ALL Blues: Delta Style albums

"POOR HOWARD" STITH: Lonesome Road Blues
Timeless 12-String Delta Blues from both ends of the Mississippi, and barrel-house country blues like they played back in the 30's.
8 BALL AITKEN: Behind The 8 Ball
Roots, delta-blues and country with balls from the roadside.
AFRISSIPPI: Fulani Journey
Senegalese Delta melodies meet North Mississippi Hill Country Blues
AJ AND THE TWO TONE BLUES BAND: Blues House
DELTA BLUES SOUND WITH A CHICAGO FLAVOR.
AL SMYTH: It's Al in Your Head
Blues for your shoes
ALAN GERBER: Chicken Walk
Soulful old-time accoustic delta blues feeling with original intelligent material played on the piano, guitars, fiddles and delivered with extremely powerful yet sensitive vocals.
ALAN GERBER: Fools That Try
Blues roots, soul, and gospel; original singer-songwriter presented in an acoustic style with some incredible musical guests.
ALEX HARVEY: Parachute
Splashes of Country and Blues that walk you through moments of love, loss and truth.
ALEX HARVEY: The Songwriter
A cool country blues feel.
ALFIE SMITH: Brass & Steel
Gritty acoustic blues, lots of slide, deep soulful voice, intense and passionate.
ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART: Down In The Alley
One of Alvin Youngblood Hart's most critically acclaimed albums, "Down In The Alley," is a solo outing that finds the blues world's preeminent "young turk" going back to the genre's acoustic roots.
AMEDEE: Creole Man
French Crole blues guitarist who learned the ropes by performing in the roadhouses of the Louisiana and Mississippi River Delta.
ANDREW PENNER: Mersea
We are a foot-stompin?, big singin?, two-person band. With some slide playing, accordion waving, and glockenspiel plinkin' around there too. Picture a rabid tractor screaming towards a tent revival. Holy Plow, look out.
ANDY COATS: Song & Pony Show
Broad collection of blues, slide guitar, rootsy rock, jazz, and ragtime--one listener has said the disc sounds like a "history of music".
ANDY COATS: That's What they Call the Blues
Compelling acoustic blues and original songwriting
ANDY FRIEDMAN & THE OTHER FAILURES: Live at the Bowery Poetry Club
"A voice and manner that comes off like a more serious Lord Buckley or a beatnik version of Hank Williams’ alter-ego Luke The Drifter.” (Connect Savannah)
ANDY SQUINT: Goin' to the Racetrack
This is a power trio with a raw edge, performing classic blues, Delta-style slide, and contemporary urban electric blues.
ANWAR AND THE MASTERS: Anwar and the Masters
A humorous, inspired and appalling musical voyage through contemporary and outdated sonic styles, as attempted by a motley aggregation of unknown, odiferous and bard-like satirists.
ARIC RILEY: Talk About Trouble
Traditional fingerstyle acoustic Americana/Blues delivered with passion, guts, and sincerity. Produced by renowned Blues artist and producer Terry Robb.
ARNOLD LINDSAY: My Name Is The Blues
Solid Mississippi Delta blues. Some electronic. A couple acoustic tunes fit for sipping whiskey on a broke down porch. Hot.
ASHLEY RAINES: The Halcyon Birds
A return to the roots. Americana music steeped in dobro and cello.
ASS POCKET OF WHISKEY: Based On A True Story
Combines Hill Country Blues with soulful guitar for a unique sound that combines Blues, Rock, Folk, and Funk into a full blown explosion.
AUSTIN "WALKIN' CANE": Murder Of A Blues Singer
Damn fine blues.
AXE MASTERSON: Back Porch Serenade
Axe Masterson's Blues are RAW, His Blues are PRIMAL. A trip to the Delta for your EARS. Songs from the delta and beyond ,performed in a Barrelhouse /juke joint style,with intimate renderings of some old country blues Standards with a Fresh original sound.
BARRELHOUSE: eclectasy
A gritty distillation of folk, blues, jazz and funk played in every configuration from a duo to a full band consisting of a blend of styles from up-tempo and easy listening.
BEN BONHAM & JAMES COOK: Ragged Blues
Delta Blues on slide guitar and one string bass
BEN MOORE & THE BLUES EXPRESS: Funky Blues
Funky jook joint blues from the Express with special guests Little Jr. Cannaday and Miss Tina Carter.
BEN PRESTAGE: beale street
Downhome, Backwoods, Mississippi Country Blues, Delta Blues, Swamp Blues, guitar, dobro, diddley bow, foot drums, soaked in muddy water...
BEN PRESTAGE: Down-Home & Home-Made
Deep dirty down-home Southern Country Blues...the future of Southern music...
BEN PRESTAGE: Real Music
Real music. A new sound with an old soul. Funky Americana, Ragtime Guitar, Dark Gospel, Alcohol-Fueled Hill Country Blues, and Florida Swamp music. Fingerstyle Guitar, Slide/Dobro, Tuba/Jug, electric Diddley-Bow, harmonica, and vocals.
BHARATH AND HIS RHYTHM FOUR: Friday Night Fatty featuring Junior Watson
1950s Chicago and Arkansas style blues featuring Jr. Watson . 'The feeling i got playing with these guys was just like the first time I heard Chicago Blues' Junior Watson 'A romp on the harp that makes this writer want to blow my harp.' Mark Hummel
BIG GEORGE BROCK: Club Caravan
Real-deal, electrified Delta blues by 73-year-old, Mississippi-born Big George Brock (harp/vocals) and the Riley Coatie (guitar) family blues band... recorded at Jimbo Mathus' studio in historic Clarksdale, Mississippi.
BIG GEORGE BROCK: Round Two
"Round Two" is the follow-up to last year's Blues Music (Handy) Award-nominated "Club Caravan" album. What kind of blues is it? "I play the blues from back behind Grandpa's house," says 74-year-old Mississippi-born Big George Brock.
BIG GEORGE BROCK: Live At Seventy Five
High-energy, real-deal blues featuring deep Delta harmonica from 75-year-old Blues Music Award-nominee Big George Brock. Recorded at a world-famous juke joint in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
BIG T & THE FAMILY BAND: Hellhound In My Shadow
Delta style, electric blues.
BIGJERRY: I Got The Blues For You
Delta Country Blues straight from Beale Street in Memphis w/ Blind Mississippi Morris, Memphis James, Brad Webb
BILL HOWL-N-MADD PERRY: Reason I Sing The Blues
My CD, "Reason I Sing the Blues", contains some of my best songs. I can truly say I have prepared for this CD all my life, because I do have lots and lots of reasons why I sing the blues. This CD has a Mississippi Delta sound with a touch of funk.
BILL HOWL-N-MADD PERRY: Jook Joint Jump
This disc is the sound of a guy who's played for many a tough audience, and doesn’t consider surrendering the stage until he’s won over every stubborn holdout. As the brevity of the CD indicates, it doesn't take Perry too long to get the job done.
BILLY CHAPMAN: Sweet Nothings
A stripped down collection of heartfelt, raspy voiced compositions. Life observations delivered on one guitar with a vocal. Great stories in an intimate world. Acoustic Rock
BIRDLEGG AND THE TIGHT FIT BLUES BAND: Meet Me on the Corner
Some of the best West Coast Blues Harmonica from one of the masters with sounds origins from Mississippi Delta and Texas blues.
BLACK RIVER BLUESMAN AND THE COCKROACH COMBO: Ants in my Kitchen
Primitive, unpolished electric Black River Delta juke-joint blues in the spirit of Mississippi Hill Country. An unexpected roots explosion from the northern woods.
BLUE DELTA: Down Home Blues
Acoustic Blues in the Piedmont and Mississippi Delta tradition.
BLUE MOTHER TUPELO: Delta Low ~ Mountain High
Cookin southern soul-rock with powerhouse vocals, gutbucket guitars and an earthy-vibe running deep. Digging deeper and pulling out another kind of wonder with this one. A Tupelo stew that warms the insides-food for the soul.
BLUES AT MIDNIGHT: Blues At Midnight
This cd was recorded live on New Years Eve with 6 great Detroit blues acts including,Johnny "Yarddog" Jones, Willie "D"Warren, Odell "Blues Boy D", Uncle Jessie White, Cathy Davis, and the Butler Twins.
BLUES DIVINE: That's What It Takes
Inspiring acoustic and electric contemporary blues/rock with southern roots and soulful grooves featuring guest guitarists Albert Lee and David Grissom.
BLUES NETTWORK: Hotter than hell
lowplugged-electro-acoustic-Mississippi-swamp-trash-Blues
BLUESBERRY JAM BAND: Bluesberry Jam Band
Bluesberry Jam Band delivers a strong tempo to the delta blues of "by-gone" days. Feel it.
BLUESHOT: In The Shade Of Blues
It's blues, blues and blues again, it's rock'n'roll, it's slipping and sliding. it's walking jazz, it's blues, blues and blues again, it's swinging boogie. It's three guys from Denmark.
BLUESMAN: E. Z. STREET.....Goin' Down To Memphis
Delta, Classic, Rockin, Blues. With acoustic guitar, harmonica, and vocal.
BLUESPOWER: Who Says We Ain't Blues
Just good old blues played the way it's supposed to be played.
BLUESROOT: Live. Real. In the moment.
BluesRoot songs are a unique Americana blend of delta blues, rockabilly, and '50's rock and roll influences.
BO RAMSEY: In The Weeds
Ten songs (two co-written by Greg Brown) featuring Bo's unique sound, a host of session players, and guest appearances by Kelly Jo Phelps, David Zollo and the sultry Lucinda Williams highlight this release.
BOBBY RUSH: Night Fishin
This Album is about the guys who like to go fishing at nights..if you know what I mean.
BOBBY RUSH: The Essential Recordings Vol1
Chicago style blues, delta style blues, Indie, Funk
BOOTS ROOTS: The Black Sheep of the Family
Original Delta Blues with a slight Chicago cross over. This is RAW Blues at its best.
BRADFORD ANTHONY TRETOLA: Time
Delta Blues tradition combined with heartfelt acoustic instrumentals and soulful songwriting.
BRANDI LYLE: Brandi Lyle
Eclectic debut by a Mississippi Delta vocalist who bounced on 'Pops' Staples knee, recorded a few blocks from the site where Robert Johnson breathed his last, including a true account of an unexpected landing at the Drew, Mississippi airstrip.
BRETT MARVIN PRESENTS GRAHAM HINE: Graham Hine
blues slide guitar
BRIAN "DR. MOJO" ROBERTSON: Big Ass Buick
Solo acoustic Blues with slide guitar, piano, blues harp -- the real thing. Blues Revue LOVED it and you will too -- with echoes of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Memphis Slim - but with the original styling of Brian "Dr. Mojo" Robertson
BROKE TOE REZO: I Shoulda Gone to the Hospital
Traditional delta style. A guy and his guitar (Gittfiddle Sue). Freight train ridin', whiskey drinkin', cop's boot steppin' on your head, never give up kinda blues that you gonna feel.
