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Chants of Rain

Label: The Little Village Foundation
Released: 2026
Track listing: Mary's Rag; Dauphine; Trip Around the Sun; Half Moon; Chants of Rain; Chain; Farewell Waltz; Eagle Creek Bounce; Eve of the Eve; Strawberry Lane; Wisecrack.

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Mary Flower And Leon Cotter: Chants of Rain

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by Doug Collette
June 30, 2026

Musicians with genuine camaraderie share a special pleasure when playing together. And the joy deepens when the musicianship is unimpeded by intrusions on stage or in the studio. The collaboration of finger-picking guitarist Mary Flower and clarinetist Leon Cotter, Chants of Rain, is just one of those ultra-rare instances of mutual delight. In eleven ...

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Sean McDonald: Have Mercy!

by Ron Kalb
June 15, 2026

Have Mercy!--Sean McDonald's 2025 debut album on the Little Village Foundation label--introduces a young artist whose greatest strength may be his ability to absorb blues, soul and early rock 'n' roll traditions without sounding bound by them. The 24-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter understands these forms deeply enough to make them his own. ...

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Kyle Rowland: Not Holding Back!

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by Ron Kalb
May 28, 2026

Blues fans concerned about the next generation of harmonica virtuosos can take heart with Not Holding Back!, the 2026 release from Kyle Rowland on the The Little Village Foundation label. At 32, Rowland suggests he may be ready to step into a lineage shaped by masters such as Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Branch and Rick Estrin. ...

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Not Holding Back!

By Kyle Rowland

Label: The Little Village Foundation
Released: 2026
Track listing: Convict No. 1; Wishing You The Best; I'll Take You Back; We're Still Friends; Kissing at Midnight; You Got The Nerve Of A Brass Monkey; Gamblin' Blues; E.G.O.; Complete This Order; Coffee Man; Stockton Boulevard; Backtracking; Must've Been a Dream; The Country Pen; This Train.

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Have Mercy!

By Sean McDonald

Label: The Little Village Foundation
Released: 2025
Track listing: My Soul; Fakin' It; Killing Me; Rocking in the Same Old Boat; Shuffleboard Swing; Angel Baby; Don't Let the Devil Ride; That's All I Need; Let's Call It A Day.

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When The Levee Breaks: The Music Of Memphis Minnie

By Candice Ivory

Label: The Little Village Foundation
Released: 2023
Track listing: Me And My Chauffeur; When The Levee Breaks; You; Can't Rule Me; When You Love Me; Blues Everywhere; Crazy Crying Blues; World Of Trouble; Pile Driving Blues; Hole In The Wall; Hard Down Lie; HooDoo Lady; New Bumble Bee.

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Candice Ivory: When The Levee Breaks: The Music Of Memphis Minnie

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by Doug Collette
December 9, 2023

Candice Ivory is more than a little ambitious to conceive and execute an album comprised wholly of material by blues icon Memphis Minnie. But to her credit, she has been quite resourceful in enlisting some formidable resources in the effort: guitarist/bassist Charlie Hunter serves as a player and the album producer, the latter role he also ...

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Drums, Roots & Steel

By DaShawn Hickman

Label: The Little Village Foundation
Released: 2022
Track listing: Saints; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Shout; Don't Let The Devil Ride; Morning Train; Precious Lord; Wade In The Water.

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DaShawn Hickman with Charlie Hunter: Drums, Roots & Steel

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by Doug Collette
June 11, 2022

When keyboardist John Medeski (of Medeski, Martin and Wood) produced the The Campbell Brothers' Can You Feel It? (Ropeadope, 2005), he helped bring deserved attention to the woefully unrecognized field of “sacred steel," a musical style and African-American gospel tradition that features the steel guitar. Now, seventeen years later, guitar wunderkind Charlie Hunter makes a similar ...