Picked up at Borders last night....

Maestro (Taj Mahal)
1.Scratch My Back backed by Phantom Blues Band
2.Never Let You Go with Los Lobos
3.Dust Me Down with Ben Harper
4.Further Down the Road with Jack Johnson
5.Black Man, Brown Man with Ziggy Marley
6.Zanzibar
7.TV Mama with Los Lobos
8.I Can Make You Happy with the New Orleans Social Club (Ivan Neville, George Porter, Leo Nocentelli, Henry Butler, Raymond Weber)
9.Slow Drag backed by Phantom Blues Band
10.Hello Josephine with the New Orleans Social Club
11.Strong Man Holler
12.Diddy Wah Diddy backed by Phantom Blues Band
(Taj Mahal will be touring this fall with Bonnie Raitt - tour dates)

Piety Street (John Schofield) - New record with New Orleans musicians Jon Cleary, George Porter Jr, Ricky Fataar, John Boutte, Shannon Powell, who put on a wonderful show in the Blues Tent at Jazz Fest a couple weeks ago.
allaboutjazz.com review - "Scofield's blues roots have never sounded this good. With the rock-solid support of bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Ricky Fataar, the album grooves with a comfortable, in-the-pocket vibe ranging from the buoyant "That's Enough," with Jon Cleary's wonderfully supportive piano work, to the ambling groove of the substantially rearranged "Motherless Child," one of vocalist John Boutte's best performances. The up-tempo "It's a Big Army" evokes images of deep south churches, with an entire congregation taken up by the sheer joy of the music, while the funky "His Eye is on the Sparrow" is driven by Fataar's visceral, behind-the-beat pulse. "Ship of Zion" is a slow, simmering blues that features a lengthy opening solo from Scofield filled with nuanced bends and gritty, Wes Montgomery-style octave work."