BROTHER YUSEF: Blues By Request
An Acoustuc Take On Some Old Blues Standards.
BROTHER YUSEF: ...in the Moment
A Live Solo Blues performance. Alittle Slide Guitar with some Chicago-Mississippi-Texas-West Coast Swing finger picking, all mixed up in a fatback flavored stew.
BROWNBIRD RUDY RELIC: Anti-Stereo Acoustic Holler Blues
An amalgam of pre and post war blues influences with an emphasis on emotive minimalism; Acoustic Holler Blues.
BRUCE BARHAM: Lonebyrd
Memphis artist performing solo from his potpourri of musics, blues to country to folk, all with his unique lyrics and excellent twelve-string guitar seasoned with 30 years of stage.
BRYAN HIMES: Lookin' For RL
A slice of Son House; dose of Robert Johnson; the risk taking of Jimi Hendrix; bottled up in Keb Mo - that's BRYAN HIMES.
BUDDWA MAMBO'S: Work Songs
Bottleneck, Mandolin's and Dobro's. Hill country rock tunes about work
BURTON ZIMMER: Burton Zimmer
Delta Style Blues and Slide Guitar
BUTCH MUDBONE: End of the Trail
Memphis-based blues and R & B with a Native American twist
BUTCH MUDBONE: What It Is To Have The Blues
Laid back, down-home style blues, with a couple country blues on the Dobro guitar thrown in. The band is a studio band in Nashville, but the CD was produced in Sweden when i was there. The quality was good, and the price was right.
C. EARL CAMPBELL DA 3RD: Mad Suicidal Bomber
Conscious Hip Hop, Blues, Spoken Words and Spiritual Truth that will challenge you to think and be empowered.
CAGED HEAT: Caged Heat
"...power hungry, blues-fried, retro sleaze gang bring the night down with a howling fury of flailing Stones riffs and the kind of jaw dropping harmonica wail that suggests backroom negotiations with Satan." -The Weekly Dig Boston
CAPTAIN SQUEEZE AND THE ZYDECO MOSHERS: Zydeco on the Radio
Louisiana bayou, nouveau zydeco Mardi Gras party dance music that makes people of all ages and musical tastes get on up and dance.
CARL KEITH: Bringing Back New Orleans
Jazz R&B style with piano, brass, bass, & vocals.
CASH BOX KINGS: Black Night Fallin'
Gritty, post-war style Chicago Blues for the 21st Century. The Cash Box Kings continue to dedicate themselves to carrying on the spirit of the 1940's and 50's post-war Chicago blues sound as well as the delta blues music of the 20's and 30's. The band fe
CASH BOX KINGS: The Royal Treatment
Old-school blues Chicago blues band (feat. Kenny "Beedy Eyes'Smith on drums and vocals) dedicated to carrying on the spirit of the 1940's and 50's Chess and Sun Records era blues as well as the Mississippi Hill Country sound of Fred McDowell.
CASHMAN: Texassippi Stomp
Lonesome back-porch acoustic delta blues and wicked, wang-dang, floorboard-shakin' electric roar from this duo.
CATFISH KEITH: Rolling Sea
Catfish Keith's string-twanging style of foot-stomping, sliding, deep delta blues and American roots music has spellbound audiences the world over.
CATHEAD BISCUIT: Nothing But a Blues Party
A BUTT ROCKIN, BUTT SHAKING, WOLF GROWLING, OLD SCHOOL HARP BLOWING, BASS DRUM THUMPING, CAT FIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, UNDER A FULL MOON, ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN.
CHARLENE GRANT: That Would Be Me
Blues flavored selections written with wit, grit and a unique, equitable style that make you feel like you're rocking at your favorite club or just hanging out at the corner cafe.
CHARLIE DON'T SHAKE: The Midwest EP
Rock and Roll fingerpainters who smear blues, country and er soul all over the place.
CHEF CHRIS AND HIS NAIROBI TRIO: Ruff Cuts
The Delta meets The Motor City for a sonically and twisted adventuresome take on the blues; if Captain Beefheart and Screamin Jay Hawkins had a baby it would be Chef Chris.
CHICAGO KINGSNAKES: Grassroots
American Roots Music. Nine songs written and performed in an all acoustic setting by the Chicago blues band, the Chicago Kingsnakes. Recorded outside of the city in a rural setting at "the Spot", a state of the art studio
CHRIS BURKHARDT: Taken Time
Delta Blues
CHRIS ENGLISH: Lowdown in the House
Delta style is Chris' forte, singing, playing vintage guitars and harp, stamping out the time on an old wooden coca cola crate, creating subtle polyrhythms and powerful vocals .
CJ AND THE HOT MESS CO.: funky business
Dirty, funky, lo-fi-blues, for those that like their blues 100 proof raw and full of excitement.
COL RAY & THE SCARY CATS: Feather
Raw Blues Roots with attitude and a touch of country
COLE PRIOR STEVENS: Out Of The Blue
Sweet percussive pre-war delta style acoustic bottleneck slide blues with provocative and humorous lyrical content. Ain't got the blues? Shoulda had 'em now. Ya'll step in and check it out...
COWPIE BLUES FESTIVAL: We Got A Live One Here
Absolutely Live Blues Music Festival
CRUSH COLLISION TRIO: Cold In Hand
The Crush Collision Trio returns with their second CD, Cold In Hand. This CD features 4 originals by Lonesome Dan Kase including the title song, Cold In Hand.
CURTIS BLUES: Forget With Me
Acoustic, Delta blues played one-man-band style. "It’s like listening to the reincarnation of Robert Johnson." Sensible Sound review
D. JOHNSON: Doney Blues
D. Johnson is a critically acclaimed guitar player that performs 1930s Mississippi Delta Blues in the style of Robert Johnson and Son House.
D.B. AND THE DYNAFLOW'S: The Road I Go
A mixture of rural and urban blues
D.B. WALKER: Stage Road Blues
Traditional Delta Blues, slide guitar and Dobro, perfect for sitting on the porch and sipping lemonaid.
D.JOHNSON: Mississippi Delta Blues
Critically acclaimed acoustic slide guitarist joins with savvy harmonica player to perform Mississippi Delta Blues songs in the style of the 1920s and 1930s. Includes covers of Son House and Robert Johnson songs.
DADDY RICH: Pay Your Dues
Daddy Rich makes real Delta Music on his Debut Album "Pay Your Dues". Get sad with Rich on this 10 song ride through the Delta. Rich was Clarksdale born and raised and found his stride in his unique style of blues. Also check out his new CD " Clarksdale "
DADDY RICH: Clarksdale
Daddy Rich "Clarksdale" pioneers a new style called Delta Music & Hip Blues. Pour up a glass and enjoy.
DAN LANGE: Streetwise
Acoustic Slide powerhouse with heart and rough honesty.
DAN PHELPS: Broke Down Engine
This energetic acoustic blues music runs from the haunting eerie sound of Charlie Patton to the power of Son House. All this with a bit of swing thrown in for good measure.
DAN PHELPS: Matchbox Blues
Finger picking delta and ragtime songs accompanied by a low, gruff voice.
DAN TREANOR: African Soul
Afro Delta, down home, gutbucket blues. LoFi, no frills, straight from the heart. 'I do not play no rock and roll, I just play the straight an' natural blue'. Mississippi Fred McDowell
DAN TREANOR AND AFRICAN WIND: Mercy
African grooves, Delta Soul, North Mississippi hill country raunch, Rhythm & Blues smooth.
DAN TREANOR AND FRANKIE LEE: African Wind
Stripped down blues with an African feel that touches on a raunchy, bare-bones, Mississippi hill country style
DANIEL ERIKSEN: Ya Ya
Slide guitar. An awesome Cd mixing Mississippi`s rough Delta Blues with the boiling grooves of New Orleans. "Son House meets Neville Brothers".
DANNY LYNN WILSON BAND: Primal Blue
An original blend of acoustic blues and down-home grooves to whet your appetite.
DARRELL MANSFIELD: Best of Darrell Mansfield Vol. 1
Rockin' Blues - The "Best of Darrell Mansfield Vol 1" album combines metal, rock, blues and a whole lot of heart and soul. It features some nice guitar solo's, meaningful lyrics and the usual blues/boogie influence found in Mansfield's other projects (inc
DARRELL RAINES: Moanin' Time
Blues with influences from the Delta to Rock
DAVE LAMBERT: Live at Piggy Blues
Dave Lambert is the Real Deal if you're looking for traditional Delta Blues. Sliding his way through traditional delta songs and a handful of covers. This is a blues lovers "must have".
DAVE MACKENZIE: Rats In My Bedroom
contemporary southern roots music, blues, rock-a-billy, etc. this guy can write, pick and he's funny.
DAVE MACKENZIE: All New Slender Man Blues
purist warning: this album contains some songs which are not blues. but it's mostly blues, great picking and lots of fun
DAVE MACKENZIE: Solo
Masterful presentation of solo blues forms with topics from the deeply introspective to the hysterically funny.
DAVE SHERMAN: RiverSide
The album contains styles from folk, country and blues. Dave sings about family, faith, friends and duct tape.
DAVID DOVER: Mississippi Mud
The Tulsa sound has been around for years and David Dover is an excellant example of Tulsa blues music. With a style similar to John Fogerty and an unbelievably unique voice. From the Delta to Chicago to LA this album covers it all.
DAVID EVANS: Match Box Blues
Having learned directly from many of the old-time blues musicians who were still performing during the 1960s, Evans' style is honest and embraces the great folk tradition to which he has devoted his life.
DAVID HONEYBOY EDWARDS: Roamin' and Ramblin'
This living legend of the Delta blues, and master of the Chicago blues proves to us time and time again why he is such an important member of the blues community.
DE ELLIOT BROS.: Yooper Girls
Accoustic -Jugband -Country -Ragtime -Blues Americana -Oldtime Stringband - Homemade Instruments -Minesota humor -Jamming -Funky
DEACON JOHN: Deacon John Live at the 1994 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Often described as New Orleans' best-kept musical secret, Deacon John is the unsung hero of New Orleans blues and R&B.
DEAK HARP: Gateway To The Blues
Blues Harp 1930's to present chicago blues sound. Traditional Blues Harmonica. With plenty of Power ...Staying true to the Blues ......Deak
DEAN MITCHELL: Waitin' For A Train
A country-western and blues musical tribute to the legendary Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers..."The Blue Yodeler"
DEBI CANDLISH: Ain't got the Blues
A whole lotta blues with a little bit a' country roots thrown in.
