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ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Our Artist of the Week this week is  Bluegrass and Country Singer and fiddle player, Alison Krauss and her band, Union Station. Here's our Top 10, see if you agree.


  1. Baby Now That I've Found You
  2. Every Time You Say Goodbye
  3. Let Me Touch You For Awhile
  4. A New Favorite
  5. We Hide And Seek
  6. Broadway
  7. Choctaw Hayride
  8. The Boy Who Couldn't Hoe Corn
  9. Stay
  10. The Lucky One

Albums and Singles of 2023.

Blues+ Albums

  1. Seth Rosenbloom - As The Crow Flies
  2. Harlem Lake - Volition
  3. Steve Purcell - Ample'tudes
  4. The Cold Stares - Voices
  5. Various Artists - Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection
  6. Jewel Brown - Thanks For Good Ole' Music And Memories
  7. Mississippi MacDonald - Heavy State Loving Blues
  8. Fabrizio Poggi - Basement Blues
  9. Guy Tortora - Anywhere But Here
  10. Various Artists - Delmark 70th Anniversary Blues Anthology
  11. Ally Venable - Real Gone
  12. Marc Broussard - S.O.S. IV - Blues For Your Soul
  13. Chris Duarte - Ain't Giving Up
  14. Connor Selby - Connor Selby
  15. Eddie 9V - Capricorn
  16. Joe Bonamassa - Tales Of Time
  17. The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling - Get Your Back Into It!
  18. Dudley Taft - Guitar Kingdom
  19. The Cash Box Kings - Oscar's Motel
  20. The BluesBones - Unchained
  21. Muddy What? - Spider Legs
  22. Paul Cox - Soul Intention
  23. Garret T Willie - Same Pain
  24. Nick Schnebelen - What Key Is Trouble In?
  25. Various Artists - Blind Raccoon Nola Blue Collection Vol 5
  26. Roy Buchanan - When A Guitar Plays The Blues
  27. Tony Holiday - Hotel Mississippi
  28. La Ratte - Astray
  29. Alastair Greene - Alive In The New World
  30. Jimmy Regal And The Royals - First And Last Stop
  31. Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Death Wish Blues
  32. Damon Fowler & Friends - Live At The Palladium
  33. Big Shoes - Fresh Tracks
  34. Gaye Adegbalola - Satisfied: An Anthology
  35. Joe Louis Walker - Weight Of The World
  36. Taj Mahal - Savoy
  37. Teresa James - With A Little Help From Her Friends
  38. Jives UK - Between Two Rooms
  39. Ivan Neville - Touch My Soul
  40. Danny Liston - Everybody



Americana+ Albums

  1. Grey DeLisle - Borrowed
  2. Peach & Quiet - Beautiful Thing
  3. Payphones - Rioting Heart
  4. Tom Ovans - The Cure
  5. Eric Selby - Dang Fool
  6. Steve Dawson - Eyes Closed, Dreaming
  7. Caveman TV - Caveman TV
  8. Tapestri - Tell Me World
  9. Del Barber - Almanac
  10. Angela Perley - Turn Me Loose
  11. Kyle McKearney - A Traveler's Lament
  12. Rust Dust - 'Twere But It Were So Simple
  13. Dean Owens - El Tiradito
  14. Withered Hand - How To Love
  15. Carter Sampson - Gold
  16. The Pawn Shop Saints - Weeds
  17. Ben Bedford - Valley Of Stars
  18. Fatoumata Diawara - London KO
  19. Savourna Stevenson & Steve Kettley - Wine Of Life
  20. Tim Grimm - The Little In-Between
  21. Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers - Burn These Bridges
  22. Robbie Cumming - Choons Vol 1 & 2
  23. Michelle Malone - Fan's Favourites Vol 1 Unplugged
  24. Red Red - The Alabama Kid
  25. Craig Gould - Songs From The Campfire
  26. Malcolm Holcombe - Bits & Pieces
  27. The Bluest Sky - The Bluest Sky
  28. Jerome Forde - Jerome Forde
  29. Wayne Brereton - The Robin's Call
  30. Li'l Andy - The Complete Recordings Of Hezekiah Procter
  31. Roberto Fonseca - La Gran Diversion
  32. Michael Jerome Browne - Gettin' Together
  33. Meredith Moon - Constellations
  34. Ali Farka Toure - Voyageur
  35. Heather Lynne Horton - Get Me To A Nunnery
  36. Cordovas - The Rose Of Aces
  37. Kristian Montgomery & The Winterkill Band - Lower County Outlaw
  38. The Lowland Brothers - The Lowland Brothers
  39. Wayward Jane - The Flood
  40. Leroy From The North - Toughen Up


