Black Stone Cherry – Black to Blues Volume 2

This record takes old blues music and runs it through a filter fueled by Kentucky bourbon and Southern soul.

Zoo – Čas Sluhů

A great Czechoslovakian companion to a Highlander rip off

Black Pumas

Timeless.

Ben Miller Band – Choke Cherry Tree

It is not what you think of when you think of a country record

Ida Mae – Chasing Lights

Singer-songwriter folk filtered through the blues of the American South

Anderson East – Delilah

Can music be sexy? Absofuckinglutley. 

Black Stone Cherry – Family Tree

Family Tree is a backroad driving, horseshoe pitching, beer-drinking record.

Anderson East – Encore

Encore oozes soul.

Steve Earle & The Dukes – Terraplane

Terraplane is the kind of record you put on the turntable to impress people in the know or in the music industry.

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Front Porch Sessions

This is rock n roll as if it had evolved in the hollers of West Virginia.

The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue

This is a solid blues-based rock n roll album that has flares of funky disco, big band rock with horns and pianos, punk rock lite, and stripped down coffee house music.

Howlin’ Wolf

Howlin’ Wolf’s vocal work has that I-have-seen-some-shit-that-you-would-not-believe-type of feel to it.  He is the kind of guy that you do not want to mess with, but want to hang around so you can hear his stories.

The Rolling Stones – Aftermath

Aftermath is almost 51 years old.  Think about that for a moment; 51 years in the future is the year 2068.  Damn.

A Little Something More From Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

This record is Memphis soul, Delta blues, and party jam band all wrapped into one big and bold sound.

Willie and the Poor Boys

Willie and the Poor Boys jams when it comes to rocking out on a piano and can hold its own against any similar record.

Gary Clark Jr. – Church + The Healing

This is not blues-virtuoso-Gary Clark Jr., this is soulful-take-you-to-church-Gary Clark Jr.

Shovels & Rope – Little Seeds

Little Seeds ends on a low and sad note.  This LP is an emotional trip.

Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch 2

This is a solid record that satisfies an itch for new music that sounds like old music.  Also, I imagine that this album sounds better with a little marijuana.

The Doors – L.A. Woman

There is not a lot of overproduction on this album.  It sounds unrefined and gritty, but also clean at the same time.

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pendulum

This album is less of the swamp music sound that is associated with Creedence Clearwater Revival and is more of a soulful jam band sound.

Chuck Berry – St. Louie To Frisco To Memphis

I am pretty sure that I am 1% blacker because I listened to this album.

Rival Sons – Hollow Bones

It sounds the way it should.  It is heavy where it needs to be and filled with catchy tunes that will make you nod your head in time

Randall Bramblett – Devil Music

It is soulful funky blues with a little country spice.

The Righteous Brothers – Some Blue-Eyed Soul

If I told you this album was a black blues singer from the bayou named Smokey Bones Washington, you’d believe me.