Death of a Decade
Bloodshot
Named after a Missouri state park, these indie rockers are poised to start flying above the radar with their third release (fourth if one under their original name of Amsterband is counted).
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Big Head Blues Club
100 Years of Robert Johnson
Ryko/Big
Big Head Blues Club is an incarnation of Colorado rock group Big Head Todd and the Monsters, augmented by Cedric Burnside and/or Lightnin’ Malcolm on five tracks, plus special guests Charlie Musselwhite, Hubert Sumlin, Ruthie Foster, B.B. King and David “Honeyboy” Edwards. The album was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis and produced by Chris Goldsmith.
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Michael Chapman
Trainsong: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010
Tompkins Square
In an online work-in-progress documentary about him, British folk “outsider” Chapman lists his early influences as Big Bill Broonzy, Django Reinhardt and jazz organist Jimmy Smith, the latter because “he’s like a self-contained bass player, and I try to do that on the guitar.”
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Todd Sharpville
Porchlight
MIG
Snooty blues-rock? That’s what some might wonder upon discovering guitarist/singer/songwriter Sharpville is a titled member of one of the U.K.’s oldest aristocratic families, descending from royal lineage.
