Blues isn’t about color – it’s about feeling. Our White Blues section celebrates influential white musicians who embraced, honored and expanded the blues tradition with authenticity and soul.
From British blues boom to Texas heat
Explore Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, John Mayall, Stevie Ray Vaughan and others who brought the blues to new audiences worldwide.
True to the roots, bold in sound
Find legendary recordings on CD & vinyl – curated by Bear Family Records, your source for historical and modern blues excellence.
White Blues – Passion Without Borders
Blues isn’t about color – it’s about feeling. Our White Blues section celebrates influential white musicians who embraced, honored and expanded the blues...
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Blues isn’t about color – it’s about feeling. Our White Blues section celebrates influential white musicians who embraced, honored and expanded the blues tradition with authenticity and soul.
From British blues boom to Texas heat
Explore Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, John Mayall, Stevie Ray Vaughan and others who brought the blues to new audiences worldwide.
True to the roots, bold in sound
Find legendary recordings on CD & vinyl – curated by Bear Family Records, your source for historical and modern blues excellence.
This album was a long time in the making. And it's worth the wait! Recorded with a stellar band, this set mixes the greatest blues, r&b and jazz sounds from the 1950s and '60s to a rocking unit. Otis Grand loves to play. At spots he...
This 2-CD set's a showcase for Duke, the blues scholar. Frustrated by people's narrow view of the blues, Duke wanted to display the varieties of the blues, from 'downhome Chicago style to jump and swing'. Many originals, and covers...
As expressed in the liner notes, 'the sounds on this set are a musical marriage of Reggae and Soul with a little Blues for seasoning sprinkled throughout.' Somehow it seems to work. Rusty wrote eleven new songs, soul powered by Reggae...
He's Italy's best when it comes to jump blues, west coast style. Backed by expert players Egidio delivers a great set of mostly originals, '40s and '50s style with a somewhat fusty sound. He sings better than ever and plays with a deep,...
Well, I know that Manaus is located at the Amazon river, not at the Mississippi. Anhyow. I have listed this release under 'American Blues' as it soudn sso natural, so real. The band swings with an easy groove. And if I wouldn't know...
Second album featuring the Californian harmonica playerand vocalist. With their debut recording he and his band produced a lot of attention. It may be impossible to re-invent harmonica-driven blues. But it's sure possible to refresh that...
Swinging r&b band based on the music of the 1940s and '50s. With original arrangements they ad a certain contemporary twist to the music. Great chromatic harp, i.e. And even the vocals sound 'real'. Recommended.
Excellent spanish jump and blues combo from Barcelona. Influenced by playres and records from teh west coast these guys are performing a great set of twelve originals. Noteworthy: the fat harmonica tone, full-bodied guitar sounds, superb...
R&B vocalist (1950s style) from Kansas City, backed by the Lazy Jumpers, a young and able swinging and rocking trio from Spain. LITTL RACHEL - voc, MARIO COBO - gtr, IVAN KOVACEVIC - drums/hca.
One of the most important blues vocal discoveries of the past ten years is John N harmonica player. His voice is strong and extremely versatile. He can equally handle Chicago style blues, rockers, and elegant, jazzy swing numbers....
In 1993 he recorded his first 'Little Big Band' album, followed by Vol.2 in 1998. Colin's continuing the series with this fine set of r&b favorites, recorded with some of the finest players available. Without producing pale copies, Colin...
Mighty sounds from Marshall amps, Stratocaster guitar and fast fingers. A great live record. DANNY BRYANT - gtr/voc, KEN BRYANT - bass, DAVE BRYANT - drums.
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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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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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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(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...
(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....