Jazz/Blues
Soundtrack, Various Artists, 'Bessie (Music from the HBO Film)' [REVIEW]
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, 'Baby Ain't That Love,' Ace Records (REVIEW)
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry "can sing like a girl and sing like a frog," which he does on "Ain't Got No Home" but he never really got his due as a NOLA icon despite opening for The Beatles in '64 and his solid Chess recordings all still in print. Roy Rogers, 'Into The Wild Blue,' Chops Not Chaps/Red Eye Worldwide (REVIEW)
At 64, Californian slide guitar master Roy Rogers has updated his blues to include a more far-reaching syntheisis of pop, rock and jazz. 'Into The Wild Blue' has the former co-star of John Lee Hooker's touring band in a new Southern stew.