It’s not often you hear a kazoo highlighted in the chorus of a blues rock song. But Dan Auerbach takes care of those duties on the swinging “Blowin’ Up,” one of his co-writes on Eddie 9V’s fifth album, and first for Auerbach’s Easy Eye label.
As most who are familiar with the Black Keys frontman’s work outside his main project know, Auerbach is hands-on as producer and sideman for many, if not all, of the artists signed to his imprint. And on Atlanta soul/bluesman Eddie 9V’s Easy Eye debut, he contributes songwriting and guitar on nearly every track.
Although Eddie started as a young electric bluesman influenced by the three Kings and Atlanta’s late Sean Costello (who he’s often compared to), he has gradually moved to…
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Over the course of three previous albums, a documentary film and brief but influential performance on hit cable show Ted Lasso, UK one-man band 
The cover photo for soulful, bluesy singer/songwriter Eric Jerardi’s tenth album is a bit misleading. The Game has nothing to do with Chess or any other recreational board activity played against others.
As this album’s title implies, and her bio confirms, roots singer/songwriter 
“Who Do You Want Me to Be” asked singer/songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor on her 2009 debut, White Sugar. 11 studio albums and 17 years later she takes a more direct stance with “This Is Who I Am.” That tune is the lone cover from The Trouble with Love. The ten-song set further defines who she has become as a veteran roots artist who has gradually coalesced her approach and strengths. Taylor’s blues roots have always been on display, specifically through guitar solos like she and guest Joe Bonamassa ignite on the opening title track. For the following Bad Company-styled “Hell or High Water” she sings about her career with “I’m just a soul/trying to exist/All on my own/And I’ve given it my best.”
“Feels so good to play my blues for you again…I took some time off now I’m back on the scene” sings Bernard Allison on the roots/funky “Blues Thing,” the closer on this, his first album of originals in four years. While it might have been better positioned as an opening statement, the intent remains; Allison has returned after taking time off.
New Orleans’ guitar slinger 
The extended edition adds 4 previously unreleased tracks to the original 11-song 2025 tracklist.
At 87 years old, Sherman Holmes still has plenty of music left to share. The legendary bassist and singer, best known as a founding member of The Holmes Brothers, has released 
That was fast. No sooner did the quickly recorded (in five days) 
Finnish guitarist/singer/songwriter 
The well-traveled, two-time BMA Pinetop Perkins Piano Award winner Anthony Geraci has landed at one of the blues’ premier labels, Chicago’s Delmark Records, for his label debut, Where Were You. Without delving into his extensive biography, Geraci has long been a pillar of the New England blues scene, having had stints with Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Sugar Blue and The Bluetones, leading the Boston All-Stars, and playing in the blues supergroup The Proven Ones, among his many pursuits.
San Francisco-based blues singer, songwriter, and chromatic harmonica player Big Harp George/George Bisharat returns with his sixth album, No Shortcuts. Like his last two albums, 2023’s Cut My Spirit Loose and 2024’s Cooking with Gas, he features players from the Greaseland gang, including guitarist Kid Andersen, Joe Kyle on bass, drummer Derrick D’Mar Martin, Chris Burns on keys, along with a bevy of horn players and vocalists, and The Morgan Brothers (James and Dwayne). Tenor saxophonist Doug Rowan, baritone saxophonist Aaron Linton, and trombonist Mike Rinta also play on all tracks. The credits list 20 musicians and vocalists.
Multiple BMA nominee and daughter of the legendary Rufus Thomas, sister of Carla Thomas, Vaneese Thomas remains one of the more elegant, yet soulful representatives of soul-blues. Vaneese has branched out from her Memphis roots to deliver contemporary blues, gospel, R&B, and a thriving career as a background vocalist for the biggest rock and pop stars. She’s been at her craft for over four decades, working also as a writer, producer, and arranger. Thomas has never lost her Memphis roots although most of her recent recordings have originated in the New York area. That sense of earned wisdom, an inherent feel for the blues, and the ability to naturally, even effortlessly ride the grooves, comes through on Window to My Soul, one of her…
Contemporary blues-rock powerhouse Jovin Webb returns with his second album, Son of a Sinner, on Blind Pig Records. Produced by multi-Grammy winner Tom Hambridge and recorded in Nashville, the 11-song collection finds the talented vocalist, songwriter, and drummer digging into stories about life in all its flawed, messy, vulnerable glory. There’s plenty of honesty here, but Webb also knows when to lighten things up with a little fun and humor.
The legendary guitarist Robin Trower release his new album, 
Seasick Steve returns with 
Crescent City jump blues pianist