*Harpdog Brown – Travellin’ with the Blues (Dog House)

*Jimmy Bowskill & Carlos Del Junco – Blues, Etc… (Big Reed)

*Braithwaite & Whiteley – Blues Country (Big City Blues)

*The Distillery – Self-titled (Independent)

Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters – Maxwell Street (Stony Plain)

*Colin James – Blue Highways (True North)

*Bill Johnson – Cold Outside (Independent)

*Tracy K – What’s the Rush? (Independent)

*Al Lerman – Slow Burn (Independent)

L’il Ed & the Blues Imperials – The Big Sound of… (Alligator)

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

Duke Robillard – Blues Full Circle (Stony Plain)

*Rootbone – The Long Road Home (Steel Tone)

*Dawn Tyler Watson – Jawbreaker! (Independent)

*Sunday Wilde – Blueberries and Grits (Highway 11)

* = Canadian

This month’s recommended listening by Mark Rheaume and John Corcelli of the CBC Music Library