Blues

For the the eleventh volume of FRKWYS, an unrestricted series pairing contemporary artists with their influential predecessors, gifted guitar squire Steve Gunn meets roving, radiating legend Mike Cooper in Lisbon, Portugal. Sharing their vision over...

For the past 20 years, bluesman, Byran Lee has been honing his considerable vocal and guitar chops on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, playing six nights a week to audiences from every corner of the msuical melting pot of the world in seach of a good time...

For the first time on Jasmine's excellent "In Session" series sees the spotlight turned on several players as opposed to just one. Great names like Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Bob Gaddy & Larry Dale got the majority of available studio work and across...

For the first time in her career, Blues diva Dana Gillespie releases a live album. After four studio sets for Ace, dating back to 1982's Blue Job, this CD is released in response to the demand by her audiences around the world. Recorded with the London...

For some, the harmonica is not much more than an inexpensive plaything, but as the artists featured here amply demonstrate, the expressive range of the harmonica is as deep and wide as any other musical instrument in the blues, rivaled only by the human...

For over 50 years John Mayall has served as a pioneer of blues music, rightly earning him the title, "The Godfather of British blues". In 2013, John signed with producer Eric Corne's label, Forty Below Records and has since been experiencing a true...

For our duo album PAY DAY we went to Pinky's paradise to record in a relaxed atmosphere in beautiful, inspiring surroundings in the hilly vineyards of southern Styria. Our recording engineer Thomas L"ffler brought in the equipment and set up a makeshift...

For nearly half a century, Smith has been the go-to man on guitar for the finest talent in St. Louis, from Ike Turner to Jimmy "Soul" Clark. Here, he showcases his hybrid styles of guitar & his deep down-home vocals on 6 originals, including 3...

For much of the 1970s and '80s, guitarist Mighty Joe Young "owned" Chicago's cozy Wise Fools Pub - at least musically speaking, he was the club's top draw. Wise Fools Pub had a long and intriguing history that has played out in three acts. It started...

For more than 40 years, house rocking diva Etta James has energized rhythm and blues with her primal, passionate voice. Today, Etta enjoys a popular revival as a recent Grammy-winner and inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This anthology...

For more than 40 years the legendary Cream bassist and singer and the immensely talented guitarist of Procol Harum made history in the Rock 'n' Roll business. It was in the early 80s when they first collaborated, releasing two remarkable records (B.L.T...

For many years Blues fans have dismissed Josh White because of his broad repertoire of songs which branded him as more of a Folk based entertainer. Now his career is being reappraised and this collection of pop ballads, Blues, Folk and his Gospel songs...