Artist/Title/Album/Label

Little Walter/Juke/Best of /Chess

Doug MacLeod/Welcome In Your Home/Brand New Eyes/Reference Recordings  *NEW, catch Doug at the Chenango Blues Festival in August, Norwich, NY.

Johnny Cash/Locomotive Man/From Memphis To Hollywood: Bootleg  Vol. II/Columbia/Legacy  ** NEW two disc set of rare 50′s & 60′s material.

Rory Block/The Breadline/Shake ‘Em On Down: A Tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell/Stony Plain Records **NEW

Marty Grebb/Heartbreaker/High Steppin’/ Luna Chica Records (Nashville label with a bunch of new releases).

Midnight Shift/Tear It Up/Rhythm Rockin’ Boogie/Cabernet Records **NEW

Hayes Carll/Stomp and Holler/Kmag & YoYo (& Other American Stories)/Lost Highway **NEW

John-Alex Mason/Riding On (feat. Cody Burnside)/Jook Joint Thunderclap/Naked Jaybird Music

Roy Gaines and his Orchestra/Rats In My Kitchen/Tuxedo Blues/Black Gold Records

Albert King w/Stevie Ray Vaughan/Ask Me No Questions/In Session/Stax-Concord Music   **New CD/DVD set

Kelley Hunt/Shake It Off Right Away/Gravity Loves You/88 Records

Mel Brown/Little Girl From Maine (featuring Sam Myers) (Robert Jr. Lockwood song)/Love, Lost and Found/Electro-Fi

Damon Fowler/Don’t Call Me/Devil Got His Way/Blind Pig Records

C.J. Chenier/She’s My Woman/My Baby Don’t Wear No Shoes/Arhoole  **Check out C.J. on Tuesday night at the Water Street Music Hall – benefit show.

Omar Coleman/Scratch My Back/Louisiana Swamp Stomp/Honeybee Entertainment  *compilation of great artist for the new benefit disc.

Dr. John/Jinky Jinx/Tribal/429 Records

Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck/Shake You Money Maker/Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2010 “Crossroads”/Rhino

Andrea Marr/Soulville/Little Sister Got Soul!/Blue Skunk Music

Latvian Blues Band/Let the Door Hit You/Unreal/Blue Skunk Music  (produced by Duke Robillard)

Yvette Laundry/Dead and Gone/Should Have Known  ** at the Harmony House on March 11th.

Tab Benoit/I Got Loaded/Wetlands/Telarc  ** Catch Tab on Friday night at the Big Easy in Buffalo show at the Tralf in Buffalo.

Chris Harper/Born In Arkansas/Four Aces and A Harp/Swississippi Records featuring Willie “Big Eyes” Smith

Nick Moss and the Fliptops/Too Many Miles/Play Til Tomorrow/Blue Bella Records **Nick will be in Buffalo on Thursday and Friday night at the Tudor Lounge

Retro Deluxe/Too Much Drama/Watermelon Tea/Rinkled Rooster

Lucinda Williams/Joy/Car Wheels On A Gravel Road  **at the State Theatre in Ithaca on March 7th.

Thank you for listening to Doc’s Juke Joint!!   Mardi Gras Special Next week 7-8pm, Juke Joint 8-9pm.

Friday/Tonight: Tabletop Three is playing at the Webster branch of The Beale Street Café on Empire Blvd, The Hi-Risers @ Dino BBQ, Billy Joe @ Six Pockets, Donna The Buffalo w/Roy Jay band @ Water Street Music Hall, Tina and the Two Timers @ Abilene (6-9pm).

