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Brèves / 06.01.2022

Palmarès 2021 (part. 4/4)

Albums, révélations, chansons, rééditions, concerts : voici ce qui a le plus marqué les membres de notre rédaction en 2021. Quatrième et dernière partie.

Stéphane Colin

Nouveautés
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux / “Bloodstains And Teardrops” (Whiskey Bayou)
Tao Ravao & Vincent Bucher / “Piment Bleu” (Buda Music)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio / “I Told You So” (Colemine)
Crystal Thomas / “Now Dig This” (Dialtone)
Muddy Gurdy / “Homecoming” (Chantilly Negra)
Valerie June / “The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers” (Fantasy)
Dumpstaphunk / “Where Do We Go From Here” (The Funk Garage)
Lilli Lewis / “Americana” (Elysium House Music)

Révélations
Lilli Lewis
• Lowland Brothers
• Acantha Lang
• Polylogue From Syla

Rééditions
Hip Lankchan / “Original West Side Chicago Blues” (JSP)
• “Sacred Soul of North Carolina” (Bible & Tire)
Nina Simone / “The Montreux Years” (BMG)
• “Our New Orleans 2005” (Nonesuch)
Tony Joe White / “Smoke From The Chimney” (Easy Eye Sound)

Titres marquants
Try Jesus / Tobe Nwigwe
My people / Cha Wa
Baby I do love you / Nigell Hall
Lois Lang / Acantha Lang
It’s my thing / Orgone 

Concerts
Crystal Thomas / Técou
Sunpie Barnes, Flyin’ Saucers, Leroy Jones, High Blood Pressure, Big Chief Juan Pardo, Kirk Joseph / Boulazac
Benoit Blue Boy, Nico Duportal, Stan Noubard Pacha / Boulazac

Marc Loison

Nouveautés
Lowland Brothers / “Lowland Brothers” (Wita)
Gov’t Mule / “Heavy Load Blues” (Fantasy)
Malted Milk / “Ridin’ High” (Mojo Hand)
Mr Tchang Bluz Explosion / “Time To Move” (Bluz Track)
Selwyn Birchwood / “Living In A Burning House” (Alligator)
Tommy Castro / “A Bluesman Came To Town”  (Alligator)
Tedeschi Trucks Band / “Layla Revisited” (Fantasy)
Big Daddy Wilson / “Hard Time Blues” (Continental Blue Heaven)

Révélations
Eddie 9V
• Memphissippi Sounds
• Gabe Stillman
• The Freaky Buds
• Same Player Shoot Again

Titres marquants
Down in Mississippi / Muddy Gurdy 
Going down south / The Black Keys
Blind Willie McTell / Chris Bergson

Rééditions
Dave Specter / “Six String Soul” (Delmark)
• Etta James / “The Montreux Years” (BMG)
• “Alligator Records – 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music” (Alligator)
Leon Russell / “The Songs of Leon Russell” (Ace)

Nicolas Deshayes

Nouveautés
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio / “I Told You So” (Colemine)
Guy King / “Joy Is Coming” (IBF)
Curtis Salgado / “Damage Control” (Alligator)
Robert Finley / “Sharecropper’s Son” (Easy Eye Sound)
The Daptone Super Soul Revue / “Live! At The Apollo” (Daptone)
Lowland Brothers / “Lowland Brothers” (Wita)
Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal / “Natural Born Hustler” (Color Red)
Tony Joe White / “Smoke From The Chimney” (Easy Eye Sound)

Révélations
Allison Russell
• Lowland Brothers
• Eddie 9V

Titres marquants
High and lonesome / Lowland Brothers
4th day prayer / Allison Russell
Automatic / Josh Hoyer
Hole in my soul / Guy King

Rééditions
Jimmie Vaughan / “The Jimmie Vaughan Story” (Last Music)
• “Stop The War – Vietnam Through The Eyes Of Black America – 1965-1974” (Kent Soul)
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown / “Rocks” (Bear Family)
Otis Rush / “I Won’t Be Worried No More” (Jasmine)
George “Harmonica” Smith and his Blues Band / “…Of The Blues » (BGO)

Concerts
Lowland Brothers / Rendez-Vous de l’Erdre, Sucé-sur-Erdre
The Wacky Jugs / Rendez-Vous de l’Erdre, Sucé-sur-Erdre
Greg Izor / Buck Mulligan’s, Nantes

Mathieu Bellisario

Nouveautés
Silk Sonic / “An Evening With Silk Sonic” (Atlantic)
Delgres / “4:00 am” (Pias)
Joy Crookes / “Skin” (Sony Music)
Alabama Slim / “The Parlor” (Cornelius Chapel)
Judith Hill / “Baby, I’m Hollywood” (Regime Music Group)
The Big Hustle / “For Life” (Betino’s)
Hiatus Kaiyote / “Mood Valiant” (Brainfeeder)
Yebba / “Dawn” (RCA)

Révélations
Gabriels

Titres marquants
4 ed maten / Delgres
Skate / Silk Sonic
Famous / Parcels

Rééditions
Prince / “Sign’O The Times” (Warner)
Nina Simone / “The Montreux Years” (BMG)
Amy Winehouse / “At the BBC” (Universal)

Jean-Michel Philippe

Concerts
• Rick Estrin & the Night Cats / Bay-Car Blues Festival, Grande-Synthe
Tournée Chicago Blues Festival / New Morning, Paris
Johnny Rawls / L’Odéon, Tremblay-en-France 

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