Jimmie Vaughan: Jimmie Vaughan Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites

Sep 20,2011
The creatively titled follow-up to last year’s Grammy-nominated Blues, Ballads & Favorites sounds as though Vaughan never turned off the recorder after cutting his last solo release. More rolls on with 14 covers of More...

The Jeff Golub Band Featuring Henry Butler: The Three Kings

Sep 20,2011
Jeff Golub plays soulfully and with badass tone on this collection of classic and original blues tunes. Along with Henry Butler on vocals and keys, Golub also gets additional help from Sonny Landreth—who graces “In Plain More...

TIM SPARKS Sidewalk Blues

Oct 5,2009
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Johnny Winter Roots

Oct 24,2011
On this collection of classic blues and rock ’n’ roll tunes, Winter invokes a fashionable trend of late, by featuring Sonny Landreth, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, and other guests, including his brother Edgar. More...

Sneak Peek Record Review: Carl Verheyen Band Trading 8s

Jun 11,2009
WE'VE BEEN FANS OF CARL VERHEYEN'S PLAYING (and his bold stances—ask him about his thoughts on humbuckers and single-coils sometime) for years here at GP. The guy can not only cover a ton of different styles with panache, More...

Bruce Kulick BK3

Jun 1,2010
Kulick is a devastatingly ballsy, inventive, and melodic guitarist, and BK3’s blend of ’70s and ’80s rock styles gives him plenty of room to blow your mind. There’s some truly astounding playing here, I just wish the More...

Jason Falkner Im OK Youre OK

Jun 1,2010
Fans of Falkner’s work with Jellyfish and the Grays will find a lot to love about this record. Chimey Hagstrom 12-strings, crunchy Jazzmasters, compressed clean tones, and hook after hook after hook. Falkner played pretty More...

Marc Copely Harp amp Plow

Jun 1,2010
You might have heard Copely’s soulful guitar work on Danielia Cotton’s last record or Billy Squier’s last tour. Here he’s on his own, playing killer slide, gritty Stones-style rhythm, swampy Dobro, and more. Highlights More...

The Julien Kasper Band Trance Groove

Jun 1,2010
Exquisite tones, masterful execution, and innate soulfulness drive this jazzy, funky, bluesy, Sco-and-Beck-meet- Hendrix-for-drinks-at-the-Harvard-Psychedelic-Club instrumental joyride. Toulcat. More...

Ali Farka Toure amp Toumani Diabate Ali and Toumani

Jun 1,2010
This mesmerizing album by these Malian greats—Toure on guitar and vocals and Diabate on kora— features 11 songs that intertwine melodies and tonal textures to create a unique musical conversation. A beautiful last More...

Steinar Gregertsen Standing Next to a Mountain A Tribute to the Music of Jimi Hendrix

Feb 25,2011
Covering Hendrix tunes— let alone recording an entire album of them—is risky business. Yet in this case, the superb musicianship, sublime tones, and superlative arrangements justify the effort. Gregertsen’s lap-steel and More...

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session

Feb 1,2011
This new CD/DVD package includes the video presentation of the December 1983 jam between SRV and Albert King, which originally aired on the Canadian live music television series In Session. It’s great to finally be able to see More...

HARRY MANX Bread and Buddha

Dec 4,2009
Harry ManxBread and Buddha CANADIAN GUITARIST AND SINGER-SONGWRITER Harry Manx is an artist that critics have occasionally had a hard time getting their minds around. His unique amalgam of blues and other American roots music, More...