Saturday: Teagan and the Tweeds @ Dino BBQ, Lucky Peterson @ The Tralf (Buffalo), Gerald Clayton (Jazz) @ Lutheran Church (111 N. Chestnut St.).Steve Grills and the Roadmasters @ Sallinger’s, Filthy Funk @ Southpaw Brew Pub, Luca & the Electro Kings @ Beale Street,

Sunday: Commander Cody @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo), Tabletop Three will be taking part in a benefit show at The California Brew Haus  on West Ridge Road in Rochester for Dave Donnelly, lots of other great acts, please support this event!!!, Uncle Ralph’s Night Shadows @ Smokin’ Joe’s

MONDAY: Greg Townson @ Dino BBQ, Steve West @ the Rabbit Room

Tues: John Mcconnell @ Dino BBQ, STRING THEORY (BLUEGRASS JAM) @ Johnny’s, Teagan Ward @ Beale St,

Wed: Steve West/Acoustic Open Mic @ Muddy Waters in Geneseo from 7-10 PM., Bobbie Henri & the Goners @ Dino BBQ, original members of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention DON PRESTON and BUNK GARDNER @ Abilene, Cowboy Mouth @ Westcott Theatre (Syracuse), Watkins and Rapiers @ The Little Theatre Cafe

Thurs: Scandel w/ Monica @ Dino BBQ, Robert Cray @ Turning Stone Casino, Open Jam @ Flipside, Gordon Munding Son House Night/Open Jam @ Beale St

Friday: Robert Cray @ Bears Den/Seneca Niagara Casino, Dave Viterna Band @ Dino BBQ, John Bolger Band @ Beale St, Billy Joe @ Six Pockets, Dan Schmidt and the Shadows @ Beale Street, Ezra & the Storm @ Smokin’ Joe’s

Saturday: Holly Cole @ Bears Den/Seneca Niagara Casino, Steve Grills @ Hickey Tavern Allegany, NY, Turnip Stampede @ Dino BBQ, Jeff Riales & the Silvertone Express with the Silver Threads @ Abilene, Table Top Three @ Beale Street (South Ave), Soul on Tap @ The Coach Sports Bar (Webster), John Cole Blues Band @ Salinger’s.

Feb. 18 & 19th: Batavia-Bayou Cross-Cultural Connection @ Genesee Community College, Batavia

Feb. 22nd: Ruf Records recording artist: Joanne Shaw Taylor @ Dino BBQ, Galactic w/ Cyril Neville @ Westcott Theatre (Syracuse)

Feb. 24th: Marc Broussard @ The Tralf (Buffalo), Steve Grills and the Roadmasters @ Dino BBQ

Feb. 26th: Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble (LA Zydeco) RCZN’s Annual Mardi Gras Show @ Harmony House, Avery Sunshine @ The Tralf (Buffalo),

Feb. 27th: Cool Blues Benefit clothing & food drive for the homeless for Catholic Family Center from 2-6pm Joe Beard

Fred Vine

Gordon  Munding

Tabletop Three

Andy & Ernie Lawrence

(Son House Club musicians)  @Beale St Café, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash @ Harro East Ballroom , Stephane Wrembel & the Django Experiment @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

March 2nd: Shemekia Copeland @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

March 4th: Big Easy in Buffalo w/ Tab Benoit,

March 5 ~ The 19th Annual ~CAJUN & ZYDECO MARDI GRAS BALL 6:00 pm to Midnight Rhodes on the Pawtuxet ~ 60 Rhodes Place ~ Cranston,  RI FEATURING: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners, Hot Tamale Brass Band

March 7th: Lucinda Williams @ The State Theatre (Ithaca, NY)

March 11th Friday Yvette Landry (www.yvettelandry.com).    Honky Tonk Dance Hall show at the Harmony House

March 23: The Kingston Trio @ German House

March 26th: C’est Bon (NY Cajun) @ Harmony House

March 27th: Walter Trout @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

March 30th: Lucky Tubb & the Modern Day Troubadours @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

April 2nd: John Mayall @ The Tralf (Buffalo), Devon Allman’s Honeytribe @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

April 3rd: John Mayall @ German House

April 9th:  Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp (IL Creole) @ Harmony House (NEW DATE)

April 28th: Rev. Horton Heat and Rev. Peyton Big Damn Band @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

April 29th: The Nighthawks @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

May 7th: Shawn Philips @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

May 10th: Rev. Horton Heat @ The Haunt (Ithaca, NY)

May 14th: Preston Frank and Big Daddy Zydeco. (LA Creole-Zydeco) @ Harmony House

May 17th: Bruce Cockburn @ The State Theatre (Ithaca, NY)

