Bobby Rush returns to roots on new album 'Rawer Than Raw,' due out August 28 on Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers. Grammy winner’s popular acoustic concerts inspire stripped-down tribute to the rich blues history of Mississippi On August 28, 2020, Grammy-winning blues icon Bobby Rush will release Rawer Than Raw, a stripped down, acoustic tribute to the rich blues history of Mississippi featuring songs from a handful of blues greats from his adopted home state. The record, on the 86-year-old’s ... Verder lezen

The Rolling Stones’ storied 1973 album Goats Head Soup will be the subject of a lavish multi-format release on September 4. It will be available in multiple configurations, including four-disc CD and vinyl box set editions, and the band’s millions of devotees will be thrilled by its extensive selection of unreleased studio and live material ... Verder lezen

TED RUSSELL KAMP TO RELEASE DOWN IN THE DEN (JULY 24, 2020). A ROOTS ROCK COLLABORATION FULL OF SOUND AND SOUL ... Verder lezen

THE REMEDY is the latest from Too Slim and the Taildraggers. Too Slim is a monster guitarist and unabashed Blues-Rocker. This hard driving album is the follow up to the band's acclaimed HIGH DESERT HEAT, which was nominated for a 2019 Blues Music Award in the Blues'Rock Album category ... Verder lezen

David Kimbrough Jr., son of the legendary Junior Kimbrough and passed away on July 4th 2019, was absolutely one of the greatest Blues musicians in his age who inherited and developed the musical tradition of his father, Cotton Patch Soul Blues. This record, “Say You Don’t Love Me: The Last Recordings of David Kimbrough Jr.” is literally his last field recording works with Dolceola Recordings, a music label focused on documenting American traditional music in analog field recording with a portable reel-to-reel Ampex 601 and a ribbon microphone RCA 77DX ... Verder lezen

It's a one-of-a-kind double CD that brings together more than 30 acclaimed blues practitioners from all over the world, who've united to combat cabin fever and transcend physical separation while the world is on lockdown ... Verder lezen

Een ‘nieuw’ album van blues zanger Michael de Jong gemaakt in Dordrecht. ‘Homegrown’ bevat uitsluitend persoonlijke favorieten van Michael. Dit maal met volle arrangementen door een grote band, inclusief blazers en backing vocalisten. Een plaat die zijn fans niet van hem gewend zullen zijn. Hij maakte zich daar zorgen om en besloot de plaat voorlopig niet uit te brengen. Zijn verzoek was om de plaat pas te releasen na zijn dood. Dan hoefde hij daar tenminste geen verantwoording over af te leggen. Het album bevat covers van de allergrootste songwriters als Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, John Hiatt en George Harrison. Een album ook opgedragen aan de stad waar hij uiteindelijk zijn rust vond. Na al die jaren eindelijk dan toch verkrijgbaar en te beluisteren voor de vele liefhebbers van zijn stem ... Verder lezen

This 3-CD SoulMusic Records set celebrates the recordings that Solomon Burke made for the legendary Atlantic Records label between 1960 and 1968. His Atlantic recordings are presented in chronological order of recording across the three discs and each session is identified by date, location and all the musicians present are identified (where known). This celebratory definitive collection includes the content of all six of the LPs released during Solomon’s tenure with Atlantic plus all non-album tracks for a total of 78 soulful cuts ... Verder lezen

MultipleBlues Music Award Nominee Anthony Geraci Explores His Daydreams In Blue on New CD, Coming on Shining Stone Records with New Release Date of July 10. Album features singer Dennis Brennan and guitarists Walter Trout and Monster Mike Welch ... Verder lezen

Twenty years ago, Joe Bonamassa took the music world by storm when he released his debut solo album A New Day Yesterday. Though he’d already been on the scene for years as a child prodigy and even opened for B.B. King at the age of 12. The album launched a career that, two decades later, has seen Bonamassa rise to the top of his field with most recently being named Guitar World’s #1 top blues guitarist in the world. Today, the blues-rock titan announces a revamped version to be released on August 7th via J&R Adventures / Provogue, that has been completely re-sung by Bonamassa and remixed and remastered by long-time producer Kevin Shirley. The first single “Cradle Rock” out today as part of the celebration. ... Verder lezen

We’re very excited to announce an upcoming release from one of the most prolific blues performers of all time. The Midnight Special: Live in Nottingham 1957 captures an incredible solo performance by Big Bill Broonzy ... Verder lezen

Grayson Capps' South Front Street is a 16-song retrospective of the acclaimed South Alabama singer-songwriter's career, compiled by his wife and longtime musical foil, Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer, Trina Shoemaker ... Verder lezen

On his new album, Living on Mercy, out August 28, 2020 on Last Music Co., Dan Penn collaborates with some of the other best songwriters in Nashville, Memphis, Muscle Shoals and points beyond, and applies all the wondrous things he’s seen and learned since his first songwriting job when he was 16 years old. ... Verder lezen

