Grammy blues...

Love the choices in this year's Traditional Blues Album category, with James Hunter's People Gonna Talk being my absolute favorite (is R&B traditional?), but acknowledging the others to be great alternatives. Saw Ike Turner perform a fabulous set in the Blues Tent at 2005 JazzFest with Mark, Barry and Gumbo.

Traditional Blues Album Brother to the Blues (Tab Benoit) Bronx in Blue (Dion) People Gonna Talk (James Hunter) Guitar Groove-A-Rama (Duke Robillard) Risin' With the Blues (Ike Turner)

Contemporary Blues Album Live From Across the Pond (Robert Cray Band) Sippiana Hericane (Dr. John) Suitcase (Keb' Mo') Hope & Desire (Susan Tedeschi) After the Rain (Irma Thomas)