New Music Of Note: June 2015

Here’s a list of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally this past month that should be noted:

Amy Black – The Muscle Shoals Sessions  (Reuben Records)
Anthony Gomes – Electric Field Holler (Up 2 Zero Entertainment)
Deb Ryder – Let It Rain  (Bejeb Music)
Delta Moon – Low Down  (Jumping Jack Records)
Henry Townsend – Original St. Louis Blues Live (Wolf Records)
Ian Siegal – The Picnic Sessions (Nugene Records)
Still Water Vibes – Still Water Vibes (Self Produced)
Sugaray Rayford – Southside (NimoySue Records)
The Mike Henderson Band – If You Think It’s Hot Here……   (Eller Soul Records)

New Music To Note: May 2015

Here’s a list of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally this past month that should be noted:

Breezy Rodio – So Close To It (Windchill Records)
Chris Daniels & The Kings – Funky To The Bone (Moon Voyage Records)
Hambone Wilson – Thayer Hambone Wilson (Self Produced)
Hippie Love Slave – God Is Testing Me (Real Music Records)
James Clem – Sugar Moon (Self Produced)
Jon Spear Band – Old Soul (Self Produced)
Leah Tussing & Chris Hyde – The Flat Hat Sessions Take One (Flat Hat Productions)
Ray Goren – Save My Soul (RJ Ray Entertainment)
The Lucky Losers – A Winning Hand (West Tone Records)
Voo Davis – Midnight Mist (Butter & Bacon Records)

New Music To Note: March 2015

Here’s a list of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally this past month that should be noted:

Brandon Santini – Live & Extended! (VizzTone)
Doug MacLeod – Exactly Like This (Reference Recordings)
Ghost Town Blues Band – Hard Road to Hoe (Self Produced)
Jeff Jensen – Morose Elephant (Self Produced)
Lauren Sheehan & Zoe Carpenter – Tillamook Burn (Self Produced)
Matt Isbell – Once There Was A Cigar Box (Self Produced)
Micah Kesselring – Log Cabin Live: In Washington EP (Self Produced)
Steve Bailey and The Blue Flames – New Way Of Workin’ (Self Produced)
The Get Ahead – Volcano (Self Produced)
Tracey Fordice and the 8 Balls – Promotional EP (Self Produced)
Trond Olsen Band – Mercy (Toneland)

New Music To Note: Jan 2015

A listing of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally that should be noted:

Altered Five Blues Band – Cryin’ Mercy (Self Produced)
Berdon Kirksaether & The Twang Bar Kings – Latenighters Under A FullMoon (Roller Records)
Bottleneck Blues Band – Twenty First Century Blues (Self Produced)
Delta Generators – Get On The Horse (Self Produced)
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley – Blues Stories (Big City Blues Records)
George Bonds – Stepping Into Time (8th Train Records)
James Day & The Fish Fry – Southland (Neon Blue Records)
Joe Bonamassa – Different Shades Of Blue (J&R Adventures)
Joe McMurrian – Live At The Aztec Theater (Self Produced)
Joe McMurrian – Old Blood (Self-Produced)
Johnny Drummer – Bad Attitude (Earwig Records)
Magnus Berg – Cut Me Loose (Self Produced)
Michael Osborn & The Drivers – Driven By A Sound (Checkerboard Records)
No Refund Band – Current State Of Blue (Self Produced)
Planet Full Of Blues – Hard Landing (Self Produced)
Preston Shannon – Dust My Broom (Continental Blue Heaven)
Robert Moore – Outta My Soul (Fresh/Reference Records)
Sister Mercy – Head Over Heels (Self Produced)

New Music To Note December 2014:

A listing of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally that should be noted:

Annika Chambers & The Houston All Stars – Making My Music (Montrose Records)
Austin Walkin’ Cane – One Heart Walkin’ (Lazy Eye Records)
Benny Turner – Journey (NOLA Blue)
Big Harp George – Chromaticism (Blues Mountain Records)
Brent Johnson – Set The World On Fire (Justin Time)
Bruce Katz Band – Homecoming (American Homeplace Music)
Catfish & The Hollywood Hound Dogs – Rite On! Rite Now! (Self Produced)
Chaz DePaolo – One Night Live In Iona (Rojer Records)
Deak Harp – Clarksdale Breakdown (Self Produced)
Empire Roots Band – Music From The Film Harlem Street Singer (Acoustic Sessions Recordings)
In The Pocket – I Got News! (Self Produced)
Jerry Lee Gingrey & The Juju Kings – Southside Of Nowhere (Mojo Palace Records)
Jimmy Carpenter – Walk Away (VizzTone)
Jimmy Thackery – Extra Jimmies (Blind Pig)
John Mayall – A Special Life (Forty Below Records)
Kaye Bohler – Handle The Curves (Self Produced)
Kyle Jester – After All This (Self Produced)
Magic Slim & The Teardrops – Pure Magic (Wolf Records)
Mark Hummel – The Hustle Is Really On (Electro-Fi)
McFadden Planet – Stories (Self Produced)
Mikey Junior – Traveling South (VizzTone)
Missi & Mister Baker – Where Black Ravens Flew (Self Produced)
Nathan James – Hear Me Calling/Natural Born That Way (Sacred Cat Recordings)
Randy Cate – A Different Kind Of Same (Self Produced)
Rip Lee Pryor – Nobody But Me (Electro-Fi)
RJ Mischo – Everything I Need (Self Produced)
Rob Stone – Gotta Keep Rollin’ (VizzTone)
S.E. Willis – Turtle Dove Bounce/Live At The Poor House(Self Produced)
Skyla Burrell Band – Blues Scars (VizzTone)
Spirit Level – Kolossi Blues (Self Produced)
Steve Krase – Buckle Up (Connor Bay Music)
Sunny Lowdown – The Blues Volume Low (Coolstreme)
Terry Gillespie – Bluesoul (Self Produced)
Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues Band – Still Burnin’ It Up (Mister Deluxe Music)

