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TOP BLUES: OCTOBER 2006

This month's recommended listening selected by Globe and Mail Music Writer Brad Wheeler

Ali Farka Toure: Savane (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
Black Keys: Magic Potion (Nonesuch)
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials: Rattleshake (Alligator)
*Rick Fines & Suzie Vinnick: Nothing Halfway (Independent)
Robert Cray Band: Live From Across the Pond (Vanguard)
Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra: I'm Thankful (Ubiquity)
Johnny Rivers: Secret Agent Man (Shout Factory)
Michael Coleman and the Delmark All-Stars: Blues Brunch at the Mart (Delmark)
*Rick Fines: Solar Powered (Independent)
Eric Lindell: Change in the Weather (Alligator)
David Kimbrough: Shell-Shocked (B.C./Lucky 13) Eric Bibb: A Ship Called Love (Telarc)
Guitar Shorty: We the People (Alligator)
Various Artists: Blues Around the World (Putumayo)
Mitch Woods: Big Easy Boogie (Club 88)
Cephas & Wiggins: Shoulder to Shoulder (Alligator)
Irma Thomas: A Woman's Viewpoint (Kent)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band: What's Going On (Shout Factory)
Gary Primich: Ridin' the Darkhorse (Electro-Fi)
John Long: Lost & Found (Delta Groove)
Big Bill Broonzy: Amsterdam Live Concerts 1953 (Munich)

* Canadian artist