It is no small compliment to state that esteemed British journalist Charles Shaar Murray's liner notes here are fully complementary to John Lee Hooker's slightly less than an hour of playing and ...

Elmore James has been dead 54 years, and the blues aren't doing too well either. This lively tribute album gives both a boost. The fan base for the kind of music James performed may be shrinking, but ...

An enhanced reissue of an old friend that’s been repackaged so many times over the years that I’ve lost count, this also includes eight “bonus” tracks. Just as the original Crown LP was an ...