The Allman Betts Band Announce New Album ‘Bless Your Heart’. A conflagration of influences and invention, confidence and ambition, Bless Your Heart captures a vast, panoramic scope throughout a baker’s dozen of modern rock. Ragged and stomping. Heady and frayed. Soaring and scorching. Generational and genteel. West Coast scenes and Gulf Coast shores. Gateways of the Midwest and swamplands of Florida. Wyoming’s Big Sky. New York’s Big Apple. Chicago’s Broad Shoulders ... Verder lezen

Available for the first time on vinyl, this 2LP set is culled from the critically acclaimed Fillmore West '71 4CD box set. Prepared from reel-to-reel soundboard masters, Fillmore West 1-31-71 presents the Allman Brothers Band in high gear ... Verder lezen

Walter Trout returns with his brand new studio album Ordinary Madness, which will be released on 28th August via Provogue ... Verder lezen

Exclusive reissues of classic Brian Setzer albums will be reissued on vinyl on the 24th of July. The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s ‘The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1’ & ‘Vol. 2’ will be released on vinyl for the first time and his solo album ‘Brian Setzer ’68 Comeback Special: Ignition’ will be reissued exclusively on yellow vinyl. These will be released via Surfdog Records ... Verder lezen

FLEETWOOD MAC komt met re-issue van "Then Play On" op 18 September via BMG. Deze uitgebreide versie bevat vier bonus tracks. Beschikbaar op 2LP en CD. Bevat nieuwe sleevenotes van Anthony Bozza en een persoonlijk voorwoord van Mick Fleetwood ... Verder lezen

Vermont bluesman John Fusco and his band the X-Road Riders will follow up their acclaimed 2019 self-titled debut with the 20-song double album John the Revelator, due out July 31, 2020 on Checkerboard Lounge Recordings ... Verder lezen

Door de corona crisis werden alle optredens geannuleerd en zijn het ook voor de Gentse bluesmuikant Guy Verlinde zeer moeilijke en onzekere tijden. Maar de lockdown had ook zijn positieve gevolgen, want zo kon hij door de vrijgekomen tijd, de vele live opnames van The Mighty Gators, eindelijk beluisteren. En zo groeide het idee om een live album samen te stellen ... Verder lezen

King King are pleased to announce the release of their fifth studio album “Maverick” on Friday 16th October 2020 via Channel 9 Music – King King’s new independent label. The 10-track album will be released on CD, vinyl and various bundles ... Verder lezen

VANDENBERG are back! Back with a new line-up and a new album. They return screaming and shaking down thunderous riffs like they’ve never been away ... Verder lezen

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the album will be expanded and remastered by Bob Ludwig and will be released on June 26, 2020. Two additional previously unreleased tracks have been added to the album: The blues standard "Rollin' and Tumblin'" and a cover of Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby" ... Verder lezen

Rob Tognoni announces his new album “Catfish Cake”: “Catfish are synonymous with the Mississippi Delta, this is where the roots of what I play began... the Blues." ... Verder lezen

The album is jam packed with catchy grooves and riffs. Hard to pinpoint this unique sounding band, but it's highly recommended for people who would like Nick Cave's Grinderman mixed with 70's Rock, Velvet Underground and Tony Joe White with slide guitar and harmonica on steroids...also recommended for fans of Jack White and Tom Waits ... Verder lezen

Neil Young puts it best: "This album is the unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time". Recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, Homegrown was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil cancelled the release. The album has remained unreleased until now ... Verder lezen

Fire Records owner Bobby Robinson got these propulsive performances out of the Chicago slide-guitar god in the early '60s. Includes So Unkind; My Kind of Woman; I Gotta Go Now; Pickin' the Blues; Hand in Hand; Dust My Broom; My Baby's Gone; So Unkind; Person to Person , and more blistering blues! ... Verder lezen

De Nederlandse zanger en songwriter Phil Bee kon in de Corona tijd toch niet stil zitten. Hij gebruikte de ‘lockdown’ om zich 4 weken op te sluiten in de ‘Castle Studios’ in Mheer om deze CD op te nemen. Het resultaat: ‘Against the Wind’. Nummers met een tijdsgeest uit de jaren ’60-’70 van de vorige eeuw. Klassiekers met een eigen sausje van de gelauwerde Nederlandse blues/soul zanger ... Verder lezen

A lost studio recording from a legendary blues man! Bluesman George “Mojo” Buford started blowing the harmonica in his teens, eventually linking up to tour with fellow Mississippian Muddy Waters. Adopting his nickname from ravenous crowds requesting Muddy’s “Got My Mojo Working,” Buford gained the attention of some gifted young rockers (including lead guitarist of The Trashmen!), who steered him into the studio for three smokin’ ‘69 sessions–the results of which we’re finally hearing for the first time! ... Verder lezen

The Jose Ramirez Band recently won second place at The Blues Foundation 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. The new album was recently recorded in Austin, TX under the production of blues guitar legend Anson Funderburgh and mixed by Grammy Award Winner Stuart Sullivan. ... Verder lezen