Blues

R.L. Burnside, the 71-year-old Mississippi native, can still rip dirty juke-joint blues in convincing fashion.

The so-called Rockin' Chair Album represents the cream of Wolf's Chicago blues work.

1959's Moanin' in the Moonlight was Howlin' Wolf's first long-playing album for the Chicago-based Chess label.

The singer at her peak in a swinging and varied program of blues, R&B, and jazz standards.

If a soul singer's greatness lies in articulating the ineffable, finding new ways to express the joys and sorrows at the root of human experience, then Etta's in a class of her own.

Etta James' fourth studio album, featuring production by Phil and Leonard Chess and the arrangements by Al Poskonka and Riley Hampton.