2019 saw a range of quality blues albums released, and they were coming at me so quickly that I had to ask a couple PR folk to stop sending me albums mid-year: I was just too far behind to do more justice. But, of the many blues (and close) albums I heard this year, these… Continue reading Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Blues (and close) Albums of 2019
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Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Roots Reissues and Archival Releases of 2019
Had I bought it, the Ian & Sylvia The Lost Tapes album on Stony Plain Records might have topped this list. But, I haven’t actually run across it in a store yet, so it doesn’t make the cut. But what I’ve heard on CKUA certainly makes me interested. I also didn’t purchase the Gene Clark… Continue reading Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Roots Reissues and Archival Releases of 2019
Johnny Shines- The Blues Came Falling Down review
Johnny Shines The Blues Came Falling Down Omnivore Records This may be the best blues album I’ve heard so far in 2019. It was recorded when I was nine years old. A contemporary of Robert Johnson and Mississippi Fred McDowell, Johnny Shines garnered his limited fame as the folk and blues revival of the 60s… Continue reading Johnny Shines- The Blues Came Falling Down review
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