The Country Blues » Uncategorized

Robert “Wolfman” Belfour

Frank Matheis — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:30:40 +0000

The new profile for the North Mississippi hill country bluesman Robert Belfour is now up. Click here to read it.

Country Blues: Is it is or is it ain’t?

Frank Matheis — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:31:02 +0000

Check out the new Op-Ed posting which explores issues of what that constitutes “Country Blues” and takes issue with purist tendencies. Click here to jump to the article.

“Dave” Harris

Frank Matheis — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:15:43 +0000

The new profile of author, musicologist, and one-man-band-maestro Dave Harris from British Columbia is now up.

Ari Eisinger

Frank Matheis — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:51:32 +0000

The new profile for string dazzler Ari Eisinger is now up.

Top 100 Favorite Country Blues CDs 1960 to present day

Frank Matheis — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:27:47 +0000

By popular demand, here is my personal list of favorite country and acoustic blues CDs since the blues revival in the 1960s. All of these were issued or reissued since then.

Ken Hamm

Frank Matheis — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:15:14 +0000

Check out the new profile for Canadian bluesman Ken Hamm.

Dion DiMucci

Frank Matheis — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:49:40 +0000

The new profile for Dion is up.

Fruteland Jackson

Frank Matheis — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:42:57 +0000

The new profile for Chicago bluesman Fruteland Jackson is up.

Top 50 Old Time Country Blues Favorites (Pre-War)

Frank Matheis — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:33:24 +0000

By popular opinion, my recommendations for building a CD library of the pre-war blues. Top Picks.

Andy Cohen profile now live

Frank Matheis — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:50:21 +0000

The prolific musician, guitar teacher and organizer Andy Cohen now has his profile uploaded.

Check it out here.