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

Daniel Léon

Nouveautés
• Shemekia Copeland / “Blame It On Eve” (Alligator)
• Jontavious Willis / “West Georgia Blues” (Strolling Bones).
• Soba / “Fiman” (MDC).
• Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton / “Things Done Changed” (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats / “The Hits Keep Coming” (Alligator)
• Corey Ledet / “Médikamen” (Nouveau Electric).
• Guy Davis / “The Legend Of Sugarbelly” (M.C.)
• Eric Bibb / “In The Real World” (Stony Plain)

Révélations
• Sean Riley & The Water / “Stone Cold Hands” (Pugnacious)
• The Rumble / “Live At The Maple Leaf Bar” (Autopublié)
• Robert “Lefty Preacher” Sampson / “They Call Me Lefty Preacher” (Autopublié)
• Staples Jr. Singers / “Searching” (Luaka Bop)
• Jovin Webb / “Drifter” (Blind Pig)

Titres marquants
• Tell the devil / Shemekia Copeland
• Earthworm basement blues / Jontavious Willis
• This river / Eric Bibb
• Firefly / Guy Davis
• Learn to lose / Rick Estrin & The Nightcats

Rééditions
• B.B. King / “In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival” (Elemental Music).
• Bessie Jones, John Davis, & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred Mcdowell and Ed Young / “The Complete Friends Of Old Time Music Concert” (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe / “Live In France: The 1966 Concert In Limoges” (Elemental Music)
• Memphis Minnie / “The First Lady Of Country Blues” (Jasmine)
• “Song Keepers – A Music Maker Foundation Anthology” (Music Maker)

Émilie Maksaymous

Nouveautés
• Charlotte Day Wilson / “Cyan Blue” (Stone Woman Music)
• Erika De Casier / “Still” (4AD Ltd)
• Kali Uchis / “Orquideas” (Geffen)
• Mustafa / “Dunya” (Jagjaguwar)
• Angela Muñoz / “Descanso” (Stones Throw)
• Clairo / “Charm” (Clairo)
• BLK ODYSSY / “1-800 FANTASY” (Earthchild/Empire)
• Mayra Andrade / “reEncanto – Live at Union Chapel”

Révélations
• Amaria / “Free Fallin”
• Mustafa / “Dunya”
• RUBII / “Change & Remain”
• Baby Rose & BadBadNotGood / “Slow Burn”

Titres marquants
• Gold coast / Moses Sumney
• Money / Charlotte Day Wilson
• AUCTION / Sasha Keable, Destin Conrad
• Endless night / Maeta
• 2 Much / Qendresa

Rééditions
• Takuya Kuroda / “Rising Son” (First Word Records)
• Alice Coltrane / “The Carnegie Hall Concert Live” (Impulse)
• Yusef Lateef / “Eastern Sounds” (Craft)
• Black Artist Group / “For Peace And Liberty, In Paris Dec 1972” (WeWantsSounds)

Concerts
• Erika De Casier / Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
• Maryam Saleh et Zeid Hamdan / Petit Bain, Paris
• Lynn Adib / Gaîté Lyrique, Paris

André Hobus

Nouveautés
• Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling / “Get Your Back Into It!” (Alligator)
• Chris O’Leary / “The Hard Line” (Alligator)
• Van Morrison / “Accentuate The Positive” (Exile)
• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats / “The Hits Keep Coming” (Alligator)
• Chris Cain / “Good Intentions Gone Bad” (Alligator)
• Toronzo Cannon / “Shut Up & Play!” (Alligator)
• Dion / “Girl Friends” (Keep The Blues Alive)
• Johnny Burgin / “Ramblin’ From Coast To Coast” (Straight Shooter)

Révélations
• D.K.Harrell (sur scène)
• Jontavious Willis (sur scène)
• Stephen Hull (sur scène)

Titres marquants
• Blues in my DNA / Ronnie Baker Brooks
• Good intentions gone bad / Chris Cain
• I cry at night / Chris O’Leary
• The circus is still in town / Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
• Broken high heels / Shemekia Copeland

Rééditions
• Roy Milton / “Rocks” (Bear Family)
• The Memphis Blues Box (Bear Family)
• Pat Hare / “In Session” (Jasmine)
• James Cotton / “Rocks” (Bear Family)
• Freddie King / “Getting Ready/Cannonball/Woman Across The River” (BGO)

Concerts
• Chicago Blues Festival (Chicago, IL).Mention spéciale à Vanessa Collier feat. Laura Chavez
• Nick Moss band feat. Dennis Gruenling / Bay-Car Blues Festival, Grande-Synthe
• Mark Hummel / Banana Peel, Ruiselede (Belgique)