DELANEY BRAMLETT: A New Kind Of Blues
Legendary, Delaney Bramlett sings "A NEW KIND OF BLUES". Famous for influencing or working with many of the worlds most famous musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, Albert King, George Harrison.
DELTA BOY: When I Get Religon
Acoustic Delta Blues revival bottle neck slide played on authentic instrumentation in the style of the delta blues greats
DELTA PAUL TUNKEL: Bluesmen
Good ole' delta slide blues by solo artist with a resonator guitar, powerful vocals and soul-gripping lyrics.
DELTA ROUX: Only A Fool
Roots rock that combines delta blues, New Orleans funk and Memphis soul.
DELTA ROUX: Dirty Shoes
Roots rock that combines delta blues, New Orleans funk and Memphis Soul.
DEWEY BURNS: Always Be This Way
Dewey Burns, an accomplished picker and clever songwriter died too soon, so the Blues and Folk community came together and recorded half of these songs.
DOC MACLEAN: Narrow House
Contemporary Delta/Roots.
DON HAUPT: Steady Rollin' Man
Oldtime screamin' and hollerin' for mercy at the crossroads Delta blues
DON TESCHNER: SwampRockBlues
Slide Guitar based music inspired by the tradition of the Delta Blues; Organic, Acoustic, and Passionate, these steamy songs resonate with the beautiful yet haunting sounds of the deep south.
DONNIE V: Hard Rain Fall
Reminiscent to the soundtrack "Brother, Where Art Thou?"
DORIS SPEARS: 9 Fold Muse--Blues For Grown Folks
The blues legend of the new millenium
DOV HAMMER: Going Deep
New original acoustic Blues, with healthy doses of country and Bluegrass, and even some rock.
DR OAKROOT'S TONIC: Bosnujo
Anti-ethnic-cleansing protest acoustic blues.
DR. SLIDE: Slidin' By
A fast rising star on the blues festival circuit, Dr. Slide's eclectic acoustic/electric picking style uses a traditional foundation to create his original style. His gritty, soulful voice recalls the rough-edged bluesmen of old.
DREW LANDRY: Keep What's Left
I Guess It's Honky-Tonk Blues....Cajun Folk..I just write songs about home.
DRINK SMALL: Tryin' to Survive at 75
Vintage acoustic blues from South Carolina legend. New recordings for 2008.
EARNEST "GUITAR" ROY: Ain't Going Down That Road by Myself
Energenic Blues with various styles and positive lyrics.
EAST RIVER STRING BAND: East River String Band
East River String Band plays old timey Delta/Ragtime Country blues.if you like jug band style music-you will like this CD.
ED ACQUESTA: String Spirits
Seven String Jazz Guitar
ED HUEY: A Slice of Yellow Moon
Groovy, aching blues.
ED MCGUIRL: Ides Of Blue
Acoustic Blues and Roots ranging from delta ache to easy going folk blues feel.
EDEN & JOHN'S EAST RIVER STRING BAND: Some Cold Rainy Day
Old Time singin' & playin'. 1920's style country blues in the tradition of Memphis Minnie, Charley Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, Lottie Kimbrough, and Blind lemon Jefferson. Beautiful old-time acoustic guitar & ukulele. Art by R. Crumb.
ELAM MCKNIGHT: Braid My Hair
Blues rock all the way. Elam McKnight's song writing talent is more than evident and take this CD release to the room of fine listening. Elam sings with everything he has to offer. Blues never felt so good. (4 out of 5 stars)" ---Roots Music Report
ELAM MCKNIGHT: Supa Good
Elam McKnight plays blues the way they should be played. Honoring the legacy while pushing the boundaries. This is the best way to describe McKnight's foot-stomping, head-banging rendition of the blues from the Delta, Mississippi Hill Country, and his own
ELAM MCKNIGHT & KEITH CARTER: The Last Country Store
Number 22 on the National Living Blues Chart for July. SIngle Produced by Grammy Winner Jimbo Mathus The Last Country Store is an exploration into Deep Roots Blues. This is the primal place of the human spirit where the REAL DEAL is
ELMER LEE THOMAS: Living With The Blues
acoustic blues
ERIC DEATON: Gonna Be Trouble Here
Authentic Mississippi Hill Country Juke Joint Blues
ERIC MATTYS: You Don't Have to Close Your Eyes
Let go of your literal linguistics to lie for electroshock libations, limping languid and alone. A melancholy mix of honest, intricate and at times frantic folk rock. You should listen to the last three songs.
ERNIE HAWKINS: Bluesified
Blues Revue: "...a ray of sunshine, a perfect cure for the winter doldrums. It's unpretentious, overwhelmingly sweet and good-hearted...positively glowing with good feeling. Bluesified is a fine tribute to his years of dedications. Acoustic blues, rag
ERNIE PAYNE: coercion street
Accoustic Blues, Roots oriented contemporary folk artist.
ERNIE SOUTHERN: Prozac Blues
Curiously Funky,Red-Hot Accoustic Delta Blues.
FAB: i didn't choose the mood
Delta blues groovy rock
FERNANDO JONES: WHODOYUVOODU
DIRECT FROM THE BLUES CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (CHICAGO) -- WHODOYUVOODU is an enhanced CD including a video, electronic press kit, and lyrics and liner notes. This project by Fernando Jones is filled with all original, cutting edge Blues songs . . . electric
FIVE LEADING U.S. JUG BANDS: Jug Band Music? You CAN'T Be Serious!
Jug band music mixes traditional string instruments and harps with jugs, washboards, kazoos, washtub base and other homemade instruments to create a delightful toe-tapping novelty sound for blues, jazz and other popular genre.
FLOYD LEE BAND: Doctors, Devils & Drugs
Deep Mississippi Blues with a heavy edge.
FRANCESCO GAROLFI: The Blues I Feel
Soulful Acoustic Blues - Folk Blues - Delta Style - Solo Male Artist
GABRIEL DELTA & HURRICANES: Roots
Acoustic, delta blues,in Stormy Monday Gabriel is not a South American bluesman who got lost in Italy, but a hobo who found a Mississippi John Hurt unknown score in a bottle at a Nashville bar.
GARETH HEDGES AND LANCE BENNETT: candyman
Two old English buddies (playing acoustic guitar and harmonica), in love with vintage American music, who refuse to give it up -- any of it.
GEORGE CALDWELL: My Baby She Gets Around
Back Porch Blues
GEROME DURHAM: Stepping Out
R & B, Blues
GOSHEN: Lioness
Rockabilly blues from hell. Or heaven?
GRADY CHAMPION: Goin' Back Home
Grady's voice not only makes you think of Robert Johnson, but the way he works the crowd seems as though Johnson's fire and raw sense of what the audience needs is being born inside him.
GRAMPA JACK SEALES: Losin' Control
classic blues
GRAVEL ROAD: Gravel Road
A dark and raw mix of Delta Blues, Punk Rock, and good old Rock 'n' Roll. Hip shakin', ass movin, deep, heavy and groovy.
GRAVELROAD: Shot The Devil
This album, Shot the Devil,has a sound so dirty and thick it kind of oozes out of the speakers and into your ears much like the mud of a Mississippi swamp.
GREG OSGOOD: The Good Is In The Man
Finding a good "man" is hard, but you gotta start somewhere. "The Good Is In The Man", is a true-to-life documentary of a man's worse fears and a woman's divine conquest. Its two people caught up in a unique love affair.
GREG OSGOOD: Walking On The Backstreet
Elegant mix of southern soul blues. Sweet.
GREG SPRADLIN OUTFIT: ... and Twiced as Gone
Mining the hills and Delta landscape of the American South to create a rich sonic tapestry reminiscent of the musical legacy born of the land they inhabit.
GROUCHY ROOSTER: Real and Raw
Bluesy, Southern Fried,Greasy Country, Poppin Rock that will leave you with a satisfied taste in your gut..
GWYN ASHTON: Beg, Borrow & Steel
Ashton's stripped-down acoustic masterpiece, featuring great slide guitar on his 1936 National Steel Guitar
HAMBONE: Lightning In My Hands
Deep Blues
HANS THEESSINK: Call Me
Blues & Roots from a european master with the help of Garth Hudson, Rick Danko and Richard Bell (The Band); Maceo Parker, PeeWee Ellis & Fred Wesley; Bobby King & Terry Evans; Morris Goldberg; Colin Linden and Jon Sass whose tuba lays down the basllines.
HANS THEESSINK: Slow Train
"World"-blues: a global trek through the Delta, into backwoods folk, and onward to Africa
HARD TYMZ: The Power of the Blues
Hard rockin' Blues delivered with a strong dose of workingman's attitude. Fat Danny sings from the heart and plays blazing guitar right from the gut. It's time to experince the good, the bad, the joy and the disappointment of Hard Tymz.
HARD TYMZ: Thinking About You
Hard edge Blues delivered by the man that's been there. No college boy Blues here.
HELL'S KITCHEN: Doctor's Oven
Blues: Rockin' Blues, Rock: Punk, Blues: Delta Style
HILLSTOMP: One Word
Raucous hill country blues stomp with a punkish energy from this Portland, OR duo who utilize dual vocals, a makeshift drumkit of buckets, cans and BBQ lids and some crazy good slide guitar.
HILLSTOMP: The Woman That Ended The World
Portland Oregon duo HILLSTOMP has duct-taped together a vigorous lo-fi hill country punk blues, clanging and tumbling from assorted vintage mics, buckets, cans and BBQ lids, drenched in rambunctious slide guitar.
HIPPIE FREAK: Enough Said
Southern rock, blues & pop showing fantastic versatility.
HOOKER: Confessions, Lies & Fairytales
outlaw blues, hippie approved, americana music.
HOSTY: Live
One Man Roots Rock Band
HOWARD "GUITAR" LUEDTKE: Alone with the Blues
The Midwest Les Paul swinging slide guitar player Howard "Guitar" Luedtke goes totally solo and acoustic playing some of his favorite delta blues classics. Enjoy.
HUGH POOL BAND: Live At The Rodeo Bar
Blues Rock for the 21st century... Neil Young meets Hendrix.
JAG: Juke Joint Boogie
Acoustic Delta Blues
JAKE LA BOTZ: Used To Be
Acoustic blues steeped in mystery and misery...
JAMIE BASSETT: Over My Shoulder
Mose Alyson, JJ Cale, Slim Harpo
JAWBONE: dang blues
Jumper cables. An old car battery. A bent 6-common nail. A cat-clawed amp. A paint bucket. A discarded child's toy tambourine. Jawbone combines these garage floor leftovers with guitar, harp, and a chop-shop drum kit to create an original, raw blues.
JAWBONE: Hauling
Stripped-down one-man band blues.
JEEVES!: Tonight! Jeeves Live!
