Blues » Type: Acoustic
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
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
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
JERRY KOSAK: Many Dances
Sounds like Segovia playing the music of Robert Johnson while thinking about Leo Kottke.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
JERRY KOSAK: Sounds Like This
In a space somewhere between blues, jazz, and ragtime; solo acoustic guitar that is a joy to hear.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
ASYLUM STREET SPANKERS: Spanks For the Memories
This is the one that started it all. Recorded to one microphone in an old pink house in East Austin, this debut album features the classic line-up that took the city by storm: Christina, Wammo, Guy, Stanley, Pops, John, Kevin, Jimmie Dean, Oliver and Josh
CD price: $13.49
THE BOOGLERIZERS: Ironbound Blues
singer songwriter, acoustic blues and old time naughty jazz.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
KYM TUVIM: Nothing Sweet Nothing
Genre-blending between folk, pop, jazz and swampy blues, Tuvim brings her soulful voice to a new collection of songs, offering up unguarded observations on the quiet in between places where love fails and where it is the saving grace.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BLUE ISLAND TRIO: Beachglass
Country blues / jazz / bluegrass / steel guitar instrumental music / weissenborn / dobro / lap steel
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
PAT DONOHUE: Backroads
Acoustic guitar-based and roots-influenced original songs in the folk-blues tradition. Amazing fingerpicking style by the guitarist of "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show. Features the popular "Stealin’ from Chet" and "Road to Kingdom Come."
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
WILLIAM GALISON: Got You On My Mind
The "Lost Album" of Legendary Chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux and harmonica virtuoso Will Galison featuring Carly Simon.
Recommended if you like Billie Holiday, Norah Jones.CD price: $12.97
NEVILLE DICKIE: Stridin The Blues Away
Early blues played in a stride style by one of the best.
CD price: $13.97
SALI OYUGI: The Return
A combination of soothing hypnotic rhythms and haunting vocal expression, beautifully complimented by her acoustic guitar and harp style, drawing from Kenyan and Tanzanian backgrounds.
CD price: $15.00
SIDESTREET RENY: Not Seen the Light of Day
Urban avant folk 'n blues trio, featuring fingerstyle resonator guitar upright bass and drums. A seemingly organic blend of the elements, sewing 100 plus years of American music into a rich tapestry of eclectic yet somehow familiar sounds all their own.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
BILL MCQUAID: Love Changing Blues
Modern Roots-Americana versions of Piedmont blues, ragtime, and saucy parlor music from the 20's and 30's
CD price: $12.00
MIA ZUNIGA: Stories Such As These
Slick, but above all, soulful R&B: polish without pretense, barefoot and pretty, like the girl in the cover photo. Love Music, the name of the Pittsburg native's record label, is a perfect fit, for Stories Such as These is a total pleasure.
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $11.97
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
LLOYD THAYER: The Bumper Pool Diaries
13 Ballads of hope and beauty, with pedal steel echoes of Appalachia, the Delta, and old weird America.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DARYLECTONES: Of All The Things That Never Was
like tom waits jamming with norah jones's band
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
RICK HATFIELD AND THE JUMPIN' BOBCATS: The Frill Is Gone
Jazzy Blues
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
GAVIN WAHL-STEPHENS: Gavin Wahl-Stephens
This debut album has a wide range of influences and styles, from folk to blues to rock; all of which are linked by honest songwriting.
MP3 price: $11.99
MIKE CLIFFORD: Mike Clifford
Acoustic folk music with soul and R&B influences.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
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
MARK DALY: Connections
Connections features Grammy, SPBGMA, and IBMA award-winning musicians and original fresh music in a variety of styles including bluegrass, gospel, Cajun, Celtic, swing, jazz and blues
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JOE PURDY: Joe Purdy
Incredibly intimate folk with the slightest mellow blues allowance
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ZUBOT AND DAWSON: Chicken Scratch
Acoustic Instrumental roots music with an edge. This album won Canada's Juno Award in 2003 for best Roots Album, and established Zubot and Dawson as one of Canada's finest groups. Features guest appearance by Kelly Joe Phelps.
