TheCountryBlues.com Best Album Award
Best Album of 2011: Toby Walker, “Shake Shake Mama,” by Frank Matheis © 2012
Best of Album of 2012: Maria Muldaur & Special Guests, “First Came Memphis Minnie,” by Frank Matheis © 2013
Concerts
An Evening of Piedmont Blues, May 3, 2013, by Frank Matheis © 2013
The Charlie Musselwhite Quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center – March 2013, by Bibiana Matheis © 2013
Country Blues Summit – Alvin Youngblood Hart Plays Jazz at Lincoln Center – brings friends, by Frank Matheis © 2012
Reviews
Book Review: Head, Hands and Feet – A book of One Man Bands- Dave Harris, by Frank Matheis © 2012
CD Review: CW Stoneking- Jungle Blues- King Hokum Records, by Frank Matheis © 2009
CD Review: Pyeng Threadgill Sweet Home- The Music of Robert Johnson
Random Chance Records by Frank Matheis © 2004
CD Review: Michael Powers (a.k.a. Murchison) Onyx Root , Baryon 2004,
by Frank Matheis © 2004
Feature Articles
Music feature: Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite “A New Way of Being Traditional” – Living Blues – Jan. 2013 Issue Nr. 223, Vol. 44 #1 by Frank Matheis © 2013
Biographical: Guy Davis – ”Guy Davis Has It All – Or Does He? “– published in Blues Access – Spring 2001 by Frank Matheis © 2013
Opinion: Country Blues: Is it, or is it ain’t? – exploring the meaning of the term “country blues.” By Frank Matheis © 2012
Biographical: Lonnie Johnson – An excellent article about the great bluesman -Excerpted from The Guitar Players by James Sallis © 1982
Satire: What to Wear to a Jazz Club—and what not to wear in Paris – a humorous look at the beret. By Frank Matheis, published in InsideOut © 2008
Opinion: In Defense of Robert Johnson- An ever so mild critique of Elijah Wald’s “Escaping the Delta” by Frank Matheis © 2006
Satire: How Can You Listen To That Stuff?– a humorous look at musical snobbery, by Frank Matheis © 2005
Biographical: Meet Slam Allen- Today he plays guitar and leads the band for James Cotton. Back then, this article featured the then up-and-coming Hudson Valley, New York musician. By Frank Matheis © 2000
Busk or bust! Hitting the streets of Europe. (Hey Rube! Tips, hints & ideas to foster a good working environment among folk music’s community of performers). Article published in: Sing Out! By Frank Matheis © 2002
Opinion: Blues & Race– An OpEd by Frank Matheis about a controversy within the blues community © 1996
Old Time Guitar Recording - Sound technical advice to get that authentic vintage sound. By John Williams © 2009
Top 50 Country Blues CDs- Pre-War to 1960. By Frank Matheis © 2011
Top 100 Country Blues CDs - 1960 to present day © 2012
Interviews
Interview with Pete Seeger- while not about the blues, it may be of interest anyway.
By Frank Matheis © 1998
Creative Writing
Ode to Otha – a poetic tribute to Otha Turner by Rafael Otto © 2009
Rambling Man – a poetic tribute to Robert Johnson by Rafael Otto © 2009
