Top Blues – January 2017
Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome (Universal)
*MonkeyJunk – Time To Roll (Stony Plain)
David Bromberg – The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But The Blues (Red House)
Mississippi Fred McDowell – Shake ‘Em On Down: Live in NYC (Sunset Blvd)
*Jimmy Bowskill & Carlos del Junco – Blues, Etc. (self-released)
*Michael Jerome Browne – Can’t Keep A Good Man Down (Borealis)
Janiva Magness – Love Wins Again (Blue Elan)
Churchwood – Hex City (Saustex)
Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade – Sunday Morning Revival (Smog Veil)
Mick Fleetwood Blues Band – Live at The Belly Up (self-released)
Robert Randolph & the Family Band – Got Soul (Sony)
*JW-Jones – High Temperature (Solid Blues)
Seasick Steve – Keepin’ the Horse Between Me and the Ground (There’s A Dead Skunk)
*Big Dave McLean – Better the Devil You Know (Black Hen)
Rory Block – Keepin’ Outta Trouble: A Tribute To Bukka White (Stony Plain)
Ronnie Baker Brooks – Times Have Changed (Provogue)
*Colin James – Blue Highways (True North)
Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat (Rounder)
Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials – The Big Sound Of Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials (Alligator)
*Dawn Tyler Watson – Jawbreaker! (self-released)
The Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue (Electro-Fi)
* = Canadian
This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail (globeandmail.com and Twitter: bwheelerglobe)