Jul 31, 2026 | Todd Albright - Results
4-Stars: Blues for Dexter Linwood “Recording his voice and 12-string guitar on a single mic in mono sound at a short bare-bones session, Todd Albright integrates deep familiarity with the golden work of prewar East Coast and Delta blues artisans into his own...
Jul 31, 2026 | Jalopy Records - Results
Lone Piñon, Hot Carne Seca (Jalopy Records) “AFew contemporary ensembles engage with tradition as a living, evolving language rather than a museum exhibit, and Lone Piñon has steadily built a reputation on precisely that philosophy.” | Read More at Big...
Jul 31, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Graded on a Curve: Classic Blues “Folkways, formed by Moses Asch in 1948, had a distinctive approach to the blues.” | Read More at The Vinyl...
Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings 1923-1928 (Black Swan Records) “Born in 1882, Rainey was a touring performer who starred in tent shows and theaters, singing in a variety of styles, including minstrel songs and vaudeville...
Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results, New York Times
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Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results, NPR
“This set resurrects the gold-neck woman whose rich voice dominated early 20th century popular music, with beautifully restored versions of her essential golden-age sides.” | Read More at...
Jul 29, 2026 | Dida Pelled - Results
Unique album releases, from orchestral prog-rock to Mardi Gras delights “Brooklyn singer-guitarist Dida Pelled transmogrifies the blues into nine distinct variations using folk, pop and jazz to congeal its parts into a cohesive whole.” | Read More at...
Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Ma Rainey’s “Oh Papa Blues” “Rainey was a formidable bandleader, songwriter, businesswoman and early feminist who managed her own career for nearly three decades and wrote or co-wrote at least a third of the material she...
Jul 27, 2026 | Laurelyn Dossett - Results
Song Premiere: Laurelyn Dossett “Glory Glory” “With a rich lush vocal quality, Laurelyn Dossett offers up a solemn, folk style spiritual homage to nature that opens up and soothes your troubled soul. It’s truly beautiful.” | Read More at Americana...
Jul 27, 2026 | Jalopy Records - Results
Breaking Through for July 2026 “Celebrating cultural roots, Lone Piñon presents themselves as an orquesta tipida…a Mexican string band.” | Read More at The Alternate...
Jul 25, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey, Fats Waller and the Jazzy, Bluesy, Showy Roar of the Roaring ’20s “For Rainey, it was blues, blues, and nothing but the blues, done in a frank, guttural fashion, that reflected her roughshod Georgian roots and the stagey sophistication of the New York...
Jul 24, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928 “Beginning her career in the dust of Southern tent shows and minstrel circuits, she became one of the first professional entertainers to bridge the raw, rural folk traditions of the...
Jul 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
“Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey Is Restored to Full Glory “Raised in Columbus, Georgia, in vaudeville at the age of 14, Ma Rainey commanded the stage with a swagger, glamor, and at times menace that were matched by a mighty, emotionally devastating...
Jul 24, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Comes to Vinyl for the First Time in New 2LP Edition: Review “Smithsonian Folkways brings decades of blues history to vinyl in a well sequenced 2LP set with good sound, a solid pressing, and much to...
