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Keb' Mo': The Door
by Ed Kopp
Combining country blues with folksy pop is about as sensible as coating barbecue ribs in chocolate sauce, but Keb' Mo' fourth release The Door works amazingly well. To these ears, it's the best since his 1994 debut.Some blues purists grumble that Keb' Mo's sensitive blend of blues, folk and pop is watered down to ...
Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers: Sinner Street
by Ed Kopp
Ask any blues guitarist to identify his or her favorite peers, and Jimmy Thackery's name will likely come up. The former Nighthawk is one of the most versatile and expressive electric axemen on the contemporary blues scene, and few players are more exciting in a live setting. Sinner Street is the slickest, most conventional ...
Peg Leg Sam: Kickin' It
by Ed Kopp
The late Peidmont blues harpist Peg Leg Sam (real name Arthur Jackson) was a true ramblin' bluesman who lost his right leg in 1930 when he tried to hop a freight train in North Carolina. When he wasn't riding the rails, the South Carolinian worked as an entertainer with a medicine show run by “Chief Thundercloud," ...
Various Artists: Chicago in Mind
by Ed Kopp
Chicago is best known for the electric blues style that arose there during the 1940s and continues to thrive today. Less celebrated is an earlier form of Chicago blues that originated in the 1920s. This acoustic style achieved great popularity during the Depression years when Southern blacks flocked to Chicago seeking jobs in the city’s factories, ...
Sue Palmer: Boogie Woogie and Motel Swing
by Ed Kopp
Fans of frisky boogie-woogie piano and ‘30s-style jazz will want to track down Boogie Woogie and Motel Swing, the debut release from Sue Palmer, former musical director of the Candye Kane Band. The San Diego native’s first solo release is a rollicking effort propelled by some devastatingly good piano work.Palmer has clipped the crazy ...
Roomful of Blues: The Blues'll Make You Happy, Too!
by Ed Kopp
In commemorating its 30th anniversary as a label, Rounder Records is releasing 30 retrospective albums containing exceptional songs culled from its 3,000-plus albums. One full CD is appropriately devoted to Roomful of Blues, the great Providence-based jump band that's toured the world an average of 200 days per year for 32 years now.Roomful is ...
Otis Rush: The Essential Otis Rush: Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958
by Ed Kopp
Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, the J. Geils Band, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan -- these are just some of the popular artists who have covered Otis Rush 's songs. Yet Rush himself is barely known outside the blues world, even after garnering a Grammy for his 1998 album Any Place I'm Going. As The Essential ...
Candye Kane: The Toughest Girl Alive
by Ed Kopp
With song titles like “Let's Commit Adultery" and “(Hey Mister!) She Was My Baby Last Night," Candye Kane is not exactly subtle in her bisexuality. A porn star turned jump-blues mama, the healthy Ms. Kane is best known for playing piano with her breasts - a feat not taught in most music schools.It might ...
Vivino Brothers Blues Band: Vivino Brothers Blues Band
by Ed Kopp
The Vivino Brothers (guitarist Jimmy and reedman Jerry) front one of the most in-demand session bands in blues today. The brothers also claim one of the best gigs in New York City: They're integral members of the Max Weinberg Seven, Conan O'Brien's house band on NBC. By night Jimmy Vivino is Conan's chief musical arranger. By ...
Shemekia Copeland: Wicked
by Ed Kopp
Young blues belter Shemekia Copeland is often compared to Koko Taylor, Etta James and Aretha Franklin. With only two albums in her discography, Copeland has a long row to hoe before she belongs on the same high pedestal as those three legends. Still, the 21-year-old daughter of Johnny Copeland is a fine blues shouter who can ...
