BMS ISSUE 47 OCTOBER 2025

ERIN HARPE - LET THE MERMAIDS FLIRT WITH ME

ERIN HARPE - LET THE MERMAIDS FLIRT WITH MERELEASE DATE 10.24.2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!    

THE LUCKY LOSERS - ARRIVAL

THE LUCKY LOSERS - ARRIVALRELEASE DATE 11.07.2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Winners of six Independent Blues Awards, including Artist of the Year (Cathy Lemons) and Song of the Year (“Godless Land”), The Lucky Losers are San...

ANA POPOVIC - DANCE TO THE RHYTHM

ANA POPOVIC - DANCE TO THE RHYTHMRELEASE DATE 10.31.2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   ANA POPOVICDance To The RhythmElectric Heel Records Coupling the words fantastic and funk, Ana Popovic has created her own portmanteau,...

CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY - LIVE IN NYC

CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY - LIVE IN NYCAVAILABLE NOW. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Charlie Apicella is the founder and Director of Blues Alive: the living tradition of the blues. Charlie Apicella was voted onto the 84th and 86th DownBeat...

MIKE BOURNE BAND - KANSAS CITY O'CLOCK

MIKE BOURNE BAND - KANSAS CITY O'CLOCK RELEASE DATE 10.10.2025 - ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Mike Bourne has been knocking audiences out around the globe with his unique style of jump blues, blues and roots music in clubs like the House of Blues,...

MARK CAMERON - BLUES FACTORY

MARK CAMERON - BLUES FACTORY RELEASE DATE 10.10.2025 - ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Minnesota based singer, songwriter and guitarist Mark Cameron has been active in live music for over thirty years. Mark began his performing career in the rich...

JAY HOOKS - TEQUILA & BULLETS

JAY HOOKS - TEQUILA & BULLETSRELEASE DATE 09.19.2025 ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Texas blues-rock guitarist and singer Jay Hooks is pleased to announce his new release Tequila & Bullets….!  Produced by Matthew R. Johnson and...

THE BC COMBO - GLASS HALF FULL

THE BC COMBO FEATURING BEV CONKLIN - GLASS HALF FULLRELEASE DATE 09.12.2025 ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!  A myriad of powerful emotions from frustration to revelation are delivered on this collection of music with a message from this veteran musical unit...

CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY - PAYING THE COST TO BE THE BOSS

CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY - PAYING THE COST TO BE THE BOSSAVAILABLE NOW. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!    “Payin’ The Cost To Be The Boss: a tribute to BB King”

LEROY ELLINGTON - IN THE DOGHOUSE - VOL 1

LEROY ELLINGTON - IN THE DOGHOUSE - VOL 1 RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Leroy Ellington and The Doghouse Studio Band was born in the heart of the Doghouse Recording Studio. Comprised of select musicians from the Greater...

ALLISON JOY WILLIAMS - HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGS

ALLISON JOY WILLIAMS - HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGSRELEASE DATE MAY 09, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Alison Joy Williams is a contemporary Americana  artist, songwriter and author. ​   She has spent the better part of her life...

RORY BLOCK - HEAVY ON THE BLUES

RORY BLOCK - HEAVY ON THE BLUESRELEASE DATE AUGUST 22, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! M.C. Records is thrilled to release Rory Block's Heavy On The Blues. She is the standard bearer for early American roots blues- a celebrated, multi-award-winning...

TOM HAMBRIDGE - DOWN THE HATCH

TOM HAMBRIDGE - DOWN THE HATCHRELEASE DATE AUGUST 29, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! What do Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, ZZ Top, Hank Williams Jr., BB King, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Meat Loaf, Rascal Flatts, Johnny Winter, Rodney Atkins,...

WALTER TROUT - SIGN OF THE TIMES

WALTER TROUT - SIGN OF THE TIMESRELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 5, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Great artists take the pulse of their times. In his half-century as a street-level social observer and scaldingly honest songwriter, blues-rock's resilient icon...

BLOOD BROTHERS MIKE ZITO & ALBERT CASTIGLIA - HELP YOURSELF

BLOOD BROTHERS MIKE ZITO & ALBERT CASTIGLIA - HELP YOURSELFRELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 19, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!  'Help Yourself' by Blood Brothers - featuring blues powerhouses Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia - is a raw, electrifying...

CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM - HARD ROAD

CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM - HARD ROAD CDRELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 26, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Hard Road is Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s most personal and powerful album yet. Blending blues with rock and R&B, it marks...

MUD MORGANFIELD - DEEP MUD

MUD MORGANFIELD - DEEP MUD RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 26, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! The eldest son of Muddy Waters continues the great tradition of electric Chicago Blues in this set of 12 originals and two Chess-era Muddy revivals. The...

ROOMFUL OF BLUES - STEPPIN' OUT

ROOMFUL OF BLUES - STEPPIN' OUTRELEASE DATE OCTOBER 10, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   World-renowned, horn-powered, houserocking blues band releases their first new album in five years. Recipients of five Grammy nominations and winners of...