Rock+ Albums

  1. DeWolff - Love, Death & In-Between
  2. Jared James Nichols - Jared James Nichols
  3. Robert Jon & The Wreck - Ride Into The Light
  4. Chris Church - Radio Transient
  5. Justin Saladino Band - Honest Lies
  6. The Popravinas - Goons West
  7. Chris Picco - Split Down The Middle
  8. Annie Capps - How Can I Say This?
  9. Arielle - '73
  10. LA Edwards - Out Of The Heart Of Darkness
  11. Kingo Halla - Empty Hands
  12. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
  13. Lynn Miles - TumbleWeedyWorld
  14. Status Quo - Official Archive Series Vol 1
  15. Wolf Manhattan - Wolf Manhattan
  16. Carl Baldassarre - Grand Boulevard
  17. Mary Middlefield - Thank You, Alexander
  18. Andy Fairweather Low - Flang Dang
  19. Gramercy Arms - Deleted Scenes
  20. Popsicko - Off To A Bad Start
  21. Black Market Karma - Friends In Noise
  22. The Bellwether Syndicate - Vestige & Vigil
  23. Marbles - Humour
  24. Quiz Show - Quiz Show
  25. Robin Eaton - Memories Of A Misspent Youth
  26. Bike - Arte Bruta
  27. Mari Dangerfield - Love And Other Machines
  28. John Hanifin - Clean House
  29. Jody And The Jerms - Wonder
  30. Pennies By The Pound - Nothingside
  31. Steve Lukather - Bridges
  32. Western Haunts - The Bottle
  33. The Room - Restless Fate
  34. Tony Valentino - Dirty Water Revisited
  35. Deer Tick - Emotional Contracts
  36. Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective - Live At Hot Box
  37. Steve Stoeckel - The Power Of And
  38. Instant Empire - Standing Eight Count
  39. William The Conqueror - Excuse Me While I Vanish
  40. The Noise Who Runs - Preteretrospective

Blues+ Singles

  1. Marc Broussard with Joe Bonamassa - That's What Love Will Make You Do
  2. Chris Duarte - Nobody But You
  3. The Cold Stares - Throw That Stone
  4. Harlem Lake - I Wish I Could Go Running
  5. The BluesBones - Chain Gang
  6. Ally Venable - Real Gone
  7. Connor Selby - My Baby Don't Dig Me
  8. Connor Selby - The Deep End
  9. Harlem Lake - Beware
  10. The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling - The Bait In The Snare
  11. Nick Schnebelen - Hard Driving Woman
  12. Joe Bonamassa - Known Unknowns
  13. Ivan Neville - Greatest Place On Earth
  14. Gaye Adegbalola - Big Ovaries, Baby
  15. Ally Venable with Buddy Guy - Texas, Louisiana
  16. Alastair Greene - Wontcha Tell Me
  17. St Paul & The Broken Bones - Lonely Love Song
  18. Muddy What? - Ina's Boogie
  19. Ivan Neville - Hey All Together
  20. Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Riders
  21. The Cold Stares - Come For Me
  22. Joe Bonamassa - Mind's Eye
  23. Chris Duarte - Half As Good As Two
  24. Connor Selby - Love Letter To The Blues
  25. Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Settle For Less
  26. Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Deathwish
  27. St Paul & The Broken Bones - Sea Star
  28. GA-20 - By My Lonesome
  29. Danielle Nicole - Make Love
  30. St Paul & The Broken Bones - City Federal Building
  31. Jimmy Regal And The Royals - Ain't Done Yet
  32. Ivy Gold - Broken Silence
  33. miXendorp - Trance Formed EP
  34. Sister Lucille - Why Not You
  35. GA-20 - I Cry For You
  36. Afton Wolfe - Twenty-Three EP
  37. Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos - Cheat The Devil
  38. St Paul & The Broken Bones - Oporto-Madrid Blvd
  39. Chris Duarte - Gimme Your Love
  40. The Cold Stares - Got No Right

