Blues With Friends, the new studio album from Dion, is packed with a great batch of songs written during a productive time coming off his latest release. When the legendary Joe Bonamassa was eager to be involved, it inspired Dion to invite others to join the project. He says, "I wanted the best musicians alive like Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Van Morrison and more to take them in unexpected directions. Wayne Hood, my producer, brought...

Otis Taylor is a musical alchemist and a true innovator who has never been afraid to experiment beyond the boundaries of the blues. With this album he sings of the human experience through songs that tell interesting stories.

Boz Scaggs creates an album of original songs intermixed with cover songs, accompanied by Willie Weeks, Ray Parker, Jr., Spooner Oldham, the Memphis Horns, Lester Snell, and Steve Jordan.

The new album from Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes captures the raw, explosive sound of real Mississippi juke-joint blues today. This is an aural postcard of a typical Saturday night at Holmes's Blue Front Cafe, America's longest operating juke joint. The album is anchored by tradition, but it's also explosive, raw, and unpredictable in the moment. The adventurous 11-song set is an untamed bridge between the present and the classic sounds of the Delta.

'Didn't It Rain' sees Hugh Laurie depart the sounds of New Orleans as he follows the trajectory of the blues upstream and into the American heartland. It includes songs dating back to early pioneers W.C. Handy ('St Louis. Blues') and Jelly Roll Morton ('I Hate A Man Like You') to more recent artists such as Dr. John ('Wild Honey') and Alan Price of The Animals ('Changes').