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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.
EP, comes in a regular jewel case w/ booklet. Dark and moody, a mix of Chicago style blues and rock from the Mississippi Mudsharks sidekick. ERIC 'JAILHOUSE' VON HERZEN - hca, SCOTTIE BLINN - gtr/voc, TONY TOMLINSON - bass, BRIAN...
(1977/81/85) (114:34/24) Sechsseitiges Digipak und 8-seitiges Booklet und zwei Alben, die zu einem Zeitpunkt veröffentlicht wurden, als Blues nicht gerade angesagt war. Hörenswert / Comes with a six-sided digipak and 8-page booklet. Two...
Excellent band from Milwaukee, WI. They perform a heavy-grooving version of Chicago style blues. All originals. Fancy arrangements, powerful and hot harmonica playing. Tasty guitar riffs. Jim Schwarz, label owner and producer, is a solid...
Excellent new album from the man that has travelled the world as an ambassador of the blues. Born in LA he developed an interest in Chiacgo blues at an early age. And he made a name for himself as a serious pool player. When the...
Italian's preomier bluesrocker reaming-up with the UK's leading keyboard force. With the exception of a 15-minute medley of blues standards this is very exciting material. This CD rocks and grooves. The sound is fat and kicking. A very...
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Memo Gonzalez & The Bluescasters present a rip-roaring mixture of blues, swing, and rock 'n' roll that they have branded their own. Their collaboration started in 1995 and resulted in more than 1,000 shows in European clubs and on...
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Last fall, both concert evenings as part of the annual 'Blues Shacks Festival' in their hometown of Hildesheim, Germany were mind-blowing events. The 'Vier Linden' ballroom was sold out on both nights with more than 600 fans attending....
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Colin Linden is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, guitar player, and producer from Canada. As an in-demand session player, he has contributed to more than 150 albums. He has produced more than thirty albums for The Band, Colin James,...
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(2005 'Northern Blues') (68:25/14) Auf seinem vierten Album für CrossCut begibt sich JW-Jones auf eine Zeitreise zu den Tagen des Kansas City Swing und auf die Central Avenue in Los Angeles, wo Bluesshouter vor mächtigen Bands standen...
Back home in his home state of Texas, Doyle Bramhall Sr. is a living legend. During the 1970s he played in bands with the Vaughan brothers. Along with Stevie Ray, he wrote some of SRV's greatest songs. And you can imgaine Stevie's...
Since more than fifty years Helfer has been a part of piano blues history. He founded his own record label in the fifties, and has played with Dixieland bands and many great first generation blues players and singers . This is another...
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We have been working with R.J. Mischo since 1994. But never before a new Mischo album has produced so much fun! RJ is a humorous guy, which is reflected in the album's title 'He Came To Play'. 'Rather extraterrestrial what I'm doing...
(2005 'Delmark') (66:31/11) 'Recorded live at Rosa's Lounge, Chicago, July 18, 2005' This live CD is the perfect companion to the CrossCut studio album 'Glad You're Mine' that was released in fall 2005 (ccd 11085). With a somewhat...
(1965 'Vanguard') (38:35/12) Sein bahnbrechendes Album mit den ehemaligen Hawks, jenen Begleitmusikern, die Bob Dylan unmittelbar nach diesen Sessions in seine Band holte / His groundbreaking urban blues album feat. members of The Hawks....
(2005 Last Buzz') (60:58/14) Bärenstarke schwedische Gruppe, die Blues und Soul zu einem kraftvollen eigenen Gebräu mischt. Überzeugender Gesang, gute Produktion / Powerful Band from Sweden with a unique blend of soul and blues....
(2005 'Hyena') (52:07/12) Von Vernon Reid produziertes Soloalbum des eigenwilligen Gitarristen, Sängers und Songwriters. Mit der Ausnahme von Willie Dixons 'I Ain't Superstitious' und dem Traditional 'Sitting On Top Of The World' hat er...
(1995 'Silvertone') (59:48/09) Ein überaus zufriedenstellendes Livealbum mit vielen spannenden, langsamen Blues, zum Teil in Buddys eigenem Club, 'Legends' aufgenommen. Sehr gut / A great live blues record. Buddy plays many slow blues...
(1995 'Sony Music') (48:50/12) '... holding forth the rap mop sound with some delta blues, Chicago too, Philly and Motown a rock and roll stew and a hip hop beat to give it some leverage!'
(2005 'Bad Daddy Records') (49:17/12) Sein viertes Album. Rusty Zinn befindet sich im musikalischen Umbruch. Nicht unähnlich jener Entwicklung, die Sven Zetterberg in Schweden durchlebt hat, verabschiedet sich Zinn vom Klischee des...
(2005 'Telarc') (43:22/10) Ein weiteres kleines Meisterwerk von jenem schwarzen Amerikaner, der sich - zumindest in Blueszirkeln - am intensivsten mit der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart seines Volkes, mit den rassistischen Gräueltaten...
Roomful Of Blues is the connecting link between these two guitar players extraordinaires. The Duke was one of the co-founders of the legendary r&b big band in the late '60s. Ronnie Earl was his successor a decade later. Both common is a...
The songs of Robert Johnson, dismantled into individual parts by vocalist Pyeng Threadgill and her crew. Scat vocals, programming, samples and handmade music (drummer Qasim Natvi is a discovery!) featuring guitarist Ryan Scott. A modern...
(2000/01 'Sweetspot') (65:14/16) Roots, Soul & Blues with The Duke Robillard Band. AL BASILE - voc, DUKE ROBILLARD - gtrs, DOUG JAMES - bar, 'SAX' GORDON BEADLE - ten, JOHN PACKER - bass, JEFF McALLISTER - drums.
Otis Taylor's psychedelic guitar player, one of label owner Fred Litwin's favorite blues guitarists. 'Always tasteful, yet unique and adventurous', that's how Litwin describes Turner 'live'. I have seen him play with Taylor, twice. I was...
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(2004 'Electro-Fi') (51:03/12) In Kanada seit vielen Jahren bekannter Musiker. Ein Multi-Instrumentalist, der die 'unmöglichsten' Instrumente im Blues einsetzt. Musikalisch leider unspektakulär; da kann auch ein 'Flügelhorn'-Solo nichts...