The Blues done in a hardore Delta Style
JEFF GRAND: Therapy
This is the first release for Jeff, who has been a sideman on many other Detroit projects and was recently playing guitar for Uncle Kracker - Jeff is joined here by Martin Gross, Chris Rumel, and Eddie Harsch, along with special guests.
JEFF LASLEY: Devil got my mind
Raw electric Delta Blues with foot stomp percussion
JEFF LASLEY TRIO: Electric Blue
From the Elmore James inspired opener Freight Train, to the T-Bone Walkeresque Jeff's Jump, this CD's got it all. Including five great originals. A wonderful long awaited debut by this veteran player.
JEREMIAH & THE RED EYES: Red Eyed & Restless
Jeremiah Samartano leads this power trio thru a roots rock, delta blues, sorta punk rock sound. Slamin guitars and original songs with a dash of clash and a pinch of r.e.m., Neil Young, Willie Nellson & Charley Patton to boot.
JEREMY LYONS & THE DELTABILLY BOYS: Jeremy Lyons & The Deltabilly Boys
Searing, snappy slide guitar and finger-picking, stand-up bass and drums, swinging beats and deep swampy delta blues, rockabilly & hillbilly stomp; clever originals and classic old tunes.
JEREMY LYONS & THE DELTABILLY BOYS: Live at the Dragon's Den
Electric Slide Guitar meets surf and spaghetti western style instrumentals. Delta Blues meets classic country. Fun live set in an intimate New Orleans club.
JEREMY LYONS & THE DELTABILLY BOYS: Death Of A Street Singer
Love, drugs, heart-ache and disillusionment on the streets of New Orleans. Slide guitarist Jeremy Lyons spent much of the 1990s making his living playing in the clubs and busking in the French Quarter.
JERRY FORNEY BLUES BAND: Poor Boy Blues
..Mama talk to your daughter and sister and sweet cousin too because this Man can Play. Jerry Forney covers J.B. Lenoir, Jimmy Reed, Johnny Nicholas plus original soulful ballads and rockin' tunes too. JERRY FORNEY .. Playin' the BLUES for YOU.
JIM HUNTER: Turning The Tide
Scottish new country blues with songs full of wit and wry observation delivered up in the smokey voice of the remote West Highlands.
JIM HUNTER: The Crack O'Noon Club
Whisky Soaked vocals from the home of the Scottish Highland Delta Blues.
JIMBO MATHUS: KnockDown South
Blues, Boogie and Country
JIMBO-DELTA: Hypnotized
Take one part delta blues and one part contemporary perspective and you get an original river-bottom rocket. Jim Parks fuels the sound with resonator, bottleneck guitar and vocals with Ken Reif on bass.
JIMMY REED: Easy Blues
A collection of Hit songs from a Blues icon.
JOE MCGUINNESS: From These Seeds
The long awaited "From these seeds" is a unique take on old school back porch folk/blues, laced with lyrical gems, incredible guitar landscapes, Old school blues for new school ears. An enjoyable listen from start to finish. Highly recommended.
JOE MCMURRIAN QUARTET: Live at the White Eagle
A Kick ass selection of tunes from the famed Portland Oregon progressive Blues/Roots singer songwriter - Joe McMurrian with his amazing quartet featuring Jimi Bott from the Fabulous Thunderbirds on drums, David Lipkind on Harmonica and Jason Honl on Bass.
JOE RICHARDSON: Stripped Down
An all acoustic CD with only Joe and the guitar. "Delta Electric"...... as barebones as it gets..
JOE RICHARDSON EXPRESS: Somhelgisfel
All original music featuring a mixture of electric and acoustic blues influenced music....We call it "Delta Electric"
JOE WOOD & THE LONELY ONES: BLUES OUT OF LONG BEACH, CA
"A cross between Howlin' Wolf & Stevie Ray Vaughn" (LA Times)."This is what American Rock 'n' Roll is all about." (Daily News)
JOHN "JUKE" LOGAN & DOUG MACLEOD: "Live" As It Gets
Two Blues legends prove, live at BB King's Club in Hollywood, that accoustic blues can get your heart beating and your body groovin'.
JOHN AND EDEN'S EAST RIVER STRING BAND: Sweet East River
Old time singin' and playin' in the rural string band tradition of the 1920's & 30's. all acoustic instruments. includes amazing artwork by Sophie Crumb
JOHN EMIL: John Emil
John Emil has taken the lost art of slide guitar to a totally new direction. This is new roots music for the new millenium..
JOHN KEITH: Live at Brewbakers
Acoustic Blues
JOHN LONG: LOST & FOUND
Completely original acoustic Delta Blues performed with style and integrity.
JOHN MOONEY: Big Ol' Fiya
"Big Ol' Fiya" Nominated for 2007 Blues Foundations BMA "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year". It's been a long time coming but Mooney has brought some profound musical styles and songwriting to his signature syncopated delta blues with this, his latest
JOHN OWENS AND C. CARLYLE CHALK: Time After 'While...
Acoustic Blues
JOHN SINCLAIR & MARK RITSEMA: Criss Cross
This is historical blues poetry with a classic blues sound backing it up.
JOHN-ALEX MASON: Time Will Come
Award-winning and National Reso-Phonic endorsing John-Alex Mason teams up with an All-Star cast to meld this album of song-writer driven blues from the country to the city.
JOHN-ALEX MASON: Live Fire
Newest by Best Emerging Artist at King Biscuit Festival 2004. Raw Country Blues. Hill country stomping with Delta Sliding. Covers of Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, Rainie Burnette, Robert Johnson combined with award winning originals.
JOHN-ALEX MASON: Barefoot EP
One-Man-Band All-Night-Long Danceable Grooves and rocking original tunes all rooted in a repitoire of Delta, Piedmont and Hill Country Blues. Deep Country Blues...Electrified.
JOHNNY SHINES: Too Wet To Plow
Critically hailed 1975 solo, duo and trio performances by the late master, featuring LOUISIANA RED and SUGAR BLUE. "Too Wet To Plow captures the brooding, unrepentant passion of the Mississippi blues like no music I've heard in years." Greil Marcus
JON SHORT: HAVE BLUES, WILL TRAVEL, volume 1
With a soulful voice, ranging from butter-soft to a "100 yard howl" coupled with his locomotive delivery of finger-style and slide work on metal-bodied resonator guitar, this debut covers songs of the delta, piedmont and ragtime blues, capturing the essen
JORDAN LEE: Mississippi Delta Frog Pond Blues
Acoustic blues guitar flashback / Eric Clapton meets John Lee Hooker, all-blues 5-song collection. The famous FROG SONG is here, an authentic perspective for living life in the green without any green. Satisfy your wildest acoustic blues guitar cravings.
JORDAN LEE / SIGNATURE GUITAR BLUES: Rhythm Of The Blues
Hot, cool & original Americian guitar blues destined to throughly rock & roll both hemispheres. All guitar, all blues, all Jordan Lee. Need we say more?
JUNIOR DISORDER: Husbolt
One Man Band Garage Trash Primitive Blues
K.G. JACKSON AND SHAKIN' GROUND: whose blues are these
"A collection of original blues masterpieces performed by the greatest blues vocalist and songwriter of this generation".
KC BOOKER: KC Booker
Muddy Waters meets Run DMC -- a blues hip hop cocktail with a heavy dose of 60's rock.
KEITH DUNN: Alone With The Blues
An entire CD with voice and harmonica alone; Award winning songwriting that’s been compared to J.B. Lenoir; harmonica with the soul of Sonny Boy and the tone of Big Walter Horton; humorous, topical, powerful recordings for the 21st century.
KEITH DUNN AND THE LOVE GLOVES: Delta Roll
“Delta Roll” is a style based on delta, country and juke-joint blues of the 1920s to‘40s; it mixes in the harder electrified style of the‘50s, and uses harmony vocal arrangements of the ‘60s. It’s the band follow-up to Keith Dunn’s "Alone With The Blues."
KELLY CARMICHAEL: Old Stock
A collection of prewar-style blues played with sensitive expertise and sung with conviction." by Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue
KEN EMERSON: The Jack of Spades
American Roots Music encompassing the classic genres of folk music, blues, ragtime and spirituals - by virtuoso slide guitarist/singer/songwriter Ken Emerson.
KEN HART: Driftin
FOLK BLUES WITH A COUNTRY ROCK TWIST
KENNY MILLER: Midnight Groove
Kenny Miller is a living legend of the blues, a real bluesman who came from the south to make a living playing the blues in Detroit
KENNY SON CIVALE: Soul, Truth, & The Bottom Line
Taking old school delta blues, rock n roll, soul, r&b and country, mixing it all together, then adding his manic style of playing, son has put together a sound all his own.
KENT DUCHAINE AND LEADBESSIE: Lookin Back
Traditional and unique delta blues style music by artist who has played with many of the great blues men and adds a magical twist of his own with his 1934 National steel guitar.
KEVIN WOOD: Stray Dog
· rockin and rasslin’ author: Richard Amery Kenora Daily Miner and NewsKevin Wood sure knows how to wrestle with an old slide guitar. But he also knows how to rock like the likes of the Downchild Blues band, Canned Heat and the Fabulous Thunderbirds did b
KING SNAKES BLUES BAND: Issues Up Top
Stripped Down Delta and Hill Country Blues with an intensity that just knocks peoples heads off.
KIZIK: balance
musicianship in form
KM WILLIAMS: The Boogie Reverend
Raw,Hard Rockin Old School Texas/Mississippi Country Boogie Blues and Spirituals
KM WILLIAMS/TRAINRECK: Live Wreckage and Classics
Raw Electric and Acoustic Mississippi Delta/Texas Blues and Boogie performed in various Live venues
L.B. WALKER: Head Full of Blues
With the help of a 1930 National Steel & Ovation Guitar, blues harmonica & foot stompin' tambourine. L.B. Walker's premier CD, brings to you the soulful sounds of the Delta , jazzy originals & timeless great American Standards .
LANCE & DONNA: Long Gone
Live, dynamic delta country slide guitar and percussion with strong vocals from an amazing couple of "Blues Troubadours" 10+ 'years on the road'...
LAPTOP RANDY: Down at the Cajun Cafe on the Bayou
Swampy, backwoods, backwater, down home, front porch, Dobro style lap slide guitar music.
LAST OF THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUESMEN: Live in Dallas
2007 Grammy Award-winner. Being hailed as the best live blues album of the 21st century. Learn more. All album proceeds Benefit Music Education.
LAURIE "WADDY" MITCHELL: Ol' Soul
Old jazzy delta blues
LAURIS VIDAL: Shoot Shoot Your Skeletons EP
Kitchen sink beat blues
LEONARDO: Delta Revisited
Acoustic, roots, Delta Blues played in open tunings mostly on National resonator guitars.
LES READER & FRIENDS: Livin' On Blues
Alternative blues fueled by gritty guitar and twangy harmonica.
