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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.
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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.
(2018/Rip Cat) 8 tracks. 2018 release 'Old School' was made in two days at Big Jon Atkinson’s home studio in Hayward, California. It was recorded live to tape on two tracks using all analogue equipment, vintage microphones, and the...
(Panache Records) 6 Tracks (59:19) - Digisleeve - Blues Rock at its finest. Recorded live in Vancouver, Canada, the songs were originally first released in a limited edition in 2004. The album contains wonderful concert versions of the...
(DixieFrog) 12 Tracks - Digipack - Soul Return - the return of California Soul / Blues! JJ Holiday, guitarist of the Imperial Crowns, meets singer and harp player Kellie Rucker and together they create a musical jewel reminiscent of the...
(Jazzhaus Records) 9 Tracks (48:28) - Digipack - It is the fourth studio album produced by Richard Hammerton, following in the footsteps of Blood Money (2016) and Temperature Rising (2014). Revelation is the name of the new record and is...
(VizzTone) 11 Tracks - Ecopack - Long Tall Deb and Colin John continue their genre-spanning and refreshingly original sound with their new album DRAGONFLY. Following the themes of their 2015 VizzTone EP STREETS MUMBAI, DRAGONFLY combines...
(Nugene Records) 10 Tracks - Ecopack - He continues his exploration of Americana - ranging from several shades of gritty blues to countrified ballads, tex-mex flavours and classic soul. It's been six years since multi-award winner Ian...
(Blue Central Records) 13 Tracks - Digipack - The 27-year-old Hamburg singer and songwriter Daniel Welbat is currently stirring up the scene, is a passionate powerhouse live and leaves critics as well as an enthusiastic audience...
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2014 (Überseeproduktion) 14 tracks. Lutz Drenkwitz - Countrybluespunkrock with German lyrics. One man band playing drums, bass, gtr, hca.
Give him your ear!
2018 (Stony Okain) 12 tracks. Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning musician and one of the finest blues and roots artists working today. She is a veritable triple-threat of musical talent as a guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. The Ice...
2018 (Ruf Records) 12 tracks. Feat. Mike Zito & Bernard Allison
Vanja Sky - a singer and guitarist from the Croatian capital Zagreb, first met the blues five years ago at a pub-concert near her hometown Buzet. That was a crazy evening,...
(2017/BBC-Polydor) 32 Tracks - Deluxe Digipack - 16-Page Booklet! The first steps of The Rolling Stones in the beginning of their career. With »On Air« The Rolling Stones presents to the year's end a very special album: Rare and rarest...
(Friday Music) 9 tracks - This compact disc consists of very rare and historical musical moments from the personal archives of the late great Johnny Winter. Some of the source tapes were not made on the most advanced equipment of the...
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(2018/Delmark) 15 tracks. Feat.: Tad Robinson, Ken Saydak and Steve Freund. The members of the Rockwell Avenue Blues Band have each achieved
successes achieved over long parallel careers, but there was some unfinished
business to attend...
(Ruf Records) 12 Tracks - Ecopack - Rapid Boogie Piano, great Soul Sounds, Powerhouse Blues, Roots Rock 'n' Roll and a voice that is reminiscent of Dr. John and Leon Russell! You can't be wrong ridin' this train!
(Alligator) 13 Tracks - Chicago's legendary Blues label Alligator is back again with Nick Moss featuring Dennis Gruenling! Nick Moss‘ muscle guitar sound and his electric energy combined gives us breathtaking guitars, tough and emotional...
(Concord) 14 Tracks - Deluxe Ecopack - 'Cry No More' takes the artist into fresh new creative territory, delivering 14 emotion-charged new songs. With seasoned veteran Tony Braunagel (Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Burdon) producing, such...
(Spectrum-Universal) 36 Tracks - Anthology 1964-1995. - Picture This, People . Rod Stewart's girlfriend, the model Dee Harrington, is in bed asleep in their Windsor mansion. A noise awakens her. She sits up, discovers that Rod is not...
(Moon Voyage Records) 10 tracks. Blues With Horns grew out of their love for the classic sound of horn-driven soul and blues that Chris and the band noticed was missing in many of the festivals they played from South Carolina to...