DIGITAL BLUES

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you another 14 tracks from new and recent arrivals from all over the place including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month.

Tune in for tracks from Lena & the Slide Brothers, Roomful of Blues, Letitia George, Alice Armstrong, Blend Eleven, Mother Blues with Gerald McClendon, Kyle Culkin, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Monster Mike Welch, Kirk Fletcher, D.K. Harrell, Maria Muldaur, Willie Buck & Bob Corritore and The B Christopher Band.

Artist Title Source Label

Lena & the Slide Brothers In A Black Cadillac Digital single Independent

Roomful of Blues You Were Wrong Steppin' Out Alligator Records

Letitia George We'll Always Be Together Single Jig-Saw Music Alice

Armstrong Bang BanG (My Baby Shot Me Down) Fury & Euphoria Independent

Blend Eleven Bourbon Dance Single Independent

Mother Blues with Gerald McClendon Chalk Line Sleeping While The River Runs Sleeping Dog Records

Kyle Culkin Wishing Well Shades of Trouble ToneBucker Records

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers One More Night Closer to the Bone Alligator Records

Monster Mike Welch Hell Hound on My Trail Keep Living Till I Die Independent

Kirk Fletcher Every Dog Has Its Day Keep On Pushing VizzTone Label Group

D.K. Harrell Talking Heavy Talkin' Heavy Alligator Records

Maria Muldaur Organ Grinder Blues One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey Nola Blues Records

Willie Buck & Bob Corritore Let Me Find Out Your Name Oh Yeah! VizzTone Records

The B Christopher Band Smoke Snapshots from the Second Floor Guitar One Records

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues is a bit different as I go all instrumentals and brings you 13 tracks albums from the last century and this with not a lyric to be heard!

Tune in for tracks from BB & The Bullets, The Barcodes, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, J J Cale, Jules Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra feat Booker T, Walter Trout with Deacon Jones, Gregor Hilden Organ Trio, The Cadillac Kings, Lady Va, Dom Pipkin, David Barrett & John Garcia, Chicago Blues Reunion and Andres Roots.

Artist Track Source Label

BB & The Bullets Brian's Boogie (Hurry Home) High Tide Rock 'n' Hall/Dixiefrog Records

The Barcodes Grits & Greens Independently Blue Note-Records

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio Between the Mustard & The Mayo Close But No Cigar Colemine Records

J J Cale Midnight In Memphis Any way The Wind Blows - The Anthology Mercury Records

Jules Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra feat Booker T Blues for New Orleans Rockinghorse Rhino Records

Walter Trout with Deacon Jones After Hours Full Circle Ruf Records

Gregor Hilden Organ Trio Back to the Baritone Vintage Wax Acoustic Music GMBH

The Cadillac Kings Hard Top Boogie Highway 17 33Records

Lady Va Ladyva's Stomp Steam Train Boogie Independent

Dom Pipkin Your Cooking C'mon Sunshine Hambone Recordings

David Barrett & John Garcia Don't Fight It Serious Fun Harmonica Masterclass

Chicago Blues Reunion GM Boogie Buried Alive in the Blues Out of the Box Records

Andres Roots Springtime Blues Tartu Lockdown Roots Art

This week on the award-winning Digital Blues, 14 tracks from 5 countries across 4 decades and what a varied bunch they are! Eclectic hardly covers it! All this plus a track from one of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month.

Tune in for tracks from Sonny Landreth, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' ft Ruby Amanfu, Maria Muldaur , Vince Lee Sophie Lord, Dave Arcari, Richard Johnston & Jessie Mae Hemphill, Tangle Eye, My Baby, Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado, A Contra Blues, James Oliver Band, The Boneshakers, Misty Blues and Lucky Pepper.

Artist Track Source Label

Sonny Landreth Congo Square Down in Louisiana Epic Records

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' ft Ruby Amanfu Room On The Porch Room on the Porch Concord Records

Maria Muldaur Funny Feathers One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey Nola Blues Records

Vince Lee Sophie Lord Laughing In The Face of Death Out In The Sticks Independent

Dave Arcari Whiskey In My Blood Still Friends Buzz Records

Richard Johnston & Jessie Mae Hemphill Chicken and Gravy Goin' Down South Blues Sampler vol 2 Inside Sounds

Tangle Eye Heaven Alan Lomax Southern Journey Remixed Zoe Records

My Baby Mountain Thyme My Baby Loves Voodoo Embrace Recordings

Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado If You Wanna Leave Too Many Roads Ruf Records

A Contra Blues A Crumb of Kindness Jab Independent

James Oliver TV Mama Twang The Last Music Co

The Boneshakers Evil No More Live To Be This Gulf Coast Records

Misty Blues I Ain't Buying Other Side Of Blue Guitar One Records

Lucky Pepper Opération Pedro Marquez Cooking Without Singing Ducky Duck

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you another 14 tracks from new and recent arrivals from all over the place including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month.

