This week's playlist:

• It Ain't You (5:02) by Zach Prather, from Freak (2008); available from CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. Visit Zach-Prather.com for more information.

• Ride, Ride (3:46) by Alexis P. Suter, from Shuga Fix (2005), available from CD Universe, EMusic.com, and the iTMS. Visit AlexisSuter.com for more information.

• I'm Looking For A Miracle (3:53) by the Phantom Blues Band, from Out of Shadows (2006), available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTMS. Visit the Phantom Blues Band page at the Delta Groove site for more information.

• Cryin' Won't Help Ya (4:45) by The Paul Wood Band, on Blues Is My Business (2001), available from CD Baby or the iTMS. For more information, visit Paul-Wood.com or his MySpace page.

• I'm A Bad, Bad Girl (4:55), Till You Go Too Far (3:45) and SuperHero (4:48), all by Candye Kane, and all from SuperHero (2009); which will be released June 16th, 2009, and can be ordered in advance from DeltaGrooveProductions.com. Visit CandyeKane.com for more information.

• Feel So Good (4:04) by Blue Plate Special from Can You Dig It (2006), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit BluePlateSpecialBand.com for more information.

• Hammer Down (3:47) by The Hitman Blues Band, from Angel in the Shadow (2003), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit HitmanBluesBand.com and their MySpace page for more information.

• Somebody's Got to Go (4:20) by Tab Benoit & Louisiana's LeRoux, from Power of the Pontchartrain (2007); available from the music page at Tab's site, ConcordMusicGroup.com and the iTMS. Visit TabBenoit.com for more information.

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Excellent sources of 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; The Blues Report.

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 # courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)