NOVEMBER 2004

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This month's recommended listening compiled by Brad Wheeler, Globe & Mail music writer

Memphis Slim, Paris Mississippi Blues (Universal)
Jolie Holland, Escondida (Anti/Epitaph)
Paul Reddick, Villanelle (NorthernBlues)*
Not the Same Old Blues Crap 3 (Fat Possum)
Sue Foley, Change (Justin Time)*
Dan Treanor and Frankie Lee, African Wind (NorthernBlues)
The Rolling Stones, Singles 1963-1965 (ABKCO)
James Blood Ulmer, No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions (Hyena/Fusion III)
Paul Oscher, Alone With the Blues (Electro-Fi)
Vassar Clements, Livin' With the Blues (Acoustic Disc)
Blues Explosion, Damage (Sanctuary)
J.B. Hutto, Stompin' at Mother's Blues (Delmark)
Dr. John, N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or D'udda (EMI/Parlophone)
Willie Big Eyes Smith and the Juke Joint Rockers, Bluesin' It (Electro-Fi)
Guy Davis, Legacy (Red House)
Downchild Blues Band, Come On In (Downchild Music)*
Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama, There Will Be a Light (Virgin/EMI)
Various Artists, Blues Lounge (Putumayo/Koch)
Various Artists, Lightning in a Bottle (Columbia/Legacy)
Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Timeless (Hightone)

*Canadian artist