This week, Shout! visits Mississippi-born electric blues legend and Vee Jay recording artist Jimmy Reed. Reed signed with Vee Jay in the ’50s, and was later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Champion of American roots music, Maria Muldaur — best known for her 1974 song ‘Midnight at the Oasis’ — sings her Louisiana Love Call.

While Bobbie Gentry is perhaps best known for her song “Ode To Billie Joe,” her legacy is largely unknown as she only released records from 1967 through 1971 before turning her back on the music industry. She continues as an inspiration to contemporary musicians like Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne and Beth Orton.

’70s psychedelic keyboardist Lee Michaels is featured in this installment. Songs include his hit, “Do You Know What I Mean”, “Hello” and “Heighty Hi”. Take a trip back to the Haight in its heyday.

After a three year break without any new material, Silverlake favorites, EARLIMART, return with a new album, Mentor Tormentor. Hailed by many as their best effort to date, Mentor Tormentor glistens with lush layered arrangements that go from introspective beauty to cold-sweat rockers, every song a gem in its own right. Give it a listen!

Austin’s famed SXSW Festival is captured for its first-ever official DVD release. This podcast features performances from The Bravery, Rickie Lee Jones, and Rachel Fuller (with her boyfriend, Pete Townshend). DVD Available August 21.

The ’70s diva makes a soulful return with A Woman’s Touch, her first record in 17 years. Shawn plays a few tracks and pretty much lets the music do the talkin’.

This weeks Popcast looks at the remarkable Peter Himmelman, known as an accomplished singer/songwriter in the vein of classic John Hiatt. Check out a few songs with Shawn.

This Popcast is on Johnny Rivers and his Last Boogie in Paris, featuring live covers of classics from Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Four Tops, and more. Taped at the Olympia Theatre in Paris at the end of Johnny Rivers’ triumphant 1973 European tour, Last Boogie is being released in its complete form for the […]

Test your pop culture knowledge with R&B diva, Thelma Houston on this special Celebrity Pop Quiz edition of PopVision. Ten questions in one minute – find out how she does!

The great ’60s record label, Vee Jay, is the subject of this week’s Popcast. The label was home to The Staple Singers, Little Richard and briefly, The Beatles, and this Popcast is a tasty little sampling of the unbelievable Definitive Collection CD box set

In celebration of the reissue of John Lee Hooker’s final Van Morrison-produced album Don’t Look Back, this weeks Popcast gives a listen to this remarkable 1997 record from John Lee Hooker, the king of the boogie blues. The expanded version is in stores today, July 17.