CD price: $13.97
TOBY WALKER: Toby Walker Plays Well With Others
Toby Walker won the Internatioal Blues Challenge Award for Acoustic Blues. If you like hot fingerpicking blues, swing and roots music, you'll like this. With special guest Bob Margolin.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
DARYLECTONES: Sad Old Beautifulworld
New music on old instruments, acoustic and eclectic, dark vocals and stellar old world musicianship
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
MARKUS JAMES: Where You Wanna Be
African blues
Recommended if you like Mississippi John Hurt, Ali Farka Touré.CD price: $12.97
MELODY GARDOT: Some Lessons -The Bedroom Sessions
With a quiet fire of Folky-blues, acoustic jazz, this Philadelphia based singer songwriter gently stirs the senses with six stunning songs filled with poignant honesty and inspiring empathy.
CD price: $9.99
THE MATT LAWSON QUINTET: Midnight In Merizo
The 2004 winner of the national jazz trumpet competition leads a stellar rhythm section with original compositions and innovative arrangements.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MAE MOORE & LESTER QUITZAU: Oh My!
Acoustic roots collaboration from stellar songwriter Mae Moore and master slide guitarist, Lester Quitzau. Hendrix and Waits would be proud. "5 stars out of 5"...Stereo magazine, Germany.
CD price: $12.97
THE WIYOS: Porcupine
Acoustic trio playing original and vintage country blues, ragtime, swing, and old time americana
CD price: $15.00
JEFF BARNHART: Ballads & Blues
Rollicking blues and soulful ballads covering 90 years of American music take you from the gutsy to the sophisticated and back as hot jazz and blues piano licks meld with powerful and emotive vocals.
CD price: $17.00
SHADOW MOUNTAIN BAND: Risin' Up
Mountain-style harmonies with lively acoustic backup.
CD price: $12.50 / MP3 price: $10.00
LUKE SAYERS & THE LAST TO KNOW: Radio Flower
Honest, melodious, & deep grooving acoustic American roots music.
CD price: $15.00
STEVE CARLSON: Stripped Down
This album combines genres, creating melodies and lyrics filled with bluesy seductiveness, soul-bearing vulnerability and mature reflection.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HOT TODDY: Trio
Riveting mix of acoustic blues, acoustic folk, alternative folk, and Appalachian jazz.
CD price: $12.97
STEVEN FINN: Houdini's Blues
Distinctive thought provoking lyrics, haunting far reaching vocals, beautiful crisp guitar playing and swinging blues harmonica.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SHERYL WARNER AND THE SOUTHSIDE HOMEWRECKERS: Ride the Blinds
A deep selection of dynamic acoustic blues recorded live, and delivered as the blues should be--spontaneous, heartfelt, and immediate.
CD price: $15.00
ASHIA: Pay to be Loved (Remastered)
Mixing avant garde approach of Dresden Dolls with intensiveness of PJ Harvey, in walks Regina Spektor to pour in anti-folk. Addiction? Yes. Sensual and provoking vocals with bowed and plucky cello lines blended in a concoction of blues, art song, and folk
Recommended if you like PJ Harvey, Regina Spektor.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $7.99
HOT AND COOL ORCHESTRA: Red Beans and Caviar
The Hot & Cool Orchestra explores a variety of musical styles and influences from Gypsy jazz to Zydeco, funky blues, Latin, tangos and Western Swing, tying it all together with their own fiddle and accordion driven sound.
CD price: $16.00
ADAM POPE & THE REBEL ROOTS: Bury Me In Tennessee
It's raw, it's earthy, and it breaths. It's rich with unpolished but energetic sounds of yesteryear. From fast-paced, dirty rockabilly numbers, to tender country ballads, there's a traveling, troubled hobo theme.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
THE SOAKED LAMB: Homemade Blues-2007
Blues, roots, jazz, acoustic, some of our influences are Rev Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Django Reinhardt, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Vinicio Capossela, Ruth Etting, Tom Waits, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Howlin' Wolf, Annette Hanshaw, Leadbelly.
CD price: $12.97
CHARLIE ZULU PROJECT: Riverstones
Made up of melancholy tunes that reflect an infantry soldier's accounts of heartache, war, addiction and redemption.
Recommended if you like Jackson Browne.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HUNTER ROBERTSON: Sings Songs for the Masses
Ranging from old-time clawhammer banjo to end-of-the-world blues – with an occasional foray into playing a one-man band when a snare drum and kazoo present themselves – this follows in the steps of the great players of the past, without slavish imitation.
CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
DAVID LYNCH: David Lynch
Finding something important that has been lost for a long time, finally making it home after a long night's drive, watching your kid pass the ball to the kid who has no talent because it was the right thing to do (even though the coach told him not to).
Recommended if you like Himself, David Lynch (not the director).CD price: $10.99
BROOKS WILLIAMS: The Time I Spend With You
A high-energy collection of rootsy originals and bluesy classics soulfully sung and sublimely picked on acoustic and resonator guitars.
CD price: $12.97
SAM RUSSELL: Twilight In America
Earthy, honest, stripped down Americana, so real you can almost taste it. Seasoned with a little country, a little folk, a little blues, and a touch of cynicism and humor.
CD price: $15.00
DAVID LYNCH & FRIENDS: Dozen
Finding something important that has been lost for a long time, finally making it home after a long night's drive, watching your kid pass the ball to the kid who has no talent because it was the right thing to do (even though the coach told him not to).
CD price: $12.99
FRIDA'S BROW: Frida's Brow
Songs you can really sink your teeth into - contemporary acoustic folk served up with flavorings of traditional, jazz, cabaret, blues and bluegrass topped with a tasty instrumental mix and harmonies that'll knock your socks off.
Recommended if you like Cry Cry Cry, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Chris MacLean & Jennifer Noxon & Alise Marlane.CD price: $15.00
TRACY LEE NELSON: Indian Reservation
Traditional acoustic blues guitar & soulful harmonica. Recorded 2007
Recommended if you like Robert Johnson, Robben Ford.CD price: $20.00 / MP3 price: $20.00
THE NEW LIFE: Old Dirt Road
For indie kids and rowdy whiskey drinkers alike, they have a genuine, youthful sound, sometimes dominated by a distinct southern, front-porch vibe and at other times, an intricate and serene mood takes over.
Recommended if you like Ryan Adams, Dustin Kensrue.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
NEAL MCCARTHY: The Sassaquin Sessions
Acoustic blues folkAmerican countryish original songs. Bare bones recording. Stripped down format. Focuses on raw vocal performance.
Recommended if you like Kris Kristofferson, Leon Russell.CD price: $12.97
MARCI SALYER: Charmed & Dangerous
Blues, swing, country, jazz and rock under the influence of grass - bluegrass that is.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JIM SMOAK: The Orange Blossom Special
Bluegrass, Country/blues and Gospel, sung and played with 5-string banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar and bass.
CD price: $15.98
DREW JAMES: Way Beyond the Maze
A songwriting cross between Tom Waits and John Prine -- as sung by Gordon Lightfoot accompanied by unplugged instruments.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
GADGET: Gadget #2
music from toy box, nostalgic but something new.
CD price: $16.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
JARED KAROL: Ode To Byerley
Country blues, ragtime and folk fingerstyle guitar
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE SECOND FIDDLES: 2nd Fiddles
Raucous stringband party music with smokin' harp and lively pick'n from the golden age of '78's.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE WIYOS: The Wiyos
Vaudevillian ragtime, jugband blues and hillbilly swing
Recommended if you like The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show.CD price: $15.00
CARRIE ALICE WILLIAMS: A Bird In Hand
Joni Mitchell/Carol King/Diana Krall-ish. A huge talent in a small space.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ACE: Only A Fool Would Say
Beautifully written, honest songs with intimate vocals, gorgeous and sensitive acoustic guitar playing, performed live in the studio with no overdubs. Recorded to crisp perfection.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
RED CLAY RIVER: Too Poor To Die
The sounds of ghosts, moonshine and poor souls. Red Clay River incorporates Applachian, Southern Gothic and Delta Blues into an energetic mix of foot-stompin' and hollerin' out for salvation.
CD price: $11.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SAM LAMONT: Sam Lamont
Eleven original songs with acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo and warm, rich vocal harmonies inspired by gravel roads and love lost.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
ASYLUM STREET SPANKERS: My Favorite Record
With their singular mix of wit, musicianship and deep affection for music of all kinds, the world's greatest all-acoustic band created an album loaded with musical and lyrical references to *their* favorite records.
