BLUES ICON CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM – MISSISSIPPI SON – JUNE 3RD

Mississippi-born, Memphis-raised, Grammy Award-winning legend Charlie Musselwhite returns to his Delta blues roots for the most captivating and personal musical statement of his long and legendary career. Charlie’s first new solo studio release in seven years is stripped-down and semi-acoustic, driven by his deft guitar playing, masterful harp and soul-deep vocals.

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY! Stop by our listen and watch page for a free download of the track Blues Up The River and our online jukebox to hear Blues Gave Me A Ride and Drifting From Town To Town.

MISSISSIPPI SON features Musselwhite’s guitar work on every track.

Order on CD or translucent blue vinyl LP

 
 
Charlie Musselwhite breathes passion.
—DownBeat

Taste, restraint and power. He’s one of the best, and as a bluesman, he’s as real as they come.
—The San Francisco Chronicle

Superb, original and compelling…Charlie Musselwhite, with unabashed excellence, sets the standard for blues.
—Rolling Stone

 
Charlie Musselwhite is renowned worldwide as a master harmonica player, a seasoned, truth-telling vocalist and an original songwriter rooted deep within the blues tradition. As many of his fans know, he’s also a country blues guitarist of great depth, warmth and subtlety.

MISSISSIPPI SON is front porch country blues that is at turns raucous and languid, haunting and impossibly soulful.  The track listing includes Musselwhite originals and songs by Charley Patton, Yank Rachell and Big Joe Williams.  This warm, intimate recording is loaded with feeling and exhilarating, timeless blues.
 

PRE-ORDER MISSISSIPPI SON ON VINYL LP NOW – $24.98

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