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In Memoriam: Jack DeJohnette, 1942–2025
Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his…
A document of John Lee Hooker live in Paris.
(Photo: Courtesy Southern Echoes)Here’s a fresh batch of blues on vinyl to break your heart and make you love it. And when that heart needs mending, we’ve got a little Mahalia Jackson to get your soul stirring.
John Lee Hooker
The Charcot Sessions
Southern Echoes
An RSD Exclusive with a pressing of 1,250, Southern Echoes gives us a three-album set of blues godfather John Lee Hooker. The set documents the full October 1969 recording from Studio Charcot in Paris — music that had never been previously released in its entirety. Pressed on electric blue vinyl, the set includes 22 classic tracks.
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Willie Dixon
What Happened To My Blues
Culture Factory
An RSD Exclusive, What Happened To My Blues could be the finest album from Willie Dixon, one of the true fathers of Chicago blues. This package includes an OBI side strip, cardboard jacket, printed inner sleeve, and it’s pressed on bright orange vinyl.
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Dave Specter
Message In Blue
Delmark
This thinking-man’s bluesman from Chicago has been an artist deserving wider recognition for decades. That may be the reason that Delmark, also based in Chicago, decided to make this album the first vinyl pressing the company has done since 1991.
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JJ Grey & Mofro
Orange Blossoms (Deluxe Edition)
Alligator Records
An RSD First, limited to 900 copies, this first-time-on-vinyl release shakes the Southern roots of this blues-rockin’ juggernaut. The tracks have been remastered and pressed at 45 rpm on dual orange LPs housed in a gatefold cover that includes previously unpublished photos.
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Mahalia Jackson
Movin’ On Up A Little Higher
Shanachie
Ah, Mahalia, one of the the greatest vocalists in gospel history. Here we have an RSD First limited to 1,000 copies, where Jackson performs hymns from her youth with her mentor Thomas A. Dorsey. The performances come from 1946–1957.
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Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his…
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To see the complete list of nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards, go to grammy.com.
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