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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.
(2015/Vizztone) 13 tracks.
Every once in a while an artist, a song, or a new album emerges that breathes new life and new hope into America's oldest art form. Such is the case with Mighty Mike Schermer's latest CD. One listen and you'll...
(2015/Shuffle Music) 12 tracks.
This CD is a shinning example of Jay Gordon's bottomless reserve of musicality and a testament to the decades of work as a forthright blues guitarist. Jay Gordon and his outfit Blues Venom are indeed again...
(2015/Topcat) 16 tracks.
Mitch Palmer & The Hash Brown Band.
Recorded in 1997. This quintessential party record features 16 great Blues and Old School R&B classics superbly performed by the world renowned Hash Brown Band with Mitch...
(2015/Black Betty) 10 tracks.
Mike Flanigin is a masterful player of the Hammond B3 Organ, He started his career in the house band at Antone’s Nightclub.
He has played with Jimmie Vaughan as part of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival,...
(2015/Blind Pig) 14 tracks.
Numbers Man, the latest release from the Andy T - Nick Nixon Band, is a sterling display of musicianship at it's highest. Guitarist Andy T arrived in Nashville from Southern California several years ago and...
(2010/Powerhouse) 8 tracks.
The title song 'A Part of Me' and a couple other songs on this CD have to do with lost loved ones: Lost Loves, Lost parents, and lost family members and friends. This CD is an exciting Landmark album for Tom...
(2015/American Showplace) 11 tracks.
'No Filter' has John Ginty expanding his songwriting skills to include deeper, darker themes, while still keeping the Hammond B-‐3 at the forefront, and the Blues as the foundation. The record...
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(2015/ACT) 12 tracks.
One of the great Soul preacher who died in June 2015 Mighty Sam McClain, together with Norway's guitar virtuoso Knut Reiersrud. Classics and his own songs.
A wild snarling Hammond B3 and other keyboard instruments,...
(2015/Ruf Records) 11 tracks.
Her solo debut Groovin' at the Crosse Roads shows what she's really about. It's all blues - with a soul twist. 'I grew up singing Motown and a couple of my blues mentors did a lot of 70s soul. So that tends...
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(2015/Vizztone) 10 tracks.
'Blues tradition has been central to the conceptual approach of vocalist/guitarist Chris James and bassist Patrick Rynn ever since they joined forces in Chicago in 1990. They played with the likes of Junior...
(2015/Ruf Records) 12 tracks
Produced by Luther Dickinson.
Having Samantha on guitars and Luther on various stringed instruments, they rounded out the lineup with Grammy Award-winning Brady Blade (Emmylou Harris/Bob Dylan) on drums....
(2015/Deram) 16 tracks, incl. the original 'Undead' album in Stereo from 1968, plus 5 tracks from the 'Undead' session, plus six tracks from the BBC shows 'Top gear' and the 'David Symonds Show' both from 1967!
(2015/Deram) 26 tracks, incl. the original Stonedhenge' album in Mono and Stereo from 1969, plus single tracks a 'Alvin Lee & Company' compilation track plus three tracks, recorded for BBCs 'Top Gear' show!
(2015/Silver Talon) 9 tracks.
7-piece funk band Blinddog Smokin' are releasing their hot new album 'High Steppin' which was produced by Grammy and Oscar winner Donny Markowitz and features three time Grammy nominee Billy Branch blowing...
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(2015/Made In Germany) 11 track.
Marius Tilly and his Band represent the new wave of Blues-Rock: Earthy guitar riffs, driving drum beats, and a voice that just could not be any more strikingly distinctive. Songwriter Marius Tilly creates...
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(1991 'Blue Rock'It') (51:29/12) Solo-Debut von einem der besten weißen Gitarristen Kaliforniens / solo debut from one of Californias best guitar players!
(2015/Nugene) 12 tracks.
'One Night In Amsterdam' is the first live album of the award-winning blues musician Ian Siegal with full band, the Mojo magazine called him: 'One of the most innovative, talented and engaging blues musicians on...