This week's playlist:

• Follow That Sound by Sharon Little, from Perfect Time For A Breakdown (2008); available from Amazon.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit SharonLittle.com for more information.

• You're Not The Only One by Todd Wolfe, from Borrowed Time (2008); available from the store at his site and Blues Leaf Records. Visit ToddWolfe.com for more information.

• Brown Angel Blues by Nerak Roth Patterson, from the forthcoming album Brown Angel on the Blues Leaf Records label. Visit Nerak's MySpace page for more information.

• Backup Man, Bowin' to the Main Man and You Can't Go Up 'til You're Done Going Down, all by Kate Hart, and all from Alone Again With Friends (2008); currently available as individual tracks from Kate's MySpace page. Visit KateHart.com for more information.

• Suffer To Be Simple by Trevor Menear, from Introducing Trevor Menear (2008); available from the iTMS. Visit TrevorM.com for more information.

• Moan by Robin Rogers, from Treat Me Right (2008); available from the store at Robin's site, Blind Pig Records and the iTunes Music Store. Visit RobinRogers.com for more information.

• Don't Lose My Number by Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, from Blood Brothers (2008); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit SmokinJoeKubek.com and this page at the Alligator Records site for more information.

• Tell It Like It Is by Albert Cummings, from Feel So Good (2008); available from the store at his site, BlindPigRecords.comand the iTMS. Visit AlbertCummings.com for more information.

Excellent resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com.

Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago.

For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com.

(Music on Murphy's Saloon #142 courtesy of the artists and their labels, as well as the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)