Recommended Blues: Acoustic Blues music (#1 - #40)
THE PAGAN JUG BAND: The Pagan Jug Band
An all-acoustic lineup of banjo, dobro, accordion, blues harmonica, guitar, upright bass and percussion, deftly mixing straight-ahead bluegrass, folk and country blues, and Louisiana Zydeco.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
STEVE STAPLEY: Beyond the Blues
Intensely mellow, melodic acoustic songs.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $12.97
MAMADOU AND VANESSA: Wassoulou
Music from the Wassoulou Region of Mali, West Africa. Award-winning band blends a soulful mix of traditional African melodies with blues.
CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
DAMIAN COEN: We Gotta Move
Damian Coen’s lyrical vocal and harmonica lines are soaked in swampy rhythms, gospel harmonies, and old-time charm. His remarkable knack for marrying traditional blues sounds with modern-day story telling is powerfully refined on this second album.
CD price: $15.00
ALEX ROBERTS: By The Ley
‘By The Ley’ is an album of great charm and charisma. The guitar playing on this album is understated at times, but then at others it is of an advanced fingerstyle technique. The unique blend of contemporary folk & blues styles which will appeal to lovers
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $9.95
PAT DONOHUE: Freewayman
Original blues, swing and folk acoustic guitar instrumentals performed by Grammy winning artist and guitarist for A Prairie Home Companion radio show.
CD price: $15.00
ARCHIE EDWARDS BLUES HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Don't You Weep and Moan
Acoustic blues -- 21 cuts from 27 D.C. musicians who jammed at Archie Edwards old Barbershop in N.E. D.C.
Recommended if you like archie edwards.CD price: $14.97
WYCLIFFE GORDON: BloozBluzeBlues
The first release in the "Signature Series" by Wycliffe Gordon of music that he has recorded as favorites, BloozBluzeBlues is the pure jazz blues by trombonist and vocalist that you're sure to enjoy.
Recommended if you like Louis Armstrong, Wycliffe Gordon.CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
SAMANTHA SCHULTZ: Both Sides
A young singer/songwriter, with a voice and songs mature beyond her age, who blends folk and blues, with a bit of soul to back it all up.
CD price: $18.99
THE BOOGLERIZERS: Ironbound Blues
singer songwriter, acoustic blues and old time naughty jazz.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HECTOR QIRKO: Wherever You Go
Original acoustic music, spanning styles from blues to bluegrass, with fiddle waltzes, folk, gospel, and even a bit of Cuban son thrown in (oh yes, and one Johnny Cash tune).
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
PAT DONOHUE: Big Blind Bluesy
Old country bluesmen tunes played by virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
GALLEONS LAP: Galleons Lap
Featured on the Brisbane independent music scene for about five years. Now a four-piece outfit, this is a band unafraid of where the songs take them.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
TOBY WALKER: Just Rolled In
There's a good reason why Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna has Toby Walker teach fingerpicking guitar at the Fur Peace Ranch. Walker's a master at acoustic blues, rags and hot improvisational fingerpicking and this CD showcases some of his incredible style.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
SASSPARILLA: Debilitated Constitution
Raw and edgy street performers in the country blues and ragtime traditions. washtub bass, washboards, harmonica, fiddle and resonator guitars thrust the listener into simpler times and honest traditions.
CD price: $10.00
AGNOSTIC MOUNTAIN GOSPEL CHOIR: St. Hubert
The traditions from the Mississippi delta and the Kentucky mountains get warped by a quartet that hollers, clangs, and pounds the life back into those acoustic styles like their originators intended. The punks, rockers, and indie-hipsters like them too.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
BLUE BEAT: Cool Drink A Water
Acoustic world-beat blues featuring blues-style vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, east Indian tabla, and African percussion.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE BLUELIGHTS: Rub That Rhythm
Roots music in overdrive.
Recommended if you like John Sebastian, Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band.CD price: $15.00
HOT DAY AT THE ZOO: Long Way Home
Darker and edgier than the wildly popular debut, full-length album "Cool As Tuesday", the new EP features 5 gritty, emotionally charged songs. Fact, fiction or fable, their tunes are layered with intricacies and depth reminiscent of the Grateful Dead.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
DAMIAN COEN: Six Lane Highway
Renowned for his lyrical blues harmonica playing, Coen has gathered Australia's premier acoustic blues & roots musicians to embellish this fine collection of original songs.
CD price: $14.00
BERNIE PEARL: Old School Blues, Acoustic/Electric
"If you are going to buy just one blues CD this year, consider this one before any others." Joel Okida, FolkWorks, www.folkworks.org
CD price: $12.97
DAVID JACOBS-STRAIN: Liar's Day
A consummate finger-style and slide guitarist / singer brings an old-school sensibility to a new generation of blues and roots rock in his sixth album.
CD price: $15.00
HENRY MAY: Dreamin' the Blues
Contemporary acoustic Blues guitar solos. Lots of slide and plenty of personality. Recorded just as Henry played it-- one guitar (though you won't believe it.) and no overdubbing.
Recommended if you like Lightnin' Hopkins, Bilnd Willie McTell.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
CRAIG FERGUSON: Nobody But The Moon And Me
Americana with deep roots in jazz, blues, and country.
Recommended if you like John Fahey, Bill Frisell.CD price: $13.99
MR. CROW & MR. REED: Prague Sessions
This album is a blend or blues and folk music in a unique style that comes from the tradition of the south.
CD price: $15.99
CALE HAWKINS: Chrome
Cale Hawkins is a 16 year old musician who plays all the instruments on this CD and incorporates a variety of genres into his music, including rock, jazz, blues, acoustic, and funk.
CD price: $12.00
J.B.KLINE: Music Mountain
Roots/blues/R&B music with an acoustic edge to it. Very listenable.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MARJORIE LONG: Aflame
This album is a mixture of soulful, folk, and pop with a strong spiritual message
Recommended if you like Leigh Nash.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
YRG: Farmboy Soundtrack
An eclectic collection of blues, 1930s R&B, bluegrass, and country mountain music with a contemporary flair.
CD price: $13.95 / MP3 price: $13.95
TOULOUSE ENGELHARDT: Toullusions
A "Lost Classic" returns.Recognized by guitar critics worldwide. as one of the "Top 10" solo acoustic guitar albums of all time.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
RICK HATFIELD AND THE JUMPIN' BOBCATS: The Frill Is Gone
Jazzy Blues
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
DREW GIBSON: Letterbox
Digging through the dirt and taking root where songwriting used to grow, all the while muttering words like Americana, Country Blues, and Folk.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $10.99
DAVID BROMBERG: Try Me One More Time
The musicians’ musician and fans’ favorite returns with his first studio CD in 17 years; roots music from a master.
CD price: $15.00
HARRY MANX: Dog My Cat
Sparse, soulful and contemplative, Dog My Cat -- recorded in one 11 hour studio session -- highlights Harry's mastery of lap slide guitar, harmonica and the Mohan Veena, a must for acoustic blues fans.
Recommended if you like Taj Mahal, Kelly Joe Phelps.CD price: $13.97
HARRY MANX: Wise & Otherwise
An award-winning acoustic blues tour de force featuring Manx originals and well chosen cover tunes.
CD price: $13.97
BROTHER YUSEF: Kids Get The Blues Too/Blues For Beginners
A Blues twist to some old children's classics cool enough for grownups to dig. Ya dig.
Recommended if you like John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins.CD price: $14.00
ROSSANA: Truth Be Told
An ecclectic collection of pop, blues, country and jazz with passionate and powerful vocals.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