May 25th: Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys @ Sportsmen’s Tavern (Buffalo)

May 26th: BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS @ Abilene

June 3rd: Robin Trower @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

June 18th: Dave Alvin @ 6th Annual Honesdale Roots Festival, Honesdale, PA

June 12th: 22nd Annual Billtown Blues Festival, Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville, PA (featuring: Mark Hummel’s Blues Harp Blowout).
June 24 & 25th: Paulie’s New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival

(Great Lineup of New Orleans Acts: Tab Benoit, Eric Lindell, Big Sam, etc.)Worcester, MA

July 8 & 9th: Briggs Farm Blues Festival, Nescopeck, PA (lineup TBD)

July 15th: Kal David @ Sportsmen’s Tavern (Buffalo),

July 16/17th: The North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland, Maine (Featuring: Nellie “Tiger” Travis, Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, The Brooks Family Reunion, Gina Sicilia, Dave Gross, Eric Bibb, James Armstrong, Toni Lynn Washington)

July 14-17th: Big Rib & BBQ Festival, ROCHESTER, NY – Highland Park (Lineup: TBD)

July 14-17Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Location: On the Walsh Farm, Oak Hill, NY 12469
July 30, 31st: Pennsylvania Blues Fest at Blue Mountain Ski Area “Celebrating 20 years in the Poconos” http://www.skibluemt.com/SkiBlue/activities/pa-blues-fest.aspx Blue Mountain Ski Area 1660 Blue Mountain DR Danielsville, PA 18038, less than 5 hours from Rochester, NY.

August 4-6th: Brantling Bluegrass Festival, Brantling Ski Area, Sodus, NY.

AUGUST 19 & 20TH: 19TH ANNUAL CHENANGO BLUES FESTIVAL, NORWICH, NY (LINEUP TBD- so far James Cotton)

AUGUST 26-28: BLUESTOCK 2011 @ HUNTER MOUNTAIN, HUNTER, NY FEATURING: TOMMY CASTRO & BOB MARGOLIN, MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED – 3 DAY BLUES FESTIVAL – Mitch Woods with Billy Gibson

October 7, 8 & 9th: Daytona Beach Blues Festival, Florida

Disclaimer: This music calendar is for informational purposes only and is a volunteer, non-profit effort of a local music fan. Please double check with all venues prior to going. Support the music and more will come.

MONDAY: 1/10/2011: Greg Townson @ Dino BBQ

Tues: Dave McGrath @ Dino BBQ, STRING THEORY (BLUEGRASS JAM) @ Johnny’s,

Wed: Steve West/Acoustic Open Mic @ Muddy Waters in Geneseo from 7-10 PM., Open mike hosted by Grand Canyon Rescue Episode, 8 p.m @ Abilene, Double Take Blues Band@ Dino BBQ

Thurs: Vitamin X @ Dino BBQ,

Friday: 40 Rod Lightning @ Abilene, Coupe De Villes @ Dino BBQ, Billy Joe @ Six Pockets,

Saturday: Teagan and the Tweeds @ the Dino, Jefferey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys @ Smith Opera House (Geneva), Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade with the Steam Donkeys @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

Jan 21st: Earl Pickens & Family @ Record Archive (6pm), Abilene (9pm), Adam Ezra Group @ Water Street Music Hall

Jan 22nd: Sammy Naquin & the Zydeco Whips @ Harmony House *****

Jan. 25th: Eilen Jewel @ Abilene

Jan. 26th: Eilen Jewel @ Abilene

Jan. 28th: Poppa Chubby @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

Jan. 29th: Carlene Carter @ Smith Opera House (Geneva), Kenny Neal @ Center For the Arts (Homer, NY)

Jan. 30th: Eilen Jewel @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

Feb. 1 Sammy Naquin & the Zydeco Whips @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

Feb. 2nd: Hot Tuna Blues: Starring:  Hot Tuna, Charlie Musselwhite and Jim Lauderdale @ Mainstage Theatre – University of Buffalo