ROBIN KAPSALIS - THE BLUES IS IN THE HOUSE

ROBIN KAPSALIS - THE BLUES IS IN THE HOUSERELEASE DATE OCTOBER 10, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!    

BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS - EARLY BLUES SESSIONS

BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS - EARLY BLUES SESSIONSRELEASE DATE OCTOBER 17, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!  

AL BASILE - BLUES IN HAND

AL BASILE - BLUES IN HANDRELEASE DATE OCTOBER 17, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Eight-time Blues Music Award-nominated singer/songwriter/cornetist Al Basile announces his latest CD, Blues in Hand, on Sweetspot Records. This is AL's 21st...

ERIC GALES - A TRIBUTE TO LITTLE JIMMY KING

ERIC GALES - A TRIBUTE TO LITTLE JIMMY KING RELEASE DATE OCTOBER 24, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Eric Gales' time is now. A rule-breaking, genre-fusing force of nature, hailed by giants like Joe Bonamassa, Dave Navarro and Mark Tremonti as...

KIRK FLETCHER - KEEP ON PUSHING

KIRK FLETCHER - KEEP ON PUSHINGRELEASE DATE AUGUST 15, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   KEEP ON PUSHING is the latest from internationally hailed blues guitarist/vocalist Kirk Fletcher. Working with co-producer JD Simo and a dream team of Nashville...

TEXAS HEADHUNTERS - Johnny Moeller, Ian Moore, and Jesse Dayton

TEXAS HEADHUNTERS - Johnny Moeller, Ian Moore, and Jesse DaytonRELEASE DATE AUGUST 22, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Ian Moore, Johnny Moeller, and Jesse Dayton—three of Texas’ fiercest fretmen—join forces at last as...

MONSTER MIKE WELCH - KEEP LIVING TIL' I DIE

MONSTER MIKE WELCH - KEEP LIVING TIL' I DIERELEASE DATE AUGUST 1, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! On Keep Living Til' I Die, renowned blues guitarist and three-time Blues Music Award winner Monster Mike Welch delivers searing guitar and...

BUDDY GUY - AIN'T DONE WITH THE BLUES

BUDDY GUY - AIN'T DONE WITH THE BLUESFeaturing Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Joe Walsh, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Joe Bonamassa, and Peter Frampton RELEASE DATE AUGUST 1, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Ain’t Done With The Blues...

BIG SHOES - KING SIZE

MIKE HENDERSON - LAST NIGHT AT THE BLUEBIRD NASHVILLE

DEVON ALLMAN - THE BLUES SUMMIT

DEVON ALLMAN - THE BLUES SUMMITFeaturing Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Robert Randolph, Jimmy Hall, Larry McCray, Sierra Green, and more.RELEASE DATE JULY 25, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Devon Allman and Ruf Records are thrilled to announce the joint...

CHAMBERS DESLAURIERS - OUR TIME TO RIDE

CHAMBERS DESLAURIERS - OUR TIME TO RIDERELEASE DATE AUGUST 22, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Chambers DesLauriers embodies love, resilience, and the energy of blues, soul, and rock 'n' roll, creating a dynamic, soul-stirring experience. Their...

CANDACE IVORY - NEW SOUTHERN VINTAGE

CANDACE IVORY - NEW SOUTHERN VINTAGERELEASE DATE MAY 09, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!  Candice Ivory was born near Memphis, TN, to a family steeped in the musical traditions of the Mississippi Delta. Several family members belonged to...

STEVE MARRINER - HEAR MY HEART

STEVE MARRINER - HEAR MY HEARTRELEASE DATE JUNE 13, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Steve Marriner, a 2-time Juno winner, multiple Maple Blues Award winner, bassist with Colin James, producer, songwriter, harmonica player extraordinaire and more, debuts...

DEBBIE BOND - LIVE AT THE SONG THEATER

DEBBIE BOND - LIVE AT THE SONG THEATERRELEASE DATE AUGUST 01, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   American Singer, guitar player and songwriter Debbie Bond has been performing for decades in the Alabama backwoods and is now a regular on the Southern US...

JAY WILLIE - STILL RAISIN' CANE

JAY WILLIE - STILL RAISIN' CANERELEASE DATE JUNE 06, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Blues guitarist/singer Jay Willie delivers a deep dive into Texas Blues - with Bobby T Torello, drummer on Johnny Winter's 1980 Raisin Cain. Still Raisin' Cane is our...

LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN - LIGHT IT UP

LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN - LIGHT IT UPRELEASE DATE JULY 11, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! In “Light It Up,” their third release, the powerhouse roots-rock vocalist from Texas and British-American guitar alchemist deliver riveting...

ALEXIS P. SUTER - JUST STAY HIGH

ALEXIS P. SUTER - JUST STAY HIGHRELEASE DATE JUNE 06, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! The Alexis P Suter Band is a powerfully compelling six-piece ensemble that artfully blends the lines between Blues, Soul and Rock music. The band burst on to the...