Recommended if you like Todd Snider, Dan Hicks.CD price: $13.49
TOMAS DONCKER: Inside Out
acoustic/neo-soul, with a touch of blues.
Recommended if you like Seal, Raul Midón.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BEN ROTHBARD: The Pendulum
Where the tracks meet the sea. A freight train that's journeyed from the deep south to a long stretch of desert coastline and soaked up everything in between. Go there and see for yourself.
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $11.97
LEROY JODIE PIERSON: Country Blues
"Leroy is really one of the very best bluesmen I've ever played with, and I've played with most of the greats. Guys like.Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Johnson and Roosevelt Sykes. Leroy is up there with those greats." HENRY TOWNSEND
FELONIUS SMITH: Hoolay Moolay
Acoustic American Roots-Of-The-Blues at it's finest that takes you back some 80 years into the Deep South - featuring a powerful National slide guitar, wailing harmonica, and thumpin' upright bass.
CD price: $12.00
CURRENT SWELL: Trust Us Now
A high energy acoustic rock band with reggae and blues influences. Instruments include slide guitar, harmonica, Hammond organ, congas, bass, drums, electric/acoustic guitar and lots of vocal harmonies.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
THE PARDONERS: The Pardoners
The Pardoners draw on their roots and break the boundaries with their unique vocal and guitar blend to produce high-energy original acoustic music.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
TOM DEWS: Driving Dreams
Deft guitar and soulful harmonica support the gritty vocals in delivering these acoustic Americana originals - fine slide guitar, unforgettable melody.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SCOTT PERRY: 8 Miles to Perryville
Traditional and original acoustic blues and roots performed solo and with small ensemble
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
PETE SCHEIPS BAND: Coming Up Blue
Acoustic/Electric blues music,features guest appearence by Jaimoe(Allman Brothers Band)on drums and cover art by David Hockney.
CD price: $20.00 / MP3 price: $20.00
ADAM TANNER: Sure As You're Born
Acoustic Country Blues with vocals, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica and washboard
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
LZ LOVE & LIGHTNING RED: Gut Bucket Blues stumpdown acoustic
Highly acclaimed live duo acoustic americana/blues CD of great original songs (with a Willie Dixon, and a Jimmy Reed songs thrown in for good measure) in Texas and on tour. YOU WILL LOVE THIS CD.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BUBBLIN' TOOROP TRIO: Laughin' in Rhythm
The disc offers sixteen titles guaranteed to amuse excite and evoke nostalgia from fans of this Swing era music.
CD price: $15.95
SPARKY RUCKER: A Home in Tennessee
Favorite songs blues style.
Recommended if you like Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Martin, Bogan & Armstrong.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.95
MIKE CELIA: Things I've Sold
Mike Celia's "Things I've Sold" EP is a soulful blend of rhythm & blues, pop and folk music. His sand-paper vocals speak of love, life and the struggles in between. It is his debut CD.
Recommended if you like Jack Johnson, John Mayer.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
SAM MARSHALL: The Absolution of Sunny Boy Sam
Sam Marshall is a gritty fingerstyle guitarist, lap slide guitarist, and vocalist from Seattle. Evoking the sounds of the old delta and mixing in some contemporary flavor, Sam finds a common ground, right down in those roots.
Recommended if you like Kelly Joe Phelps, Burnside.CD price: $12.97
JASON RING: Patchwork
An energetic blend of blues, bluegrass, jazz and ragtime. This multifaceted artist and his "flaming fingers" are guaranteed to captivate and astound audiences.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
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 .
CD price: $12.97
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.
CD price: $12.97
WOODY HAWKINS: No Reservations
Woody's music ranges from Soulful Acoustic Rock, Jazzy Blues, and A Little Country, with a style all his own.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
8 BALL AITKEN: Behind The 8 Ball
Roots, delta-blues and country with balls from the roadside.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
CHRISTY & JEFF HOWARD: Deep In Blues Country
Christy & Jeff Howard are Winners of the Detroit blues challenge 2006 in the solo /duo Category, Which won them a chance to make this CD of all original blues with a country twist.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JOHN WHIPPLE: The Last Cold One
Down and out hard working Americana. Post modern roots, slide guitar blues and old school country.