Feb. 3rd: Leon Redbone @ German House, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings @ The State Theatre (Ithaca, NY)
Feb. 4th: The Spampinato Brothers (formerly of NRBQ) @ Abilene

Feb 7th: Rory Block & Cindy Cashdollar @ Abilene

Feb. 8th: Rory Block & Cindy Cashdollar @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

Feb. 9th: Greensky Bluegrass & Cornmeal @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

Feb. 10th: Rosie Flores @ Abilene

FEB. 11TH: Donna The Buffalo w/Roy Jay band @ Water Street Music Hall

Feb. 12th: Lucky Peterson @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

Feb. 13th: Commander Cody @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

Feb. 24th: Marc Broussard @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

Feb. 26th: Avery Sunshine @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

Feb. 27th: Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash @ Harro East Ballroom , Stephane Wrembel & the Django Experiment @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

March 2nd: Shemekia Copeland @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

March 5 ~ The 19th Annual ~CAJUN & ZYDECO MARDI GRAS BALL 6:00 pm to Midnight Rhodes on the Pawtuxet ~ 60 Rhodes Place ~ Cranston,  RI FEATURING: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners, Hot Tamale Brass Band

March 7th: Lucinda Williams @ The State Theatre (Ithaca, NY)

March 23: The Kingston Trio @ German House

March 27th: Walter Trout @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

March 30th: Lucky Tubb & the Modern Day Troubadours @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

April 2nd: John Mayall @ The Tralf (Buffalo), Devon Allman’s Honeytribe @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

April 3rd: John Mayall @ German House

April 28th: Rev. Horton Heat and Rev. Peyton Big Damn Band @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

April 29th: The Nighthawks @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo)

May 7th: Shawn Philips @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

May 10th: Rev. Horton Heat @ The Haunt (Ithaca, NY)

May 17th: Bruce Cockburn @ The State Theatre (Ithaca, NY)

June 3rd: Robin Trower @ The Tralf (Buffalo)

June 18th: Dave Alvin @ 6th Annual Honesdale Roots Festival, Honesdale, PA

June 12th: 22nd Annual Billtown Blues Festival, Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville, PA (featuring: Mark Hummel’s Blues Harp Blowout).

July 8 & 9th: Briggs Farm Blues Festival, Nescopeck, PA (lineup TBD)

July 16/17th: The North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland, Maine (Featuring: Nellie “Tiger” Travis, Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, The Brooks Family Reunion, Gina Sicilia, Dave Gross, Eric Bibb, James Armstrong, Toni Lynn Washington)

July 14-17th: Big Rib & BBQ Festival, ROCHESTER, NY – Highland Park (Lineup: TBD)

July 14-17Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Location: On the Walsh Farm, Oak Hill, NY 12469

August 4-6th: Brantling Bluegrass Festival, Brantling Ski Area, Sodus, NY.

AUGUST 19 & 20TH: 19TH ANNUAL CHENANGO BLUES FESTIVAL, NORWICH, NY (LINEUP TBD)

AUGUST 26-28: BLUESTOCK 2011 @ HUNTER MOUNTAIN, HUNTER, NY FEATURING: TOMMY CASTRO & BOB MARGOLIN, MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED – 3 DAY BLUES FESTIVAL -
Disclaimer: This music calendar is for informational purposes only and is a volunteer, non-profit effort of a local music fan. Please double check with all venues prior to going. Support the music and more will come.

Lucinda Williams -   Changed the Locks – Live Drunken Angel

Tommy Ridgley – Double Eyed Whammy – She Turns Me On (1992 Modern Blues/Rounder)

Betty LaVette – Word (Beatles) – Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook (Anti)

Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King – Sleeping With One Eye Open – Have Blues Will Travel (Alligator)

Troy Turner – Foolin’ Yourself – Whole Lotta Blues (Evidence)

Andrea Dawson – Laugh At the Blues   – Left With the Uptown Blues

Booker T – Potato – Potato (Anti)**** Booker T & the MG’s playing on the outdoor stage at the Rochester International Jazz Festival go to RochesterJazz.com for the complete lineup.

Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles – Open Up Your Back Door – Diamonds In the Dark (Sugar Hill) *** opening for Rusted Root at the Rochester Party in the Park series on June 10th.

Becki Sue & her Big Rockin’ Daddies! – Hillbilly Blues Ball – Big Rockin’ Boogie (Underworld Records) from the Pacific Northwest.

Marshall Lawrence – Once Loved A Cowgirl – Blues Intervention (www.doctorblues.com)  from Canada.

Joe Beard – German Blues * Catch Joe Beard at Hot Blues for the Homeless – A Tribute to Son House

8pm Hour

Carolina Chocolate Drops – Peac Behind The Bridge – Genuine Negro Jig ( Nonesuch)

Seasick Steve – Dark – Man From Another Time (Atlantic)

Moreland & Arbuckle – Red Moon Rising – Flood (Telarc)

Rosanne Cash – Motherless Children – Motherless Children (EP)

Tad Robinson – Sunday Morning Woman – Back In Style (Severn Records)

Nick Moss – Georgia Redsnake – Privileged (Blue Bella)

8:30pm – Juke Joint Live Music Calendar.  Get on the email list to get your copy. Billy Flynn – Instrumental

Downchild – Rendezvous – I Need A Hat (Linus) www.downchild.com

Kirk Fletcher

Kirk Fletcher – My Turn – My Turn (Eclecto Groove)

Terry Big T Williams – The Night Doctor – Jump Back Big T’s In the House (Independent)

Steve Grills – Frosty*** catch Steve Grills at Hot Blues for the Homeless, also watch for his first full length cd release coming out soon.

Gillian Welch – Acony Bell – Coal Country Music (Heartwood)  www.heartwood.org  Soundtrack from the movie.

9pm Hour

Jeff Beck w/ Joss Stone – I Put  A Spell On You – Emotions and Commotion *** Jeff Beck coming to the Rochester International Jazz Festival.  www.rochesterjazz.com

The Holmes Brothers – I Believe You I Think – Feed My Soul (Alligator)

Willie Buck – Sweet Sixteen – The Life I Love (Delmark)

Johnny Adams – The Jealous Kind (Bobby Charles) – Good Morning Heartache (Rounder 1993)

Anders Osbourne – Darkness At the Bottom -American Patchwork (Alligator)

Delta Moon – Stuck In Carolina – Hell Bound Train (Red Parlour)

9:30pm – Doc’s Basement  – featuring Rory Block.  Rory Block will be headlining the Hot Blues for Homeless Concert on Sunday, June 6th at the Water Street Music Hall. Hot Blues for the Homeless a Tribute to Son House is a benefit concert to help support the Francis Center at homeless shelter for men in downtown Rochester, NY.  The Francis Center is part the Catholic Family Center.  Also playing at this years concert is: Joe Beard, Steve Grills, Fred Vine, Gordon Munding and more.

Rory Block – Death Letter (Son House) – Blues Walking Like A Man (A Tribute to Son House) (Stony Plain)

Rory Block – Walking Blues – Country Blues Guitar Rory Block and Stefan Grossman – Rare Archival Recordings 1963-1971 (Stefan Grossman’s Workshop)

Rory Block

Rory Block – Country Farm Blues (Son House) – Last Fair Deal Gone Down (

Rory Block – Canned Heat – Country Blues (see above )

Rory Block – Mississippi Bottom Blues – Tornado (Rounder 1996)

Rory Block – Terraplane Blues (R. Johnson) – Mama’s Blues (1991 Rounder)

Rory Block – Preacher’s Blues (Son House) – Blues Walking Like A Man (Stony Plain)

Thank you for listening to Doc’s Juke Joint.  Next Week We’ll be featuring the many great artists that will be a this years Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.

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Honorable Mentions:

Daniel Moore/The Wolf and The Chicken/DJM Records – Independent

The Ann Kersteter Band/Classics/Independent

The Soul of John Black/Black John/Delta Groove

Lucinda Williams/Little Honey/Lost Highway

Chris Duarte/396/Shrapnelrecords

Theodis Ealey/Live/Ifgam Records

Gerome Durham/I’m Not That Strong/Independent