Albums, révélations, chansons, rééditions, concerts : voici ce qui a le plus marqué les membres de notre rédaction en 2021. Deuxième partie.

Frédéric Adrian

Nouveautés
• Joy Crookes / “Skin” (Sony)
• Robert Finley / “Sharecropper’s Son” (Easy Eye Sound)
• Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra / “Promises” (Luaka Bop)
• Elizabeth King / “Living In The Last Days” (Bible & Tire)
• Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio / “I Told You So” (Colemine)
• Little Simz / “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert“ (Age 101-AWAL)
• Arlo Parks / “Collapsed In Sunbeams” (PIAS)
• Archie Shepp & Jason Moran / “Let My People Go” (Archie Ball)

Révélations
• Joy Crookes
• Joel Culpepper
• Mara TK
• Laura Prince
• Acantha Lang

Titres marquants
• Careless whipers / Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
• Feet don’t fail me now / Joy Crookes
• Love is back / Celeste
• 4 ed maten / Delgres

Rééditions
• Reverend Robert Ballinger / The King’s Highway (Bear Family)
• Aretha Franklin / “Aretha” (Rhino)
• Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Youth for Christ Choir / “I Shall Wear A Crown” (Numero Group)
• Muddy Waters And His Band / “Live In Los Angeles 1954” (GNP)
• Nina Simone / “The Montreux Years” (BMG)

Concerts
• J.P. Bimeni & The Black Belts / Banlieues Bleues Summer Camp, La Courneuve
• Martha High & the Soul Cookers / New Morning, Paris
• Nubya Garcia / Pichfork Festival Paris

Ulrick Parfum

Nouveautés
• Wee Willie Walker and The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra / “Not In My Lifetime” (Blue Dot)
• Robert Finley / “Sharecropper’s Son” (Easy Eye Sound)
• Lake Street Dive / “Obviously” (Nonesuch)
• Oliver Wood / “Always Smilin’” (Thirty Tigers)
• Yola / “Stand For My Soul” (Easy Eye Sound)
• Guy King / “Joy Is Coming” (IBF)
• Neal Francis / “In Plain Sight” (ATO-Pias)
• Nathaniel Rateliff / “The Future” (Stax-Concord)

Révélations
• Jade MacRae
• Brigitte DeMeyer
• Eddie 9V
• Veronica Lewis
• Tia Carroll

Titres marquants
• Can’t stop the rain / Neal Francis
• Amazing grace / The Grease Traps
• Space force / Chris Cain

Rééditions
• Leo Nocentelli / “Another Side” (Light In The Attic)
• Dave Specter / “Six String Soul” (Delmark)
• “Country Funk III – 1975-1982” (Light In The Attic)
• Aretha Franklin / “Aretha” (Rhino)
• “Can I Be A Witness – Stax Southern Groove” (Kent Soul)

Benoit Gautier

Nouveautés
• The Black Keys / “Delta Kream” (Nonesuch)
• Robert Finley / “Sharecropper’s Son” (Easy Eye Sound)
• Oliver Wood / “Always Smilin’” (Thirty Tigers)
• Ric Robertson / “California Child” (Free Dirt)
• Aaron Frazer / “Introducing” (Easy Eye)
• “Sacred Soul of North Carolina” (Bible & Tire)
• The Daptone Super Soul Revue / “Live! At The Apollo” (Daptone)
• Seth James / “Different Hat” (Tiny Ass)
• Allison Russell / “Outside Child” (Fantasy)

Révélations
• Ric Robertson (album)
• Cimafunk (live)

Titres marquants
• Country child / Robert Finley
• The battle is over (But the war goes on) / Oliver Wood
• Have mercy / Aaron Frazer

Rééditions
• Hip Lankchan / “Original West Side Chicago Blues Guitar” (JSP)
• Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Youth for Christ Choir / “I Shall Wear A Crown” (Numero Group)
• Boyd Rivers / “You Can’t Make Me Doubt” (Terminus)
• Muddy Waters / “The Montreux Years” (BMG)
• Ray Charles / “Live At The Olympia – Paris, 1962” (Frémeaux et Associés)

Concerts
• Cimafunk / New Morning, Paris

André Hobus

Nouveautés
• Tommy Castro / “A Bluesman Came To Town” (Alligator)
• Rob Stone Trio / “In Tokyo” (Blue Heart)
• Chris Cain / “Raisin’ Cain” (Alligator)
• Curtis Salgado / “Damage Control” (Alligator)

Révélations
• Carolyn Wonderland (album)
• Eddie 9V (album)
• Deb Ryder (albulm)

Titres marquants
• Standing at the edge / Deb Ryder
• I got burned / Tommy Castro
• Fragile peace and certain war / Carolyn Wonderland
• Something in the dirt / Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Rééditions
• Jimmie Vaughan / “The Jimmie Vaughan Story” (Last Music)
• “R&B in DC” (Bear Family)
• Mark Hummel Proudly Presents “East Bay Blues Vaults 1976-1988” (Electro-Fi)
• Hip Lankchan / “Original West Side Chicago Blues” (JSP)
• Little Willie Littlefield – Champion Jack Dupree / “Good Rockin’ Blues & Boogie” (JSP)

Concerts
• Chicago Blues Festival (tournée) / Banana Peel, Belgique
• Dana Gillespie / Banana Peel, Belgique
• La Nuit du Boogie Woogie / Marcq-en-Barœul