Blues

Gary Moore spelade visserligen hårdrock, men det var som bluesgitarrist han är mest ihågkommen. Den starka känslan i hans gitarrspel passade utmärkt för att spegla bluesens känslor. Här är hans bästa bluesinspelningar mellan 1990-95 samlade.

Beth Hart är i eget namn en stor artist - med en röst som få, Janis i Duffy's kläder... ? Joe Bonamassa känner vi också - och här tar han steget tillbaks. Han levererar snygga licks, han är verkligen grym! - och tillsammans med Beth har han gjort en av 2011 års bästa plattor! Som ni ser är det en del örhängen de tolkar, Beth, Joe och deras finfina backupband.

Bonamassa Joe: Sloe gin (Blue/Ltd) [Vinyl LP]

Shaw Taylor Joanne: Black & gold 2025 [Digipack / CD]

Guy Buddy: Ain't done with the blues [2 Vinyl LP]

King Albert: The big blues 1962 [CD]

The newest album from Rhiannon Giddens', You're the One is her third solo studio album and her first of all original songs. This collection of 12 songs written over the course of Giddens' career bursts with life-affirming energy, drawing from the folk music that she knows so deeply, as well as its pop descendants. Produced by Jack Splash (Solange, Alicia Keys, Valerie June), You're the One features some of Giddens' closest musical collaborators from the past decade, including multi-instrumentalists Francesco Turrisi and Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu. The album features electric and upright bass, conga, Cajun and Piano accordions, guitars, a Western string section, and Miami horns, among other instruments, capturing the inclusive spirit that channels through all of her work. <br/><br/>"I hope that people just hear American music," Giddens says. "Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, and rock-it's all there. I like to be where it meets organically. They're fun songs, and I wanted them to have as much of a chance as they could to reach people who might dig them but don't know anything about what I do. If they're introduced to me through this record, they might go listen to other music I've made with a different set of ears."