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.
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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.
This young man, born in 1968, is presenting one of the most surprising and satisfying debut albums of the yet young year. He is making his own, contemporary blues statement with his striking, original tunes and performances of swaggering...
Europe rules! Delta Groove Records from Los Angeles has signed another European, Pieter 'Big Pete' van der Pluijm. He developed a strong interest in the blues (and in playing harmonica, in particular) after experiencing the late Lester...
A couple of fine Delta blues workouts, Spanish-style classic guitar, rock, Eastern sounds, and a fine hommage to John Fahey's 'Blind Joe Death': superb third album from this fine picker. - Green packaging. KRIS DOLLIMORE - acoustic &...
Allright. These blues have been around for a while, usually stamped as 'retro blues', a recently rather unprofitable label. It appears to be difficult expanding the borders of this genre which seems to be caught in a frame of tradition,...
Pretty rough blues sounds from a 1950s rhythm'n'blues veteran. CHICK WILLIS - voc/gtr/org, TRAVIS HADDIX - gtr/voc, 'LOUISIANA DAN' PINO - hca, RICK HINKLE - gtr, STEVE CRAWFORD - pno, BIG ROYAL JOINER JR. - org, POINDEXTER EVANS - bass,...
New female voice on the US blues scene. The blonde singer from Minnesota learned the blues via her dad (who's the band's guitar player). Blues, swing, and some funk.
US version. No booklet. No linernotes. No lyrics. - Great collaboration between the fantastic Southern soul and blues singer, and the advanced guitar master from Norway. Moving and entertaining, skillful mastery, innovative yet rooted in...
Solid stereotype rock/blues, 1970s style. These riffs and licks have been heard a hundred times before. I would rather play one of the old Led Zeppelin records. - Digipak w/ Booklet. JASON BARWICK - voc/gtr/mand, TIM SMITH - bass, KURTIS...
For the Reverend Peyton Charley Patton might not just be the greatest Delta blues artist, but the single most important figure in 20th century American music. He practiced and practiced until he felt confident enough to record this...
Like the Bar-Keys from the 1960s, great Memphis-based instrumental combo led by guitarist Skip Pitts. Featuring a couple of guest vocalists. Wild, funky grooves and soul. Excellent. SCOTT BOMAR - bass/perc, SKIP PITTS - gtr/voc, ARCHIE...
Third album from this rocking, Los Angeles-based retro combo featuring the great guitar work of Scott Abeyta. Pretty original blend of blues, r'n'r and rockabilly. If only James would sing with more verve. - Green packaging. WHITEBOY...
A moving soundtrack, produced in cooperation with Austria's Public Radio and TV, ORF. Since 1920 'Jedermann', a play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, has been performed every year on the steps of the Cathedral in Salzburg as part of the...
Without any doubt, this young Englishman ranks among the finest of today's blues harmonica players in Europe. He's playing sound powerful, wild, and original. As a vocalist, there's still room for improvement. The band's rocking and...
(1976 'Chrysalis') (41:28/07) 'Recorded live at Stockholm Concert Hall - February 3, 1976.' - ROBIN TROWER - gtr/voc, JAMES DEWAR - bass,m BILL LORDAN - drums.
Dani Wilde's brother with a rock-solid album of funky blues. He sure can play. He's young, he's got the energy. If you are digging Mark Ford, Jason Ricci, or John Popper: check him out. WILL WILDE - voc/hca, STUART DIXON - gtr, PETE...
Their third album contains hard driving slide guitar blues/rock. They have developed their style, from North Mississippi Hills style blues duo to a rocking band with mighty distortion. A great one, if you like jam bands like the North...
Brazil's most innovative guitar player, and vocalist with a set of 1960s blues, soul, and rock numbers. Contemporary sounds with 'real' instruments and synthetic programming. Well-done.
He's the son of the great Malian Ali Farka Tour of the Sahara'. This, his third, album was recorded in Mali and NYC, with the support of hand-picked players. Excellent African sounds, with some jazz and blues flavors from the US added. -...
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'All-Time Favorites' - an appreciation of his personal heroes, freshly packaged - features the art of traditional style guitar playing. Such an album has been requested by his fans, over and over again. The co-founder and guitar player...