Top Blues – February 2012
This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler,
music writer for the Globe and Mail
Eddie C. Campbell Spider Eating Preacher (Delmark)
Tim Bastmeyer Tim Bastmeyer (independent)*
Hope Waits Introducing Hope Waits (Spann)
Brandon Isaak Bluesman’s Plea (independent)*
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen Push Record: The Banff Sessions (Borealis)*
Paul Rodgers & Friends Live at Montreux (Eagle)*
Charlie Haden and Hank Jones Come Sunday (Universal)
David Vest Rock A While (Criminal)*
Toronzo Cannon Leaving Mood (Delmark)
Michael Jerome Browne The Road Is Dark (Borealis) *
Sharrie Williams Out of the Dark (Electro-Fi)
Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire The Real Deal (Delmark)
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Centre (Reprise/Rhino)
The Black Keys El Camino (Warner)
Joe Louis Walker Hellfire (Alligator)
Marcia Ball Roadside Attractions (Alligator)
The Pack A.D. Unpersons (Mint)*
Matt Andersen Coal Mining Blues (Busted Flat)*