Author: JD Nash

‘Act Like You Know’ is only six tracks, but left us feeling like we’d attended every Fat Tuesday party in the city, and all the after parties as well.

The awardees are described by the Foundation as, “individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the prospect for still more in the future.”

Geffen/UMe is reissuing ‘The Best of Muddy Waters’ on vinyl, in original mono, for the first time in 30 years.

Delta Wires is an extraordinarily talented show band that keeps us guessing, and then, like Mr. Chesterfield, satisfies.

“‘Big Boat’ was inspired by an Alan Lomax recording of a levee camp song sang by a worker named Joe Savage,” Holder told us.

Although Corey Dennison is considered a young gun in the blues world, he’s far from an amateur. Hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee, he got his first guitar at the age of six. Weaned on a combination of blues and soul, Dennison spent a dozen years as a sideman for Carl Weathersby. In 2013, he struck out on his own, forming the Corey Dennison Band, and setting Chicago on its collective ear. They’ve been nominated at the BMAs for Best Emerging Artist Album, and won Best Blues Album at the 2016 Le Prix Blues Awards in France. Now comes their sophomore release…

Swapping stories and sharing songs, this group of roots royalty promises an intimate and entertaining show as they gather on stage for the first time ever.

A valid, and well constructed album overall, ‘Olivia’ may just be the vehicle that transports Tucci into the world-wide limelight.

On ‘An American Patriot,’ Moore delivers inspiring renditions of iconic classics including Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.”

Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Shirley Caesar, Ahmad Jamal, Charley Pride, Jimmie Rodgers, Nina Simone, Sly Stone, and the Velvet Underground.