LIL' RICKI P: PO-HAUS KLICK
R&B And a mixture of Hip-Hop
LISA PERTILLAR BREVARD: (The Amplified) Louisiana Dawn: Poems of a Grafted Life
Down-in-the-Delta retro-hip-hop and blues-haiku
LITTLE BOOGIE BOY: In Case You've Got the Blues
Blues from the Netherlands but deeply rooted in the Mississippi Delta. Their down home blues with cheerfull blue notes, warm rich vocals, unique timing and being traditional finger-picked that makes todays people wanna party, even 'in case they've got the
LITTLE BOOGIE BOY FEATURING NICK HOLT: We Do It For The Blues!
Blues and soulblues brought to you by Dutch bluesman 'Little Boogie Boy' and US bluessinger 'Nick Holt', who is the brother and former bassplayer of Magic Slim. Their strong and souldrenched voices and pure music, together in a unique compilation of old s
LITTLE DOC THORNTON: Big Doc - Little Doc
Piedmont Gumbo. Acoustic blues played on bottleneck slide guitar with raspy southern vocals and some back porch harmonica thrown in for good measure.
LITTLE JOE BLUE'S: Greatest Hit's
The real-real down home (blues)
LITTLE JOHNNY KANTREED: Front Porch Blues
Some electric, some acoustic... but all blues.
LITTLE JR. CANNADAY: I Been Misused
Former sideman for Elmore James, Little Jr. Cannaday has released a great CD of real-deal blues from the old school.
LLOYD THAYER: Lloyd Thayer
Street blues. delta punk dobro. recorded live on the street with a 1929 national squareneck tricone guitar played lapstyle. down and dirty where the rubber meets the road hollerin at you blues.........
LLOYD THAYER: Blues for Boston
lloyd Thayer's lap style dobro and national steel guitar have made him an underground legend in the subways and on the streets of Boston for years.......his latest release features a medley of skip james' killing floor and bob dylan's masters of war
LOCAL JACK: Death is a Sexless Thing
Acoustic Delta blues with a fuel injected kick. Soulful, gritty vocals with a foot stompin' rhythm that hits you like a left hook, but leaves chills down your spine.
LONG JOHN HUNTER & TOM" BLUES MAN" HUNTER: One Foot In Texas
The sounds of Delta bluesmen mixed with Chicago grit and flavored with Texas tradition.
LOUISIANA RED: Dead Stray Dog
"This album is Red alone-the true Louisiana Red, with all of his intensity and raw talent exposed." -Kent Cooper
LOUISIANA RED: Live in Montreux
11 memorable tracks featuring the amazing blues guitarist/vocalist in a pure and powerful solo setting. "This live outing is unreservedly recommended. If you like blues that cuts close to the bone then look no further-you won't be disappointed." -Bad Dog
LOUISIANA RED & LEFTY DIZZ: Walked All Night Long
“Red and Dizz’s two-guitar dynamic is one of the most unusual in the blues annals on this cliché-free album.” --Blues Access
LOVESICK STEVE CHESEBOROUGH: Outstanding Blues
1920s-30s-style acoustic blues, sounding eerily like an old 78 record, but without the scratches
LUBOS BENA: Lubos Bena Live
An eclectic mix of raw Delta slide,Harmonica and tortured soul with rhythm feet that will make anyone tap their feet, hands or neighbor. Tap Tap Tap that thing.
LYNN MANDERSON: God Knows Who You Are
Gospel in the Delta Blues Style by a white girl
MA RAINEY: 1923-1928
The "Mother Of The Blues" - Her legendary sessions recorded between 1923 and 1928.
MACK EVANS: Lowdown
The original music - Delta blues, rockabilly and even Shakespeare-inspired rap - is as lowdown, sexy and unusual as the bass voice of Mack Evans. If you like Tom Waits, Keb'mo, the Isley Brothers, or John Lee Hooker, give a listen.
MAGDA PISKORCZYK: Blues Travelling
Accoustic blues at its best with Jazz Legend Michal Urbaniak (viol.) as a Guest Star by the best Polish blues and gospel vocalist, the IBC contest in Memphis sensation.
MARK HOLDER: My Black Name
Delta blues. Slide guitar and harmonica. Not much flash, lots of feeling.
MARK MCDONALD: Great Long Time
Mark serves up the some of the best in soulful acoustic blues with acoustic and steel resonator guitar and a racked harmonica. Recorded live in the studio.
MARK NOMAD: Acoustic Land
Solo acoustic compilation of delta blues and spirituals.
MARK SCHLAEFER: The Sweet Honey Mead
Personal acoustic blues about my life in the Colorado high country. Even though these songs were written above 9000 feet, they still sound firmly rooted in delta mud.
MARK SEARCY: Blindman's Blues
Raw, unpolished, blues gems from the Texas Delta. Solo 12-string, resonator, and slide guitar blues by Mark Searcy.
MARK TOLSTRUP: Root Magic
American roots blues from solo acoustic to electric band.
MARK TOLSTRUP: The Back Roads of America
Roots American acoustic blues from delta style slide guitar to ragtime.
MARKUS JAMES: Calabash Blues
"A vital mix of the Mississippi Delta and Mali, a cultural exchange of haunting beauty and mystery"--BLUES REVUE MAGAZINE
MARKUS JAMES: Snakeskin Violin
Original deep roots songs recorded in Mali and Mississippi
MARSHALL LAWRENCE: The Morning After
Marshall's acoustic slide playing is steeped in roots music and has a true and genuine blues feel. His pounding rhythms and fierce attack on the guitar transform each song into raw emotion.
MARTIN JACK ROSENBLUM: Swamp River
Brooding Blues about a world that does not add up.
MARY LUCKEY THOMPSON: Still Here/Still Happy
Live concert to support friend fighting ovarian cancer. Blues duet that falls back to prayer and gospel during the evening. Inspiration and uplifting.
MARY LUCKEY THOMPSON: Undisputed *OUEEN OF THE DELTA BLUES
Exhilarating,glamorous, *Queen of the Delta Blues*, A big mamma, who can carry her own weight, and buy her own *Gipson--backed up by syncopated bass of Cleo-and drums of Eric.
MARY LUCKEY THOMPSON: Voices In My Head
A bounteous harvest of live electric delta blues and songwriting
MARY LUCKEY THOMPSON: Go and try again
Mary plays all the instruments except drums on this CD. The lyrics are an open-eyed observation of life backed by upbeat blues and gospel rhythms.
MARY LUCKEY THOMPSON/CLEO: The Florence bird project
Electric delta blues-singersongwriter-lady sings the blues
MARY LUCKEY THOMPSON/CLEO: Save Yourself Blues
Deep. poetic, raw electric delta from the dark side of the blues-
MARY LUCKEY THOMPSON/CLEO (DELTA CHILDREN): Give Me *All* The Solos
deep electric delta
MARY THOMPSON-DELTA CHILDREN: Spirit of The Dead Bluesmen
Singersongwriter-deep electric delta. singer never sings the same song the same way. two people playing-sounds like four
MATEJ PTASZEK & LUBOS BENA: Sound From The Street
Imagine the sound of an old car with vocals and resophonic guitar.
MATT SOUTHON: Hollerin'!
Hollerin'. Is Australian Verandah Blues, raucous, raw and bluesy
ME AND WILLY: Going to Louisiana
American-rootsblues: Like Robert Johnson, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Carter Family in a club car jamming all night.
MICHAEL "HAWKEYE" HERMAN: Blues Alive!
"Plays with a sensitive, reflective touch that continually draws attention to his vocals, which are effectively understated and free of affectation. He can rock with the best of them. A solid choice for fans of traditional acoustic blues." Living Blues
MICHAEL BLUMENSTOCK: West To Chattanooga
Heavy rock rumblings resonated for road trips whilst cross pollinated with bizarre elements of Delta blues, fusion, Hawaiian, and atmospheric molecules.
MICHAEL CHAIN: Songwriter
This CD is some of the most rocking contemporary country sounds available on the indie circuit. Chain's background as a writer gives him the talent to create some very creative and particularly effective lyrics, particularly on "Can't Go Home Again". Here
MICHAEL PICKETT: Solo
Pickett's unique fusion of sensibilities, driven by his thumping Delta guitar rhythms, muscular harmonica and gravel and chains voice is, at once, traditional and relevant. Raw. Honest. And dripping with sly insights.
MICHAEL TOMEO: Talaveravanity Vol. 1
A keen sense of a good hook, a driving beat, delivered in a unique style is what Michael Tomeo brings to your table. A collection of "Thud Thumpin Slide Slappin' Groovin' Rock songs" that are a result of good times with friends and life lessons learned.
MICHEAL RAINEY: Micheal Rainey
Southern Soul which is a mixture of traditional blues and r&b.
MIDNIGHT ELEVEN: midnight eleven
blues: cool,rockin', spooky roots music. throwdowns and stories.
MIKEY JUNIOR: The 420 Sessions
Harmonica blues.
MILA: Delta Lightning
Delta folk blues
MILTON KERR: got blues?
acoustic blues
MILTON KERR: Kinda Like the Blues
Warm feeling Delta like blues with slide guitar
MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL: Shake 'Em On Down
This live recording (and the last ever made) captures MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL in top form. McDowells brand of playing was ELECTRIC DELTA BLUES, BOTTLENECK STYLE, and many believe he was the best who ever lived.
MISTER DOO: Bring Me Gasoline
Sleazy, raunchy acoustic blues and boogie. Originals and classics from the delta and beyond.
MOJOCOLLINS: Working Da Mojo
Original funky blues, with a twist of now kind of sound, but reminescent of yesterdays blues
MOLTEN MIKE: Genuine Bluesman
Roots style Blues done with 1928 Tri Cone and 1932 Duolean National Steel Guitars. All songs are memorable with great vocals and strong hooks. Group has an "unplugged" sound. "Certified Porch Music"
MONTANA: Standing At The Crossroads
Blues - from Delta to hard driving Texas Blues. With an assortment of tools in his bag, Montana creates authentic Delta Blues Music for his listeners as they are transported back in time, and as quickly rushes them to the future in the last three songs.
MORELAND & ARBUCKLE: Caney Valley Blues
Stripped-Down BLues with some Contemporary Twists Played in the Delta and Hill Country Tradition.
MORELAND, ARBUCKLE & FLOYD: Floyd's Market
Mississippi style blues. Both Hill country and delta stylings. Acoustic and electric. Ass-stompin, superb songwriting.
MOTOR CITY JOSH: Let's Party Tonight
This is the 5th release from Internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer, and songwriter Motor City Josh the first ever featuring his younger brother Caleb as a bandmamber.
MOVIN' MELVIN BROWN: Just a little Country
Country, Swing and Blues in Unique form
MP2: MP2
MP2 is an eclectic mix of delta blues, progressive rock and instrumental rock featuring members of "98 in the Shade" & "Magazine".
