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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.
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(2001 'Scana') (62:47/13) Vier Frauen aus dem schwedischen Göteborg mit einem guten Album, das live im 'Jazzclub Nefertiti' eingespielt wurde. Das Repertoire besteht zur Hälfte aus eigenen Songs, hinzu kommen Cover von Muddy Waters,...
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(Endless Blues) 12 tracks With his 11th album, Mick Kolassa declares, I'm Just Getting Started, and what a start it is. Mick serves up various sub-genres of blues on his foray into free range blues. Working with producer Jeff Jensen,...
(Sweetspot Records) 14 tracks, digisleeve with booklet Through With Cool is Al Basile's 19th release as a solo artist and the third he has produced. It features 14 new Al Basile songs, with a band that includes current and former members...
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(Provogue) 12 tracks - gatefold cover Blues guitar veteran Walter Trout has announced a new studio album: Ride. It is Trout's 30th solo album and was written and recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Eric Corne. The album's title, he...
(Metalville Music) 10 Tracks - Digipack - On their new album 'Blues Revolution', Cirkus Prütz aim to disarm the world with the combined support of blues and love. With their roots in blues, hard rock and punk, the band is not afraid to...
(Continental) 14 tracks Re-release of the live album from 2019. On this live album, Kai Strauss vibrates with deep musical understanding and shows an instinctive urge to put together the right notes and solos. There is nothing here that...
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(Rip Cat Records) 12 tracks, digisleeve On Nightlife, Clifton ramps up his game by multiple notches, seamlessly translating his onstage blend of West Coast and Chicago Blues, ’50s style hard R&B and Soul, and high energy vintage...
(Pepper Cake) 26 tracks. John Campbelljohn is Canada's Blues Man No. 1 and is considered the master of slide blues. He has been awarded several music prizes and impressively proves with this double CD why he is considered one of the best...
(2010/Secret Records) 12 Tracks (51:28) - Ever since recording his first album in 1990, Paul Lamb has been wearing the crown of 'British king of blues harmonica'. Internationally, he plays in the blues harp champions league. Anyhow,...
(UMC) 15 tracks, digipack The Best Of Rory Gallagher traces Rory's entire career and combines highlights from all creative phases of the guitar icon! Beginning with the recordings of his groundbreaking first band Taste in 1969, the most...
(Daptone) 13 tracks Vinyl LP pressing including digital download. The James Hunter Six are back with another sublime offering of no nonsense rhythm and blues. Recorded and produced by Bosco Mann, Nick of Time is a shining example of how...
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(Jazzhaus) 10 tracks, digipack Instrumentation, mix and sound environment of the album may indeed be very reminiscent of the sixties, and that's exactly how it is intended. Life is complex, and what we perceive as a moment is nothing...
(Moon River Music) 16 tracks, incl. 80-page book Geoff Muldaur is not only one of the great voices and musical forces to have emerged from the folk, blues and folk-rock scene of the American East Coast, he also lived for many years at...
(Reprise) 17 tracks Eric Clapton’s lifelong passion for the blues burns brightly inNothing But The Blues. The CD of the soundtrack features 17 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1994 during the legendary guitarist’s tour...
(2017/VizzTone) 11 Tracks - Digipack - She's a grenade! All over California people have been talking about young 25 year old powerhouse vocalist Casey Hensley. Her talent and power are taking the Blues world by storm. Surrounding herself...
(2017/Vizztone) 10 Tracks - Digipack - This is the second album by Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, the band that won the Boston Music Award! Slide that guitar, babe!
(Alligator) 14 tracks Grammy award-winning blues icon returns to his Delta blues roots for the most captivating musical statement of his long and legendary career. Charlie's first new solo studio release in seven years is stripped-down...
(1993/94 'L+R Records') (68:33/16) KLAUS 'MOJO' KILIAN - hca/gtr/voc, BERND SIMON - gtr, WOLFGANG LIEBERWIRTH - bass, GEORG VIEL - drums. Special guests: BOB MARGOLIN - gtr/voc (2 tracks), CHRIS RANNENBERG, THOMAS FELDMANN, etc.
(Stony Plain) 10 tracks, digisleeve The Strongman Blues Remedy, Volume 1 marks the launch of a new collaborative project on the global blues scene. Conceived in the midst of a global pandemic, The Strongman Blues Remedy is an antidote to...