Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl – perfect for new listeners and lifelong fans alike.
From the roots to the city streets
Travel through time and style – from acoustic Delta to electric Chicago blues, from unsung heroes to timeless legends.
Essential listening for every collection
All releases include rich liner notes and restored sound – only at Bear Family Records, your home for historic blues preservation.
The Blues – Explore the Heart of a Genre
Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl –...
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Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl – perfect for new listeners and lifelong fans alike.
From the roots to the city streets
Travel through time and style – from acoustic Delta to electric Chicago blues, from unsung heroes to timeless legends.
Essential listening for every collection
All releases include rich liner notes and restored sound – only at Bear Family Records, your home for historic blues preservation.
She's really not a newcomer: Beth Hart, the little Californian with the big voice, has been active in the music mecca of Los Angeles since the early 90s, would almost have become the voice of the Stone Temple Pilots and the Gunners'...
(Deep Rush Records) 11 Tracks - Digisleeve - With his energy and presence, the preacher son still makes many young whippersnapper pale with envy today!
Walter Horton's studio sides, recorded between 1951, and 1956. Bonus: 'The Deep Blues Harmonica', live recordings from the '1960s, originally released on LP in 1984.
(Ruf Records) 12 tracks - digisleeve All Jeremiah Johnson needs is songs. In the age of industrially produced pop music, the popular bandleader from St. Louis is a master of the contemporary craft, songwriting. All he needs is his...
(Rhythm And Blues Records UK) 12 Tracks Manchester Free Trade Hall was host to two concerts on Sunday October 21st 1962 . The shows were promoted by Stockport-based Paddy MacKiernan under the Jazz Unlimited banner and attracted a crowd...
Excellent new album by the ex-pimp. He's a writer of great tunes dealing with living and loving. Thanks to an all-star line-up, some of the finest players from the west coast (led by Rick Estrin of The Nitecats fame), and Frank...
(Grapefruit) 100 Tracks - Box w. Digisleeves Their name may sound more like Rock'n'Roll Revival, but Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts were one of the most recognized bands in the British Grassroots Country Blues scene. Led by virtuoso...
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(Made in Germany) 15 tracks, digipack A warm, slightly funky voice, yet so close and intimate, with so much soul and charisma. Bai Kamara Jr.'s music is a mixture of soul, blues, roots, swamp, voodoo and jazz. Bai, son of the former...
(Made In Wright) 10 tracks Jaw Jackin' Blues, produced by long-time Little Freddie King drummer Wacko Wade, captures some of the stories about the rough and tumble world of drunken hell and blues heaven that King often visited on his way...
(Manifesto Records) 40 tracks, digisleeve Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions were a Los Angeles based band in the 80s fronted by Fred Patterson, aka Phast Phreddie. They were unique in the sense that they came up right smack dab in the...
(Made Wright Records) 10 tracks, digipack Jaw Jackin' Blues, produced by longtime Little Freddie King drummer Wacko Wade, captures' a few tales about the rough and tumble world of wino hell and blues heaven which da King often visited,...
(VizzZone) 14 tracks, digisleeve Instrumentals – Billy Mather (bass), Paul Lenart (guitar), Chuck Purro (drums) and Richard Rosenblatt (harmonica) got together in the early 1980s as the 11th Hour Band – played some great rockin’ blues,...
(Music On CD) 10 tracks “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” is a solid release from the veterans of the Robert Cray Band. The songs are consistently strong and Robert Cray is at the top of his game, his smooth vocals, stinging guitar work and...
(Nola Blue Records) 13 tracks Frank Bey 'All My Dues Are Paid' - recorded and produced by Kid Anderson Included: Jim Pugh- org, Kid Anderson - gtr, Jack Sanford - saxes and many others
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(Panache Records) 8 tracks, papersleeve Still Live after 50 years (Volume 2) of Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown is a live recording of 2014 at the Palace Theater in Syracuse N.Y., the home town of the group. Guitarist and singer Kim...