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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.
(Angel Air) 11 tracks. Michael Bloomfield was a talented guitarist who found happiness and fame as part of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band as well as a solo artist. Unfortunately, he died far too early at the age of 37. Living In The...
(Something-Music) 9 tracks 2014 album from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Traffic co-founding member. Future's Past features updated version of Mason's classic songs plus new material that he has written and performed on tour...
(Polydor) 16 Tracks Both the title and the cover give away: It's a Christmas album, the first in the career of the British rock icon. Happy Xmas' is a mix of his own new songs, famous Christmas evergreens and traditional American...
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(Bigtone) 12 tracks. Fanny and the Paper Straws is a raw and high energy group focusing on the roots of traditional American music. They play an eclectic mix of old time, blues, country, depression era jazz, R&B, and gospel. All songs...
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(MIG-Made In Germany) 43 tracks - Paper sleeves in slip lid box DVDs Sound:PCM Stereo;Picture:4:3, Country code:0; Runtime:208 Min. If one had asked a critic in the 70s who the best white artists of the soul and blues rock genre were, he...
(SuperStar Factory) 13 tracks The highly-anticipated solo LP from Grammy winner Tom Hambridge with 13 blues and roots songs inspired by the creative beauty and depth of New Orleans, LA and its wonderful musicians. Featuring: Allen...
(NRG) 8 tracks. Danny Gatton : Redneck Jazz Explosion Vol.I I. So let's waltz back to New Year's Eve, l978. Tonight the Cellar Door club, sold out weeks in advance, is owned by Danny Gatton's instrumental aggregate, the Redneck Jazz...
(Sony) 38 tracks. Live archive release. Live recordings from 1968 and 1970 have recently been discovered of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Not much is known about the live recordings. Discovered unlabelled and by pure luck in the US, their...
(New West Records) 12 tracks The tenth studio album of the band around Cody and Luther Dickinson. Recorded in the family owned studio, the Zebra Ranch. Inspired by photographs taken by Texas photographer Wyatt McSpadden, who in 1996 set...
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(RumBar Records) 4 tracks - digisleeve The Gotham Rockets are a rock’n’roll band. A band in the simplest form - brothers bonded not by blood but by the rhythm. The kind of band whose record is played to get the party started! Pulling...
(Vizztone) 9 tracks. This Guitar And Tonight is multi-Blues Music Award winner Bob Margolin's first all-acoustic album. Inspired by his 1935 parlor guitar, Muddy Waters (known for his electric playing) telling Bob 40 years ago he...
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(Borealis) 5 tracks. 2019 album from the three-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner. MJB is a multi-instrumentalist, a songwriter, and a living encyclopedia of American Roots music. That's Where It's At! Focuses on the connection...
(Secret Records) 58 tracks - Digisleeve - with exclusive interview 29 tracks on CD, 29 tracks on DVD Recorded at Nine Below Zero's live show at the Wilbaston Hall in Market Harborough in 2003
(Continental Blue Heaven) 10 tracks. Meena Cryle with her 2019 release, this time together with the Chris Filmore Band. 6-sided digipack. Includes unlimited streaming of ELeVatIonS via the free bandcamp app as well as high-quality...
(Ruf Records) 20 tracks. 2019 release. Zito's 16th album is descriptively titled Rock N Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry. This release finds him broadening his boundaries still further even as it marks a return to his roots. The album...
(Rounder) 11 tracks, digisleeve With Kill Or Be Kind The genre-blasting US guitarist, singer and songwriter Samantha Fish is about to enter a new era in her musical career. The gifted guitarist from Kansas City flirts on Kill Or Be Kind...
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(MIG) 22 tracks plus dvd, live at Roundhouse London, 24 October 2015 One day before the first anniversary of Jack Bruce's death, his daughter Natasha (also known as Aruba Red) organised a tribute concert in honour of her father on...
(Delmark) 16 tracks - Young guitarist, who has worked hard for his merits in the blues clubs of Chicago. On his second album for Delmark he pulls out all of his prowess. He cultivates an individual style and convinces by his playing...
(JP Soars) 15 tracks JP Soars recorded this album 2018 with the support of many friends like Jimmy Thackery, Teresa James, Albert Castiglia and others. Most of the compositions were their own.
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(Delmark) 12 tracks. One of Chicago's coolest guitarists can look back on a nearly 35-year career in blues and jazz: Dave Specter. For the first time he tries his hand as a singer. There are certainly better vocalists, but he does his...