BRANDON SANTINI - WHICH WAY DO WE GO

BRANDON SANTINI - WHICH WAY DO WE GORELEASE DATE MAY 09, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! 'Which Way Do We Go?' shows Santini at his most authentic, masterfully delivering deeply personal songs written during and post-pandemic. Illinois-based Brandon...

WILLIE BUCK & BOB CORRITORE - OH YEAH!

WILLIE BUCK & BOB CORRITORE - OH YEAH! RELEASE DATE JUNE 20, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Willie Buck and Bob Corritore are true ambassadors of the classic Chicago blues sound. Their musical relationship began in the late 1970s when...

MARIA MULDAUR - ONE HOUR MAMA - THE BLUES OF VICTORIA SPIVEY

MARIA MULDAUR - ONE HOUR MAMA - THE BLUES OF VICTORIA SPIVEY RELEASE DATE JULY 11, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!  "Never judge a book from its cover and when a person is meek and humble don't judge them unless you know what you're doing. Some...

ROBIN TROWER - COME AND FIND ME

ROBIN TROWER - COME AND FIND ME   RELEASE DATE MAY 16, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!    Even now, as he reaches his eighth decade, with a lifetime of accolades and a seminal body of music behind him, Robin Trower is still chasing...

TAJMO - ROOM ON THE PORCH

TAJMO featuring TAJ MAHAL & KEB' MO' - ROOM ON THE PORCH'   RELEASE DATE MAY 23, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!     Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo', two generations of American blues masters, reunite to release their second album...

D.K. HARRELL - TALKIN' HEAVY

D.K. HARRELL - TALKIN' HEAVY  RELEASE DATE JUNE 20, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! D.K. HARRELL Talkin’ Heavy Alligator Records  Still only 27 years old, Louisiana native D’Kieran Harrell has already cemented his status as...

DOUG MacLEOD - BETWEEN SOMEWHERE AND GOODBYE

DOUG MacLEOD - BETWEEN SOMEWHERE AND GOODBYE  RELEASE DATE JUNE 27, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Reference Recordings proudly presents our 6th release with the outstanding, multi-Blues Music Award winner Doug MacLeod. Internationally...

GALACTIC WITH IRMA THOMAS - AUDIENCE WITH THE QUEEN

GALACTIC WITH IRMA THOMAS - AUDIENCE WITH THE QUEEN  RELEASED APRIL 25, 2025, ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!    Galactic with Irma Thomas. The Crescent City's chameleonic funk-rock-pop veterans Galactic reunite with the "Soul Queen of...

ANTHONY GOMES - PRAISE THE LOUD

ANTHONY GOMES - PRAISE THE LOUD  RELEASED APRIL 25, 2025, ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!   Acclaimed Blues Rock guitarist and vocalist Anthony Gomes is back with his much-anticipated 14th studio album, Praise the Loud, set for release on Friday,...

SAMANTHA FISH - PAPER DOLL

SAMANTHA FISH - PAPER DOLL  COMING APRIL 25, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!   SAMANTHA FISH Paper Doll Rounder If there was any doubt that blues rocker Samantha Fish was ready for crossover acceptance it was squashed when Death Wish...

THE HITMAN BLUES BAND - CALLING LONG DISTANCE

THE HITMAN BLUES BAND - CALLING LONG DISTANCE   Released: 2024 From the upbeat, ear catching opening title track to the moody closer, this is an album you’ll listen to over and over – and still find new things in each song...

PAUL THORN - LIFE IS JUST A VAPOR

PAUL THORN - LIFE IS JUST A VAPOR   PAUL THORNLife Is Just A Vapor Thirty Tigers “Tough times don’t last, tough people do,” Paul Thorn announces on his latest release, Life Is Just A Vapor. Thorn is one of those survivors,...

JANIVA MAGNESS - BACK FOR ME

JANIVA MAGNESS - BACK FOR MECOMING MARCH 28, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! JANIVA MAGNESSBack For MeBlue Élan Records Back For Me is a revelatory musical affirmation borne of the convergence of emotion, artistry and the long-overdue...

JIMMY VIVINO - GONNA BE 2 OF THOSE DAYS

JIMMY VIVINO - GONNA BE 2 OF THOSE DAYS COMING FEBRUARY 14, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! JIMMY VIVINOGonna Be 2 Of Those DaysGulf Coast Records North Jersey raised guitar slinger, singer, songwriter, and bandleader Jimmy Vivino offers up a...

JENNIFER PORTER - SUN COME AND SHINE

JENNIFER PORTER - SUN COME AND SHINE COMING FEBRUARY 14, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!      

MAX HIGHTOWER - NOTHIN' BUT THE TRUTH

MAX HIGHTOWER - NOTHIN' BUT THE TRUTH COMING FEBRUARY 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!   MAX HIGHTOWER Nothin’ But The Truth MoMojo Records South Carolina native Max Hightower is a founding member of Mac Arnold’s Plate Full...