Blues

Founded in 1977 by Lionel Hampton, the Who's Who in Jazz label existed as a means to present to the world the best musicians that the jazz world had to offer. With Lionel chairing the recording sessions (and also featuring on several of the sessions...

Founded in 1953 by Bob Koester, Delmark Records continues to record jazz and blues under his leadership. This special celebratory CD package features previously unissued performances by blues legends and new songs from Delmark's current line-up of...

Forty Below Records releases Weight of the World, the new album by award-winning Blues and Roots musician Joe Louis Walker. A Blues Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Blues Music Award winner, NPR described Walker as "a legendary boundary-pushing icon of...

Fortune Teller is the album from the modern dirty Alt-Rockers, Too Slim and the Taildraggers, with their collection of true stories, personal feelings, observations, and tall tales. 11 tracks.1. The Fortune Teller 2. Cowboy Boot 3. Big Guns 4. Mexico 5...

Forthright and Intelligent, Fruteland Jackson has the style and improvisational instinct to carry on as one of the Premier Acoustic Blues artists of today. - Downbeat. Fruteland is back with a new album "Good As Your Last Dollar" featuring a dozen tracks...

Former Member of Savoy Brown. 11 Tracks of Piano Led Blues & Boogie. 50 Minutes of Music, Debut Release for Indigo Records. Digitally Remastered.1. In the City 2. One Last Time 3. I Don't Play Boogie 4. Tricks Ain't Walking No More 5. Chicago Breakdown 6...

Former Gospel singer Joe Henderson, a man blessed with a wonderfully sonorous bass voice, started his solo career in 1961 and registered a million-selling, crossover R&B/Pop hit with his second 45, the classy, Brook Benton-like 'Snap Your Fingers'. He...

Formed in late 1950, the first incarnation of Motor City vocal group The Royals was rumoured to have included Jackie Wilson and Levi Stubbs. By the time they were first discovered by bandleader Johnny Otis in late 1951, however, original members Henry...

Forget everything you associate with the blues: Dark dives, endless guitar solos and sad, somber lyrics and moods. Here are the ultimate summer blues songs that will make you throw the top down on the old Caddie and celebrate as you drive to the beach,...

Forest City Joe was born Joe Bennie Pugh in Hughes, Arkansas close to the town of Forrest City from which he took his name but with one "r". He taught himself harmonica and played locally impersonating his idol John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. Rambling...

For two times the British blues rock institution Nine Below Zero has been guest at the "Rockpalast" in Germany. On August 19th 1981 the band played at the "Test Concert" for the "1st Rockpalast Open-Air Festival" on the famous Loreley rock in St...

For three decades, San Jose-based harmonica player Gary Smith has been an influential figure in the San Francisco Bay Area blues scene. His band was the first to grace the stage at the inaugural S.F. Blues Festival way back in 1973. Long regarded as the...