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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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'JW's got it down! So much soul, and nice material. You can't beat it. I am telling the truth.' - Hubert Sumlin. - Canada's Top Touring Blues Act, JW-Jones is back with another blistering CD. On his 6th release on the CrossCut Records...
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He joined Dr. Feelgood when Lee Brilleaux had left. Later he led is own band. Here he's teaming-up with Gypie Mayo who had replaced Wilko Johnson in Dr. Feelgood. Later, for almost eight years, he was a member of the re-formed Yardbirds....
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B.B. & THE BLUES SHACKS - one of Europe's leading blues and roots bands, performing almost 150 shows a year. With a touring experience of more than twenty years they travel near and far, from Norway to Austria, from Moscow to Barcelona....
Third album by the East coast guitar virtuoso who used to work in the bands of Mighty Sam McClain (as did his current rhythm section), and Bruce Katz. 'Soul, groove, melody, tone, and the element of surprise are my priorities as a...
Finland's wildest two-man combo, featuring Jussi Raulamo, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Great reproduction of early electric downhome blues sounds. But I wish he would be a better singer ... - Digipak. JO' BUDDY - gtr/voc, DOWN...
One of Sweden's most experienced blues guitar players. He started with the Reality Blues Band in 1969. This set of electric urban blues is presenting a mature player(B.B. King and Freddie King-style) and solid vocalist (Jimmy Johnson or...
(2010 'Earwig') (58:05/12) Wer kennt Tom Woods Nun gut. Jedenfalls hat der Typ eine lange Reise durch die USA hinter sich und dabei jede Menge Aufnahmen mit verschiedensten Musikern gemacht. Interessant. Doch braucht man das / Who is Tom...
Chicago Blues, originals and hand-picked covers. Amazing how fresh this music sounds when performed the right way. Highly recommended. CHRIS JAMES - gtr/voc, PATRICK RYAN - bass, with DAVID MAXWELL -pno, HENRY GRAY - pno, ROB STONE -...
Part two of the label anthology, containing two bonus tracks recorded in 1979 and 1988. Last Buzz helped develop the blues in Sweden like no other company. - Digipak.
One of the lesser known players from Chicago. Rob's a great harmonica player in the Little Walter/Big Walter tradition. I like his fat tone and his excellent phrasing. As a vocalist he is doing okay, but he's not my favorite singer. The...
Five early demo recordings (dubbed from the only existing acetate), plus a live concert recorded ten years later. Davy Graham must be regarded one of the most influential and style-building guitar players in the UK during the late 1950s...
Great to learn, Europe's on a good way. Take this Dutch band for example. Their vocalist ranks amongst the very best, worldwide. Top notch vocal style, great timbre, soulful and unique. The band's grooving with verve, combining blues and...
A strong soulful vocalist, and a world-class harmonica player, Harper from Perth ranks amongst the finest players of his generation. His third Blind Pig album, a great blend of rock, funk, soul, blues, and world music. Exciting. HARPER -...
Produced by the late Willie Mitchell. Since forming Hi-Records he had been dreaming of recording Solomon Burke. Finally, in 2008, with a 35-year-delay his dream came true. But Mitchell died in January 2010 before the project was...
Lavishly illustrated 8-plated digipak w/ a 32-page booklet. Blues and roots, reduced to the essentials. Lyrics, whispered with a breath. Almost complete acoustic back-up, sparse sounds. Dark and moody. Exciting.
Promising 20-year-old guitar player and vocalist from England's North East. He sounds like a blend of Walter Trout and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His voice needs a few more years to mature. MITCH LADDIE - gtr/voc, RHIAN WILINSON - bass, LEE...
Moving instrumental project with the music of Aretha Franklin. Original concept, a powerful mix of soul, grooves, jazz and blues performed with two rhythm sections (sometimes with two drummers, two basses!).Bruce Katz is one of the very...
(2009 'Linus') (45:52/11) Im Jahr 2009 feierte eine der beständigsten und erfolgreichsten kanadischen Bands 40-jähriges Jubiläum. Downchild, mit wechselnder Besetzung, gehören seit vier Jahrzehnten zu den bekanntesten Live-Acts....
Two German guys teaming-up with blues/rock players from Ireland. PAUL ARNOLD - voc, ANTON MORELLI - gtr, RUDI BRAKA - kbds, ROB STRONG - bass, MARKUS DAßAU - drums.
Compiled by DJ Ralph 'von 'Richthofen: one CD with 'blues-house', a second one presenting 'blues-downbeat'. New recordings and re-mixes. No blues in a narrower sense. Booming bass sounds and endless loops. Cool, spacy, freaked-out! -...
Young Dutch guitarist, singer and composer.He likes the blues, and he loves Prince, soul and hip hop. He also admires The Police or John Mayer. Good production, original material.
He recorded his debut album at age seventeen. 'Open Road' led to rave reviews by critics and fans, alike. Oli's a great player with his own style, a mature sounding vocalist and a talented songwriter. He doesn't copy nobody. Mike Vernon,...