This week on Blues With A Feeling, we’re diving deep into the world of one of the great modern torchbearers of Texas blues guitar — Sue Foley. With Sue celebrating her birthday last week, and with her brand‑new book Guitar Woman: Conversations and Life Lessons with the Heroines of Guitar on the way in June, it felt like the perfect moment to revisit her remarkable story and her 2021 album Pinky’s Blues.

Sue’s been out on the road recently with her One Guitar Woman tour — intimate, powerful shows honouring the women who shaped the culture of the instrument. Now that she’s finally off the road after a huge couple of months, we’re revisiting my 2021 interview with her, recorded just after Pinky’s Blues was released. Across the show you’ll hear cuts from that conversation, tracks from Pinky’s Blues, and a bonus set from her acclaimed 2018 album The Ice Queen.

But that’s not all. The blues world is absolutely humming right now, and I’ve lined up a set of stunning new releases that have been bending my heartstrings all week. You’ll hear:

Mike Finnigan – from his newly released posthumous debut, Eric Bibb – with a powerful track from One Mississippi ahead of his 18‑date Australian tour, Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials – tearing it up on their new Alligator Records release Slideways and Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues – delivering modern blues for modern times on Blues Is My Biography.

It’s a big, beautiful show this week — full of history, heart, and the very best of what the blues is doing right now.

Settle in and turn it up!