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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.
(Stony Plain) 15 tracks 2020 release. Ronnie Earl is a four-time Blues Music Award winner as 'Guitar Player of the Year,' and a world-renowned composer and musician. Most of his 26 albums have included chart-toppers and best-sellers and...
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(Valcour Records) 10 tracks, digisleeve Texas hill country-based troubadour Johnny Nicholas is no stranger to Louisiana. In fact he’s spent a whole lot of time in Acadiana over the last few years and his musical journey has led him...
(Sunset Blvd Records) 40 tracks, digisleeve A previously unreleased recording. Johnny Winter had a unique career plan: To make music. The lightning-fast guitarist fulfilled this wish magnificently, decade after decade. Just two days...
(Provogue Records) 15 tracks Twenty years ago Joe Bonamassa took the music world by storm when he released his debut solo album "A New Day Yesterday". Now the blues-rock titan announces a reworked version, completely re-sung by Bonamassa...
(Quarto Valley Records) 10 tracks 2020 release from the legendary British Blues Rock band still led by founding member Kim Simmonds. Aint Done Yet follows Savoy Brown's critically acclaimed 2019 album, City Night. 'The album continues...
(Hypertension) 11 tracks The Mojo Makers are the young blues discovery from Denmark. They combine the sound and inspiration of the old Bluesmasters with deepest 70s Soul, R'n'B and Rock. The Mojo Makers cross the borders of the genres...
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(Solid Blues Records) 9 Tracks - Digipack JFresh off the heels of winning 'Best Guitarist' at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Jones was stoked for a huge year before the pandemic hit and halted his tour schedule. 'I...
(Hokakey) 12 tracks. Micke (Björklöf) & Lefty (Leppänen) together with Mr. Chef are one of the most exciting acoustic blues and roots bands of the European blues scene. One of their strongest trademarks are the powerful three-part...
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(2020 Voodoo Verlag) German language, Paperback, 258 pages, 22,3,cm x 17,2cm x 2,2 cm J.J. Cale never really cared for fame. He left it to Eric Clapton to make him famous with After Midnight and Cocaine. He saw himself as a songwriter,...
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(True North) 10 tracks 2018 release. Sometimes, even the most instinctive singers need a little time to find their true voice. Just ask Crystal Shawanda. The celebrated Canadian-born, Nashville-based songwriter and musician has built a...
(Gulf Coast Records) 11 tracks When Mike Zito flew home from Europe after all tours had been cancelled due to the pandemic, he decided to record an album. Individually, they were to be quarantined for 14 days, and this idea of writing,...
(American Showplace) 12 tracks, digisleeve Giles Robson from Great Britain beats him out of the park with his new US solo debut. Robson is an exciting and dynamic electric blues album with 12 original tracks, which is driven to new...
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(Stony Plain) 10 Tracks White soul and R&B from this great Canadian guitarist. Third Man In showcases the soulful and expressive artistry of Canadian guitarist and vocalist Amos Garrett. Known for his distinctive guitar tone and...
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(Timezone) 11 tracks The first purely German-language album Ich liebe den Blues is a cry for love! Hörbie Schmidt - singer, guitarist, lyricist and composer literally lets his pants down with his lyrics. The North German cult figure with...
(Timezone) 11 tracks, digipack "They call me the bear..." sings Michael van Merwyk with his dark and soulful voice and this very image of a bear appears in your head as soon as you hear and see the big, relaxed, versatile and emotional...
(VizzTone) 9 tracks, digipack Good As Gone is Casey Hensley's first all original studio album, featuring tracks drawing from Rock N' Roll, Blues, Soul, and Swing, all highlighting Casey's jaw-dropping, dynamic vocals ' full of power,...
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[MIG Music] 12 tracks - digipac On the road for 35 years on the stages of this world, 20 albums in the last 22 years, on labels like Provogue or Dixiefrog. He shared the stage with colleagues like Roy Buchanan, Stevie Ray Vaughan's...
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(Endzone) 14 tracks. Willie Clayton is a singer-songwriter and producer. Like many other black singer-songwriters, he began performing gospel music in church settings as a youngster and then moved into the secular field as a lyricist,...
(Universal) 14 tracks, digipack The Teskey Brothers Live At The Forum is the name of the recording, which, as the title suggests, was recorded in November 2019 at the Forum in their hometown of Melbourne, Australia, live to tape. The...
(Rip Cat) 10 tracks, digisleeve Orphan Jon and the Abandoned's second release on Rip Cat Records is a live album recorded in their hometown of Bakersfield CA at their local favorite place, "O'Hennings". Orphan Jon's tireless touring has...
(Loud & Proud) 14 Tracks (52:57) The four original members of Blues Traveler, who have known each other since their early teens- John Popper, Chandler Kinchla, the late Bobby Sheehan and Brendan Hill, gathered over 25 years ago in the...
(Vizztone) 11 tracks. 2020 release. Living In The Shadows is powerhouse guitarist Tyler Morris' second VizzTone release in the Blues-Rock genre, and his fourth release in total. Living In The Shadows was produced by Mike Zito, who says,...