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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 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.
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.
(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 '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!'
(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...
(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...
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Doug Jay, 'musical globetrotter of the blues', was born in 1953 in Pensacola, Florida. His family moved often before finally settling in the Washington, DC area. Upon hearing recordings of master blues harpist Little Walter, he became...
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'In the mid-seventies when soul was being overwhelmed by disco music, Clay relocated to Japan, recorded 'Soul Man: Live in Japan' in 1978 and celebrated a glorious comeback. This time 'In The House' should generate some new attention:...
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Third release from the talented young Canadian bluesman. He has matured to become a bandleader with a musical vision, a clear concept. His band has developed into a compact unit. What used to be 'retro', the re-production of sound and...
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(Vestapol) 36 tracks - 60 min. This DVD presents moving and rousing musical performances by four expressive and idiosyncratic representatives of traditional old-time country music. Here is the only known footage of Dock Boggs singing his...
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(Vestapol) 36 tracks Featuring Clark Kessinger, Kilby Snow, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Mose Vinson, Napolean Strickland, Jimmy Driftwood, Canray Fontenot, Alphonsos “Bois Sec” Ardoin, Ed and Lonnie Young, and others. This DVD illustrates very...
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(Vestapol) 13 tracks As a multi-instrumentalist, Dom plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, whistle, bone, bass drum, snare drum, and quills. As a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom was able to indulge his interest in bringing...
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(2003 'CrossCut') (54:13/13) Selten zuvor hat eine Live-Produktion derart viel Spaß gemacht! Das Trio um die drei kalifornischen Musiker ging von Anbeginn an mit dermaßen viel Selbstvertrauen und Spielwitz an die Sache ran, dass schnell...
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(2003 'CrossCut') (59:41/16) Das zweite Album für CrossCut haben B.B. & The Blues Shacks im Frühjahr 2003 selbst produziert und damit wieder mehr Augenmerk auf die spielerische Seite der Band gelegt. 'Midnite Diner' (ccd 11070) trug die...
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(2002 'CrossCut') (57:18/10) Carl Weathersby ist eine Persönlickeit. Von furchteinflössender Statur repräsentiert er eine jüngere Generation im urbanen Blues Chicagos. Sein Stil kommt nicht von der Musik der Väter und Großväter. Sein...
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1-CD digipak (6-sided), 13 tracks. Total playing time approx. 50 min. When the album was originally released on CrossCut in 2001, it was far ahead of its time. Frank Goldwasser can hardly be classified. His blues crosses boundaries...
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latest effort from RJ, recorded in northern, and southern California, in the year 2001. Moving from Minneapolis to the mild temperatures of the west coast made RJ feel better, more comfortable. This new feeling is reflected in his music....
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(2002 'NorthernBlues') (62:03/14) Nach seinem Überraschungs-Debüt (CCD 11067) liefert uns der blutjunge kanadische Gitarrist (*1980) ein erstaunlich reifes Album ab. Lebte die erste CD von der Unbekümmertheit der Musiker, so belegt...
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How many blues singers you know? I mean 'real' blues singers? And how many white guys do fit into that category? Four? Or five? Whoever you are naming, Lee McBee should be in that group. The man with that soulful and smoky voice,...
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members of Europe's 'Champion's League Of Blues', B.B. & The Blues Shacks, Germany's leading traditional style blues band, have signed with CrossCut Records. Their new album will be out soon. New material, mostly originals, only three...
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'Handyman', the predecessor album, was highly praised by critics, and fans alike. Regarded one of the best blues releases of 1999, it opened many doors for the band. With their new CrossCut production Mississippi Heat will win many, many...