BMS ISSUE 49 APRIL 2026

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 ALLMANThe Blues SummitRuf...

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...

CRYSTAL SHAWANDA - SING PRETTY BLUES

CRYSTAL SHAWANDA - SING PRETTY BLUESRELEASE DATE APRIL 11, 2025. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Although she bases herself in Nashville, TN, these days, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Crystal Shawanda was born full-blooded Ojibwe on the Wikwemikong...

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! BRANDON SANTINIWhich Way Do We Go?MoMojo Records This is an important album. When I interviewed Brandon Santini last year I wouldn’t have been surprised if...

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...

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...

THE BOB LANZA BLUES BAND - BREADMAN'S BLUES

THE BOB LANZA BLUES BAND - BREADMAN'S BLUES COMING FEBRUARY 07, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!      

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!      

MITCH RYDER - WITH LOVE

MITCH RYDER - WITH LOVE COMING FEBRUARY 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! "With Love" was recorded at Rustbelt Studios in Royal Oak, Michigan between August and October 2024 and produced by Don Was. Mitch Ryder - Vocals Luis Resto - Keyboards...

ALLISON AUGUST - AUGUST MOON

ALLISON AUGUST - AUGUST MOON COMING MARCH 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! ALLISON AUGUSTAugust MoonMoJojo Records What is it about Southern California that allows it to produce so many excellent woman blues vocalists? Although we lost Candye...

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD & BOBBY RUSH - YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS

 KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD & BOBBY RUSH - YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS COMING MARCH 21, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!   BOBBY RUSH AND KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERDYoung Fashioned WaysRAM Records/Deep Rush Records/Thirty Tigers At 91 years young,...

ALLY VENABLE - MONEY & POWER

ALLY VENABLE - MONEY & POWER COMING APRIL 18, 2025, RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY!Texas blues-rock singer/songwriter's sixth album. Produced by Tom Hambridge with special guests Christone Kingfish Ingram and Shemekia Copeland.   1 Brown...

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY - YARD SALE

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITYYard SaleSouthern Hospitality Supergroups in music are much like dream teams in sports. Bringing them together is tangibly difficult, but actually achieving the lofty aspirations that typically kick such experiments into gear is...

VANESSA COLLIER - DO IT MY OWN WAY

VANESSA COLLIERDo It My Own WayPhenix Fire Records Austin Powers might have a succinct analysis of Vanessa Collier’s new album: “It’s groovy, baby!” And, he wouldn’t be far off...

PIPER & THE HARD TIMES - REVELATIONS

Piper & The Hard Times 2024 International Blues Challenge Band Winner The eclectic and entertaining roots music group Piper & the Hard Times deliver intense, rhythmically dynamic music. Each member...

JIMMY CARPENTER - JUST GOT STARTED

JP SOARS - BRICK BY BRICK

ALASTAIR GREENE - STANDING OUT LOUD

  Guitar virtuoso Alastair Greene has artfully managed a dynamic solo career while contributing to the music of notable artists such as Grammy-winner Alan Parsons and soul-blues Grammy nominee Sugaray Rayford. Greene's latest release, Standing Out...

DEB RYDER - LIVE AND HAVIN' FUN

  LIVE AND HAVIN’ FUN, recorded at The Mint Los Angeles, is stellar singer/songwriter Deb Ryder’s first live album, and her sixth album overall. Fourteen original tracks including two completely new tunes feature the talents of some of...

CANNED HEAT - FINYL VINYL

Founded in 1966, Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep. Canned Heat attained three worldwide hits with their rock anthems "On The Road Again," "Going Up The Country," and "Let's Work Together."...

MIKE ZITO - LIFE IS HARD

Mike Zito, Life Is Hard. Zito recorded the new album in September at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California, with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith producing. Both Bonamassa and Smith were involved in the production of Blood Brothers, the...

ERIC JOHANSON - THE DEEP AND THE DIRTY

An electric whiz with a sweet slide game... A gang of fantastic acoustic and electric leads... His slide work on resonator is particularly noteworthy. 1 Don't Hold Back 2 The Deep and the Dirty 3 Beyond the...

MIKE ZITO & ALBERT CASTIGLIA - BLOOD BROTHERS

Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia team up for the album of the year in 2023!Release Date: March 17, 2023 Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia are true “Blood Brothers” in life and in the music, they create both individually and collectively, joining...