·
Adele – British Aretha
Franklin with a tenderness of relationship hurt that has captured the Globe,
the hurt is the blues part and that is what makes Adele transcend pop [19
(2008), 21 (2011)]
·
Alabama Shakes – Brittany
Howard has an amazing voice and great southern Ameriana blues[ Boys & Girls
(2012)]
·
Amy Winehouse – Hints of
Sinatra-rat pack era blues with punk-self destruction jazz [Back To Black
(2006), Frank (2007)]
·
Andre Williams – A dirtier
James Brown, who can sing raw sex with authentic musicianship better than anyone
I have ever heard [Silky (1998), Red Dirt (1999), The Black Godfather (2000),
Hollad Shuffle: Live At The Green Hornet (2003), Rib Tips and Pig Snoots (2006),
Can You Deal With It? (2008)]
·
B.B. King – Virtuoso
blues guitarist who can shake you [B.B. King Madacy Discs (2002)]
·
The Black Keys – Auerbach is a
Hendrix level guitarist, when he plays you know who it is, 2 piece band that
just God damn rocks and makes you ache. [The Big Come Up (2002), thickfreakness
(2003), Rubber Factory (2004), LenArt (2004), The Moan (2004), Chulahoma
(2006), Magic Potion (2006), Your Touch (2006), The Live EP (2007), Attack
& Release (2008), Brothers (2010), El Camino (2011)]
·
Bobby Bland – classic blues
[Two Steps From The Blues (2001)]
·
Buddy Guy – Influential
Blues Guitarist with amazing rhythm [20th Century Masters: The Best
of Buddy Guy (2001), Buddy’s Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (2009)]
·
Dan Auerbach – solo album of
Black Keys front man [Keep It Hid (2009)]
·
Etta James – greatest
female blues singer of all time who could equally belt an Ella Fitzgerald love
song [At Last (1961), The Definitive Collection
(2006)]
·
J.D. McPherson – throwback Chuck
Berry shake it rock/blues [Signs and Signifiers (2012)]
·
Jack White – outstanding
guitarist who breaks boundaries but a bit quirky [Blunderbuss (2012)]
·
John Lee Hooker – straight you
know he lived it blues [The Definitive Collection (2006), Boom Boom 80
Essential Tracks (2011)]
·
Lead Belly – older than
old school blues [Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy Vol 1
(1996)]
·
Muddy Waters – Southern authentic
foundational make you howl blues [The Definitive Collection (2006)]
·
Nick Waterhouse – throwback
smoky club like Amy Winehouse but more big band, old school saxaphone [Time’s
All Gone (2012)]
·
Ray Charles – icon of
blues, rock, soul, country if he wanted shake it with the darkness [The Best of
Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (1994), The Genius Sings The Blues (2005),
Genius: The Ultimate Collection (2009), Modern Soundish Country and Western
Music, Vols 1 & 2 (2009), Ray Charles Fifty Favorites (2010)]
·
The White
Stripes
– Jack White’s former band, not a huge fan but they can rock [Elephant (2003),
Icky Thump (2007), Under Great White Northern Lights (2010)]
New Orleans
(This is its own
category, because although most of these groups could be placed in other
categories an in severable part of New Orleans lives in them. New Orleans is a gumbo and the collection of
this music heard together explains that very well.)
·
Cowboy Mouth – New Orleans
rock music that will grasp your soul and make you want to kick yourself in the
ass for ever thinking life wasn’t worth living [All You Need Is Live (2000)]
·
The Dirty Dozen
Brass Band
– Classic New Orleans Brass Band music with a trumpeter that can play two
trumpets at once [Medicated Magic (2002)]
·
Dr. John – voodoo master
piano/funk icon with Yat/blues lyrics [The Ultimate Dr. John (1997), Mercenary
(2006), City That Care Forgot (2008), Locked Down (2012)]
·
Fats Domino – world-stage
piano shake icon, who put the baby steps of rock n roll to a new level [Greatest
Hits: Walking to New Orleans (2007)]
·
Flaming Arrows – Afro-Indian
tribal Congo Square Bamboula rhythm New Orleans music [Here Come The Indians
(1997)]
·
Galactic – New Orleans
funk/rock icons that will make you shake all night [Ya-Ka-May (2010), Carnivale
Electricos (2012)]
·
Harry Connick
Jr.
– A new Frank Sinatra with New Orleans Blues and a Marsalis’ trained pedigree
piano chops [20 (1988), Blue Light, Red Light (1991), Come By Me (1999)]
·
Henry Butler – New Orleans’
blind piano playing soul singer [Pianola Live (2008)]
·
Irvin Mayfield – world class
trumpeter and a pillar of modern jazz [Love Songs, Ballads, and Standards w/
Ellis Marsalis (2008), A Love Letter To New Orleans (2011)]
·
John
Boutte – New Orleans’ Sam Cooke [Jambalaya (2008]
·
Kermit Ruffins – Modern Louis
Armstrong and New Orleans ambassador with a humble keeping it real style [Throwback
(2005), Live At Vaughn’s (2007), Happy Talk (2010)]
·
Los Hombres
Calientes
– Latino rhythm jazz side project of Irvin Mayfield [Vol 5 Carnival (2009)]
·
Louis Armstrong – The icon of
New Orleans jazz and trumpet virtuoso [Platinum Classics: The Very Best of
Louis Armstrong (2005), The Definitive Collection (2006)]
·
The Marsalis
Family
– from poverty to the New Orleans modern jazz family, their jazz influence is
global [A Jazz Celebration (2009). Music Redeems (2010)]
·
The Meters – The
foundation of New Orleans funk and house party good times music, with George
Porter’s world-class bass guitar [The Meters Anthology (1995), The Very Best of
the Meters (2005)]
·
Professor
Longhair
– definition of New Orleans piano-based music this record is a document [Rock
‘n Roll Gumbo (1977)]
·
Rebirth Brass
Band
– New Orleans brass band music at its best, make you dance with a drink in your
hand all night [The Main Event: Live at the Maple Leaf (2008), Rebirth of New
Orleans (2011)]
·
Trombone Shorty – young torch-bearer
of New Orleans pop-brass to the Globe [Backatown (2010), For True (2011)]
Compilations
·
City
of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music (2007)
·
Treme
– The Sound of New Orleans
·
Treme
II – More Classic Sounds From New Orleans
·
Basin
Street Sampler (2012) – Basin Street Records
·
Louisiana
Blues, Best of New Orleans Blues
{All of these
comps are a mix of Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Al Hirt, Louis Prima, Pete
Fountain, and lesser known artists to the world like Al Johnson, Walter
Washington, Eddie Bo, Paul Lenart, Tab Benoit, and Professor Longhair, who are
super stars in New Orleans that are worth checking out}
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