Blue Footed Boobies - The Blue Footed Boobies

Size: 280 MB
Time: 43:38
File: Flac
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Here come the Boobies (1:19)
2. Shake your booty (3:35)
3. Little Eddy (4:18)
4. Dance with me (3:46)
5. Love you little gal (4:51)
6. Poor Mc Kenzie (3:21)
7. Grey Wolf (3:06)
8. This is hip (2:41)
9. Buggy (2:45)
10. Want you (4:10)
11. Silence (5:00)
12. Like never before (4:40)

The Blue Footed Boobies are an American rock duo formed in Wilmington, NC. Guitar/vocalist, Logan Chaucer, and drummer, Sam Baker, captivate crowds with their charismatic stage theatrics. The powerful two-piece delivers a range of sounds reminiscent of the 60/70’s greatest, such as Jimi Hendrix, with their alternative hard rock/blues portfolio.

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Fistful of Bacon - Back to Memphis

Size: 140 MB
Time: 25:34
File: Flac
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Bad Things Gotta Go (3:36)
2. Someday (4:25)
3. Somebody's Been Sneakin 'Round My House (6:33)
4. You're All I Need (4:05)
5. Blues Boy from Metairie (3:52)
6. Fistful of Bacon (3:01)

Fistful of Bacon emerged onto the music scene in 2010 and has developed a rapid (and rabid) following. The combination of their two accomplished guitarists will set the room on fire. The rhythm section's superlative skills and endless grooves drive the audience to the dance floor every time. The outstanding vocals and original songs add to the band's tasty sound. Fistful of Bacon sets the pocket low, laid back and meaty. The sound, expression, fury and commitment to their art shines through. Fistful of Bacon lights up the stage every place they play, and leaves the audience wanting more because - Everybody Loves Bacon!

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Cold Shott & The Hurricane Horns - SOULutions

Album: SOULutions
Size: 86,1 MB
Time: 37:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Soul/Funk/R&B mix
Art: Front

1. Stop (3:18)
2. 30-60-90/Cold Sweat (5:09)
3. Turn Back The Hands Of Time (3:59)
4. Diggin On James Brown (5:07)
5. It Really Doesn't Matter (4:56)
6. That's What Love Will Make You Do (3:57)
7. I've Never Found A Girl (3:08)
8. Vehicle (3:19)
9. The Letter (4:19)

Formed in Phoenix, AZ in 1990, Cold Shott & The Hurricane Horns have worked to become a powerful mainstay in the Arizona R&B, blues, funk and soul music circuits as well as performing regularly at community/municipal festivals and showcases. The band has many veteran Arizona musicians who have played professionally for up to 30+ years, not only in Arizona but all across the United States. This 8-piece group boasts a rocking rhythm section and a 3-piece horn section. The band is sure to make you get up and dance playing classic and contemporary R&B, soul, blues, rock, funk and jazz.

Personnel: Rich Brydle (rhythm & lead guitar); Tim Finn (vocals, rhythm guitar); Tony Flores (bass, vocals); Dale Loyola (drums, vocals); Pat McDonald (keyboard, vocals); Frank Blanco (trumpet, flugelhorn); Keith Kuczynski (tenor & alto saxophone); Tim Matteson (baritone & alto saxophone, vocals).

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Quique Gomez & Little Charlie Baty - Cookin' At Greaseland

Album: Cookin' At Greaseland
Size: 100,8 MB
Time: 43:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, jazzy blues
Art: Front

1. Bloodshot Eyes (2:53)
2. Thirstiest Man In Town (4:07)
3. I Believe In Music (5:28)
4. It Could Happen To You (5:35)
5. Jack, You're Dead (3:32)
6. Tangerine (2:47)
7. So Crazy About You Baby (3:01)
8. Remembering Babs (4:02)
9. Stranded (4:04)
10. Spaniard Of The Backyard (3:46)
11. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (4:03)

Embark on a journey sparked by the serendipitous meeting of Quique Gomez, a virtuoso spanish vocalist and harmonica wizard, and the legendary American guitarist, Little Charlie Baty. Their friendship blossomed from shared stages to the sanctum of Greaseland Studios, where magic unfolded. This album stands as a poignant tribute to the late, great Little Charlie Baty, whose spirit infuse every note with passion and vitality. Quique Gomez presents an album dedicated to their profound friendship and the unforgettable recording session that cemented their musical legacy.

