Albums, révélations, chansons, rééditions, concerts : voici ce qui a le plus marqué les membres de notre rédaction en 2024. Première partie.

Nicolas Teurnier

Nouveautés
• Oliver Wood / “Fat Cat Silhouette” (Honey Jar / Indirecto)
• Marcus King / “Mood Swings” (Republic)
• Jubu Smith / “Jubu” (Little Village)
• Khruangbin / “A La Sala” (Dead Oceans)
• Delgres / “Promis Le Ciel” (PIAS)
• Jeremie Albino / “Our Time In The Sun” (Easy Eye Sound)
• Kelly Finnigan : “A Lover Was Born” (Colemine)
• Jontavious Willis / “West Georgia Blues” (Strolling Bones)

Révélations
• Olympia Vitalis
• Britti
• Amahla
• Talibah Safiya
• MRCY

Titres marquants
• Grab ahold / Oliver Wood
• Todavía viva / Khruangbin
• I can’t even cry / Hope Tala
• À la fin / Delgres
• Nobody / Meryl

Rééditions
• Lafayette Thomas : “Right Hand Man Vol. One & Two” (Koko Mojo)
• James Cotton : “Rocks” (Bear Family)
• “I’m Glad About It – The Legacy Of Gospel Music In Louisville” (Louisville Story)
• “Memphis Blues Box – Original Recordings 1914-1969” (Bear Family)
• “Walking To New Orleans – An Aural Accompaniment” (Jasmine)

Concerts
• Emily King / Trabendo, Paris
• Jazmine Sullivan / Pleyel, Paris
• Janelle Monáe / Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt
• Delgres / Maroquinerie, Paris

Christophe Mourot

Nouveautés
• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats / “The Hits Keep Coming” (Alligator)
• Jerron Paxton / “Things Done Changed” (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Jontavious Willis / “West Georgia Blues” (Strolling Bones)
• Corey Ledet Zydeco / “Médikamen” (Nouveau Electric) 
• Greg Izor & The Royal WE / “Sustained Winds” (For The Road)
• James Harman / “Didn’t We Have Some Fun Sometime” (Electro-Fi )
• Linda Lee Hopkins / “Spirit & Soul” (Enchanté) 
• Shemekia Copeland /“Blame It On Eve” (Alligator)

Révélations
• Chris O’Leary / Villeneuve-sur-Lot
• McKinley James / Técou en Blues
• Little George Sueref / MNOP  
• Sweet Marta & Johnny BigStone / Mécleuves Terre de Blues
• Suitcase Brothers / Fié Blues

Titres marquants
• Everybody knows / Rick Estrin & The Nightcats 
• Two-step a Ben Guiné / Corey Ledet
• It’s all over now / Jerron Paxton

Rééditions
• Ray Charles / “Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues” (Tangerine)
• Jimmy Wilson / “Blues In The Alley 1948-1956” (Jasmine)
• Mary Deloatch aka Marylyn Scott / “She Got What Her Daddy Likes” (Jasmine)
• Pat Hare / “In Session – I’m Gonna Murder My Baby 1952-1960” (Jasmine)
• Sleepy John Estes / “Working Man Blues 1929-1952” (Jasmine)

Concerts
• Crystal Thomas / Rendez-Vous de l’Erdre, Nantes
• Alabama Mike / Mécleuves Terre de Blues, Mécleuves
• Honeymen / Montfort Blues Festival, Montfort-sur-Meu
• Mr Tchang & Easy Money / Beaumont du Périgord
• Lucky Pepper / White Shelter, Nantes

Julien D.

Nouveautés
• Thee Sacred Souls / “Got A Story To Tell” (Daptone)
• Michael Kiwanuka / “Small Changes” (Polydor)
• Harlem Gospel Travelers / “Rhapsody” (Colemine)
• Baby Rose & BadBadNotGood / “Slow Burn” (Secretly Canadian)
• Oliver Wood / “Fat Cat Silhouette” (Honey Jar / Indirecto)
• Liam Bailey / “Zero Grace” (Big Crown)
• Cedric Burnside / “Hill Country Love” (Provogue)
• Leyla McCalla / “Sun Without The Heat” ( Anti-)

Révélations
• Muireann Bradley / album
• Thee Sinseers / concert
• Jontavious Willis / concert
• Jerron Paxton / album
• Jeremie Albino / album

Titres marquants
• Dance with me / Liam Bailey
• Tree / Leyla McCalla
• I can’t feel / Los Yesterdays
• Chosen few / Kelly Finnigan
• Steely knives / Early James 

Rééditions
• Wayne Cochran / “The Bigger The Pompadour – His Complete Recordings 1959-66” (Bear Family)
• Calvin Arnold / “Funky Way – Venture Recordings 1967-69” (Kent)
• Eccentric Soul / The Cuca label (Numero Group)
• Candi Staton / “Candy Staton” (Kent Soul)
• “Jamaica To Toronto 1967-74” (Light In The Attic)

Concerts
• The Altons + Thee Sinseers / New Morning, Paris
• Jontavious Willis + Bela Fleck (Sons d’Hiver) / Théâtre Debussy, Maison-Alfort
• Hugh Coltman / Théâtre de l’Ahténé, Paris