Americana+ Singles

  1. Jesse Felder - Baptized
  2. Eric Selby - Horseshoes And Hand Grenades
  3. Peach & Quiet - Calgary Skyline
  4. Del Barber - Still Got You
  5. Eric Selby - Stranger Things Have Happened
  6. Caveman TV - Anarchy In The UK
  7. Dean Owens - She Was A Raven
  8. Carter Sampson - Gold
  9. Steve Dawson - A Gift
  10. Kyle McKearney - Whispering Pines
  11. Rust Dust - Sky
  12. Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers - Burn These Bridges
  13. Kyle McKearney - Rebel Child
  14. Jeffrey Halford & The Healers - Mississippi Flyer
  15. Caitlin Cannon - Amarillo And Little Rock
  16. Del Barber - I Told You So
  17. Carter Sampson - Can't Stop Me Now
  18. Davy Faulk - Some People Have Love
  19. Withered Hand - How To Love
  20. Eric Selby - Different Hues
  21. The White Buffalo - C'Mon Come Up Come Out
  22. Tapestri - Waiting In The Background
  23. Dave Herrera - Sunday Chapel
  24. Mickelson - Jump Off The Earth
  25. Tim Easton - Sliver Of Light
  26. The Still Wonder - Evergreen
  27. James Combs Featuring The Well Pennies - High Pine Steeples
  28. The Tano Jones Revelry - What About Me
  29. Eric Selby - I Carry You
  30. Ali Farka Toure - Safari
  31. Ali Farka Toure - Cherie
  32. Divining Rod - Another Endless Night
  33. Dylan LeBlanc - Coyote
  34. Red Red - Lay Me Down Marie
  35. Cordovas - High Roller
  36. Tim Grimm - Lonesome All The Time
  37. Savourna Stevenson & Steve Kettley - Gamelan
  38. Jessie Che - In My Hands
  39. Alan Getto - Problems Of The World
  40. Eric Selby - Unsown

Rock+ Singles

  1. DeWolff - Night Train
  2. Chris Picco - Time Changes Everything
  3. Robert Jon & The Wreck - Come At Me
  4. Jared James Nicholls - Easy Come Easy Go
  5. Robert Jon & The Wreck - One Of A Kind EP
  6. Arielle - 73
  7. Ghost - Spillways
  8. Air Traffic Controller - Anybody Got A Light?
  9. Chris Church - Flip
  10. Beauty In Chaos - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
  11. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
  12. Chris Church - One More Chance To Get Over You
  13. Chris Baldassarre - The Sands Of Tarifa
  14. Manchester Orchestra - The Way
  15. The Revivalists - Kid
  16. Manchester Orchestra - Capital Karma
  17. Brian Setzer - Girl On The Billboard
  18. Bike - O Torto Santo
  19. Kingo Halla - Mirage
  20. Popsicko - Ashtray Mouth/Same Old Me
  21. Amanda Shires & Bobby Nelson - Waltz Across Texas
  22. Jared James Nichols - Down The Drain
  23. John Hanifin - Stop, Drop & Roll
  24. Western Haunts - The Bottle
  25. wht.rbbt.obj - No Rainbows In Indiana
  26. Debacle - Alright
  27. Jody & The Jerms - Insatiable
  28. Deer Tick - Forgiving Ties
  29. Popsicko - Nastassja
  30. Deer Tick - Once In A Lifetime
  31. Loz Campbell - Loz Campbell EP
  32. The Arcs - Sunshine
  33. Chris Church - Going 'Til We Go
  34. Sumaroo - No One Likes The Kid
  35. The Bellwether Syndicate - Beacons
  36. Bed Signs - Veronica Ruse
  37. Frenchy And The Punk - Temple Of Sleep
  38. Decker - Mojave
  39. William The Conqueror - The Bruises
  40. Robert Jon & The Wreck - Bring Me Back Home Again

About us


Based in Barrhead, Scotland, BluesBlues began as a section on the Flyin' Shoes Review, has morphed into a blog and now into this website. Years of experience writing for NetRhythms, Flyin' Shoes Review and Total Music Magazine to name but three will help us to  bring you the best unknown and off the tracks music in Blues, Americana, Rock and many other genres.

We are passionate about music and will bring you news, reviews, interviews and general nonsense from across the spectrum.
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