MP3 price: $12.97
KURT AEMMER & ADRIAN CLARKE: Bring the Blues
Contemporary acoustic blues, in a multitude of styles, presented in a collection of original compositions and covers.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MARY FLOWER: Instrumental Breakdown
Bluesy instrumental compilation featuring intricate performances from the only woman to place twice at the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship, with backing from a who’s who of roots notables.
CD price: $13.49
CHRIS DOLLAR: Acoustic Currency
Acoustic, Jazz, Acoustic Ensemble, Creative
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
CAT LEE & CO: Moon Follows
An amazing quartet from Helsinki,Finland who mix up different music styles and create their own sound with such great ambition. We name our style "Jamgrass" as is sounds so convenient to us. Blues, Country, Jazz, Bluegrass, swing & rock.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BRIAN BONHOMME: A Manly Hauling of Levers
Americana by a former Brit. Lots of acoustic guitar and Hammond organ.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $4.99
NOAH ZACHARIN: Waiting On Your Love
blues/jazz/bluegrass/folk guitar man with a versatile voice, three and a half hands, a few fancy lyrical moves, and a great cast of accompanying musicians
CD price: $18.97 / MP3 price: $18.97
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE: A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse
Here it is Our live Album. A little bit faster and a little bit worse. Some old songs some new all of them live.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
BEN BONHAM & JAMES COOK: Ragged Blues
Delta Blues on slide guitar and one string bass
CD price: $12.97
CARY HUDSON: Bittersweet Blues
Country Blues and Folk with a Deep South Vibe
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
RICH LEWIS BAND: One Party Too Many
The Rich Lewis Band Debut CD One Party Too Many is a soulful mix of Americana, R&B, New Orleans and Motown all blended together to create a wonderful unique sound. Ten of the eleven songs are original compositions by this excellent Minneapolis band.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
JOE MCMURRIAN: Dredge
Joe McMurrian is an acoustic blues songwriter making huge waves in the northwest. His style is an intense original version of Delta Blues with a roots/folk experimental base. He plays high energy, intricate fingerstyle slide guitar with a deep resonant vo
HANS OLSON: Best Of -Volume 2
Arizona solo act...Guitar, harmonica and vocals, singer, songwriter, "Western Blues"
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
KERISHA ROI: square one - the ep
Infuse pop, jazz, and soul along with sweet, mellow vocals accompanied by sparse drums, organic percussion and acoustic guitar, and you have a dynamic sound that is....the one woman band Kerisha Roi.
MARK SELBY: Mark Otis Selby...And the Horse He Rode In On
“As a singer/songwriter, Mark Selby’s in the same league as Bruce Springsteen, with meaty words, a compelling voice, and tracks that have more groove than a vintage vinyl record.” ---AMERICAN SONGWRITER
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BRIAN KRAMER: I Want My Illusion
Acoustic based blues music, uplifting, original, on National steel resonator guitars. "Brian Kramer lays it down with the real feeling of the blues; communication between people." Great Stuff." -Bob Brozman
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
ZUBOT AND DAWSON: Strang
Accoustic instrumental fiddle and slide guitar centered music with blues, hawaiian, and various types of jazz influences.
CD price: $13.97
GREG BOERNER: Nowhere
Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter - "ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE BLEND OF BLUES, FOLK, COUNTRY, AND ALL THAT COMES BETWEEN - SOUTHERN STYLE" This 1998 release is where it all started for Boerner and is still a fan favorite.
CD price: $15.00
GEORGE HIGGS: tarboro Blues
Acoustic Piedmont blues by George Higgs, a North Carolinian, who was inspired to take up the harmonica as a child after hearing Deford Bailey on the radio and seeing Peg Leg Sam at medicine shows and then learned to play guitar as a teenager.
CD price: $15.00
CRAIG THATCHER: Hard Times
Craig Thatcher/James Supra play American Roots Music. Music rooted in traditional blues and nouveau blues originals. Craig plays acoustic guitar and James Supra wails on harmonica.
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.
Recommended if you like Leo Kottke, John Mayall.CD price: $15.00
STEVE DAWSON: We Belong to the Gold Coast
Juno Award-winning guitarist, Steve Dawson recorded this album with the idea to bring his songs together with the sounds of traditional blues and Hawaiian styles. With an emphasis on slide guitar, this critcally-acclaimed album is his best work to date.
