Hal Horowitz

The Essential Album Guide Visible Ink I have no idea what the return on investment is on these music reference books, but there seems to be an awful lot of work put into them, for what would seem to be a niche market and not a big profit. The latest in a line of Music Hound album buying guides (there’s already a rock, country, jazz, and R+B one – Lounge is coming in the spring!) doesn’t have a lot of competition in the marketplace. Only two other blues guides share shelf space with this one, and only the All Music Guide gives comprehensive reviews to individual albums by blues artists in print.

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Two chords, an intermittently missing question mark, and Joe Cocker. Those are some key ingredients behind “Feelin' Alright?,” penned by Dave

Suburban blues and roots music fans get served, ABS raises donations When most people think of Atlanta-based blues joints, a handful of well-known, long-established names rolls off the tongue.

At just 23, rising star Jontavious Willis is an old soul “Well the blues ain't goin' nowhere, be here for a great long time,” Jontavious