Blues

The UK's Document label specializes in the reissuing of material so rare and unusual that most people would never have imagined that it existed in the first place. This unique service to humanity seems even greater when the recordings in question date...

The two Capitol albums chosen by the Dean Martin Association as the ones they'd most like to hear on CD! Among the 25 tracks: True Love; You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You; Sleepy Time Gal, and more.1. Got My Mojo Workin' 2. You'll Never Find a Fool...

The title of the album as it appears here is misleading. The Actual title is "Black Country dance music". The 24 tracks presented here contain many great blues and rags. The Dallas String Band plays pre-blues hokum and rags with excellent playing and the...

The title already says it all: This compilation is an album of instrumentals only, something that bandleader Tosho Todorovic has had on his to-do list for quite a long time. The album brings together 15 "songs without words" from the last 30 years of the...

The third volume in Ace's ongoing series of mostly up-tempo west coast R&B obscurities from the late 1940s and early 1950s upholds the standards of it's predecessors and may just be the best one yet. An incredible 14 of these tracks have never been...

The third sampler of Document's vast catalog. The label's MD, Gary Atkinson, obviously had great fun programming it and he has indeed come up with 'some of the very best in American Roots Music'. This album is a parade of excellence.1. Where Did You Stay...

The third CD release from the Revisited album streams! Recorded in one take at Shirk Studios in Chicago IL, the whole of The Outsider, live and acoustic!1. Ain't No Grave 2. Uprising 3. Self Entitled Man 4. Overload 5. Work a Little Harder 6. Island...

The theme of friendship has carried Mitch Woods along through his career and has led him to this, his current duets and trios project... Friends Along The Way. Featuring Guests: Van Morrison, Taj Mahal, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster,...

The swamp blues of Lazy Lester went unheard for decades until Alligator Records brought him back to solid ground in '88. He's in soul-stirring form on this 2001 album with Vaughan and guest Sue Foley: Go Ahead; Blues Stop Knockin'; Sad City Blues; I Love...

The subject of this latest instalment of Jasmine's now established series of famed bluesmen in session presents the internationally famous and respected guitarist Matt 'Guitar' Murphy. Matt was internationally known because of his association with the...

The story of Canned Heat is one of imperishable music, of zeitgeist-capturing hit singles and albums and of glorious performances at epochal events like the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and the 1969 Woodstock Festival and at legendary venues like San...

The Spirituals as B.B. King's 4th Crown LP, recorded in 1959 as a dedicated gospel album. The song selection literally represents a greatest hits package of the time, ranging from classics such as 'Precious Lord' and 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' to no less...