CD price: $13.97
COLIN BROOKS: Blood and Water
"Spare and ragged with skillfully told tales and wistful melodies" Austin Chronicle
MP3 price: $12.99
POPS WALKER: Live 'n Drivin' On
This project shows Walker's wide range of acoustic blues styles and the energy of a "live" performance comes through with flying colors.
CD price: $13.00
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
Recommended if you like Charley Patton, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
CHRIS COTTON: I Watched the Devil Die
Harkening back to days when the distinction between blues and country was hopelessly blurred... a modern-day jam session with all the boisterous spirit of a classic down-home revival.
CD price: $13.49
THE MARVIN SEWELL GROUP: The Worker's Dance
We are a New York based group. A rootsy group that hits Jazz, Blues, World, Folk, and R&B without being all over the place.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE: Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt
An all-acoustic trio from Santa Cruz take from many traditional old-time music styles -- bluegrass, ragtime, country, and blues and have produced a very unique sound.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
COOTIE STARK: Raw Sugar
Cootie is one of the last great bluesmen from the Piedmont Tradition. Taj Mahal joins Cootie on hambone, piano, bass, harp, banjo and guitar. 72-minutes of the best blues and old-time music. Tremendous recording, a masterpiece, buy this CD.
CD price: $15.00
RUTHIE FOSTER: Runaway Soul
Rip roaring Soul and blues vocals spilling over a folk goblet.
CD price: $15.00
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.
BLUFF CITY BACKSLIDERS: Bluff City Backsliders
Early jazz, jug band, old-time country, and proto-bluegrass sounds, reaching from Memphis to Appalachia and all the way down to New Orleans, often all at once. High-powered, hip-shaking, barrelhouse hoodoo music that's as profane as it is glorious.
CD price: $13.49
CHIC STREET MAN: Guns Away
Acoustic urban folk blues with a unique style all its own.
CD price: $12.50 / MP3 price: $12.50
CHIC STREET MAN: Beau-ti-ful
Acoustic urban folk blues in a style unique and innovative encompassing a variety of forms.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
WILLIAM HOWSE & JACK PEARSON: William Howse & Jack Pearson
Authentic acoustic blues originals by harmonica master, William Howse, and former Allman Brothers Band guitarist, Jack Pearson: wailin' harmonica with grit and soul and ham bone slide on resonator guitar
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
ALFIE SMITH: Brass & Steel
Gritty acoustic blues, lots of slide, deep soulful voice, intense and passionate.
Recommended if you like Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson.CD price: $12.97
MUSKRAT SALLY: Good Feelin' Blues
A four piece acoustic roots act hailing from the fertile Eastern Shore of Maryland, they fire up a mix of delta and early Chicago blues, rockabilly, ragtime, and old time country.
Recommended if you like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MARSHALL RUFFIN: Rich Man's Dime
Blues, roots and Americana with smart songwriting, engaging vocals, and skillful guitar playing.
Recommended if you like Tom Waits, Ray LaMontagne.CD price: $6.98
GREENHOUSE: Carryin' On
Acoustic blues, bluegrass, reggae, 1940's swing, and original songs, played with a spontaneous tone and feel, recorded live in 2003.
CD price: $13.97
FRANK SCHWARTZ: Below The Radar
Original vocal and instrumental songs and tunes blending folk, blues, jazz and R&B to create a collection of soulful music.
Recommended if you like Van Morrison, John Gorka.CD price: $14.95 / MP3 price: $13.95
RICK YOUNGLOVE: Prey
The sound of the south dragged through the dirty streets of Chicago and later carried up into outer space by lost souls. After the space craft collides with some debris swept off of God's back porch, the only thing that makes it back to earth are 11 songs
CD price: $11.97
JOSH ALLEN: Orpheus
Bluesy folk; acoustic singer/songwriter; fresh, new, original material of the 21st century in the vein of 1930s blues and 1960s folk.
CD price: $9.97
DIABLO DIMES: Rainin' Wine On Sunday
A fine blend of Dixieland, Country Blues, Americana, and Dirty Fried Boogie.
