Blues

Amour is the first collaboration between famed Colin Linden (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, ABC's hit TV show "Nashville)" and Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars, Black Crowes). It is made up of a collection of classic love songs from Americana,...

Amongst the African American communities of the 1940s Wynonie Harris was a star, probably what we nowadays would like to call a superstar. Strangely as rock & roll gripped the world in the 1950s no one seemed interested in him despite his obvious stature...

Ammons' name is on the marquee, but Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis share the ivories as you hear 18 live and studio cuts from '38 and '39! It's a boogie-woogie blowout: Bear Cat Shuffle; Mama's Blues; Jesse James; Yancey Special; Try Again; Shout for...

America's First Lady of Roots Music, Maria Muldaur, returns to her original roots - Jug Band Music! Maria first recorded in the early 60's with both the Even Dozen and the Jim Kweskin Jug Bands. Here she has reunited with several of her former jug band...

American Blues icon Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton is perhaps best known as the original singer of "Hound Dog" and as a powerful voice in the progression of black R&B into rock music in the 1950's. Born in 1926 to minister Thomas H. Thornton and singer...

Although the term "Texas Blues" is rather more synonymous with electric guitar slingers like T-Bone Walker and Albert Collins, acoustic Country Blues performers like Lightning Hopkins and MELVIN "LIL' SON" JACKSON were equally popular on their home patch...

Although the barrel house may no longer exist, the piano style that took it's name finds rich expression in Blues. On this album, released in 1961, Little Brother Montgomery, who is known as "one of the keepers of [the] heritage of the blues," performs...

Although R&B/Blues/Jazz/Gospel songstress Christine Kittrell never quite became the major star that her big voice and impressive recorded legacy richly deserved, she was critically highly regarded and her records are highly collectable. This compilation...

Although Charley Patton sometimes recorded with other musicians, Rev. Peyton regards his hero's solo recordings as his best. For that reason, PEYTON ON PATTON is a largely solo affair with Reverend Peytons growling vocals and searing guitar work placed...

Although Blind John Davis was an active session pianist in the 1930s and 1940s, working with artists like Jazz Gillum, Casey Bill Weldon, Memphis Minnie, and was an architect of the Chicago blues style through his work with Big Bill Broonzy and Sonny Boy...

Although a seasoned vet, this is Lisa Cee's first releases. With her amazingly powerful vocals and gut wrenching song writing, Lisa shows why she has been the main performer at the Sundance Film Festival for the last 8 year. This release features 10...

Alternating between upbeat soul and velvety blues, Bland was seldom absent from the R&B charts during his 11 years at ABC-Dunhill and MCA. This release presents the 1st ever compilation of this Bobby Bland era - half the tracks make their CD debut!...