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Why Howlin’ Wolf's Landmark 'Rockin’ Chair Album' Remains One of the Greatest Blues Records of All Time By Jim Campilongo published 22 July 22 Featuring Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, and a host of other legendary musicians, this 1962 Chess compilation is a reminder of what real blues is all about.
Vinyl Treasures: Mary Osborne – A Girl & Her Guitar By Jim Campilongo published 19 November 21 This is an essential work from an essential jazz swing guitarist whose bad-ass Charlie Christian-esque style is ripe for rediscovery.
Vinyl Treasures: Phil Baugh’s ‘Country Guitar’ By Jim Campilongo published 22 October 21 A player who blazed a trail for the today's country shredder, Baugh is an under-celebrated virtuoso who is ripe for rediscovery.
Vinyl Treasures: Trio Matamoros By Jim Campilongo published 10 September 21 The music of Trio Matamoros is alive with Cuba’s bolero-son traditions.
Vinyl Treasures: How Ray Charles Disguised Gospel as Soul and Brought it to the Masses on 'Do the Twist!' By Jim Campilongo published 13 August 21 Gospel, blues, soul? Ray Charles embraced it all, with a sound that was all his own.
Vinyl Treasures: How Tom Scholz’s Taste for the Extreme Made Boston’s Debut a Stunner By Jim Campilongo published 18 June 21 An enduring classic, Boston's self-titled debut is much more than "More Than a Feeling."
Vinyl Treasures: Billie Holiday’s ‘Last Recording‘ By Jim Campilongo published 20 May 21 Though her troubles were catching up with her, Holiday’s final album brought an honest and instructive close to her career.
Vinyl Treasures: Johnny Smith’s ‘Moonlight in Vermont’ By Jim Campilongo published 2 April 21 Undeservedly obscure today, Smith is an icon of 20th-century guitar, and this was his finest moment.
Vinyl Treasures: Deep Purple's 'Machine Head' By Jim Campilongo published 26 February 21 Ritchie Blackmore brings the fire on Deep Purple’s 1972 hard-rock masterpiece.
Vinyl Treasures: Kenny Burrell’s 'Midnight Blue' By Jim Campilongo published 12 February 21 Burrell and his band work the power of nuance on his 1963 jazz guitar tour de force.