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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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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.
(Magic Music) 8 tracks, Digipack Jan Gerfast, guitarist, singer, composer and lyricist has been on the road in the international blues and rock scene for a long time. He has developed his own distinctive style and sound: Groovy Blues. If...
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(BGO Records) 35 tracks, digipack, digitally remastered, in slipcase and with extensive new annotations. Four albums from 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 by legendary blues singer Bobby Bland, originally released by MCA. Bland had a long and...
(2007/BGO Records) 21 Tracks (79:49) - 1967-1968 ABC/Bluesway recordings - Along with Glenn Campbell, a hugely talented lap steel guitar player, the Dirty Blues Band was found by Rod Piazza in Riverside, California. It was the time of...
(Blue Groove) 16 tracks The Blues are a mystery' B.B. King told me in one of our interviews. Willie Dixon, on the other hand, said: 'The Blues are the true facts of life'. A contradiction? Only apparently. Blues is both. Some people...
(Sunset Blvd. Records) 25 tracks, digisleeve Best Of Acoustic & Electric Sessions Live In San Bernardino Zwei CDs mit einer Kombination aus Raritäten, Hits und bisher unveröffentlichten Live-Aufnahmen. Der in die Blues Hall Of Fame und...
(Nonesuch) 51 tracks - 10th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition - Papersleeves in slipcover box + photo booklet, unreleased full live concert and BBC session from 2012 plus 2011 Electro Vox session line notes Written by David Fricke El...
(Ruf Records) 33 tracks, digisleeve The best of the first two decades: All Killers No Filler Same Old Lies Since he first appeared on the radar shortly after the millennium, when a handful of Danish bar-goers discovered a diamond in the...
(Alligator Records) 13 Tracks Internationally beloved soul-blues rocker tells a timeless tale of young man bitten by the blues bug. He masters the craft and sets out for fame and fortune, only to realize that what he left behind is what...
(Keeping The Blues Alive Records) 14 tracks 2021 release. Pioneering rock n' roll singer songwriter Dion delivers yet another powerful collection of timeless blues with Stomping Ground. It's the follow-up to his universally acclaimed...
(Horton Records) 9 tracks, digipack Seth Lee Jones, slide guitar wizard and master guitar builder from Tulsa, delivers a collection of nine rockin', road-ready blues covers that are bursting with energy. The album was recorded in less...
(BFD) 12 tracks, digipack GRAMMY® Award-winning Southern rock, blues and country band The Kentucky Headhunters have announced their latest album, That's A Fact Jack! to be released on October 22 via BFD / Audium Nashville. The twelve...
(Daptone Records) 32 tracks, digipack in slipcase Performed and recorded over three nights to a sold-out crowd at the World Famous Theater in Harlem, NY (December 4-6, 2014), this album brings the electrifying performances that put...
(Stony Plain Records) 10 tracks, digisleeve. The young Canadian first attracted attention in 2000 as a member of the JW Blues Band. At that time he was just fifteen years old. Now one of Canada's busiest artists, Steve Marriner has...
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(Dixiefrog Records) 10 tracks, digisleeve. Soul for the Heart was recorded at Joyride Studios in Chicago. The lineup included 'Big' Lewis Powell on drums, Johnny Reed on bass and the fabulous Chris Foreman, of the Blues Organ Trio, on...
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(Sireena Records) 9 Tracks, Digisleeve Founded in the late seventies as a cover band by guitarist THOMAS HESSE and the later ZOFF singer REINER HÄNSCH, the PEE WEE BLUESGANG has been one of the leading blues rock formations of German...
(Hurricane Ruth Records) 4 tracks, digisleeve Hurricane Ruth LaMaster has returned to her roots with her EP "Winds of Change". Ruth's musical father introduced her to many different styles of music. Big band with big horns was the sound...
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(Rhythm Bomb) 12 tracks, digisleeve It's nice how the cover artwork this time sums up the sly charm of the increasingly successful quartet. Slightly elegant and at the same time casually tousled, nerdy but also cool, the KOKOMO KINGS'...
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(Jazzhaus) 10 tracks 2021 release. Danny Bryant, one of the UK's leading and celebrated blues artists, is presents his twelfth album The Rage To Survive on on Jazzhaus Records. Following the critically acclaimed 2019 record Means Of...
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(Powerhouse) 20 tracks, digisleeve. Powerhouse Records announces the release of "Tom Principato 50 Years Live", a 2-CD collection of previously unreleased live recordings from around the world spanning Tom's career and celebrating 50...
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(MIG) 8 tracks, DVD:Sound: PCM Stereo ; Picture:4:3 /NTSC; Country code:0; Running time:67 min. When these two extraordinary musicians came together on stage at the 2000 North Sea Festival, they already had legendary careers behind them....
(Vizz Tone) 12 tracks, digipack Lindsay Beaver and Brad Stivers are two of the hottest young singers and musicians from the Austin, Texas music scene. Lindsay is known for her intense, fearless vocals and drumming, Brad for his ferocious...
(KTBA Records) 11 tracks 2021 release. The reigning UK Queen of blues rock guitar, Joanne Shaw Taylor releases The Blues Album, produced by blues rock icons Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith. The Blues Album finds Joanne energetically...
(Indigo) 22 tracks Double CD retrospective of John Mayall with extensive sleeve notes. The seven concerts from which these recordings are taken span just 10 years (1972 to '82) in John Mayall's 60 years-plus-and-still-going-strong...