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January 2026
Volume 31 Number 1

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Following our long-established tradiition, this month's Pick Hit features lists of our favorite albums for the previous year, with releases from Buddy Guy, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Candice Ivory, Sean McDonald, and D.K.Harrell among the selections showing up on both lists.

The latest album from Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Bad At Being Good, hit the mailbox just in time to make this issue. That's a good thing, because it was an easy choice for the Surprise pick of the month.

This month's Flashback covers a couple of releases by Luther Dickinson that were released earlier in 2025, one being Still Shakin' from Dickinson's band The North Mississippi Allstars, and the other being a very unique re-imagining of old blues songs that the Grateful Dead covered, but with the versions on Dead Blues Vol. 1 being funkier and more soulful thanks to the addition of soul singer Datrian Johnson.

Our What's New section features new albums from The Jesse Williams Band, Reckless And Blue, Terry Robb, Larin Michaels, Greg Nagy, and more.

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