Blues

Ali Farka Tour? is well known as one of the most influential and talented guitarists that Africa has ever produced. His legacy and impact are hard to overstate: Ali's sound merged his much-loved traditional Malian musical styles with distinct elements of...

Album showcases the first collaboration as a duo by blues harp master Pryor & guitar ace Brown - they lay down 12 scorching' tracks, mostly originals, that show these two legends at their very best.1. Dirty Rat 2. Ruby Mae 3. Early in the Morning 4. Big...

Album demonstrates Sykes' place as an early figure in the heavily jazz-tinged blues tradition to emerge from New Orleans in the 1930s & 40's, feat. Robert Lockwood Jr., Dave Myers, Fred Below + 1973.1. Feel Like Blowing My Horn 2. My Hamstring's Poppin'...

Alberta Hunter was one of the most prominent jazz and blues singers of the early inter-war years, working with many of the major names of the period, as well as being a noted song writer. This great-value 94-track 4-CD set covers the two decades which...

Albert was reborn on Alligator, churning out the most prolific output of his career. Here are over an hour of the blues guitar god's key Alligator cuts: "I Ain't Drunk," "If You Love Me Like You Say," "Melt Down," "Master Charge," "Get to Gettin'," "Cold...

Alan Lomax's historic sessions with Delta giants Son House and Willie Brown, recorded at Clack's Country Store near Lake Cormorant in Mississippi in '41 and again a year later. Painstakingly restored, these amazing cuts include Walking Blues; Special...

ALADDIN RECORDS was one of the earliest indie labels in Los Angeles to specialise in Blues, R&B, R&R, Hillbilly and other non-mainstream musical genres. Originally formed in 1945 as Philo Records, the 30 tracks on this unique set span 1946-1960, and...

Alabama: Black Country Dance Bands (1924-1949) collects the recorded work of Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe, Bogus Blind Ben Covington, and the Mobile Strugglers, together constituting a mixed bag of primarily vaudeville and dance-oriented pieces...

Alabama barrelhouse blues pianist Robert McCoy, born in Aliceville in 1908, had two rare LPs in the early '60's on the Vulcan label. Delmark has acquired the masters & is now re-issuing the material on CD for the first time with many never before...

Al Miller has assembled a full house of Chicago talent for your listening pleasure on his first album. Not only does this stacked deck feature Miller's triple threat talent as harpist, guitarist and vocalist, it boasts the formidable presence of some of...

Al Blake's XXL Bag of Blues - Volume 1 is a 2 CD, 29 track retrospective collection of Blake's acoustic recordings over the past 20+ years. It features Blake singing, playing guitar and harmonica, joined by blues pianist Fred Kaplan, with blues harmonica...

Al Basile's sixth solo CD the Tinge shows off all his skills, adding a generous helping of his rich cornet sound to the mix of exceptional songwriting and soulful singing which marked his last two releases, Blue Ink and Groovin' in the Mood Room. It also...