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Classic Blues – The Roots of It All
Want to feel the raw beginnings of American music? Our Classic Blues section takes you back to the Delta, the juke joints and the smoky clubs of Chicago – where legends were born.
Voices of pain, pride and power
Discover Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Son House, Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and more – with original sessions, historic recordings, and expertly curated reissues.
Music history for your collection
Get timeless blues on CD or vinyl – only at Bear Family Records, where classic roots come alive in sound and story.
Classic Blues – The Roots of It All
Want to feel the raw beginnings of American music? Our Classic Blues section takes you back to the Delta, the juke joints and the smoky clubs of Chicago –...
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Want to feel the raw beginnings of American music? Our Classic Blues section takes you back to the Delta, the juke joints and the smoky clubs of Chicago – where legends were born.
Voices of pain, pride and power
Discover Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Son House, Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and more – with original sessions, historic recordings, and expertly curated reissues.
Music history for your collection
Get timeless blues on CD or vinyl – only at Bear Family Records, where classic roots come alive in sound and story.
After recording his superb 1994 debut, 'Satan's Horn', he almost disappeared into obscurity. By the Fall of 2007 Ray Bailey, the former Blues Wunderkind, a young man who could write his own ticket with an electric guitar, had suffered...
Surprisingly, Joe Louis Walker has joined Alligator's great roster of artists. This kind of rather dull bluesrock appears to be a foreign body in the Chicago label's great catalog. Awful, like his recent performance at the 'Lucerne Blues...
After eleven years a new album from James Armstrong. In the 1990s he was regarded one of the most promising bluesmen of his generation. 'Blues At The Border' is reflecting his 9-11 experience that the world is not the same anymore....
The daughter of George & Ethel McCoy, the blues singing couple from East St. Louis, Illinois. She performs eleven cuts in the style of her parents, of Kansas Joe, Charlie McCoy and Memphis Minnie. Seven bonus tracks with Bonnie and her...
Strong album from the mighty San Francisco-based vocalist. Her roots are in gospel music, and blues. She loves funk and soul -and it all shows in this recording. Original songs. Great band. SIS MONICA PARKER - voc, DANNY BECONSINI -...
Re-issue of his first album, newly mixed and mastered. Even after 20 years, his debut remains one of his finest releases. Nice blend of traditional style Louisiana blues, storytelling, superb songwriting, and nods to contemporaries like...
He used to play bass in Muddy's band during the 1960s. Mac Arnold organized this recording party where he is backed by his regular band on the first five tracks. Then Bob Margolin, Willie Smith, and Kim Wilson enter the stage to perform...
Chester Chandler, aka Memphis Gold was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 4, 1955. He has worked with a.o. R.L. Burnside, Deborah Coleman, Memphis Staples, and Little Jimmy Reed. He was a member of the legendary Fieldstones. Since a...
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This young man, born in 1968, is presenting one of the most surprising and satisfying debut albums of the yet young year. He is making his own, contemporary blues statement with his striking, original tunes and performances of swaggering...
As an actor, he played Delta blues greats. As a musician, he covers a lot of ground from blues, soul, and funk to pop. But here he's concentrating on blues and folk, building an awesome bridge from tradition to modern times. Great...
Lavishly edited CD edition (hardcover CD-size w/ 40-page booklet) compiling the finest contemporary soul, funk, jatt, blues, and psychedelic masters released by Chicago's most famous blues factory, Chess Records. Exciting
Born in 1930 this singer from Chicago's south side remained a well-kept secret until today. A real star in the clubs around 65th east of State St., he was virtually unknown anywhere else. Supported by the excellent Crazy House Band...
Kay Kay's from Texas, the US state that has executed 172 people in six years. This album also is her political statement; next to her love songs she's delivering social statements. Her music is a Southern mix of blues, gospel, and soul....