1+ week, 5+ day ago  (205+ words) Nasibo & Zigwiton " Stopover (Nasibo Mutize " Zigwiton / Raphael Joly, 2025) Released in May 2025, Stopover is a charming six-track EP born from the cross-cultural collaboration between Zimbabwean vocalist and mbira player Nasibo Mutize and French guitarist-composer Rapha'l Joly, known as Zigwiton. The project…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (223+ words) Johnette Downing, Nathan Williams & The Zydeco Cha Chas: My Little Snap Bean: Zydeco for Children (Wiggle Worm Records, 2026) Johnette Downing's My Little Snap Bean: Zydeco for Children feels like a cherished cultural inheritance passed hand to hand. Crafted together with…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (192+ words) Dida Pelled " I Wish You Would (La Reserve, 2026) Brooklyn guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Dida Pelled will release I Wish You Would on May 1, 2026. The nine-track album presents Pelled's jazzy interpretations of classic blues and related repertoire, with selections connected to…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (181+ words) The Burnett Sisters Band " Easy Come, Easy Go (Pinecastle Records, 2026) On Easy Come, Easy Go, the Burnett Sisters Band introduces itself with charming music rooted in Appalachian tradition. Their music is deeply grounded in bluegrass, American folk, and old-time music,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (182+ words) Lil" Ed & The Blues Imperials " Slideways (Alligator Records, 2026) Slideways, the grand new album from Chicago blues band Lil" Ed & The Blues Imperials features 13 tracks that range from high-energy slide-guitar workouts to slower, mournful blues. The album includes upbeat cuts such…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (237+ words) Quadrature " Black Hole Blues (Deko Entertainment, 2025) Black Hole Blues is Quadrature's debut album. The quartet grew out of the long-running Brooklyn Raga Massive jam sessions and effortlessly brings together a dazzling, charming and ingenious fusion of Indian raga, rock, jazz,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (185+ words) Selwyn Birchwood " Electric Swamp Funkin" Blues (Alligator, 2026) Guitarist, vocalist, and composer Selwyn Birchwood will release Electric Swamp Funkin" Blues on Friday, March 27, 2026. The album presents a diverse mix of original blues songs infused with soul, jazz, rock and gospel influences....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (378+ words) Boiled In Lead " King of the Dogwoods (Omnium Records, 2026) Boiled In Lead's King of the Dogwoods is the Minnesota band's first studio release in more than a decade. More importantly, it reasserts a long-standing identity: a persuasive fusion of Celtic…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (289+ words) Counter's Creek " My Treasured Land (OOB Records, 2025) Counter's Creek's dazzling new album, My Treasured Land, summarizes five years of life spent in London, including periods under COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, through joyful songs and splendid Celtic-infused instrumental pieces. The album also…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (161+ words) Muluk'n Mell'ss' " Muluk'n Mell'ss' with The Dahlak Band (Heavenly Sweetness, 2025) This is a long-awaited reissue of Muluk'n Mell'ss' with The Dahlak Band, one of the final vinyl LPs pressed in Ethiopia before the country's independent music scene was abruptly dismantled…...