Otis Taylor – Fantasizing About Being Black (Trance Blues)

*Steve Strongman – No Time Like Now (Sonic Unyon)

Robert Cray – Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (Jay-Vee)

Beth Hart – Fire on the Floor (Provogue)

*MonkeyJunk – Time To Roll (Stony Plain)

Eric Bibb – Migration Blues (Stony Plain)

Elvin Bishop – Elvin Bishop’s Big Big Fun Trio (Alligator)

Allman Brothers Band – The Fox Box (Red Distribution)

Various artists – Classic Piedmont Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)

Eric Gales – Middle of the Road (Provogue)

Janiva Magness – Love Wins Again (Blue Elan)

Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings: The Centennial Collection (Sony Legacy)

*The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer –Apocalipstick (Tonic)

North Mississippi Allstars – Prayer for Peace (Sony Legacy)

Coco Montoya – Hard Truth (Alligator)

*Harrison Kennedy – Who U Tellin’? (out May 19) (Electro-Fi)

The McIntosh County Shouters – Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast (Smithsonian Folkways)

*Jimmy Bowskill & Carlos del Junco – Blues, Etc. (self-released)

*Michael Jerome Browne – Can’t Keep A Good Man Down (Borealis)

Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome (Universal)

*Big Dave McLean – Better the Devil You Know (Black Hen)

*Colin James – Blue Highways (True North)

Eric Clapton – Live in San Diego with special guest JJ Cale (Reprise)

* = Canadian

This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail (globeandmail.com and Twitter: bwheelerglobe)