MR. DIRTY: No Survivors
"This music is for the leaders of the world"
MUDSLIDE: Blues
Rockin' the Blues
NARVEL: Youngest In Da Game
The new school blues.
NASHVILLE SESSION PLAYERS: GONNA RISE UP
19 Songs plus free downloads with a satirical, political & social populist progressive viewpoint; poverty, healthcare, immigration, congressional corruption, environmental, peace and justice, anti-neocon, & other important Human Rights issues.
NASHVILLE VOL. 1: The Saturday Night Guitar Pull
Join the party as some of the area's finest musicians, singers, songwriters, and local legends get together for an evening of fun and music, live and unplugged.
NATHANIEL STREET-WEST: Light Out for the Territory
Blues, rock
NED TOWNS: Ned Towns
Deversified: Rap,Rlues-Rock,Crhistmas Soul,Blues,R&B,Gospbel.
NICKY BURT: A Good Dream Gone Bad
This is blues music from the heart and for the occasion, from the ones with the most musical pallet, to the guy that just wants to listen to good music.
ODELL BLUES BOY "D": When Midnight Comes
Odell Blues Boy "D" is as real as it gets from the deep south down in the Delta Odell came north to find work and settled in Detroit, bringing his blues history along with him, which makes this Bluesman sing with power along the lines of Muddy Waters.
ODELL HARRIS: Searching for Odell Harris
The most exciting Mississippi hill country blues artist to come along since R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. Destined to become a classic.
OLGA: Blues Babe
Olga has mesmerized audiences with her blend of Mississippi Hill Country blues and singer/songwriter material. As she puts it, she'd "like to be a link in the blues chain, one that keeps this style of music alive for the next generation."
ORPLID BLUES BAND: From the Delta of Blues
Delta blues directly from the porch.
OSGOOD & BLAQUE BLUES BAND: Re-Birth of the Blues
A tasteful mixture of sweet barrellhouse and raunchy vocals. A genetic combination from the backwoods of Mississippi field hollers and callers.
PARIS JAMES: Death Letter
From upbeat slide to gut-wrenching roots blues, Paris James delivers a raw acoustic punch on his debut cd ''Death Letter'' that will leave you gasping for air and wanting more... Don't leave without picking up your copy today.
PATRICK SWEANY: I Wanna' Tell You
Strikingly original music filtered through a Hundred years of American Blues, Soul, Jazz and Country music. Expert fingerstyle guitar work with passionate vocal delivery, devoid of post rock histrionics.
PATRICK SWEANY BAND: Henryfordbedroom
Highly original roots/soul/blues based music
PAUL OSCHER: Down In The Delta
This former Muddy Waters Blues Band member gets deep in the blues with a stunning collection of downhome blues capturing the essence of his live performances
PAUL OSCHER: Alone with the Blues
Legendary bluesman and multi instrumentalist Paul Oscher presents an outstanding seventeen track collection of deep blues over a wide spectrum of blues styles in this highly acclaimed release
PENNY KERR: Conscious Contact
An eclectic blend of folk, blues, gospel and celtic music.
PETE MADSEN: Good Time Music: Blues and Rags
Acoustic Blues and Ragtime guitar played with energy, passion and a sense of humor.
PETE MADSEN: The House of Pete
Acoustic Blues/Fingerstyle guitar intrumentals done with energy and bravado
PETE ROMANO & THE RIVERSIDE BLUES BAND: Kind Hearted Woman Blues
“Pete Romano truly has the essence of blues in his heart – his guitar playing is amazing and his vocals are sincere.” – Gerardo Velez, percussionist (Jimi Hendrix, Spyro Gyra, Le Chic)
PETE ROMANO & THE RIVERSIDE BLUES BAND: Sweet Home Chicago Blues
Pete Romano & The Riverside Blues Band is a tribute to blues legend Robert Johnson. The songs are played in the spirit of Johnson - with sincerity, simplicity and soul.
PETE SPECIAL TRIO: This Town
Full throated gut-wrenching southern Mississippi blues, soul and rnb from the man who founded Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, played a stint with The Band, and has now formed trio that's set to revolutinize the execution of Chicago blues.
PETER MAY & TERRAPLANE: Straight Drive
This is blues with a feeling. They have put their heart and soul into the music, it's Raw and Real.
PETER ROMANO & THE RIVERSIDE BLUES BAND: Cross Road Blues
"Pete Romano truly has the essence of blues in his heart - his guitar playing is amazing and his vocals are sincere" - Gerardo Velez, percussionist (Jimi Hendrix, Spyro Gyra, Le Chic)
PINETOP PERKINS: Live Top
Blues Piano
PIPO FIASCO: parade
pipo fiasco play an eclectic blend of jazz,blues,gospel,country,cabaret ,rock
PLAEHN & HINO: On Your Bond
Fresh approaches to the blues, featuring the interplay between slide guitar and harmonica.
POOR BILLY: Moonlight Stranger
They create their own gallery of characters in a dusty and scratchy roots music.The recipe is very simple: A singer with a remarkable sense of textual universe, in a band where the chemistry and energy is present and tangible.
POTBELLY: Master of the 6 String Guitar and the 12 Course Dinner
This musical comedy documentary tells the story of fictional, larger than life blues legend "Potbelly."
QUESTIONS: Eyes That Hear and Ears That See
Bohemian art-rock poetry from Detroit.
RAIN DOGS: Self titled Rain Dogs
Old time acoustic blues
RAY CASHMAN: black&blues
low down foot stomping ass shakin harmonica and slide blues
RAYMOND BYARS: The Crossroad Band
23,000 digital downloads this group was inspired by CHRIS BROWN, OMARION, MARY J. and many more.with smash HIT " I LIED "
RED TOP WOLVERINE SHOW: Sloppy Jalopy
Zeppelin meets the Pixies at a North Mississippi house party. The ghosts of Son House and Fred McDowell walk among the crowd.
REGGIE MILES: Stray Dog Blues
Acoustic Roots, Bottleneck Blues, and Harmonica - "A highly enjoyable collection. Blues and novelty lovers this is a must buy." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review)
REGGIE MILES: 51 Highway Blues
Fusing the influences of Leadbelly, McTell, Charley Patton, all those old blues and ragtime authors, with original songs and those of musical acquaintances. Raw, like the rural Delta Blues that rocked the juke joints of the 20s and 30s.
REMATE: Deconstructin' Mood
Stratosferic avant-garde folk blues, Radiohead-meets-Johnny Cash, coming from Spain.
RICHARD RAY FARRELL: Acoustic Roots
Solo acoustic Ragtime & Delta Blues from the 1920's and 1930's
RICHARD RAY FARRELL & MARCO PANDOLFI: Stuck On the Blues
Acoustic blues for the 21st century
RICHY KICKLIGHTER: Early Morning Rain
Acoustic instrumental blues with a delta feel and a touch of Jimi Hendrix
ROBERT CROTTY: Stay Away From The Windows
Great American Blues music; intimate, unyielding, stirring Delta blues guitar; a crusty hell-bent hound on the blues trail.
ROBERT LIGHTHOUSE: Drive-Thru Love
He can deliver a solo performance, playing a stomp box, amplified harp and guitar that will astonish blues purists and even get a crowd up to dance. Add a rhythm section and Stratocaster and he is Robert Johnson meets Jimi Hendrix, pleasing rock and blue
ROBIN KENYATTA: Cool Blue
Funky Blues; hot and jazzy, featuring smart, proud saxophone lines that take the mind to another place.
ROBIN O'HERIN: Red, White and Blues
Rootsy, acoustic, bottleneck blues and gospel full of heart, and original songs done in the country blues tradition. O'Herin keeps things appealingly bluesy, due in no small part to her accomplished fingerpicking and bottleneck playing.
ROBIN O'HERIN: The Road Home
The Road Home is subtitled “Holy Blues And Gospel”, and like Red, White and Blues you get a mixture of O'Herin's traditional influences. Blind Willie Johnson is one of O'Herin's major influences, so we are treated to three songs associated wit
ROGER IDAHO: Salut!
A bit of Chicago Blues, a bit of Dixieland
ROLLIN' & TUMBLIN': Prayin' Blues
Raw, cater-waulin' foot stompin' dobro & harp, delta blues
RON CAMPBELL: A Skinny Old White Man Sings The Blues
"Gritty and great." - Chattanooga Times. Campbell’s debut CD was runner-up for the 1999 JPF Blues Album of the Year. It’s solo Delta Blues, with acoustic guitar, harmonica and drums – played simultaneously and recorded live in the studio.
RON HACKER: Mr. Bad Boy
The one and only Tom Waits described Ron Hacker as "San Francisco's White Trash Blues Icon."
ROSS NEILSEN: Where I'm From
Is this album as good as my new release EARLY GRAVE? you tell me.
ROY ROGERS & THE DELTA RHYTHM KINGS: Live! at the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room
Grammy nominated producer and slide guitarist unleashes a powerful live set with Special Guests taped for the public television series 'Sierra Center Stage.'
RUSSELL HARDING: Russell Harding
Delta blues and Christian rock.
RUSTY MARTIN: Live at Navasota Blues Festival '98
"Down home" acoustic blues with gritty vocals, harmonica, and bottleneck slide. Sure to get your foot stomping, and your butt shakin'.
RYAN DAVIS BAND: Soul's Tide
Robert Johnson meets Dave Mathews meets The Allman Brothers. Ryan Davis cooks up a steaming concoction of roots rock and blues, with a sprinkling of jazz.
SALLY TOWNES: Sundown Blue
Blues with heavy New Orleans influences.
SAM MARSHALL: Long Hammer
Progressive acoustic blues from one of Seattle's finest blues artists.
SAMMY BLUE: Everythang & Mo'
Piedmont Blues, which is a mixture of Delta & Chicago styles blues
SARAH LEMIEUX: Superbleu
acoustic delta blues/roots/jazz vocal
SATAN'S PREACHER MAN- THE BLUES OPERA: The Original Concept Recording
A 2 disc Blues Opera inspired by the legend of Robert Johnson and the mythology of the Blues.
SEAN LEWIS: Me, My Harmonica, and These Hand-me-down Blues
A good mix of delta and chicago style blues, with slpendid vocals, and harmonica playing that will take you back to a forgotten time. A time known for it's simplicity.
SHANE SPEAL: Stealing the Fire
The King of the Cigar Box Guitar plays the songs of tiMOTHy Renner (Stone Breath, etc) in a raw and primitive country blues style.
SHANNON MCNALLY: Run For Cover
Windswept American roots music like you remember it; imported from the mountain top where soul music, rock, and country music meet.
SHOESHINE BLUE: Talk Real Slow
A bedroom blues opera, full of lo watt amps, acoustics, haunting vocals and literary swagger.
