Michael Osborn - What Goes Around (2007)

What Goes Around offers a clinic in playing terrific blues guitar that doesn't overwhelm the song. His contemporary-yet-traditional style, beholden to no single influence, is gritty yet sophisticated, with surprising flourishes, a great awareness of the pocket, and cool note choices. Osborn is pushed to excel partly by the presence of Robben Ford, who contributes his unmistakable guitar to five tracks. Bill Rhoades' harmonica serves as a model not only of phrasing and tone but of when to lay out.
-Blues Revue