BMS ISSUE 47 OCTOBER 2025

MITCH RYDER - WITH LOVE

MITCH RYDER - WITH LOVE COMING FEBRUARY 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! "With Love" was recorded at Rustbelt Studios in Royal Oak, Michigan between August and October 2024 and produced by Don Was. Mitch Ryder - Vocals Luis Resto - Keyboards...

JOHNNY RAWLS - MAKE THEM DANCE

JOHNNY RAWLS - MAKE THEM DANCE COMING FEBRUARY 28, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! JOHNNY RAWLSMake Them DanceCatfood Records Since 1985, when Johnny Rawls released his first solo album, the Mississippi native has commanded a genre he’s...

JAD TARIQ - SINGS

JAD TARIQ - SINGS COMING MARCH 07, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!   JAD TARIQ Jad Tariq Sings MoMojo Records If you’ve caught a live show by Tony Holiday lately, you had the pleasure of hearing Jad Tariq’s sterling guitar playing...

ERIC JOHANSON - LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI

ERIC JOHANSON - LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI COMING MARCH 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!   The best live albums put you right there on the front row. And as the raucous Friday-night crowd welcomes Eric Johanson to the stage at the...

ALLISON AUGUST - AUGUST MOON

ALLISON AUGUST - AUGUST MOON COMING MARCH 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! ALLISON AUGUSTAugust MoonMoJojo Records What is it about Southern California that allows it to produce so many excellent woman blues vocalists? Although we lost Candye...

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD & BOBBY RUSH - YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS

 KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD & BOBBY RUSH - YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS COMING MARCH 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!   BOBBY RUSH AND KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERDYoung Fashioned WaysRAM Records/Deep Rush Records/Thirty Tigers At 91 years young,...

ALLY VENABLE - MONEY & POWER

ALLY VENABLE - MONEY & POWER COMING APRIL 18, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!Texas blues-rock singer/songwriter's sixth album. Produced by Tom Hambridge with special guests Christone Kingfish Ingram and Shemekia Copeland.   1 Brown...

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE - LOOK OUT HIGHWAY

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE - LOOK OUT HIGHWAY COMING MAY 16, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! CHARLIE MUSSELWHITELook Out HighwayForty Below Records The Ace of Harps’ Forty Below debut is a follow up to his acclaimed Mississippi Son from 2022...

JOHN PRIMER - GROWN IN MISSISSIPPI

COMING APRIL 11, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! JOHN PRIMER Grown In Mississippi Blues House PLUNK! Within seconds, you’re out in a field. Crickets buzz. Something sharp chops methodically into something less fortunate. That recurringly...

DEAN ZUCCHERO - SONG FOR THE SINNERS

Hailing originally from the streets of East Village, New York City, Zucchero cut his teeth in the bustling, industry-driven Manhattan music scene where songwriting and studio recording chops have long since been revered and rewarded. Cultivating these...

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY - YARD SALE

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITYYard SaleSouthern Hospitality Supergroups in music are much like dream teams in sports. Bringing them together is tangibly difficult, but actually achieving the lofty aspirations that typically kick such experiments into gear is...

JONTAVIOUS WILLIS - WEST GEORGIA BLUES

The Blues is a unique sound that comes from particular times, places, and people. However, that sound is universal in that it can be used to articulate every human emotion. In this album, I invite listeners from all walks of life to the world of...

PIPER & THE HARD TIMES - REVELATIONS

Piper & The Hard Times 2024 International Blues Challenge Band Winner The eclectic and entertaining roots music group Piper & the Hard Times deliver intense, rhythmically dynamic music. Each member...

SONNY GULLAGE - GO BE FREE

MITCH WOODS - HAPPY HOUR

The video below is a sample of Mitch Woods Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s have been the torchbearers of a great American blues musical heritage for three decades. Taking their inspiration from the great jump n' boogie outfits of the late 40s and early...

DUKE ROBILLARD - ROLL WITH ME

DUKE ROBILLARDRoll With MeStony Plain Records The question is: What took him so long? Multi-award winner Duke Robillard started this bluesy record in 2005, but after putting down nine tracks, he pivoted and started another session with a different...

ALBERT CASTIGLIA - RIGHTEOUS SOULS

Fresh from winning another Blues Music Award at the recent festivities in Memphis for “Best Blues Rock Album” as a member of the “Blood Brothers,” along with labelmate MikeZito, Albert Castiglia comes out guitar-slinging on...

MICK KOLASSA - ALL KINDS OF BLUES

DENNIS JONES - ABOUT TIME

JP SOARS - BRICK BY BRICK

ALASTAIR GREENE - STANDING OUT LOUD

  Guitar virtuoso Alastair Greene has artfully managed a dynamic solo career while contributing to the music of notable artists such as Grammy-winner Alan Parsons and soul-blues Grammy nominee Sugaray Rayford. Greene's latest release, Standing Out...

DEB RYDER - LIVE AND HAVIN' FUN

  LIVE AND HAVIN’ FUN, recorded at The Mint Los Angeles, is stellar singer/songwriter Deb Ryder’s first live album, and her sixth album overall. Fourteen original tracks including two completely new tunes feature the talents of some of...

BIG HARP GEORGE - COOKING WITH GAS

  George Bisharat/Big Harp George is a San Francisco Bay Area blues singer, songwriter, and chromatic harmonica player. The chromatic, compared to the 10-hole diatonic more common to blues, has a distinctive voice, giving Big Harp George a jazzy...

CANNED HEAT - FINYL VINYL

Founded in 1966, Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep. Canned Heat attained three worldwide hits with their rock anthems "On The Road Again," "Going Up The Country," and "Let's Work Together."...

MIKE ZITO - LIFE IS HARD

Mike Zito, Life Is Hard. Zito recorded the new album in September at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California, with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith producing. Both Bonamassa and Smith were involved in the production of Blood Brothers, the...

BERNARD ALLISON - LUTHER'S BLUES - 2 CD SET

2 CD Set Bernard Allison release which is a tribute to Luther... all Luther's hits re-recorded by Bernard.   

LISA BIALES - AT CHRISTMAS

JASON RICCI & THE BAD KIND - BEHIND THE VEIL