CD price: $14.00
REV MARC FALCONBERRY: Irreverend Blues
Original Detroit Electric Blues
Recommended if you like Robert Cray.CD price: $12.97
BOB LAWYER: Bob's Best Songs
Impressive finger-picking on original melodies, filled with joyful enthusiasm.
Recommended if you like Leo Kottke, Rick Ruskin.CD price: $8.97 / MP3 price: $7.50
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.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BILL LAUTER: Bright New Day
Fingerstyle blues and tradtional folk tunes
Recommended if you like Michael Peter Smith.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HUPMAN BROTHERS: Hupman Brothers
A self-titled collection of 16 original songs weaving lyrics, melody and harmony into seamless expressions of the everyday love, hurt and wonder we all share.
BORDER BLASTERS: Blast From The Past
"High-Power Acousti-Lectric Texas Roots Music" - Austin originals, The Border Blasters is Texas roots music with a country blues swing, raw musicianship and close harmonies.
CD price: $12.97
DOUG COX & SAM HURRIE: Hungry Ghosts
"Two veteran acoustic guitarists who specialize in resonators achieve an all but perfect two-hander on this fascinating collaboration." -Greg Quill The Toronto Star August, 2005
CD price: $15.97
DOUG DUFFEY: The Solo Sessions 1988-1992 Volume 1: Louisiana
Louisiana Americana: Blues, folk, & jazz originals by one of Louisiana’s premiere singer/songwriters, pianists, & performers. Great songs, vocals, and piano.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DAVE SHERMAN: RiverSide
The album contains styles from folk, country and blues. Dave sings about family, faith, friends and duct tape.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $14.85
RICH SOMERS: Terracotta Skies
A slick soulful vocal performance which carries you through highs and lows with effortless ease, from sunshine sounds of the Caribbean to the bluesy heart of England, thought provoking lyrics and stunning acoustic musicianship.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
HONEYGENE: A Beautiful Place to Get Lost
"Spooky folk songs with a big imagination" NME
CD price: $9.64
ROOTDOWN: RootDown
An eclectic mix of blues, bluegrass and indie-rock. Composed, arranged, played, recorded, and produced by Mike Farkas, the sound features vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, banjo, ukulele, and various percussion instruments.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
KEITH FORRESTER: Darkwaters
Eclectic and soulful fingerstyle guitar fueled by inspiration from the likes of Phil Heywood, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges etc.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
GRACE KALAMBAY: Just Grace
Underground NYC Neo-Acoustic soul for the soul.
Recommended if you like Joan Armatrading, Norah Jones.MP3 price: $7.99
REV. TRUMAN GOINES: It Can't Hurt to Ask
Hip, intimate,powerful, and seductive Americana folk-blues from the New Jersey Sourland Mountains. A Tom Waits, Dave Van Ronk, Leon Redbone fusion with a whole lotta soul.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
MISS SOPHIE LEE: With New Orleans Jazz Vipers And Special Guest Bart Ramsey
Traditional jazz and standards from a bygone era in a contemporary New Orleans setting
CD price: $12.97
IAN MILLER: Ian Miller
Acoustic guitar and dobro instrumentals that buzz the emotions, mind and spirit
MP3 price: $12.97
ARIC RILEY: The Long Road
Contemporary, original fingerstyle guitar and vocals deeply rooted in traditional American music.
Recommended if you like Mississippi John Hurt, John Jackson.CD price: $10.00
ROGER "HURRICANE" WILSON: Pastime
Country Folk Delta Blues - Americana
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
PARKER MACY BLUES: Parker Macy Blues
Traditional, raw, acoustic blues.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JOOK BOURKE: Just A Minute
Contemporary acoustic blues singer/songwriter: Fingerstyle guitar, harmonica drums, rich vocals and lyrics. sophisticated twist on traditional acoustic blues.
Recommended if you like Eric Clapton, Keb' Mo'.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ANDREW HOLBROOK: Gently Falling
Strong open voice with percussive finger style guitar work.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SCISSORMEN: When the Devil Calls…
Acoustic blues/Americana/Delta Blues with an accent on slide guitar based in the Mississippi tradition.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
OGAWA KAYA: Guernica
Paints a masterpeice of stirring, powerful, intimate compositions. This is guitar that breaks bar