SIDNEY CAMPBELL: Something Different
He's been called "a cross between bob dylan and merle haggard, with an original style, and a gift of pen that is seldom seen."
SLIDIN' SLIM: One man, a whole lotta blues
Acoustic slide blues played with the conviction of a man truly possessed by the real deep blues.
SLIDIN' SLIM & BIG FRED: Ten Long Years
Ten Long Years sounds like deltablues king Son House would´ve made a record with contemporary slidemaster Ry Cooder and Lowell George produced it together with Dr.John.
SLIM FATZ: The Original Slim
The songs tell a story about heartaches, love, loss, hard drinking, beautiful women and hard times. The raspy, sandpaper grit of SLIM FATZ’ voice tells the story of an emotional life, living on the street, playing slide for a living and surviving it all.
SLIM JR.: Hounds Begin To Howl
A unique blues trio from Hawaii. Playing Chicago style blues with a delta edge. Includes two Harmonica players, ukulele, slide guitar.
SMACKWATER RETRIEVERS: Shake 'Em On Down
The Smackwater Retrievers play with heart and blood - you can’t listen to them and hang on to your blues. If they don’t get you tapping your feet, snapping your fingers, bouncing in your chair, shaking your thing on the floor, then you’re surely dead.
SMOKEHOUSE PORTER, MISS MAMIE: King & Queen Of The Gut Bucket Blues
Its Louisiana swamp/Mississippi Delta GutBucket Blues that's felt deep down in the inner soul.
SOLDIER STRING QUARTET: Inspect For Damaged Gods
Seminal NY 'downtown' string quartet and its influential infusion of blues, R&B and avant-garde classical traditions, covers Sly Stone and Robert Johnson, with vocalists and instrumentalists collaborators.
SOMEDAY BABY: Backbone Move
Old style delta blues with a twist. Drums, dobro and a tuba... A very unique and talented blues band.
SON HENRY: Glenn Highway Blues
Son Henry plays a with an acute feel for the rhythms and anger of the delta , in turns subtle and ferocious, hollering and stomping in time with the eerie call of the bottleneck (Eric Scott, Blues Matters Magazine)
SON JACK JR.: When the Devil Calls
"his accomplished playing and songwriting skills make him an artist to watch" BLUESWAX Heart pumping, soul stirring, foot stomping, authentic delta blues.
SONG OF CHANCE: Basementa EP
Modern Folk
SONNY LOWE: 100 Proof
Sonny's personally interpretive styling of traditional blues forms will make you dance, laugh and cry.
SONNY MOORMAN: Sonny Moorman : Live at the Cincy Blues Fest
this is classic Blues played, sung, and recorded the way it was supposed to be -- the Real Deal.
SONS OF LIBERTY: Sons of Liberty
The National Anthem and other social awareness songs.
SONS OF THE DELTA: Made in Mississippi
Acoustic and electric Delta blues with passion, honesty and a contemporary twist. Featuring blues legends Pinetop Perkins and Sam Carr.
SONS OF THE DELTA: One For The Road
Acoustic and electric street corner and juke joint Delta blues with passion, honesty and a contemporary twist.
SQUEEZEBOX STOMPERS: Squeezebox Stompers
Traditional folk: cajun, zydeco, acoustic blues, and originals
SQUEEZEBOX STOMPERS: Rockin' Ralph's Roadhouse
The Squeezebox Stompers perform songs from the play "Rockin' Ralph's Roadhouse." It's a virtual walk down Bourbon St. with Cajun, Zydeco, Blues, Country and Roadhouse Roots.
STEFAN GEORGE: Point and Pray
With his heart and fingers connected to the acoustic blues of the Mississippi delta, Stefan has taken the music he loves and created a great styling of his own. His songwriting, slide guitar prowess and "smoke 'n whiskey" voice have won him fans and award
STEFAN GEORGE: Stef's Blue Bait Shop
Solo acoustic delta-slide guitar with warm, whisky vocals. Song selection covers classics by Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters to Paul McCartney's Blackbird (a wicked, cool version done with outstanding slide work.), and Richard Thompson.
STERLING WILLIAMS: My Baby's Love
Every Woman wants to feel she's needed - Sterling sings to please every woman, he delivers a strong soulful feeling from the heart.
STEVE CHESEBOROUGH: Ham Hocks & Gravy
Sounding eerily like an old 78 record, Mississippi bluesman Steve Cheseborough re-creates the sounds of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bo Carter, Robert Johnson and other legendary blues artists of the 1920s and '30s.
STEVE COHEN & JIM LIBAN: Hot Air
Two top notch harmonica players working together in an acoustic format duo,sometimes with guitar and strong vocals,create something unique and expressive,deep blues feeling and incredible chops.
STEVE ERRINGTON: Blue Rain
Delta Blues
STEVE GARDNER: Big Delta Crossing
Blues that tell simple stories of life and love. A collection of songs filtered though harps and beat out on National guitars that shake hands with tradition while sitting comfortably on the front porch of the present.
STEVE LATOURRETTE: Tell Me Something
As we like to say: "it's rock and roll with its roots showing". A very Blues based recording from a pure songwriter.
STEVE OMALEV: Never Heard Of It
A swampy, bluesy New Orleans style feel, emphasizing various 2nd line rhythms, with very clever lyrics, and outstanding instrumental performances
STEW MOSS: The Plum
From Amarillo, Texas, Stew Moss has done the best version of ST. JAMES INFIMARY you will ever, ever, ever hear. Some truly clever tunes round out this exceptional blues record.
STINKY LOU AND THE GOON MAT: Fat Saussage for dinner
Here's something unique-a trio of french bluesmen playing guitar and washtub/one-man-band drums/Harmonica ala Hooker, T-Model or R.L. Burnside. This is not 'cutting edge' blues, but gutbucket played with a lot of feeling and energy.
SUE BURKHART: Bad Omen
A guitar, a stool and a microphone. Plain ol' roots blues. Footstompin'and slidin', a traditional sound mixed with her own personal flair. Mostly original tunes that do their best to pay homage to the real country-blues masters.
SUGAR MIKE: Tune in the blues
Self released intense slide guitar driven acoustic blues by veteran player featuring classic and original songs.
SUPER CHIKAN: Chikan Supe
Front porch boogie and backyard blues from a legendary Clarksdale, Mississippi bluesman and folk artist.
SUPER CHIKAN: Sum' Mo' Chikan
Delta Blues and Power R&B
SWAMP BOOGIE: Food and Sex
In the context of the band's bayou-inflected blues-singing slide guitar, joyous and dirty rhythms, carnival-esque accordion-and ebullient, innuendo-laden vocals, food and sex seem pretty much the same thing.
SWAMPCANDY: The Dirty Suite
Blues: Old School Stomp And Boogie
T-MODEL FORD: jack daniel time
80-something-year-old Delta bluesman, T-Model Ford delivers his signature, raw, real Mississippi blues - featuring performances with an all-star band as well as his first solo acoustic recordings ever.
TÄPPAS STREPENS: The Great American Brainkiller
Criticizing the world of today with the music of a long time ago, and no one is spared.
TAS CRU: Gravi- Tas
Energized country blues
TERENCE O'MALLEY: Red Bridge Blues
Boogie, Barrelhouse, Rompin' Stride piano & Honky Tonk, Full band arrangements with a piano solo thrown in. Terence can still be heard as he has for the past 5 years, at BB's BBQ every Friday night. Ahhh...BBQ and the Blues. It's good to be in KC.
TERRAPLANE BLUES: Yesterday's Blues
Terraplane Blues defines diversity - Men and a woman, black and white, young and mature, electric and acoustic all meeting on a common ground, the blues. Think sweaty dancers, raunchy rhythm, mean slide guitar, heartfelt vocals from a superb blues diva.
TERRY "BIG T" WILLIAMS & WESLEY "JUNEBUG" JEFFERSON: Meet Me in the Cotton Field
One of the most gripping Delta blues recordings of the last decade - featuring a mix of raw a cappella field hollers, acoustic country blues and searing electric juke joint workouts from two of Clarksdale, Mississippi's most celebrated blues veterans.
TERRY HARMONICA BEAN: Jus Messin Roun
You wont come away feeling down after listening to this album.
TERRY HARMONICA BEAN: Rockin In The Dirty South
For all you blues lovers and you cool ones know who you are, this is a have to have album.
TERRY LEE POOLE: One Night Only
This guitar slingin' blues extraordinaire offers the entire package...blues at its best. Southern delta blues style with an added Cajun twist.
THE BEER DAWGS: Blonde On The Bayou
Down home slide-bayou swamp boogie.
THE BISCUIT ROLLERS: South-Bound Freight Train
A cross between Delta Blues meeting the Piedmont area running into Chicago and then adding a little old-time mountain music.
THE BLUES OWLS: Meet The Blues Owls
A southern Michigan band wise enough to play the blues from the Delta to Chicago
THE BLUES YOU WOULD JUST HATE TO LOSE VOL II: Blues You Would Just Hate To Lose Vol 2
This superb collection of samples of a long-neglected Blues scene is both an eye-opener and an ear-opener for the uninitiated
THE CHUCKY MONROES: Fallen Angel
Produced by Tony Cohen (Nick Cave, The Cruel Sea), 'Fallen Angel' is a confrontational, take-no-prisoners-rock'n'roll-meets-the blues-in-hell type of record that is guaranteed to frighten small children and their parents.
THE DELTA DAVE BLUES BAND: Pignose Boogie
The real deal. Blues from the Mississippi Delta to the city streets of Chicago.
THE DELTA FLYERS: On The Levee Road
Take a trip on the Blues Highway, from Chicago to New Orleans. Acoustic Blues at it's best
THE DELTA JETS: Chairfactory Blues
Blues & Americana. A hard hitting blues duo playing Delta Blues & Berry-like early Rock 'N' Roll.
THE DELTA JUKES: Working For The Blues
One of the last great juke joint bands. Featuring Robert Nighthawk's son SAM CARR on drums with DAVE RILEY and JOHN WESTON on guitar and harmonica. This is TOUGH MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES.
THE DELTA SOULS: A Trip to the Roots of the Blues
Acoustic guitar, harp & heartfelt vocals. Where the blues started. Still cool.
THE DELTAMATICS: TRUE GRITS
Gritty Blues from Mississippi - Real Folks, Honest Grit
THE FIVE POINTS BAND: The Five Points Band
Rippin' Oldtime Blues without the pops and hisses.
THE GENERAL: Revelation Blues
12-string bottleneck Dobro, hand-clappin, foot-stompin, harp-blowin, spirit-filled, delta blues.
THE GENERAL: Beale Street Swing
12-string Dobro bottleneck, hand-clappin, foot-stompin, harp-blowin, spirit-filled, delta blues.
