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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.
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(Acoustic Music Records) 13 tracks, digipack After the first two highly acclaimed CDs / LPs by the Gregor Hilden Organ Trio, “New Boogaloo” is now the third album, which contains a host of carefully and elaborately produced tracks...
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(CBH) 10 tracks, 4-page digifile + booklet, printed inner sleeve The Cinelli Brothers are a project born from a shared passion for the electric Chicago and Texas blues of the 60s and 70s, when brothers Marco (guitarist and lead singer)...
(Rhino Records) 48 tracks, papersleeve Albumtitel: The J. Geils Band (1970) The Morning After (1971) Live Full House (1972) Bloodshot (1973) Ladies Invited (1973)
(Electro-Fi Records) 11 tracks, digisleeve The blues that the Juno Award-nominated Blackburn Brothers create is part of their legacy that began with Elias Earls, an enslaved man born in Kentucky in 1792 who escaped slaveholders and found...
(Music On CD) 12 tracks "Keep on Moving" was originally released in 1969 and was the fifth Elektra release by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. For four years, the group's namesake and leader was the only original member left from their...
(Grand Cru Records) 10 tracks, digipack After an eight-year break, Timo Gross releases his album "Black Dawg Bone". However, he was not idle during this time, but concentrated on writing and producing for other musicians. But finally his...
(Blue Heart Records) 11 tracks, digisleeve Tears In My Eyes , the brand new album from two-time Blues Music Award winner Anthony Geraci, follows his highly acclaimed first release on Blue Heart Records, "Blues Called My Name," which...
(Dixifrog) 16 tracks Throughout his career, live performances have become essential in Fred Chapellier"s discography. This 'Live in Paris' is no exception. Recorded at the Jazz Club Etoile, one of the capital"s renowned venues for roots...
(Made In Germany Music) 13 tracks 3 months after Woodstock, The Keef Hartley Band performed at the Essen Pop & Blues Festival in the Grugahalle in October 1969, as well as at the second edition of this festival a few months later on...
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(AAA Culture) 11 tracks Louisiana Red, the living blues legend, is now making his presence felt in the big city sound of our time. The best and most important black blues artist (Clapton about Red) rocks with a shot of rhythm & blues...
(Coast To Coast) 9 tracks Leif de Leeuw Band is Europe's southern jam band. Leif has been voted best blues-rock guitarist of the Benelux eight times in a row and Sem Jansen is winner of the TV programme 'Hit the Road'.
With six members,...
(Stony Plain) 12 tracks. Three time Blues Foundation Traditional Female Artist award winner, Sue Foley's new album One Guitar Woman is a heartfelt tribute to the female pioneers of the guitar - including Memphis Minnie, Lydia Mendoza,...
(Vizz Tone) 12 tracks This is the fourth collaboration album for John Primer and Bob Corritore. John and Bob always have had the Chicago spark. It was evident on their first release together in 2013, and on each release since. But this...
(Sono Recording Group) 12 tracks Mike Zito, Life Is Hard. Zito recorded the new album in September at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California, with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith producing. Both Bonamassa and Smith were involved in...
(Blue Heart) 12 tracks Grammy-nominated guitarist and performer Rick Vito announces his eleventh solo album, ‘Cadillac Man,’ a collection of eleven original tracks and an instrumental version of Sam Cooke’s 'Just Another Day.' The album...
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(Ruf Records) 11 tracks Founded in 1966, Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep. Canned Heat attained three worldwide hits with their rock anthems 'On The Road Again', 'Going Up...
(Provogue) 12 tracks - digipack We are all broken ("Broken"). But no one is incurable. Walter Trout has lived by this philosophy for seven decades at the heart of American society and the blues-rock scene. Even in 2024, when the world is...
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New studio album, featuring one of Europe's most successful international line-ups. Since joining efforts in the mid-nineteen-nineties, front man Memo Gonzalez from Texas and the Bluescasters have been performing their unique blend of...
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2007/08 'CrossCut' - 56:47/12 - Digipak. He's a star in his home country, Switzerland where 'Love Man Riding' entered the CD charts on position #7. He plays the most prestigious venues with his band that can beat all competitors. Once,...
(Magic Production) 12 Tracks - Digipack - The Swedish band not only celebrates their 25th anniversary, they also celebrate Rhythm & Blues! Fantastic lively music!
(Ivy Music) 12 tracks, 2024 Release. In the trajectory of watching great musicians develop, there is no set timetable. Some appear full-blown right from the start, and others can take a whole career to get to that elevated place. Albert...
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(Timezone) 13 tracks 'One day you will play your own blues here in Germany!' Greyhound George heard this sentence in the seventies from blues veteran Champion Jack Dupree, who had benevolently observed the first musical attempts of the...
(2016/Magic) 15 tracks. Most of the tracks have been recorded in California, once again with famous guests:
Rusty Zinn, Kim Wilson, Kid Ramos, Kid Anderson, Aki Kumar, James Harman, u.v.a.
(Magic Production) 11 tracks The veteran of the UK blues scene with a strong natural vocal style and solid harmonica in the West Coast/ Chicago tradition. Remarkably this is his first release & features 11 original tunes that remind you...