Blues

Jack McVea's nickname was bestowed by Slim Gaillard at his recording session with Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker. On "Slim's Jam," when Bird doesn't have a reed, Gaillard says "McVoutie's got a reed!" (McVea says Bird actually did show sans reed). This...

J. C. Smith, 2006 Bay Area Blues Society West Coast Blues Band of the Year award winner is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is an outstanding performer noted for his energy and charisma. Prior to playing guitar, he was the drummer for the...

J. B. Hutto (April 26, 1926 - June 12, 1983) was an American blues musician. Hutto was influenced by Elmore James, and became known for his slide guitar work and declamatory style of singing. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame two years after...

I've never had the blues, says Brownie McGhee in an interview with famed oral historian, Studs Terkel, "the blues has always had me." the trio of legendary bluesmen played, talked, and traded stories with Terkel until the early hours of the morning in...

I've been called a blues singer, a jazz singer, and a ballad singer - well, I'm all three, which means I'm just a singer. That is a quote that Helen Humes was fond of using throughout her career. She was, like many singers of her generation, Caucasian or...

It's Wolf and Waits, Louie and Leonard (Cohen, that is). It's thumping bass that could be behind Charlie Feathers or J.B. Lenoir. It's a trap set from a burlesque theater and it's the kid who wanted to sound like Beiderbecke. It's Route 66 taking you...

It's series of special compilations celebrating the essential recordings of our modern blues master, the best of West Coast harp legend William Clarke. Featuring previously unreleased tracks among over 60 minutes of choice cuts. Al music has been...

It's been said that you don't see out the blues - it seeks out you. For guitar virtuoso Albert Cummings, no words could ring more true. Cummings' masterful guitar wizardry has drawn comparisons to iconic axe legends Albert King, Freddie King, Jimi...

It's been over 30 years since King has recorded any new material - he's back again w. 10 new blues tracks, backed up by a group of young musicians known as the Sugarbees.1. It's Rough Out Here 2. Ain't Giving Up Nothing 3. Peoples in the Graveyard 4...

It's been 7 years since The 44's put out their original album in 2012 "Americana". Now the band has released a new album that is dedicated to all the Blues greats that have influenced them over their long journey of Blues music. This new album is a...

It's been 3 years since the Queen of Blues/Rock Guitar, Joanna Connor released her comeback, record. Her new release 'Rise' is an all original affair with 11 tracks and features a duet with Mike Zito. Joanna goes deep on this recording adding keyboard...

It's Bayou time again and we're treated to a fifth volume of Louisiana rhythm'n'blues. Compiler Ian Saddler has selected 28 more chunks of vintage R&B - mostly taken from the vaults of J. D. Miller, but with extra tracks from the Baton and Goldband...