New Music To Note-Nov 2014

A listing of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally that should be noted:

Ashbolt Stewart – Beats Workin’ (Self Produced)
Bridget Kelly Band – Forever In Blues (Alpha Sun Records)
Carlos Elliot Jr. – Raise The Fire America (Self Produced)
Daddy Mack Blues Band – Blues Central (Inside Sounds)
Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater – Soul Funky (Cleartone)
Ian Siegal – Man & Guitar (Nugene Records)
Jeremiah Johnson – Grind (Self Produced)
Joel Johnson – Blues Joose Volume II (Self Produced)
Jonah Tolchin – Clover Land (YepRoc Records)
Johnny No – Modern Hymns For A Gentleman Loafer (Riviera Records)
Johnny Winter – Step Back (Megaforce Records)
JW-Jones – Belmont Boulevard (Blind Pig)
Keb’ Mo’ – Bluesamericana (Kind Of Blue Music)
LGB – I Am Who I Am (Rock N’ Stereo Records)
Lucky 3 Blues Band – Howl! (Self Produced)
Marco Pandolfi – No Dog In This Hunt (Self Produced)
Mark T. Small – Smokin’ Blues (Lead Foot Music)
Mary Washington Brooks – Blues Without Walls (Self Produced)
Melvin Morrison – Your Love Got A Hold On Me (Self Produced)
Nick Moss Band – Time Ain’t Free (Blue Bella)
Planet Full Of Blues – Hard Living (Self Produced)
Runaway Sidecars – She Wanted A Car (Self Produced)
Ruthie Foster – Promise Of A Brand New Day (Blue Corn Music)
Seth Walker – Sky Still Blue (Self Produced)
Stacy Mitchhart – Live My Life (Dr. Sam Records)
Sugar Ray And The Bluetones – Living Tear To Tear (Severn Records)
The Christopher Dean Band – Call Me Later (Lost World Music)
The Forrest McDonald Band – Turn Around Blues (World Talent Records)
The Kelly Richey Band – Live At The Blue Wisp (Self Produced)
The Sonny Moorman Band – Lucky 13 (Atlas Records)
Tweed Funk – First Name Lucky (Self Produced)
Vanessa Collier – Heart Soul & Saxophone (Self Produced)
Whelan – Flood Waters Rising (Presidio Records)

New Music To Note: October 2014

A listing of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally that should be noted:

Albert Castiglia – Solid Ground (Ruf Records)
Chicago Blues All Stars – Red, Hot & Blue (Azure Music)
David Pinsky & Phil Newton – Over The Moon (Self Produced)
E.G. Kight – A New Day (Blue South)
Elvin Bishop – Can’t Even Do Wrong Right (Alligator Records)
Fo’ Reel – Heavy Water (Self Produced)
Generation Blues Experience – Private Angel (R Music Inc)
Grady Champion – Bootleg Whiskey (Malaco Records)
House Of Dues – Cross That Line (Self Produced)
Hurricane Ruth – Born On The River (Self Produced)
John Hammond – Timeless (Palmetto Records)
JP Soars – Full Moon Night In Memphis (Soars High Productions)
Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown – Goin’ To The Delta (Ruf Records)
Kirby Sewell Band – Girl With A New Tattoo (Smelly Cat Records)
Lisa Biales – Belle Of The Blues (Big Song Music)
Louisiana Red – The Sky Is Crying (Wolf Records)
Marcia Ball – The Tattooed Lady And The Alligator Man (Alligator Records)
Markey Blue – Hey Hey (SoulOSound Records)
Missy Andersen – In The Moment (Main Squeeze Records)
Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson – For Pops: A Tribute To Muddy Waters (Severn Records)
Otis Clay & Johnny Rawls – Soul Brothers (Catfood Records)
Pete Karnes Blues Band – Live At The White Eagle 1982 (Self Produced)
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats – You Asked For It . . . Live! (Alligator Records)
Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado – Too Many Roads (Ruf Records)
Twice As Good – That’s All I Need (Self Produced)

New Music To Note: Sept 2014

A listing of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally that should be noted:

