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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.
(Stony Plain) 10 tracks. The Fabulous Thunderbirds is a household name for anyone interested in contemporary blues and blues rock. This is the band that created classic albums like T-Bird Rhythm and Tuff Enuff, fuelled by hits like the...
(Reprise Records) 71 tracks, 180g. Vinyl in deluxe slipcase. Eric Clapton - The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Vinyl Box Set - Volume 2. This 10 LP vinyl box set contains the following albums: Reptile, Me & Mr. Johnson, Sessions for...
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(Endless Blues Records) 11 tracks, digisleeve. Mick Kolassa is a prolific blues artist known for what he calls "Free Range Blues". When working on this album, Mick really wanted to create the songs, not just play them. We knew from the...
(Nonesuch) 12 tracks, digisleeve. Freshly awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her first opera, "Omar," Rhiannon Giddens will release her third studio album in August 2023.The new album from the Grammy Award-winning singer,...
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(MIG Music) 10 tracks Duke Robillard was one of the founders of Roomful Of Blues in the early 1970s and replaced Jimmy Vaughan in the Fabulous Thunderbirds in the 1990s. He was a sideman for Robert Gordon and Bob Dylan, a core member of...
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(LoS Records) 12 tracks, digipack They're back with “Aquatic Hitchhiker”, a wonderful comeback album full of good beats and genres. The band has always been on the fringes of the bluegrass world, blending Emmitt's bluegrass influences...
(Compass) 10 tracks Bekannt für ihre mitreißenden Live-Shows und ihre Musikalität sowie ihren vielseitigen Musikgeschmack, ist Leftover Salmon einer von Colorados beliebtesten Musikexporten, der dort anknüpft, wo Bands wie Little Feat,...
(Whiskey Bayou) 11 tracks, digisleeve After his 2018 album, Greene now delivers the follow-up album "The New World Blues" with eleven dewy new songs. This time produced by none other than Tab Benoit, the co-founder of Whiskey Bayou...
(Decca) 10 tracks Everything The Teskey Brothers do comes back to the same indefatigable ethos they've had since busking at St Andrews Market in the early 2000s. They compromise on nothing; a trait that is never more evident than when...
(Blue Palace Records) 13 tracks - digipac Jan James started her career in Detroit, where she sang along to every record she could get. Thanks to church choir and playing in a few bands, the stage was her new home. Teaming up with Craig...
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(2006 'Arvika') (40:47/12) Swedish blues band. TORBJÖRN SOLBERG - gtr/voc, FREDRIK MYHRBERG - gtr, BERTH ARNESSON - pno/org, JAN LILLSÄTER - bass, TORE VAN BAALEN - drums, plus horn section.
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With Colin Linden we have signed an exceptional personality, (slide) guitar player, singer, songwriter and producer, to our label. In his twenty five years plus career he has produced more than 100 albums (for The Band, Colin James,...
(Wolf Records) 17 Tracks Founded in 2008, Jörg Danielsen & Vienna Blues Association is now one of the big names in the European blues scene. After countless appearances with changing formations and guests, the band around Jörg Danielsen...
(Gulf Coast) 14 tracks Welch opens Nothing But Time with the powerful, B.B. King-inspired “Walking To You Baby.” Immediately, Welch is fully switched-on and swinging for the fences. His guitar lines are audacious and bold, as are his...
(Alligator) 14 tracks. On Friday, July 14, the award-winning Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling will unleash their eagerly awaited third Alligator Records release, Get Your Back Into It!. The album will be available on CD, red...
(Ruf Records) 12 tracks, digisleeve With "The Deep and the Dirty," Eric Johanson solidifies his reputation as a roots-rock innovator and latter-day guitar hero who uses the blues as a springboard for a broad, sharp-edged sound. Together...
(Jazzhaus) 11 tracks If you like noisy, earthy, intense and willingly slightly offbeat blues, you've come to the right place with Marc Amacher. This is evident at least since the last album Roadhouse - the highly explosive LP from 2019,...
(Ruf Records) 12 tracks When it comes to music, there's no getting around Manchester. The cultural metropolis in the north of England has been producing great bands for generations. With his forthcoming debut album Just A Name, Ashley...
(Universal) 23 tracks, digipack Irish guitarist, songwriter and producer Rory Gallagher was an artist who really blossomed when he was on stage. The album "All Around Man - Live In London" covers a previously undocumented live period and...
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(2021 self production) 11 tracks - After less than a year since the release of their debut album 'Hands
On The Blues', the follow-up album 'Back For More Blues' is now released.
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(MIG Music) 13 tracks Miller Anderson has played on the biggest stages in the world with some of the biggest acts. At Woodstock, he excelled as the singer and guitarist in the Keef Hartley Band, which performed right before Santana....
(Blue Bella Records) 16 tracks, digisleeve. Doug Deming's debut album was a mix of original blues, from West Coast swing to Chicago electric to Louisiana swamp boogie. Guests included Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Rick Holmstrom and Denny...
(BMG Rights) 13 tracks, digisleeve She has one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. This natural gift has always guided TRACY NELSON's soul, allowing her to write and seek out the deeper songs regardless of niche or genre. A...