The Rough Guide to Blues Revival

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The Rough Guide to Blues Revival
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Compilation album by
Various artists
Released21 April 2009
GenreWorld, Blues
Length101:03
LabelWorld Music Network
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The Rough Guide to Blues Revival is a blues compilation album originally released in 2009. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: an overview of the contemporary scene on Disc One, primarily featuring American artists, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting Malian Samba Touré (a reference to the commonalities between the American Blues and West African music). The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.[1] Curation was performed by Nigel Williamson, a music journalist and author of the book The Rough Guide to the Blues.[2] The term "blues revival" refers to the resurgence of the genre after the success of Stevie Ray Vaughan.[3]

Critical reception[]

Jim Allen of AllMusic took issue with the title (claiming the genre "never went away") but named it a "pretty accurate sonic snapshot of the contemporary blues scene". He called the Malian choice for Disc Two "an interesting left-field touch".[4]

Track listing[]

Disc One[]

No.TitleArtist (Country)Length
1."How Deep in the Blues (Do You Want to Go)"Robben Ford4:21
2."Another Man Done Gone"Irma Thomas3:50
3."Ain't Got Time"Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges3:32
4."You Got to Move"The Blind Boys of Alabama3:33
5."Something Heavy"Shemekia Copeland3:18
6."Needed Time"Eric Bibb5:12
7."Monday Morning Blues"Savoy Brown & Kim Simmonds5:07
8."Lost in the Congo"Doyle Bramhall4:32
9."The Dream"Deborah Coleman4:03
10."Stealin All Day"CC Adcock4:15
11."Big Skaky"Kelly Joe Phelps4:49
12."Country Ghetto"JJ Grey & MOFRO4:02

Disc Two[]

All tracks on Disc Two are performed by Samba Touré, a guitarist from the Tombouctou Region of Mali who, though not related by blood, was raised as a protégé of Ali Farka Touré.[5]

No.TitleLength
1."Anbafo"5:04
2."Ali Farka"5:52
3."Mali Kadi"5:19
4."Idje"4:45
5."Man Ye Wogne"4:50
6."Almoude Yona Toure"4:40
7."Yawoye (live)"2:12
8."Takamba (live)"5:11
9."Anbafo (live Niafunke 2006)"5:31
10."Foda Diakaina (instrumental)"4:34

References[]

  1. ^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. ^ Rough Guides. "AUTHOR :: NIGEL WILLIAMSON". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  3. ^ World Music Network. "The Rough Guide To Blues Revival". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  4. ^ Allen, Jim. "The Rough Guide to Blues Revival". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 Jan 2014.
  5. ^ "Samba Touré". Retrieved 2014-01-30.

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