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May 2026
Volume 31 Number 5

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Billy Price has been around the east coast blues and soul scenes for seemingly forever, but his voice is still as fresh and vibrant as ever. His latest album, Random Madness, is this month's Pick Hit.

Coming to us from northern California is the Carmen Ratti Band featuring Jill Dineen. Their new album, Come To Me, really caught me offguard, so it was an easy choice for this month's Surprise pick.

We take a look back at a vintage recording by blues pioneer Mississippi Fred McDowell. This month's Flashback, I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll, covers the album in which he went electric.

Our What's New section features plenty of very good new music, including albums from Mike Zito, the surprising Seth James, Mike Guldin, Dan Penn, Marc Broussard, CD Woodbury Trio, Gabe Stillman, live albums from both Dana Fuchs and Jennifer Lyn & the Groove Revival, and more.

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