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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.
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(2016/Nuclear Blast) 10 tracks. Blues Pills contain all these elements to create extraordinary music that sounds original and new but respects those long-held rules of blues and rock and roll tradition. Although, it's the individual...
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(1999/2000 'Rooster Blues')(45:29/11)This is a super album, provided you're digging minimal sounds in blues. Almost never-ending grooves on some tracks, no heavy drums, but a sharp guitar tone with heavy reverb and Eddie C's almost...
(2016/Straight Talkin' Records) 13 tracks. After receiving the title 'Guitarist of the Year' at the British Blues Awards last year, Aynsley Lister was nominated in 2016 as 'Best Guitarist' and 'Best Singer'. His new album 'Eyes Wide...
(2016/Megaforce) 10 tracks. From the opening swampy piano runs, crispy funk lead riffs, earthy and raunchy harmonica runs, and Kim Wilson's down-to-the-bone soul growls on the Motown classic '(I Know I'm) Losing You' to the bright...
(2016/FWG Records) 12 tracks. Cee Cee James does it again with her 2016 album Stripped Down & Surrendered, pushing the roots/blues envelope into arenas of angst, pain, change, joy, and love as she takes us deep down amidst the black coal...
(2016/Delta Groove) 11 tracks. West Coast Toast is Mitch Kashmar long awaited third studio album by Delta Groove. Despite the Live at Labatt (2008) recording and a CD reissue of his early 80s LP 100 Miles to Go (2010), his fans had to...
(2016/Severn) 12 tracks. With the power of a gale force wind, Sugar Ray and the Bluetones new album Seeing is Believing blows out of our speakers, blowing with a groove so transcendent that it propels us higher and higher out of...
(2016/Zoho) 13 tracks. A funky cruise through nine soulful 1950s and 1960s R+B gems and four band member originals.
Jay Willie Blues Band plus vocalist Malorie Leogrande.
(2016/Manhaton) 12 tracks. The debut album 'A Force of Nature', from one of the most exciting Blues-Rock singers on today's scene, Sari Schorr. The album is produced by the legendary Mike Vernon, whose credits include Fleetwood Mac, John...
(2016/Delmark) 16 tracks. The Heat is turned up again for another chapter in the 25-year history of Pierre Lacocque’s Mississippi Heat. The Living Blues review of their previous album said 'Warning Shot' (Delmark 839) showcases...
(2016/Real Gone) 13 tracks. John Hammond - Mirrors - The cleverly-conceived cover shot tips you off to the fact that this 1967 record-comprised of outtakes from sessions for his John Hammond, Big City Blues, So Many Roads, and Country...
(2016/Reprise) 16 tracks. Two CDs. 2016 live archive release from the rock legend. On March 15, 2007, Eric Clapton's world tour stopped at San Diego's iPayOne Center (originally the San Diego Sports Arena and now the Valley View Casino...
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(2016/Rollercoaster) 19 tracks. Old musical pals Roy St. John, singer-songwriter born in America, John Webb and Toren Jones formed Rocky & The Wranglers, playing the blues alongside Roy's originals and recruiting bass ace David Torretta....
(2016/Roc) 10 tracks. Australian blues singer-songwriter. Owen Campbell with his much anticipated third studio album, Breathing Bullets. It was recorded in Memphis TN and produced by Devon Allman of The Allman Brothers family tree. With...
(2016/Harpo) 10 tracks. Florida band The Backtrack Blues Band has been performing original blues music since 1980. As one of Florida’s longest running blues acts, Backtrack has performed with many blues legends – Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B....
(2016/MC Records) 10 tracks. Her firstCD since 2002. Joanna Connor - one of the bestn blues-based slide gitarists.
Joanna Connor - gtr,voc, Lewis Family - background voc, Gary Solomon- saxes, Charlie Kimble - tenor sax, Omar Coleman...
(2016/Severn) 10 tracks. From the opening swampy piano runs, crispy funk lead riffs, earthy and raunchy harmonica runs, and Kim Wilson's down-to-the-bone soul growls on the Motown classic '(I Know I'm) Losing You' to the bright...
(2016/Stony Plain) 13 tracks. Special Guests Include Jimmie Vaughan, Sugar Ray Norcia & Kelley Hunt. Produced by Robillard and recorded at Lakewest Recording and Duke's Mood Room, Blues Full Circle showcases his killer guitar tones in a...