Noteworthy: New Music from Joe Bonamassa, Vikingur Ólafsson, and More

Welcome to “Noteworthy,” a weekly update on new music and related news. This week’s noteworthy picks are:

1. Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 by Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is at the heart of today’s blues scene. Not only is he one of the purest practitioners of this long-loved American art, he’s a major proponent of passing it on to the next generation via his nonprofit, Keeping the Blues Alive. It’s all part of paying forward the favors he’s received from blues legends who came before him, including Eric Clapton, who joined him onstage at the Royal Albert Hall—fulfilling one of Bonamassa’s childhood fantasies—and B. B. King, who started hiring Bonamassa to open for him when the upstart was only eleven. . . .

About Jon Hersey

Jon Hersey (@revivingreason) is managing editor of The Objective Standard and holds fellowships at Foundation for Economic Education, where he writes in defense of freedom, and at Objective Standard Institute, where he teaches courses and hosts the podcast “Philosophy for Flourishing.”

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