Saturday_Night_Blues_(album)

<i>Saturday Night Blues</i> (album)

Saturday Night Blues (album)

1991 studio album by Various artists

Saturday Night Blues is a compilation album of recordings by Canadian blues performers, released by Stony Plain Records and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.[1] Subtitled "The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1", the album was released as a tie-in to the CBC Radio program Saturday Night Blues, and was compiled from a mix of previously-released material, new unreleased recordings and performance tapes from the CBC Radio archives.[2] It was one of the first significant compilations of the work of Canadian blues artists.[3]

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The album was a cowinner, with Loreena McKennitt's The Visit, of the 1992 Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album of the Year.[4]

A sequel album, Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years, was issued in 2006.

Critical response

Mark Miller of The Globe and Mail gave the album a mixed review, calling some of the songs excellent but criticizing the album for including only one woman and only one artist from the vibrant blues scene in Quebec.[3] Helen Metella of the Edmonton Journal reviewed the album positively, writing that "these 20 cuts acknowledge the tremendous variety and top drawer quality of northern blues."[2]

Track listing

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References

  1. [1]
    "The continued blues revival added a cheery note; Stony Plain Records celebrated 15 good years in business". Edmonton Journal, January 2, 1992.
  2. [2]
    "Northern blues package a meaty meal". Edmonton Journal, December 8, 1991.
  3. [3]
    "Mining for great Canadian blues". The Globe and Mail, January 6, 1992.
  4. [4]
    "Here's who took top music prizes". Vancouver Sun, March 31, 1992.
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