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sábado, 28 de dezembro de 2019

Melhores Álbuns de 2019

Esse ano foi um pouco atípico, pois tive que me dedicar a outros projetos e acabei deixando um pouco de lado a produção de resenhas sobre os discos. Todavia, não poderia deixar de compilar os melhores na já tradicional lista de Melhores Álbuns do Ano. O mundo, e sobretudo o Brasil, passa por um momento político conturbado. Por isso, o trabalho que resume melhor o ano é a obra-prima de Elza Soares, Planeta Fome.


1. Elza Soares - Planeta Fome
2. Mary Lane - Travelin' Woman
3. Chico César - O Amor é um Ato Revolucionário
4. Fruteland Jackson - Good as Your Last Dollar
5. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Kingfish
6. Bob Corritore & Friends - Do The Hip Shake Baby
7. The Cash Box Kings - Hail to the Kings!
8. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Cypress Grove
9. Walter Trout - Survivor Blues
10. Jontavious Willis - Spectacular Class
11. Willie Buck - Willie Buck Way
12. Tony Holiday - Porch Sessions
13. Gaye Adegbalola - The Griot
14. Piedmont Bluz - Ambassadors of Country Blues
15. John Clinfton - In The Middle of Nowhere
16. Watermelon Slim - Church of the Blues
17. Leo "Bud" Welch - The Angels In Heaven Done Signed My Name
18. Big Joe & The Dynaflows - Rockhouse Party
19. William Clarke - Heavy Hittin' West Coast Harp
20. Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues - Roots and Branches (}The Songs of Little Walter)
21. John Harp - How Can I Lose What I Never Had
22. Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith & The House Bumpers - Drop The Hammer
23. Nick Moss Band - Lucky Guy
24. John Primer - The Soul of a Bluesman
25. Rosie Flores - Simple Case of the Blues
26. Rockin' Johnny - Dos Hombres Wanted
27. Benny Turner - Going Back Home
28. Giles Robson - Don't Give up on the Blues
29. Big Creek Slim - First Born
30. John Dee Holeman - Last Pair of Shoes
31. Harpdog Brown - For Love & Money
32. Jazzmeia Horn - Love and Liberation
33. Mavis Staples - We Get By
34. North Mississippi Allstars - Up and Rolling
35. Little Joe McLerran - Month of Sundays
36. Annie & The Hedonists - Bring it on Home
37. John Mayall - Nobody Told Me
38. Vin Mott - Rogue Hunter
39. Bloodest Saxophone - Texas Queens 5
40. Leonardo Cohen - Thanks for the Dance
41. Li'l Chuck the One Man Skiffle Machine - Mono
42. Luther Dickinson - Solstice
43. Willie Farmer - The Man from the Hill
44. T. Guy - Tell Uncle John
45. Boo Boo Davis - Tree Man
46. Odair José - Hibernar na Casa das Moças
47. John Blues Boyd - Through My Eyes
48. Ronnie Earl - Beyond the Blue Door
49. Bobby Rush -  Sitting on the top of the Blues
50. Al Lerman - Northern Bayou
51. Keb' Mo' - Oklahoma
52. Lia de Itamaracá - Ciranda Sem Fim
53. Alexis P. Suter Band - Be Love
54. Mark Joseph - The Musician and the Muse
55. Shady Frank - Home
56. Bad Temper Joe - The Maddest of Them All

segunda-feira, 9 de janeiro de 2017

A Blues Foundation anuncia os indicados ao 38th Blues Music Awards

A Blues Foundation acaba de anunciar os indicados para o maior prêmio do blues: o Blues Music Awards, que está na sua 38º edição. A maioria dos indicados passaram por aqui pelo Filho do Blues em diversos momentos no decorrer de 2016. A cerimônia irá ocorrer em 11 de maio de 2017, em Memphis. Sugar Ray Norcia e sua banda, The Bluetones, receberem, individualmente e coletivamente, a maior quantidade de indicações pelo álbum Seeing Is Believing. No total foram sete, mas se incluídas as nomeações por outros integrantes da banda esse número chega a dez. Confira os indicados (e em negrito a escolha pessoal do Filho do Blues):

