississippi Blues House
North Mississippi Allstars Still Shakin’ New West
Larry McCray Heartbreak City KTBA
Carolyn Wonderland Truth Is Alligator
Andrew Duncanson (featuring Michael Peloquin) California Trap Run It Back
Terry Hanck Grease to Gravy New Village
Tad Robinson Soul in Blue Delmark
Southern Avenue Family Alligator
Bob Stroger and the Headcutters Bob is Back Delmark
Various artists A Tribute to the King of Zydeco Valcour
*Crystal Shawanda Sing Pretty Blues New Sun
Joe Bonamassa Breakthrough J&R Adventures
Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Young Fashioned Ways Thirty Tigers
Various artists The Lost Recordings: The Original American Folk Blues Festival 1962 & 1963 ACT
*Kenny (Blues Boss) Wayne Ooh Yeah! Stony Plain