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<i>The Rough Guide to Blues Revival</i>

The Rough Guide to Blues Revival

2009 compilation album by Various artists

The Rough Guide to Blues Revival is a blues compilation album originally released in 2009. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: an overview of the contemporary scene on Disc One, primarily featuring American artists, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting Malian Samba Touré (a reference to the commonalities between the American Blues and West African music). The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.[1] Curation was performed by Nigel Williamson, a music journalist and author of the book The Rough Guide to the Blues.[2] The term "blues revival" refers to the resurgence of the genre after the success of Stevie Ray Vaughan.[3]

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Critical reception

Jim Allen of AllMusic took issue with the title (claiming the genre "never went away") but named it a "pretty accurate sonic snapshot of the contemporary blues scene". He called the Malian choice for Disc Two "an interesting left-field touch".[4]

Track listing

Disc One

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Disc Two

All tracks on Disc Two are performed by Samba Touré, a guitarist from the Tombouctou Region of Mali who, though not related by blood, was raised as a protégé of Ali Farka Touré.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. [2]
    Rough Guides. "AUTHOR :: NIGEL WILLIAMSON". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  3. [3]
    World Music Network. "The Rough Guide To Blues Revival". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  4. [4]
    Allen, Jim. "The Rough Guide to Blues Revival". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 Jan 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Samba Touré". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
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