This week's playlist acknowledged two important centenaries:

• The sinking of the Titanic, April 1912 (Fruteland Jackson, Junior Bowles)
• The publication of the very first blues song in sheet music, March 1912 (Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans)

 

ARTIST (*=Australian), TITLE, ALBUM, LABEL

 

Earl Thomas, I Sing The Blues, Blue … Not Blues, In Discreet Inc.

Kim Wilson, Eyesight To The Blind, Rhythm Room Blues, Hightone Records

Seasick Steve, Things Go Up, Dog House Music, Bronzerat

Fruteland Jackson, Titanic  Blues, I Claim Nothing But The Blues, Electro-Fi

Junior Bowles*, God Moves On the Water, (Live performance in 3WAY studio, 13/03/12)

Blind Willie Johnson, Trouble Will Soon Be Over, Sweeter As The Years Go By, Yazoo

Lurrie Bell, It's A Blessing, The Devil Ain't Got No Music, Aria B.G. Records

Eric Bibb, Sinner Man, Deeper In The Well, Stony Plain Records

Grant Dermody, Waterbound, Lay My Burden Down, Independent

Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans, Dallas Blues, (Single), ManHatTone Records

The Strata-Tones, Raggedy Annie, Dressed Up to Fess Up, Fruition Records

Ward's Xpress*, Occupy, Five Lanes, Independent

Dallas Frasca*, All My Love, Sound Painter, Spank Betty

Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore, I'm Worried, Longtime Friends In The Blues, Delta Groove Music

Bushmaster featuring Gary Brown, Cumberland Blues, Revolutions Rhapsody, Unoyaga Records

Ian Siegal & The Youngest Sons, Master Plan, The Skinny, Nugene Records

PJ O'Brien*, One Hundred Years, Jefferson Blues, Only Blues Music

Mark May Band, Six Strings Or Two Legs, Release My Soul, Bad Fork Records

Mike de Velta*, Mud and Grime Blues, Whiskey In The Mornin', Independent

Dock' Boggs, Sugar Baby, R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country, Shanachie

Volker Strifler, Wait A Minute, Let The Music Rise, VizzTone

Chase The Sun*, The Pants, (Single), Independent