Bob's Chat

Today's Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Volume 276 once again brings you 21 fine tracks dating from some very early T-Bone Walker 1942 recordings through to 2023 and The Blind Boys Of Alabama. Other notable artists included in this collection are: Marie Knight, Mavis Staples, Rose Batiste, Snooks Eaglin, Steve Howell, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Melvin Davis.

The Best Of Jazz series continues with Volume 123 - Cool Cats Vol 08, this time putting the focus on the piano players. Selected for your listening pleasure are 20 tracks from 1942-2024. Among the fine artists presented here are: Andrew Hill, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock, Nat King Cole, Jessica Williams, Hank Jones, Horace Parlan, and Eddie Higgins.

Also today is another in the Aussie Blues series, with a compilation album of 1975-1984 recordings by Melbourne singer Margret RoadKnight. Margret isn't strictly a blues singer as she also performs folk and jazz and popular music, but nonetheless she does lean noticeably towards the blues and merits inclusion in this category. She isn't particularly well known in Australia, so I doubt many of you in other countries would have heard of Margret RoadKnight before today, therefore I hope you enjoy listening to this interesting collection.

Don't forget to check out Bob's Cellar. Our good friend cabledogg2 has posted a huge quantity of outstanding bluegrass, country, blues, and rock & roll, so dig in and help yourselves. Don't forget to thank cabledogg2 for his generosity. When you see the large number of CDs and vinyl albums he has posted (many of which are rare and difficult to get hold of outside the USA) just think about the hours/days/weeks that it took cabledogg2 to rip all that music, then sort it out and tag, and copy album covers, then upload. And all you have to do in return is say "thank you".

Anyway my friends, there's loads of great free music for you in Bob Mac's Compilations and down in Bob's Cellar. So dig in and enjoy!