THE HELL HOUNDS: Can't Take It With Ya
Red-Hot Acoustic Blues duo - traditionals and originals - Piedmont and Delta - "schooled in the language of the blues, and it shows..." DirtyLinen
THE HELL HOUNDS: On Your Trail
Acoustic Bluess duo performing tried and true traditional and original acoustic blues, with music deeply rooted in the styles of the Great Bluesmen from the Mississippi Delta and East Coast Piedmont regions.
THE HELLBUSTERS: Guilty
Powerful, raw, energetic, Delta-inspired outlaw blues: "George Thorogood meets R.L. Burnside in a dark alley, just as Henry Rollins walks up with Kim Wilson, and somebody starts counting off."
THE JOHNNY MAX BAND: Long Gone Train
A mixture of Chicago Blues, old fashioned country and a dopple of R&B
THE LOVE BUZZZ'RDS: Go Back To Go
A rock and roll album of influenced by the blues and country
THE MANNISH BOYS: That Represent Man
The Mannish Boys are the closest thing to a 'blues supergroup' likely to be found anywhere in the world today.
THE MEAN BLUE SPIRIT: Spiritually Infused Electric Roots Music
Spiritually Infused Electric Roots Music. The best and most innovative blues band in decades.
THE MEMPHIS JUG BAND: State of Tennessee Blues
This CD is one of 21 that the Memphis Archives has produced in order to preserve our rich American musical heritage for future generations.
THE MEMPHIS SHEIKS: Slow-Cooked Pig Meat
Living Blues Magazine exalted this recording as "one of the best original acoustic revival blues CDs."
THE MEMPHIS SHEIKS: Diamond in the Bluff
Spunky blues; another batch of clever, original tunes enhanced by Robert Nighthawk's piano and harmonica wizardry.
THE MISSISSIPPI MARVEL: The World Must Never Know
At 78-years old, the Mississippi Marvel has lived a life steeped in blues and it shows: His powerhouse voice is one of the most riveting instruments in the blues world today, and his ragged-but-right guitar work is filled with jagged riffs and raw fury.
THE ORIGINAL SNAKEBOY: Playing With Fire
"Snakeboy,.YOU GOT IT..",said John Hammond of this Delta Slide Guitar Wizard..
THE ROOTSTERS: Ten Left
Original and traditional blues, ballads, and tall tales on acoustic and slide guitar, by guys who grew up to the soundtrack of Rock 'n' Roll being born.
THE SHERWOOD BLUES BAND: Here I Go
Sherwood calls his style of blues Authentic...Bedrock...Blues®; it is an enticing blend of authenticity, simplicity and raw power that will take you to the very core of traditional blues music.
THE STELLA-VEES: Come Round Baby
Traditional Chicago and T Bone Blues
THE SUNDRESSES: The Only Tourist In Town
The Sundresses 'The Only Tourist In Town' is the official soundtrack to the Bush Administration's War on Terror...really.
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND: "When I Was A Soldier" EP
Indie Rock n Roll band with the literary acumen of bands like The Smiths and Nation of Ulysses; a penchant for 50's skiffle, early 60's soul, late 70's punk ethos, and the earnestness of bands like The Arcade Fire & James
THE YARD DOGS: Live At Berts Bar
Folk, blues, classic rock, original ballads and traditional tunes done in a cajun and zydeco style. This is happy, footstompin' music. A bizarre selection of tunes performed by a bizarre southwest Florida trio.
THE YARD DOGS: Welcome To Paradise
Cajun/Zydeco music...but not really. Uptempo, footstomping, original and lots of fun.
THE YARD DOGS: Matlacha Reeboks
The Yard Dogs play a type of music which they call Florida Swamp. It's an upbeat mixture of Cajun/Zydeco and island rock. Mostly orignal tunes and very happy music. You have to smile when you hear The Yard Dogs.
TIM LOTHAR: In It For The Ride
Stirring Delta Blues.
TIMOTHEA: Goin' Home To Mama
a New Orleans home grown legend. Singer, Songwriter, Producer and a great entertainer filled with lots of high energy.
TJ MOORE BLUES BAND: Closing Time
Sultry blues vocals by TJ Moore and blues harp playing by Little Steven Calvin make this CD a must buy for every blues collector
TOBY WALKER: Cool Hand
Little Toby Walker won the 2002 International Blues Challenge Award, Acoustic Solo Division from the Blues Foundation. If you like hot acoustic fingerpicking blues, rags and swing, then this CD if for you. Sort of like Merle Travis, Lightin' Hopkins and C
TOBY WALKER: Back In The Groove
2002 International Blues Challenge Winner Little Toby Walker Fingerpicking Blues and Ragtime CD. John Hammond call's Toby 'A Real Knockout.'
TOBY WALKER: Live At The Bottleneck
2002 International Blues Challenge Winner Little Toby Walker Fingerpicking Blues and Ragtime CD. John Hammond call's Toby 'A Real Knockout.'
TOM HUBBARD: On The Dark Slide
Moaning slide-guitar and a haunting approach to lyrics.
TOM WALBANK & THE AMBASSADORS: Mudhook Vol. II
Stripped-Down Electric Delta Blues
TONY VEGA BAND: Glory Baby
Gulf Coast Blues at its best, Tony Vega Band tears it up on guitar and vocals and has written his best songs to date.
TONY VEGA BAND: Glory Baby
Gulf Coast Blues at its best, Tony Vega Band tears it up on guitar and vocals and has written his best songs to date.
TOP JIMMY: The Good Times Are Killing Me
Delta-blues, swampy and muddy.
TOWNE CRYER: Get Ready
Extreme Blues Blazing harp, slide guitars and over the top vocals
TRAVELED GROUND: From The Rafters
American roots music that dives into the heart of american music
TRUBBLE BRUIN: Devils & Peaches
Blues / Roots / Americana / Folk / Lyrically Swampy Delta Honesty
UNDESIRABLES: The Undesirables
Alternative southern country blues all mixed in one.
V & THE WHOLLY CATS: A Little Taste
An eclectic groovin' blues cd for everyone's collection.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2
From the stark sounds of the Mississippi Delta to the electric blues of contemporary Beale Street,this CD represents the best of contemporary Memphis blues.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Hammer in the Delta
A brilliant compilation of music by artists from the Mississippi Delta region including Blues, Gospel, Folk, and Rock hits.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Memphis Blues Caravan Volume I
This CD is one of 21 that the Memphis Archives has produced in order to preserve our rich American musical heritage for future generations.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Memphis Country Blues
This CD is one of 21 that the Memphis Archives has produced in order to preserve our rich American musical heritage for future generations.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Memphis Town
This CD is one of 21 that the Memphis Archives has produced in order to preserve our rich American musical heritage for future generations.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Lowdown Dirty Mississippi Delta Blues
Ever wonder what the music sounds like before the suits, focus groups and PC police get their hands on it? You know when you hear this compilation of blues recoded life in the jukes and honkey-tonks of the Mississippi Delta.
VEE ALLEN: Woman Enough
Smooth rhythm and blues-sensuous with deep lyrics.
VINCE ANTHONY: Bayou Juke Box
Swamp Pop (Louisiana)
VINCE JUNIOR: Better Than A Wheel
Adult Acoustic Folk Swamp. Bluesy, but not the blues: Lots of slide on an old National resonator guitar. Smokey vocals and mysterious lyrics.
W.D. DAILEY: Fingerpickin' Blues from the Hills of West Virginia
A solo acoustic performance for traditional lovers of piedmont and delta blues with lots of slide guitar and a song on a "one string" diddley bow.
WALKER T RYAN: 13
Taproot, Acoustic delta Blues, slide. originals and classics. Unique
WILDSANG: SKY DIRT SPEAK OUT TRUTH
WILDSANG speaks the truth of the blues from the core of the cellular memory of the American Experience & delivers songs chock full of almost all the sweat, grit, tragedy, desperation, bare truth, deep love & sacrifice you can squeeze out of the blues.
WILDSANG: Blues
WILDSANG Speaks the truth of the Blues from the core of the cellular memory of the American Experience, delivering songs chock full of almost all the sweat, grit, tragedy, desperation, bare truth, deep love and sacrifice you can squeeze out of the blues.
WILL SCOTT: Solo Electric Blues
Original rock 'n' roll that has been compared to Kelly Joe Phelps, Chris Whitley, and The Black Keys along with studies of north Mississippi hill country music (Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, and Fred McDowell). "Solo Electric Blues" refers to the fact
WILLIAM HOWSE & JACK PEARSON: William Howse & Jack Pearson
Authentic acoustic blues originals: wailin' harmonica with grit and soul and hambone slide on resonator guitar.
WILLIE "BIG EYES" SMITH: Born in Arkansas
If you are looking for traditional Blues with alot of feeling then this CD is for you.
WILLIE "D" WARREN: Willie "D" Warren & Mystery Train Live
Willie is possibly the deepest bluesman to ever come out of Detroit full on blues from a master from the old school.
WILLIE "SONNY BOY" KING: Alabama Bluesman
He often performs pounding out sparse rhythms on his drum set as he sings and plays his harmonica and guitar.
WILLIE (DEE) DIXON: I Know What The Blues Is
This music the blues, it is about the willie's life. the things that he did and the hard times that he experenced.
WILLIE LOMAX BLUES REVUE: Ribs Are Ready
"Blues with a dash of Soul so southern fried it sizzles" ...JUKE BLUES Heartbreaking guitar...Deep Soul of the Highest Order...LIVING BLUES
WILLIE LOMAX BLUES REVUE: Give Me Back My Teeth
Featuring Ronnie Earl, Sam Carr, James Peterson and Rock Bottom."Smouldering guitar licks" BLUEPRINT. "Guitar fireworks showcase elegant dynamics of touch and tone...Sam Carr's dominating delta time separates this from the hordes of generic new blues.
WILLIE MCBLIND: Find My Way Back Home
Jon Catler’s unbridled guitars and Babe Borden’s electrifying vocals leap the sonic tracks into a land of cavernous chords which, when sustained, evoke psychedelic clouds over the Delta.
WILLIE THOMPSON: Katrina
Soprano sax solo on bluesy/ballad original songs in reaction to the loss and displacement of family to Hurricane Katrina.
WORLD RESOPHONIC ASSOCIATION: Resophonic Players of Europe 2005
A powerful compilation of Resophonic Roots Music, featuring renowned European Independent Musicians. Indeed, a rare glimpse into the European Roots Indie scene.
WORLDS APART: Playing On Bridges
Contemporary Gospel, gypsy blues, latin pop
ZAK ALISTER: Under The Influence
Rock'n'Roll, Delta and Country Blues, South American and African Music.
ZYDECO FORCE: Louisiana Chicken Shack
High energy, funky, traditional Zydeco music for all ages