Looking for the blues as it lives and breathes today? Our Modern Blues section showcases today’s finest blues voices – keeping tradition alive with fresh sounds, powerful lyrics, and modern production.
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From Joe Bonamassa and Shemekia Copeland to Keb’ Mo’, Gary Clark Jr., and Samantha Fish – discover the artists who carry the blues forward.
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Modern Blues – The Next Generation of the Blues
Looking for the blues as it lives and breathes today? Our Modern Blues section showcases today’s finest blues voices – keeping tradition alive...
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Looking for the blues as it lives and breathes today? Our Modern Blues section showcases today’s finest blues voices – keeping tradition alive with fresh sounds, powerful lyrics, and modern production.
Where roots meet innovation
From Joe Bonamassa and Shemekia Copeland to Keb’ Mo’, Gary Clark Jr., and Samantha Fish – discover the artists who carry the blues forward.
CDs, LPs & new classics in the making
Shop the sound of now – only at Bear Family Records, your home for timeless and contemporary blues.
(Continental Blue Heaven) 11 tracks, digipack After well over 25 years on the scene, Kai Strauss is no longer just another guitarist from Europe. Kai Strauss has been a household name among European blues lovers since the early nineties....
(Ruf Records) 10 tracks Get ready for an explosion of sound in high fidelity, combining Johnson's masterful guitar work, his songwriting qualities as well as his incomparably powerful vocals on ten simply brilliant tracks.abr> . For all...
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(Random Chance Records) 14 tracks Rusty Zinn, a West Coast blues (and reggae) artist with a smooth tenor voice, teams up with gritty, deep-voiced Chicagoan Martin Lang for this new album. The album also features the Bad Man Blues Band, a...
(Ramasound) 12 tracks. Wentus Blues Band celebrates 35 years on the road 1986-2021. Congratulation!! This album was recorded and mixed 2004-2018 at different locations from Wentus to Woodstock. Juho Kinaret - voc, Niko Riippa - gtr...
(UMC) 28 tracks Rory Gallagher's eponymous debut solo album turns 50 in 2021. Universal is celebrating this special anniversary with three different 50th Anniversary Editions - on double CD, three LPs and as a deluxe box set with four...
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(Forty Below Records) 10 tracks, digipack Together with Grammy Award-winning producer/mixers Ted Hutt (Violent Femmes, Old Crow Medicine Show) and Kevin Killen (David Bowie, U2, Elvis Costello) and Grammy-nominated engineer/producer...
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(Provogue) 14 Tracks - Blues rock fans have been waiting for this: After their two celebrated studio albums West Of Flushing, South Of Frisco and Californisoul, Supersonic Blues Machine will release their first concert album in 2019....
(Mascot Label Group) 10 tracks, digipack. The album was recorded live last November at the world-famous Baked Potato Jazz Club in Los Angeles with its Liquid Quartet lineup of drummer Abe Laboriel Jr (Paul McCartney), bassist Jimmy...
(Mascot Music) 10 tracks - The basis of rock. Steve Lukather, Pink Floyd, Chicago, Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, Céline Dion - they all and many more have already benefited from the incredible skills of Michael "The Man" Landau. But in...
(2015/Provogue) 11 tracks. Sophisticated guitar hero Robben Ford's new album Into The Sun shines a bright light on his artful, contemporary songwriting and the stunning playing that's made him a favorite foil of Miles Davis, Joni...
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(Hurricane Ruth Records) 11 tracks, digisleeve. Hurricane Ruth's album "Born On The River" is an eclectic group of 11 original songs inspired by Hurricane Ruth LaMaster's hometown of Beardstown, Illinois, a small town on the Illinois River.
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(Tuohi Records) 9 tracks, digisleeve European Blues Award winning guitarist Erja Lyytinen returns with her new studio album "Waiting For The Daylight". The Queen of the Slide Guitar began working on her new studio album during the...
(Tuohi Records) 9 tracks European Blues Award winning guitarist Erja Lyytinen returns with her new studio album "Waiting For The Daylight". The Queen of the Slide Guitar began working on her new studio album during the Lockdown era. "I...
(Mascot) 12 tracks, digipack. With its rolling rhythms and yearning guitar licks, Navigation Blues is the soundtrack to glorious desert sunsets at dusk with a sizzling coolness that puts the foot on the pedal and rides into the Tarantino...
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(American Showplace Music) 10 tracks, digisleeve Hurricane Ruth LaMaster is a vocal powerhouse. She earned her name because no one believed such a big sound could come from such a small woman! She has had numerous opportunities to...
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(MC Records) 13 tracks, digipack M.C. Records is proud to announce the release of Mike Morgan and The Crawl's first album in 15 years: The Lights Went Out In Dallas. The release date is September 23. The Texas bluesman was assisted in...
(Conquest) 11 tracks Bernie pays homage to the legendary rock power trios of the 60s 70s on this great new album. Many know Bernie Marsden as a founding member of Whitesnake, one of the greatest rock bands of all time, and as the writer...
(RCA) 16 tracks The Blues Don’t Lie is the amazing new album from Buddy Guy, and is the legend’s 34th studio album, and the follow up to 2018’s Grammy winning album The Blues Is Alive and Well. Produced by songwriter/drummer Tom...
(Nola Blue Records) 11 tracks, digisleeve. Multi-award winning John Nemeth was born and raised in Boise, ID and moved to San Francisco in 2004. Over the next 9 years he worked with Anson FUnderburgh, Junior Watson, Elvin Bishop and many...
(Get Hip Recordings) 41 tracks, digipack with extensive photos and liner notes written by Price. 50+ Years of Soul by Billy Price is a 3-CD compilation of tracks Price selected from recordings throughout his career as a singer, engineer,...
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The Blues Is Here To Stay sang Chicago blues pianist Eddie Boyd in 1960. He will remain right as long as there will be great musicians like the guys who make up The Bluesanovas! 1-LP 10inch vinyl with bonus CD, 8-page booklet. 8 single...
(Ruf Records) 16 Tracks CD 25 Tracks DVD, NTSC, Code 0, The legendary Ruf Records showcase tour is now 17 years old, but the concept remains unbeatable and therefore unchanged. Three up-and-coming talents from the most respected blues...
(Factor) 13 tracks, digipack. Scream, Holler & Howl shines a bright light on the amazing talents of A. W. Cardinal (vocals and guitar) and Jasmine Colette (upright bass/vocals), along with a number of top-notch special guests, including...
(Provogue) 11 tracks 2022 release. The iconic Robin Trower returns with No More Worlds To Conquer. For more than six decades, Robin Trower's career has known no bounds. At the age of 76, the British guitarist can reflect on a journey in...