A decent, enjoyable blues sampler. Tracks not selected in an effort to be comprehensive or focus on a sub-genre, but rather to spotlight music by artists who had been recently featured on a National Public Radio show such as All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
For more on the "I Heard It On NPR" series of CD releases: NPR Tunes Into Wider Exposure (Billboard, November 29, 2003). I missed the series back around the turn of the century, but couldn't pass up this CD when I saw it in a used bin. Added to my recent, growing collection of blues compilations. As I briefly mentioned last month, the Summer of 2025 will unofficially be "The Summer of Blues" here at blog headquarters.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks:
| Artist | Title | Year |
|
1 |
Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong | St. Louis Blues | 1925 |
2 |
Muddy Waters | Mannish Boy | 1955 |
3 |
Mississippi Fred McDowell | Good Morning Little School Girl | 1959 |
4 |
Bonnie Raitt | No Gettin' Over You | 2002 |
5 |
Alvin Youngblood Hart | How Long Before I Change My Clothes | 2002 |
6 |
Otis Taylor | My Soul's In Louisiana | 2001 |
7 |
Etta James | A Sunday Kind Of Love | 1961 |
8 |
Buddy Guy | One Room Country Shack | 1968 |
9 |
T-Bone Walker | Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) | 1946 |
10 |
Robert Johnson | Love In Vain | 1937 |
11 |
John Lee Hooker | Boogie Chillen' | 1948 |
12 |
B. B. King | Rock Me Baby | 1964 |
13 |
Shemekia Copeland | Not Tonight | 2000 |
14 |
Susan Tedeschi | It Hurt So Bad | 1998 |
Happy to be introduced to the Otis Taylor, Etta James, and Susan Tedeschi tunes.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None
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