Saturday, December 13, 2025

12/12/25

Duwayne Burnside- Red Rooster (2025)- ****
(Just wow! If I had I heard this before writing up my year-end list, it would have been in the Top 10. A fresh, gritty and occasionally breezy blues record.)

RYLI- Come & Get Me (2025)- **1/2
(Not for me. I gave up after 4 songs.)

The Nice- The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack (1968)- ***1/2

The Band- The Best Of:RM (1976/2025)- ***

(Great compilation but the new remaster is a muddy mess.)

Ernest Ranglin- Below The Bassline (1996)- ***1/2
Galactic And Irma Thomas- Audience With The Queen (2025)- ****
Professor Longhair- New Orleans Piano (1972)- ****

v/a- Radio Ready: Texas, Lost Power Pop 1978-1983 (2013)- ***

(A couple of winners, but mostly third rate and understandably lost.)

The Kinks- Something Else By...MONO (1967)- ****
The Wild Tchoupitoulas- S/T (1976)- ****
Bash & Pop- Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993)- ***
*
(A pretty amazing trifecta! Where do we go from here?)

The B-52's- Wild Planet (1980)- **** 





1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I’m familiar with R.L. And Cedric Burnside, but haven’t explored the other family branches. Beside Duwayne, there are Garry and Kent, all with albums out under their names. https://rockandbluesmuse.com/2025/08/14/review-garry-burnside-its-my-time-now/

- Paul in DK

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