Tune in for tracks from Lena & the Slide Brothers, Roomful of Blues, Letitia George,Alice Armstrong, Blend Eleven, Mother Blues with Gerald McClendon, Kyle Culkin, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Monster Mike Welch, Kirk Fletcher, D.K. Harrell, Maria Muldaur, Willie Buck & Bob Corritore and The B Christopher Band.

Artist Title Source Label

Lena & the Slide Brothers In A Black Cadillac Digital single Independent

Roomful of Blues You Were Wrong Steppin' Out Alligator Records

Letitia George We'll Always Be Together Single Jig-Saw Music

Alice Armstrong Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Fury & Euphoria Independent

Blend Eleven Bourbon Dance Single Independent

Mother Blues with Gerald McClendon Chalk Line Sleeping While The River Runs Sleeping Dog Records

Kyle Culkin Wishing Well Shades of Trouble ToneBucker Records

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers One More Night Closer to the Bone Alligator Records

Monster Mike Welch Hell Hound on My Trail Keep Living Till I Die Independent

Kirk Fletcher Every Dog Has Its Day Keep On Pushing VizzTone Label Group

D.K. Harrell Talking Heavy Talkin' Heavy Alligator Records

Maria Muldaur Organ Grinder Blues One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey Nola Blues Records

Willie Buck & Bob Corritore Let Me Find Out Your Name Oh Yeah! VizzTone Records

The B Christopher Band Smoke Snapshots from the Second Floor Guitar One Records

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 14 tracks from new and recent arrivals from an as ever very eclectic bunch of musicians including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month.

Tune in for tracks from Brother Buffalo, Debbie Bond, Kent Burnside, Garry Burnside, Monster Mike Welch, The Name Droppers, The Boneshakers, Forrest McDonald, Lovesick, Maria Muldaur, Gina Coleman, Misty Blues, Alice Armstrong and Neil Warden

Artist Track Source Label

Brother Buffalo The Tracks Brother Buffalo Independent

Debbie Bond Road Song Live at the Song Theatre Blues Root Productions

Kent Burnside Crawling King Snake Hill Country Blood Strolling Bones Records

Garry Burnside Young Country Bot It's My Time Now Strolling Bones Records

Monster Mike Welch Love Me Baby Keep Living Till I Die Independent The Name Droppers Cool Blue Shoes Cool Blue Shoes Horizon Music Group

The Boneshakers Salty Live To Be This Gulf Coast Records

Forrest McDonald A Girl Like You Songs From My Soul World Talent Records

Lovesick You and I Remember My Name Rock 'n' Hall/DixieFrog

Maria Muldaur No, Papa, No! One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey Nola Blues Records

Gina Coleman How the Blues Feels Unequivocally Blue Guitar One Records

Misty Blues I Got Vices Other Side Of Blue Guitar One Records

Alice Armstrong Scratching Walls Fury & Euphoria Independent

Neil Warden Canalside Blues Canalside Blues Independent

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 14 tracks from new and recent(ish) arrivals from an as ever eclectic bunch of musicians hailing from no less than 10 different countries and including tracks from two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month.

Tune in for tracks from BB & The Bullets, La Bedoune, Jessie Lee & The Alchemists, Haylen, Emerald Moon, Alice Armstrong, Chambers DesLauriers, Chris Vincent & The Raw Deals, Alan Arena, Blues Against the Machine, Maria Muldaur and Chris Corcoran.

Artist Track Source Label

BB & The Bullets High Tide High Tide Rock 'n' Hall/Dixiefrog Records

La Bedoune Big Easy Roue de Fortune Independent

Jessie Lee & The Alchemists What I Need Legacy Binaural Productions/Absilone

Haylen My Sweet Loving Blue Wine Le Backbeat/Baco Distribution

Emerald Moon Cruel to Be Kind The Sky's The Limit Inouie Distribution

Alice Armstrong AUTOASSASSAIN Fury & Euphoria Independent

Chambers DesLauriers One In A Million Our Time to Ride Forty Below Records

Chris Vincent & The Raw Deals Good Crook Good Crook Independent

Alan Arena Devil in the Bottle Deceived Independent

Blues Against the Machine I Hate That You Are In My Mind All The Time Blues Against the Machine Mobydick/Flower Records

Maria Muldaur My Handy Man One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey Nola Blues Records

Chris Corcoran Ridgemount Darkness & Light Independent

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brins you 15 tracks from new and recent(ish) arrivals from a very eclectic bunch of musicians including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month.

Tune in for tracks from Kyle Culkin, Christopher Wyze & The Tellers, Kemp Harris, Jon Cleary, Dave Arcari, Maria Muldaur, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Willie Buck & Bob Corritore, Forrest McDonald, Chrissy Johnson, Gina Coleman, Alice Armstrong, Janiva Magness, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers and Rogue Johnson Project.

