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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.
(GutBukit Records) 13 Tracks - Digisleeve - Rough Rhythm & Blues from Las Vegas with folkloristic Americana influences! This stuff puts on your dancin' shoes! These guys have the jackpot for sure! MM/Bear Family Records
('Mountain Top') (134:24/29) 'Recorded live at Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA. - January 11, 2004' - Latest since Mountain Top's first 2-CD sets in this series, Mark Hummel's annual blues meltdown concerts are well-known, also on this side...
(Mountain Top) 16 tracks The Paris Slim Mountain Top Sessions 1998 - 1999 These recordings are among the best of his career! Featuring: Gary Smith Johnny Ace Rusty Zinn Jim Pugh
(2000 'Mountain Top') (126:21/28) Since putting together his first 'Harmonica Blowout' event in Berkeley, 1991 Mark Hummel's festival has become a mainstay on the Californian blues calendar, with stops in several cities. 2000 was the...
(T-Bear) 10 tracks 2022 fantastic new release from T-Bear & The Dukes.
Torbjörn 'T-Bear' Solberg - voc,gtr Fredrik Kaudern - bass Emil Wachenfeldt - hammond B3, Hohner D6, pno Henrik Berg - drum, perc If you don't know them, give them...
(2021 self production) 13 tracks - Excellent, cool and grooving modern blues album. Ralf ‚Magic Fingers‘ Schusdziarra has made a dream come true: the bassist invited Kai Strauss - guitar, vocals; Roger C. Wade - harmonica, vocals; Nico...
(Repertoire Records) 14 tracks, digisleeve in slipcase. In the early '90s, Robben Ford and the Blue Line (bassist Roscoe Beck, drummer Tom Brechtlein, and pianist Bill Boublitz) toured the world almost continuously, playing mostly large...
(Alligator Records) 10 Tracks 2021 release from world-renowned guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis. Devil May Care features ten of Ellis' most dynamic original compositions, mixing muscular rock 'n' roll and hard blues into...
(Crows Feet Records) 10 tracks, digisleeve. As a songwriter, guitarist and producer, he has collaborated with the likes of Jack White, Tommy Emmanuel, Luther Dickinson, Dave Cobb and Blackberry Smoke, and even joined Phil Lesh, founder...
(Vizztone) 12 tracks The scene is Quebec's upscale concert venue, le Petit Imperial, on a weekend night in July, in the middle of the exuberant Festival D'ete de Quebec. The packed house responds quickly as Brandon Santini and his tight...
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(Made in Germany) 18 tracks On 'Wicked Grin', Grammy and multiple US Music Blues Award winner John Hammond was accompanied by a small band of musicians who had all worked with Tom Waits before. Most of these musicians then went on tour...
(DixieFrog) 10 tracks, digisleeve It is well known that it is not easy to be considered a one-hit wonder. Not even when it has already earned you a heap of praise. Jessie Lee & the Alchemists have proven just the opposite with "Let It...
(SWMAF) 11 tracks At the heart of this album of down-home blues at its finest is the close friendship and musical chemistry of Louisiana Red and Bob Corritore. Both lived and worked in Chicago, then Phoenix, Arizona, and continued to...
(Fire Records) 12 tracks, digisleeve. A must-have rock artifact that follows the Groundhogs from their blues roots before Thank Christ For The Bomb to the final live show of the classic lineup of Tony McPhee (guitar and vocals), Pete...
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(Liberation Hall) 14 tracks For his new album, There's Something About The Night, Scott Ellison had the opportunity to refine his approach to every aspect of the creative process, and the result is something to behold. Unable to tour as...
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(AAA Culture) 17 tracks - digisleeve with booklet Windmill-fighting ? Norbert does not look back, looks forward as always Unbelievable what power and creativity our blues titan from the south of Bavaria has. After three great mini-albums...
(AAA Culture) 32 tracks, triplesleeve with 16-page booklet The double album 40 Years. City Blues Connection 1979 - 2019 features remastered songs previously released in the 1980s, legitimized bootleg recordings from early sessions, and...
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(AAA Culture) 18 tracks With the new CD Anna Liza, City Blues Connection - The Rhythm & Blues Big Band offers a blues production that is unusual in many ways: The line-up - together with the two guest musicians - of more than 20...
(JSP) 23 tracks Classic Chicago Studio Session 1982, feat. Buddy Guy and Maurice John Vaughn plus Phil Guy and Jimmy Dawkins Live 1985 and unreleased Phil Guy radio broadcasts.
(Earmusic) 12 tracks The Jon Lord Blues Project was a project among old friends who simply enjoy making music together. Six successful musicians whose musical past reads like a Who's Who of blues and rock music history: Deep Purple,...
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(Timezone) 12 tracks In February 2020, the band 'Get the Cat' recorded two concerts at Haus Eifgen. First electrically, with Gero Körner as guest on the Hammond B3, and the following Sunday morning, acoustically with Gero Körner this...
(Conquest) 12 tracks Special Limited Edition Digipak CD with 16 Page Booklet featuring exclusive photos from Bernie's personal archive. Bernie Marsden was a founding member of Whitesnake, and wrote the global smash, 'Here I Go Again'....