This week's playlist:

• Bury Me Slow (4:01) by Wayne Janus, from All Access Blues (2008); available from CD Baby. Visit Wayne's MySpace page for more information.

• When I'm Gone (3:03) by Bob Meyer, from Threefold Return (2008); available from Malicious Damage Records and the iTunes Music Store. Visit Bob's MySpace page for more information.

• Strange Things (5:15) by Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings, from Blues Evolution (2007); available from CDBaby and the iTMS. Visit BigDaddyStallings.com for more information.

• Ain't Nothin' But The Blues (5:35), (I Wanna Be A) Hoochie Mama (3:37) and Move On Blues (4:05), by The Snake Charmers, from Been Gone Too Long (2008), which is scheduled for release Jan. 18th, 2008. Visit TheSnakeCharmers.net and The Snake Charmers' MySpace page for more information.

• Bowin' to the Main Man (4:52 ) by Kate Hart, from Alone Again With Friends (2008); available as an individual track from Kate's MySpace page, and the album is available from the ITMS. Visit KateHart.com for more information.

• Phoenix (4:12) by the Darcy Perry Band, from Phoenix (2008); available from Amplifier.co.nz and the iTMS. Visit DarcyPerry.co.nz for more information.

• I'll Find Someone Who Will (5:10) by by Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, from Oh Yeah (2003), available from the music page of her Web site, CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit TeresaJames.com for more information.

• Diamond Ring (6:08), by Moreland & Arbuckle, from 1861 (2008); available from the store at their site, NorthernBlues.com and the iTMS. Visit KingSnakesBlues.com and their MySpace page 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 #147 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)