38th Blues Music Award Nominees

Acoustic Album
Doug MacLeod – Live in Europe
Eric Bibb – The Happiest Man in the World
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ the Blues
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Live at Briggs Farm
John Long – Stand Your Ground
Luther Dickinson – Blues and Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook) Vol I and II

Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Fiona Boyes
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Luther Dickinson

Album
Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat
Kenny Neal – Bloodline
Nick Moss Band – From the Root to the Fruit
Sugar Ray & the Bluetones – Seeing is Believing
Toronzo Cannon – The Chicago Way
William Bell – This Is Where I Live

Band
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
Nick Moss Band
Sugar Ray and the Bluetones
Tedeschi Trucks Band

B.B. King Entertainer
Joe Bonamassa
John Nemeth
Lil’ Ed Williams
Sugar Ray Norcia
Sugaray Rayford

Best Emerging Artist Album
Corey Dennison Band – Corey Dennison Band
Guy King – Truth
Jonn Del Toro Richardson – Tengo Blues
Terrie Odabi – My Blue Soul
Thornetta Davis – Honest Woman

Contemporary Blues Album
Al Basile – Mid Century Modern
Kenny Neal – Bloodline
Nick Moss Band – From the Root to the Fruit
The Record Company – Give It Back To You
Toronzo Cannon – The Chicago Way

Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Alexis P Suter
Ana Popovic
Janiva Magness
Shemekia Copeland
Susan Tedeschi

Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Albert Castiglia
Kenny Neal
Mike Zito
Sugaray Rayford
Toronzo Cannon

Historical Album
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw, Bear Family Records
B.B. King, More B.B. King: Here’s One You Haven’t Heard, Ace Records
Bobby Rush, Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush, Omnivore Recordings
Michael Burks, I’m A Bluesman, Iron Man Records
Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers, Genuine Blues Legends, Elrob Records

Instrumentalist-Bass
Biscuit Miller
Bob Stroger
Michael “Mudcat” Ward
Patrick Rynn
R W Grigsby

Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
June Core
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Guitar
Bob Margolin
Joe Bonamassa
Kid Andersen
Monster Mike Welch
Ronnie Earl

Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Dennis Gruenling
Jason Ricci
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Sugar Ray Norcia

Instrumentalist-Horn
Al Basile
Nancy Wright
Sax Gordon Beadle
Terry Hanck
Vanessa Collier

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female Artist)
Annika Chambers
Diunna Greenleaf
Inetta Visor
Shaun Murphy
Trudy Lynn

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Anthony Geraci
Barrelhouse Chuck
Henry Gray
Jim Pugh
Victor Wainwright

Rock Blues Album
Albert Castiglia – Big Dog
Mike Zito – Keep Coming Back
Moreland & Arbuckle – Promised Land or Bust
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Let Me Get By
Walter Trout – Alive in Amsterdam

Song
“Blues Immigrant” written by Matthew Skoller & Vincent Bucher and performed by Matthew Skoller on Blues Immigrant
“I Gotta Sang The Blues” written and performed by Thornetta Davis on Honest Woman
“Seeing Is Believing” written by Ray Norcia and performed by Sugar Ray & The Bluetones on Seeing Is Believing
“Walk A Mile In My Blues” written by David Duncan, Curtis Salgado & Mike Finigan and performed by Curtis Salgado on The Beautiful Lowdown
“Walk it Off” written and performed by Toronzo Cannon on The Chicago Way

Soul Blues Album
Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat
Curtis Salgado – The Beautiful Lowdown
Johnny Rawls – Tiger in a Cage
Wee Willie Walker – Live! Notodden Blues Festival
William Bell – This Is Where I Live

Soul Blues Female Artist
Bettye Lavette
Lara Price
Mavis Staples
Terrie Odabi
Vaneese Thomas

Soul Blues Male Artist
Bobby Rush
Curtis Salgado
Johnny Rawls
Wee Willie Walker
William Bell

Traditional Blues Album
Big Jon Atkinson & Bob Corritore – House Party at Big Jon’s
Bob Margolin – My Road
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue – Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue
Lurrie Bell – Can’t Shake This Feeling
Sugar Ray & the Bluetones – Seeing is Believing

Traditional Blues Male Artist
Bob Margolin
John Primer
Lil’ Ed Williams
Lurrie Bell

Sugar Ray Norcia