Label: Stony Plains Records Release date: March 24, 2023 Eric Bibb‘s follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2021 album, Dear America, Ridin’ is a continuation of the vision that informs Bibb’s artistry as a modern-day Blues troubadour. Grounded in the folk and blues tradition with contemporary sensibilities, Bibb’s music continues to reflect his thoughts on his … Continue reading
Eric Bibb – Global Griot Label: Stony Plain Records On the heels of Eric Bibb’s Grammy nominated Migration Blues comes his most ambitious project to date, which, considering the artist in question, is saying a lot. Here’s yet another artist attempting to make sense of the supposedly turbulent times we’re living in (as if that’s … Continue reading
Eric Bibb — ‘Migration Blues’ Label: Stony Plain Records The album offers a blend of originals and American folk classics (Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” and Bob Dylan’s “Masters Of War”), all of which deal with refugee or migrant crises. In the liner notes, Eric Bibb cites Cicero: “To be ignorant of what occurred … Continue reading
Eric Bibb — The Happiest Man In The World Label: Stony Plain Records The latest album from Eric Bibb and North Country Far (Olli Haavisto, Janne Haavisto and Petri Hawala) with Danny Thompson is another in a line of consistently high quality releases. On this one (with fourteen Bibb-written tracks), Bibb is as versatile and effective as … Continue reading
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