Fall 2025 continues a great year for new music. Here are some of my favorites from the last few months.

1. Carolina Honey - Marcus King - 4:10

2. No Room for Blue - Marcus King - 2:47

3. Dirt (Nashville Version) - Marcus King with Billy Strings - 3:31

4. The Shadows - Marcus King with Noah Cyrus - 4:07

5. Bad Like Me - Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - 3:33

6. S.S.S. - Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - 3:57

7. Hard to Love - Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - 4:32

8. The Letter - Tedeschi Trucks Band & Leon Russell - 4:16

9. With A Little Help from My Friends - Tedeschi Trucks Band & Leon Russell with Chris Robinson - 9:04

10. Write Me a Few Lines - North Mississippi Allstars - 4:01

11. High Roller - The Zac Schulze Gang - 3:21

12. Talkin' 'Bout My Friends - Kim Wilson & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - 3:42

13. Lookin' Good - Eve Monsees, Lurrie Bell, & Billy Gibbons - 2:32

14. If God Is a Woman - Larkin Poe - 3:26

15. If God Is a Woman (Unplugged) - Larkin Poe - 3:38

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Spring and summer 2025 have been filled with great new releases from the blues genre and beyond.

1. Mama Said - Hannah Wicklund - 8:36

2. Sisters - Southern Avenue - 2:48

3. Can't Catch My Breath - Matt Schofield - 5:38

4. All the Things I Said - Joanne Shaw Taylor - 4:48

5. Black & Gold - Joanne Shaw Taylor - 4:06

6. Ain't It Nice - Madison McFerrin - 3:14

7. I Don't - Madison McFerrin - 2:53

8. Endless Summer - Ayla Tesler-Mabé - 3:07

9. Trigger Finger - Joe Bonamassa - 4:05

10. Train Coming - Angelique Francis with Eric Gales - 4:04

11. Condition Blue - Dennis Jones - 4:07

12. Stuck on Stupid - Ronnie Baker Brooks - 8:13

13. Don't Let Me Down Again - Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham - 3:23

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Highlights from Bloom by Larkin Poe and Paper Doll by Samantha Fish, my two favorite albums from the first half of 2025.

1. Easy Love, Pt. 1 - Larkin Poe - 4:07

2. Pearls - Larkin Poe - 4:04

3. Bloom Again - Larkin Poe - 3:22

4. Sweet Southern Sounds - Samantha Fish - 5:02

5. Fortune Teller - Samantha Fish - 5:44

6. Don't Say It - Samantha Fish - 5:17

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The Blues Music Awards will be announced on May 8 in Memphis, TN. Join me as I go through the nominated artists and albums, share my picks for each category, and play some of my favorite songs from the artists I'm voting for.

1. What's Gonna Become of Me - Jerron Paxton - 3:51

2. Love You Music - Cedric Burnside - 3:10

3. Somewhere Else - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats - 3:57

4. Go Be Free - Sonny Gullage - 4:15

5. Till They Take It Away - Albert Castiglia with Ally Venable - 4:29

6. Bad Dream - Chris Cain - 5:39

7. Smokestack Lightning - Eric Gales - 8:03

8. Diamonds at Your Feet - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats - 4:01

9. Get Your Groove - The Bruce Katz Band - 9:03

10. Love on My Brain - Danielle Nicole - 4:33

11. Mama, I Love You - Albert Castiglia with Kevin Burt - 6:12

12. Swannanoa Tunnel/Steel-Driving Man - Silkroad Ensemble feat. Rhiannon Giddens - 4:20

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The box set of recordings from Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 was released on November 29, 2024. I share and discuss some of my favorite performances from this incredible weekend of music.

1. Give Your Love to Someone Else - Judith Hill with Eric Gales - 8:10

2. Smokestack Lightning - Eric Gales - 8:03

3. I Put a Spell on You - Samantha Fish - 6:42

4. Going Down - Eric Gales, Samantha Fish, & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - 5:43

5. Breaking Up Somebody's Home - Joe Bonamassa, John McLaughlin, & Eric Gales - 9:08

6. Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top - 4:31

7. It's Too Late - Marcus King - 3:37

8. Honky Tonk Hell - Marcus King - 4:10

9. Jingo - Santana - 4:38

10. A Love Supreme/Marbles - Santana & John McLaughlin - 7:21

11. I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton - 8:25

12. Crossroads - Eric Clapton with Stevie Wonder - 6:09

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The last few months have been full of great new albums and singles, from long-awaited returns to promising debuts to unexpected discoveries.

1. Bayou Man - Tab Benoit - 4:03

2. Crooked Road - Fantastic Negrito - 3:44

3. The Dollar Done Fell - Albert Castiglia with Josh Smith - 6:00

4. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - The Bruce Katz Band - 9:24

5. Won No Teg/Get On Now - Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge - 8:23

6. Messin' With the Kid/Oh Well - The Zac Schulze Gang - 7:27

7. Rock Bottom - Lisa & Kid Anderson - 3:19

8. Better Be Lonely (Alternate Version) - Samantha Fish - 3:42

9. Wishing Well - Joanne Shaw Taylor - 3:22

10. Runnin' Down a Dream - Larkin Poe - 4:04

11. Dollar Bill Bar - Sierra Ferrell - 3:29

12. Torn - Addi Gastelum - 3:18

13. Give Me a Sign? - Ayla Tesler-Mabé - 3:57

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Join me as I explore four of my favorite albums released so far in summer 2024.

1. Heavy Soul - Joanne Shaw Taylor - 5:09

2. Wild Love - Joanne Shaw Taylor - 4:23

3. Curtain Call - Joe Bonamassa - 9:03

4. The Last Matador of Bayonne - Joe Bonamassa - 8:12

5. Somewhere Else - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats - 3:57

6. Diamonds at Your Feet - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats - 4:01

7. Living For the City - Slash feat. Tash Neal - 6:52

8. Stormy Monday - Slash feat. Beth Hart - 7:58

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