Recommended Blues: Urban Blues music (#1 - #40)
MARK SEBASTIAN: Bleecker Street
Pop, blues & urban folk from the singer/songwriter who authored "Summer In The City" for his brother's band, the Lovin' Spoonful in his teens. Known as a gifted guitarist and singer.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
ANTONIO ZAMBUJO: Outro Sentido
“This third release is bound to propel him further into the international limelight that his talents deserve.” -Daniel Brown - Mondomix (France) – Nov.2007
Recommended if you like Chet Baker, João Gilberto.CD price: $12.97
BELUSHI - AYKROYD: Have Love Will Travel
Have Love Will Travel is a very personal revisiting of urban blues, R 'n' B, jump-swing and rock. It's fun, tight, crisp, fast and exciting.
Recommended if you like The Blues Brothers.
THE DYNAFLOW'S: The Dynaflow's
High energy blues band
Recommended if you like Delbert McClinton, B.B. King.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE SECOND STRING QUINTET: The Second String Quintet
Folk, soul, blues & old time feel good music
CD price: $12.97
VARIOUS: Uncut Detroit II
The second benefit release by WHFR, the non-commercial, volunteer-run radio station broadcasting 24/7 from Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan at 89.3fm on the dial to the Detroit area and streaming to the world on the net at http://whfr.fm
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
WANDA KING: Songs In The Key Of Blues
Yes, Wanda is Freddie King's daughter extremely talented singer and composer. She is carrying on the blues tradition a little Texas,Chicago,Delta and touch of Jazz with contemporary lyrics.
CD price: $15.00
SPOTLIGHT CANNIBAL: This Cage
Bites the head off mainstream music and spits a funky, smooth blues down it's throat.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $3.00
MISSING PLAYERS: The EP
A Seattle-based trio that formed in 2004. The music is extremely diverse, songs can range from ambient drum and bass instrumentals to country and back to raw dirty rock.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
DERRICK HORNE: It Feels Like Christmas
a versatile collection of popular Xmas classics encompassing jazz, blues, rock, zydeco and gospel styles. Includes stellar instrumental and vocal performances. sure to please any music fan.
Recommended if you like Ray Charles, Israel Houghton.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
ABBY SMITH: Monitored For Quality Control
Mostly Blues, Jazz, Cabaret with poetically political and movingly personal content. A powerful singer with great wit and presence.
MP3 price: $17.00
BOBBY BRYAN: Stranger Blues
Contemporary urban blues. Seven smoking original tracks and 4 covers from pillars in modern blues music.
CD price: $12.50
D.B. AND THE DYNAFLOW'S: The Road I Go
A mixture of rural and urban blues
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ELLEN ROBINSON: Mercy! Ellen Robinson Live
"Hers is a white chocolate sound, intense and pure, swinging and bitter-sweet." Carol Sloane
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
SHONIE: A Touch Of Love
Songs that you will feel on the inside; a mixture of r&b, jazz, and urban blues.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
HASAN SALAAM: Children of God
These are the sounds of the modern day spiritual, warrior boom bap, sun of the blues, martyr music you hearing. Freedom songs inked with blood, sweat, and tears. The soundtrack of life.
CD price: $17.97 / MP3 price: $17.97
SOULMATES: Where Do We Go From Here?
Dynamic blues rock influenced by modern blues, soul, and R&B.
Recommended if you like Ray Charles, Stevie Ray Vaughan.CD price: $12.50
ROBERT SOUP CAMPBELL: Women:Men's Woes and Soulful Feelings
This CD is the down home blues bordering low down dirty with a touch of R&B to bring one back to the world.
CD price: $12.97
GARY CLARK JR.: 110
Gary stepped out of the blues genre on some of the songs on this album. All original tunes. Soulful and eclectic. Gary wrote all the songs and plays all the instruments.
CD price: $11.00 / MP3 price: $11.00
BILLY SHEW BAND: Billy Shew, Bootlegged at Dawsons
Adult contemporary rock with awesome guitar work and a tasty groove.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ESSIE THE BLUES LADY: Shape Up
Blues queen teaches lessons in life----shut up and listen.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE GRYFFYN BAND: No Apologies
Take a healthy dose of Muddy Waters, add the funk of George Clinton, stir in six strings of Robben Ford and sprinkle with a dash of Jimmy Smith; shimmy and shake for 15 minutes and serve on a Stax platter. This is the Gryffyn band, No Apologies.
MP3 price: $9.99
BLUE DIABLO: Boogie
Blue Diablo is a four piece North Carolina band that mixes Blues, Rock and John Lee Hooker flavored Boogie into danceable hook laden original songs.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
ROBERT CHARELS: Three Leg Dogs & Old Skool Cats
Serious urban blues with a touch of funk, contemporary blues, and traditional respect - this is outstanding new music for today's audiences produced by blues star Michael Hill.
CD price: $13.97
JENNIFER LEONHARDT: Gods & Nations
"Driving, impassioned folk-blues. Leonhardt is a gale force to be reckoned with." -Pop Culture Press
Recommended if you like Cowboy Junkies, Mazzy Star, Rickie Lee Jones, Janis Joplin, Allison Moorer, Alison Krauss.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
PHIL BERKOWITZ: Louis' Blues
This cd is a harmonica player's tribute to the late great Louis Jordan who was famous for his jump blues, jazzy swing, and urban blues.
Recommended if you like Louis Jordan.CD price: $13.99
RAWATSON: ....come to Light
A bluesy rock, folksy funk, musical anthology as a tribute to the aftermath of 911. Jammin' with the guitar dedicated especially for the people on the frontline. A throwback of the '60s style but with the sound of the new millineum.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
TRADE MARTIN: B.B. King Tribute
A sincere dedication of powerful, pop, urban blues featuring soulful and distinctive vocal performances by the former RCA recording artist on his versions of songs which he composed, produced and arranged for the legendary B.B.King.
CD price: $14.97
BRUCE RADEK: From Medellin to Point Barrow
Pop Rock Ambient
Recommended if you like James Taylor, Phil Collins.MP3 price: $7.97
NELSON JENSTAD: The Essential Robin Hood Lanes
Essentially, Robin Hood Lanes is B3 organ style swing and jazzy hipster/beat keyboard instrumentals.
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
WHITEBOY SLIM: (I'm Dreaming Of) a Whiteboy Slim Christmas
Blues outside the box. Traditional blues with a dollop of Jazz, Funk, World Music, and HipHop.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
KENNETH E WOODS & WARREN BURRELL JR: Flying High
THE BLUES Mississippi style
CD price: $14.92 / MP3 price: $14.92
