The Rough Guide to Blues Revival explained

The Rough Guide to Blues Revival
Type:Compilation
Artist:Various artists
Cover:RoughGuideBluesRevival.jpg
Released:21 April 2009
Genre:World, blues
Label:World 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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us - The WMN Story . 2013-12-21 . World Music Network.
  2. Web site: AUTHOR :: NIGEL WILLIAMSON . 2014-01-30 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307160844/http://www.roughguides.com/website/reference/AuthorPage/author.aspx?authorID=182 . 7 March 2012.
  3. Web site: The Rough Guide To Blues Revival . 2014-01-30 . World Music Network.
  4. Web site: Allen. Jim. The Rough Guide to Blues Revival. Allmusic. 29 Jan 2014.
  5. Web site: Samba Touré . 2014-01-30.