Albums, révélations, chansons, rééditions, concerts : voici ce qui a le plus marqué les membres de notre rédaction en 2023. Quatrième partie.

Éric Heintz

Nouveautés
• Monster Mike Welch / “Nothing But Time” (Gulf Coast)
• Sue Foley / “Live In Austin Vol. 1” (Stony Plain)
• GA-20 / “Live In Loveland” (Karma Chief)
• Mike Bourne Band / “Cruisin’ Kansas City” (Blue Heart)
• The Dig 3 / “Damn The Rent” (Autopublié)
• Stan Mosley / “No Soul, No Blues” (Dialtone)
• Joel Astley / “Seattle To Greaseland” (Blue Heart)
• Eddie 9V / “Capricorn” (Ruf)

Révélations
• D.K. Harrell / “The Right Man” + concert
• McKinley James (concert)
• Sean “Mack” McDonald (concert)

Titres marquants
• Respect yourself / Mack Rice
• Pain in my heart / Helene Smith
• Voodoo woman / Susan Tedeschi

Rééditions
• James Harman / “Backdoor Rumba, Live Sessions Vol. 2” (JSP)
• Lazy Lester / “All Over You” (New West)
• “Written In Their Soul – The Stax Songwriter Demos’’ (Craft)
• Susan Tedeschi / “Just Won’t Burn (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Fantasy)
• “If There’s Hell Below’’ (Numero Group)

Concerts
• Monster Mike Welch / Beautiful Swamp Blues Festival, Calais
• Love Light Orchestra / Lucerne Blues Festival, Suisse
• Mike Flanigin Trio feat. Jimmie Vaughan and Kaz Kazanoff / C Boy’s Heart and Soul, Austin, Texas
• Charley Crockett / Café de la Danse, Paris
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Swing Wespelaar, Belgique

Marc Loison

Nouveautés
• La Bedoune / “La Bedoune Est Mon Nom” (Autopublié)
• Eddie 9V / “Capricorn” (Ruf)
• Big Harp George / “Cut My Spirit Loose” (Blue Mountain)
• Monster Mike Welch / “Nothing But Time” (Gulf Coast)
• Willie J Campbell / “Be Cool” (Blue Heart)
• Robert Finley / “Black Bayou” (Easy Eye Sound)
• Bobby Rush / “All My Love For You” (Deep Rush / Thirty Tigers)
• French Blues All Stars / “New Flesh” (Ahead)

Révélations
• Nic Clark / “Everybody’s Buddy” (Little Village)
• D.K. Harrell / “The Right Man” (Little Village)
• Nirek Mokar & Blues Messengers / concert
• The Cinelli Brothers / concert

Titres marquants
• Until we meet again / Kaz Hawkins
• La Bedoune est mon nom / La Bedoune
• 500 miles / Eric Bibb
• Are we through / Eddie 9V

Rééditions
• Dr. John / “The Montreux Years” (BMG)
• Eric Clapton / “The Definitive 24 Nights” (Reprise)

Concerts
• Bobby Rush / Porretta Soul Festival
• Mighty Mo Rodgers / Porretta Soul Festival
• Nico Wayne Toussaint / Le Soubock, Cauville
• Big Blues Bender Night / Cahors Blues Festival
• Fred Chapellier / Le Soubock, Cauville

Alain Tomas

Nouveautés
• Gabriels / “Angels & Queens” (Atlas Artists)
• D.K. Harrell / “The Right Man” (Little Village)
• Billy Valentine / “& The Universal Truth” (Flying Dutchman-Acid Jazz)
• Eric Bibb / “Ridin” (Dixiefrog)
• The Teskey Brothers / “The Winding Way” (Decca)
• The Cash Box Kings / “Oscar’s Motel” (Alligator)
• Nic Clark / “Everybody’s Buddy” (Little Village)
• Robert Finley / “Black Bayou” (Easy Eye Sound)

Rééditions
• Nina Simone / “You’ve Got to Learn” (Verve)
• Roy Milton / “Rocks” (Bear Family)
• Tiny Bradshaw / “The Jumpin’ Beat For The Hip Kids” (Jasmine)
• Sax Kari & his Orchestra / “Swinging The Blues – 1947-1957” (Jasmine)
• Ann Cole / “Got My Mojo Working – 1954-1962” (Jasmine)