Artist Track Source Label

Kyle Culkin Shades of Trouble Shades of Trouble ToneBucker Records

Christopher Wyze & The Tellers Stuck In The Mud (Live) Live In Clarksdale Big Radio Records

Kemp Harris Standing Your Ground The America Chronicles Kemp Harris Music

Jon Cleary Fessa Longhair The Bywater Sessions FHQ Records/Well Kept Secret

Dave Arcari Still Friends Still Friends Buzz Records

Maria Muldaur Don't Love No Married Man One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey Nola Blues Records

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' Rough Time Blues Room on the Porch Concord Records

Willie Buck & Bob Corritore Money Can't Buy Everything Oh Yeah! VizzTone Records

Forrest McDonald Take My Hand Songs From My Soul World Talent Records

Chrissy Johnson Strange Fire Shake Where You're Steady Independent

Gina Coleman Fly With Me Unequivocally Blue Guitar One Records

Alice Armstrong Punchline Fury & Euphoria Independent

Janiva Magness I Was Good to You Baby Back For Me BluElan Records

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Blooodshot Eyes Closer to the Bone Alligator Records

Rogue Johnson Project Big Bright City (Instrumental) 20/20 Independent

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues is dedicated to the memory of drummer, studio owner, engineer, producer and good friend to so many fellow musicians, Mike Thorne, who left us on 15th July 2025. Mike is and will be missed by so many who knew him. The show opens with a track recorded, engineered and produced by Mike and on which he played drums. In addition there are15 tracks from new and recent arrivals from around the world including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month.

Tune in for tracks from Jerimiah Marques, Lovesick, BB & The Bullets, Blues Against the Machine, The Blues Masters featuring Cassie Taylor, Alice Armstrong, The Boneshakers, Chambers DesLauriers, Johnny Rawls, The Alexis P Suter Band, Mercedes Nicole, The Mighty Bosscats, Revere Rivers, D.K. Harrell, Charlie Musselwhite and Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoo Doo.

Artist Track Source Label

Jerimiah Marques Shotgun Boogie Down By The River TreeHouse 44

Lovesick Goin' Down Remember My Name Rock 'n' Hall/Dixiefrog Records

BB & The Bullets Something in the Water High Tide Rock 'n' Hall/Dixiefrog Records

Blues Against the Machine I Need Love Blues Against the Machine Mobydick/Flower Records

The Blues Masters featuring Cassie Taylor Wade in the Water The Blues Masters featuring Cassie Taylor Exulans DMD

Alice Armstrong Built For Comfort Fury & Euphoria Independent

The Boneshakers I'll Kick a Brick (For My Man) Live To Be This Gulf Coast Records

Chambers DesLauriers People Gonna Talk Our Time to Ride Forty Below Records

Johnny Rawls Rip Off the Bandage Make Them Dance Catfood Records

The Alexis P Suter Band Ride All Night Just Stay High Nola Blue Records

Mercedes Nicole Blue Fire Too High A Price To Pay Independent

The Mighty Bosscats Blue Bottle Blues 4000 Weeks Independent

Revere Rivers Chuggin' Down The Tracks I Was Born of Water Regional Records

D.K. Harrell Liquor Stores and Legs Talkin' Heavy Alligator Records

Charlie Musselwhite Hip Shakin' Mama Look Out Highway Forty Below Records

Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoo Doo Bourbon Moon Roadhouses, Juke Joints and Honky-Tonks Earwig Music

For this special podcast only edition of Digital Blues, I am joined by Laurent Bourdier, the man behind this wonderful festival in the depths of the lovely Limousin countryside which this year celebrates its 19th edition.

We chat about the festival which takes place between 21st & 23rd August 2025 and play tracks from all 8 bands from six countries appearing over the three nights.

For additional information including details of how you can obtain tickets, visit the festival website – www.lebuisbluesfestival.com

Artist Track

Lucky Pepper Lucky Poppers

Thomas Franck Hopper A Song For The Devil King

Howl The Rooster

Chase The Sun Ain't No Love

Handsome Jack Wind It Up

Marco Bartoccioni Smoky Chicago

Blue Benders Slippin'

Jovin Webb Bottom of a Bottle

For this special podcast only edition of Digital Blues, I am joined by Laurent Bourdier, the man behind this wonderful festival in the depths of the lovely Limousin countryside which this year celebrates its 19th edition.

We chat about the festival which takes place between 21st & 23rd August 2025 and play tracks from all 8 bands appearing over the three nights.

For additional information including details of how you can obtain tickets, visit the festival website – www.lebuisbluesfestival.com

Artist Track

Lucky Pepper Lucky Poppers

Thomas Franck Hopper A Song For The Devil

King Howl The Rooster Chase The Sun Ain't No Love

Handsome Jack Wind It Up

Marco Bartoccioni Smoky Chicago

Blue Benders Slippin'

Jovin Webb Bottom of a Bottle