Blues

Backed by his orchestra, B.B. King is most assuredly the boss onstage. Listeners will have no doubt about that fact by the time Paying the Cost to Be the Boss closes out this cracking live set that also showcases his sensitive side on Darling You Know I...

Back to Korea Blues collects together more blues & r&b songs that this time mainly reflects the disenchantment that African Americans felt as their contributions to the Second World War effort were not always recognised. Includes songs by such luminaries...

Back in the summer of 2008, Willie approached us with the idea of recording the songs that were important and personal to him. We immediately agreed and stated lining up some of the finest talent in the Midwest to support Willie's remarkable voice. What...

Back in the rockin' '50s, invariably chart-busting R&B records would inspire a slew of covers, follow-ups and some damn fine copy-cat wannabes. "Play It Again," the first of two sets, kicks off with Jackie Brenston's "My Real Gone Rocket" a sequel to his...

Back in 2013, Stomper Time released the first anthology of the Home Of The Blues label from Memphis, Tennessee. The label released around 40 singles from 1960-1962 featuring mainly R&B, early soul and blues. It was known for it's good taste, so the time...

Back in 1988, boogaloo bad-boy Adrian Croasdell compiled one of the first Galaxy/Fantasy album reissues for the Kent imprint ("Black Music Is Our Business"). This trove became a fave among UK Northern Soul tribes. Fantasy later put out their own Galaxy...

Baby Face Willette was one of several Hammond organ exponents of the early 1960s whose jazz was embraced by the club goers of Britain's Mod movement. Herein is his 1961 album "Face To Face" along with three tracks from his 1962 LP "Stop and Listen" both...

B.B. King, who died in May 2015 at the age of 89, was without doubt one of the most illustrious exponents of the blues in the history of popular music. As an important and pioneering innovator, guitarist, singer, songwriter and performer, he ranks among...

B.B. King in London is the nineteenth studio album by B.B. King recorded in London in 1971. He is accompanied by US session musicians and various British R&B musicians, including Alexis Korner and Rick Wright, as well as members of Spooky Tooth and...

B.B. & the Blues Shacks recorded their new album in London. They had been invited by Liam Watson, one of today's most in-demand producers, to record at his ToeRag Studios. Liam recorded and produced Elephant, the seminal album by the White Stripes. He...

Award-winning young bluesman, delivers the most far-reaching, musically adventurous album of his career. 13 new Birchwood originals fuel an intoxicating mix of deep blues, blistering, psychedelic-tinged rock, booty-shaking funk and sweet Southern soul,...

Award-winning singer/songwriter/harmonica ace has been delivering soul-fired music for over 40 years. Damage Control is a rousing mixture of rollicking old-school rock and roll, gospel-tinged soul and razor-sharp R&B. Salgado's huge, expressive vocals...