A.C. Myles – Reconsider Me (DAF Records)
American Music Program – Live At The Gerding Theater: Nothin’ But The Blues (PCS Records)
Al Basile – Woke Up In Memphis (Kenoza Music)
Al Blake – Blues According To Blake (Soul Sanctuary)
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin – Common Ground: Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy (YepRoc Records)
Davis Coen – Get Back In (Soundview)
Eric Johnson – Europe Live (Provogue)
Gaynelle Neville – Woman Power (Self Produced)
Janiva Magness – Original (Fathead Records)
Jeff Dale And The South Woodlawners – Good Music (Pro Sho Bidness)
Jim Byrnes – St. Louis Times (Black Hen Music)
John McVey – Meet Me In Houston (Artists International)
John Mooney – Son & Moon (Fatback Records)
Lady T – Life’s Been Leaning On Me (Self Produced)
Matt Schofield – Far As I Can See (Provogue)
Rachelle Coba – Mother Blues (Mono Records)
Robben Ford – A Day In Nashville (Provogue)
Sena Ehrhardt – Live My Life (Blind Pig Records)
Steve Dawson – Rattlesnake Cage (Black Hen Music)
Stevens Hess Band – Gold Mine (Self Produced)
Terry Robb – Hymn (OCP)
The Alexis P. Suter Band – Love The Way You Roll (American Showplace Music)
The Dogtown Blues Band – DogTown Blues (Self Produced)
The Mannish Boyes – Wrapped Up And Ready (Delta Groove)
The Knickerbocker All-Stars – Open Mic At The Knick (JP Cadillac Records)
The Robert Cray Band – In My Soul (Provogue)
Ty Curtis – Water Under The Bridge (Self Produced)
Walter Trout – The Blues Came Callin’ (Provogue)

New Music To Note May and June:

A listing of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally in May and June that should be noted:

Al Cook – Mississippi 1930 (Wolf Records)
Alastair Greene Band – Trouble At Your Door (Eclecto Groove)
Andy T-Nick Nixon Band – Livin’ It Up (Delta Groove)
Back Pack Jones – Betsy’s Kitchen (Self Produced)
Carmen Grillo – A Different World (Big Surprise Music)
David Vest – Roadhouse Revelation (Cordova Bay Records)
Deanna Bogart – Just A Wish Away  . . .  (Blind Pig Records)
Duffy Bishop – Find Your Way Home (Lil Spinner Records)
Duncan Street –  Baptized By The Blues (15 South Records)
Eddie Cotton – Here I Come (DeChamp Records)
Gaetano Letizia & the Underworld Blues Band – Voodoo Doll And Other Blues Lessons (Tom
Letizia Records)
Jarekus Singleton – Refuse To Lose (Alligator Records)
JJ Thames – Tell You What I Know (DeChamp Records)
John Primer & The Teardrops – You Can Make It If You Try! (Wolf Records)
Karen Lovely – The Prohibition Blues (Self Produced)
Mary Flower – When My Bluebird Sings (Bluesette Records)
Polly O’Keary & The Rhythm Method – Compass (Self Produced)
Raoul And The Big Time – Hollywood Blvd (Big Time Records)
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers – Emergency Situation (Blind Pig Records)
Selwyn Birchwood – Don’t Call No Ambulance (Alligator Records)
Shoe String Sue – Mr. Right Now (Self Produced)
Steve Hill – Solo Recordings Volum 2 (Self Produced)
Steve Krase – Some Day (Self Produced)
Suit Ty Thurrsty- People In The Street (Self Produced)
The Christopher Dean Band – Call Me Later (Lost World Music)
The Reverend Shawn Amos – The Reverend Shawn Amos Tells It (Put Together)
Tim Williams – Blue Highway (Cayuse Music)
Too Slim & The Taildraggers – Anthology (Underworld Records)
Vaneesa Thomas – Blues For My Father (Segue Records)
Various Artists – TopCat Records 20th Anniversay Blues Extravaganza! (TopCat Records)

April’s New Music To Note

A listing of new music received at the CBA office or purchased personally in March 2014 that should be noted:

Backpack Jones – Betsy’s Kitchen (Self Produced)
Chris Lord and Cheatin’ River – Chunkabilly Blues (Self Produced)
Debbie Bond and The TruDats – That Thing Called Love (Blues Roots Productions)
Dixie Peach – Blues With Friends (Big Shew Records)
Eddie Cotton – Here I Come (DeChamp Records)
Jim Suhler – Panther Burn (Underworld)
JJ Thames – Tell You What I Know (DeChamp Records)
Joe Louis Walker – Hornet’s Nest (Alligator Records)
John Nemeth – Memphis Grease (Blue Corn Music)
Johnny Drummer – Bad Attitude (Earwig Music Company)
Justin James Bridges – On My Way (Self Produced)
Tess Barr – Do What You Want (Barrbarian Records)
The Bluesmasters – Volume 3 (Direct Music Distribution)
Tommy Castro and The Pain Killers – The Devil You Know (Alligator Records)
Various Artists – NW Roots Uprising, Vol. 1 (Self Produced)