| 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 |
| Chronology: | Full series |
| Prev Title: | The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revival |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revolution |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Misc: | Complete list |
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]
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]
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]