Blues

The highly sought-after 70s funk/soul/jazz opus (secondhand LP copies fetch over 400 Australian dollars!) from Australia's Sue Barker. Available for the first time on CD, with 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Sue's cult classic rendition of Curtis...

The Heat is turned up again for another chapter in the 25-year history of Pierre Lacocque's Mississippi Heat. The Living Blues review of their previous album said "Warning Shot (DMK 839) showcases bandleader and principal songwriter Lacocque's eloquent...

The Healer is a critically acclaimed album from the "King of the Boogie" John Lee Hooker. First released in 1989, the collection features collaborations with artists including Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, Los Lobos and...

The Hawaiian Guitar Wizard's BEST 24 songs! Casey Bill Weldon played a National steel guitar flat on his lap Hawaiian style. He was one of the foremost lap steel guitar players of the Prewar blues years, as well as an excellent singer and tunesmith. He...

The guitarist for Johnny Nocturne & Maria Muldaur presents his second album for Blue Dot. It's a collection of 10 songs & 8 originals, all tastefully written, arranged & performed. Rather than use an electric bass, Paule implemented the distinct bass of...

The guitar master who cut his teeth with avant-garde masterminds the Residents took a break to revisit his first love, the blues, with an 8-piece band (featuring members of Cpt. Beefheart and Iggy & the Stooges), captured live and smoking. Unique...

The guitar gets the ink, but the violin was hugely important in the development of early blues, it's crying vibratos and sliding notes creating a dramatic and soulful sound. Here are 24 examples of blues violin at it's best, all documented with a 32-page...

The great Chicago bluesman Luther Allison lived by a simple philosophy that he was happy to share ("Leave your ego, play the music, love the people"). Now, twenty-three years after Luther's passing, the great man would surely be thrilled to hear Bernard...

The Grass Series is a nifty CD collection that blends different popular artists and musical styles from the past few decades with bluegrass music.1. Take It Easy 2. Hotel California 3. New Kid in Town 4. Already Gone 5. Desperado 6. Get Over It 7...

The Grammy-nominated, platinum selling blues guitarist and singer/songwriter, Johnny Lang, returns with his latest album TURN AROUND. The new album is the pivotal release of Lang's career to date a passage that links the triumphs of the past to the...

The good people at Smithsonian Folkways have put together another stellar CD full of true roots music. This time they focus on the simple harmonica and it's complicated masters such as Doctor Ross: The Harmonica Boss and Sonny Terry. Bluesmen forgotten...

The good folks at England's Koko Mojo Records have assembled the kind of compilation that is almost too delicious for words. This is the third (and last) volume of HARP rockers. 28 tracks compiled by Mojo Man Little Victor and remastered by Blackshack...