As it is impossible to represent a decade of Britblues in three CDs (as is the case here), even a score wouldn’t do the job, Cherry Red Records made the wise decision to focus on acoustic and folk blues by lesser-known, obscure or forgotten artists, while keeping a close eye on quality. After all, the first Britblues wave consisted of acoustic and folky acts for whom the likes of Big Bill Broonzy and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee served as inspiration.
No Spencer Davis, Stones or other Yardbirds here, but sincere and beautiful music by the likes of Simon and Steven, Mike Cooper, Shakey Vick, The Missouri Compromise, the underrated Ian A. Anderson or the surprisingly captivating Alex Harvey. Even Big Names such as John Mayall or Savoy Brown can be heard in acoustic mood here.
if you are looking for electric and louder, sped-up blues, you will have to be content with a few tracks by The Animals, Taste and Humble Pie.
Have a look under “Details Album” to check the 70-plus songs on these three discs.
Radio 68  will play a fine selection on Sundays 5 and 12 and Tuesdays 07 and 14 November 2023, starting at 11 a.m. 

With this album Bob Margolin thanks Muddy Waters, a certain special guitar, and the wonderful musicians who blessed him with their music and friendship. In 2023, I celebrate 50 years since Muddy Waters (1915-1983) hired me to play guitar in his band and put me on the road I still ride. The biggest thrill was to play his Blues next to him onstage, thousands of times. I thank him and try to honor him every time I play music or write about it. He was a charismatic icon, a legend at the top of Human Achievement. He was my favorite musician way before I met him and worked for him for seven years. The most important concept of this album is Thanks Muddy! He was an Angel at my 1973 Crossroads. Everything since goes back to this.

It's so refreshing to hear a group of young talented good friends playing great old school blues with unique originality, flavor, subtlety and emotion. The joy of playing oozes from the songs. ‘Damn The Rent’: the grind, giddyup, and glory of The Dig 3. This band have a real knack for attaining blues nirvana … down at the bottom of the gutbucket. Down there where old-school, blunt-force musicianship, bruising rhythms and dirty decibels pummel the very thought of bombastic peacocking. The Dig 3 is a new, exciting, & entertaining blues/roots all-star trio consisting of the supremely soulful vocalist /guitarist Andrew Duncanson of Kilborn Alley Blues Band fame, harp master & teacher Ronnie Shellist, and multi-instrumentalist Gerry Hundt. Twelve originals fan out. The opener 'Take A Ride' has a Bo Diddley beat, just as Hundt's blues harp takes us to the history of Maxwell Street in songs like 'All The Love That I Got' and 'Big Water' and 'Gold Tooth'. The funky 'Dip My Toe' and the 'Southern Fantasy', which borders on the disco firmament, provide the necessary diversity. The funny organ tone in 'Chuck & Willie' provides a sixties feeling, and also in the soul-sensitive 'Cococnut Curry Dance' and 'Blanco Boogaloo', with its funky guitar riffs, it is difficult to sit still. From a jazzy 'Old Dog', with its ecstatic kazoo, it moves quickly to the soul-sensitive closing track 'All The Love That I Got'. Great!

Enter the universe of Vladimir Lenhart with the exceptional and experimental mix of Balkan folk and Industrial sounds. Great stuff!

In 2023, Until the Sun released their latest psychedelic blues rock album, 'Enchantment'. The band members all poured their hearts and souls into striving for what was before unattained levels of musicianship, songwriting, tone, performance, and reaching new levels of professionalism that continues to develop. The release 'Until The Sun' is refreshing and original blues rock!