Envision the scene: Kid Andersen's deft hands guiding the ensemble. From uptempo jump tunes to soul-stirring blues ballads, every track is a testament to the synergy of these extraordinary talents. Experiencing the essence of live performance captured in studio perfection. As Charlie himself declared, "When everything clicks, it is always a beautiful thing". "Cookin' At Greaseland" encapsulates those moments of pure musical bliss, inviting you to revel in the magic of timeless blues and jazz.

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Val Starr & The Blues Rocket - To The Blues And Back Again

Album: To The Blues And Back Again
Size: 124,8 MB
Time: 53:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Been To The Blues And Back Again (3:31)
2. Bitter Pill (5:18)
3. Take A Stand (4:36)
4. If You Don't Blues It, You'll Lose It (3:34)
5. Gratitude Is The Best Cure For The Blues (3:50)
6. Ask Me No Questions (4:27)
7. The Blues That Move Me (4:21)
8. Bluesin' (4:44)
9. Worn Down Blues (3:36)
10. Patience (3:13)
11. Move Over Baby (3:46)
12. Big City Blues (Rescue Me) (4:11)
13. Did You Ever Notice (4:35)

"To The Blues and Back Again" is Val Starr's deepest and most personal album to date. The song lyrics cover the full spectrum of life challenges from disappointment and failed relationships, to epiphany and gratitude. One cannot pin Val’s style down to any particular blues box, as she glides through blues shuffles, ballads, jump, swing, rock blues, and Americana crossover. Supported by Sacramento’s top blues musicians, her clever storytelling and catchy rhythms come to life. The result is an engaging musical and philosophical experience of living the blues.

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Al Cook - The Country Blues

Size: 303 MB
Time: 64:37
File: Flac
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Big Fat Mama (4:22)
2. Crap Game Blues (3:36)
3. Have You Ecver Loved A Woman (3:44)
4. Lonesome Frisco Blues (3:39)
5. My Baby Gone Dead On Me (3:39)
6. Shake That Boogie (3:51)
7. Teddy Bear Blues (3:36)
8. Taxman On My Trail (4:39)
9. Myrtle Beach Rag (2:46)
10. Blue River Blues (2:28)
11. Lemon Tree Blues (3:18)
12. Good Morning Blues (3:37)
13. The Blues Singer's Lament (3:24)
14. House Rent Blues (4:26)
15. God Can Help You (3:23)
16. Blowtop Blues (3:12)
17. Slavin' Mama Blues (2:47)
18. Bobo's Boogie (4:00)

Al Cook was born Alois Kurt Koch on February 27th 1945 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, but spent his entire life in Vienna. Music was no subject to him, until he came in touch with Rock And Roll Music on July 25, 1960, watching an old Elvis picture from 1957, called "Loving You", which changed his attitudes to music and life forever. Al Cook tried hard to escape a dull existence as a laborer in a mechanical factory. From then on, he wanted to live a decidedly artistic and free life, but he had to keep patient for nearly 13 Years to overcome with his music. In October 1963, Al Cook bought himself a cheap "campfire-box", as he likes to identify his first guitar and launched his rocket exactly a year later, on October 17th 1964 at an amateur-variety show. But the era of Rock n Roll died, in Al Cook's eyes, with the clipping of Elvis sideburns at the close of the 50's. Al Cook's appearance turned out to end up in a disastrous failure, because the Beatles had killed the RnR Stars and the music and lifestyle of the fifties were no longer in style. Al Cook refused to jump the bandwagon and decided to quit the world of popular entertainment to look for something that suited his rather individualistic personality. Accidentally, he came in touch with ancient forms of afro-american folk-music, that everybody knows as "The Blues". From then on, Al Cook dedicated his life to the Blues and tried to maintain a career as an uncompromising artist, who still remains true to himself. Neither the steady changing of public tastes nor occassionally bright financial offers could make him walk off-path, or collaborate with commercialism. After several years of unrewarded appearances, the upcoming folk-boom of the woodstock era offered the young blues-artist a string of opportunities. On November 1970, Al Cook opened up his recording career with the first release of a pure blues production called "Working Man Blues". Al still sounded like an immature Elvis clone, trying to sing black country-blues, but it caused some recognition by the mass-medias. Within a year, Al Cook's reputation as an excellent and charismatic bluesman was taking over. Nobody ever saw a bluesman, that was neither black, nor american and never set foot on the U.S. It took five years of hard training, to wash out his viennese accent and to understand ancient black double talk. While other white blues artists preferred the easier-to-listen British Blues, or the 50's Muddy Waters stuff, Al Cook went back to the cottonfield era of the 20s and 30s. His idols were singers like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Son House, Texas Alexander and of course Robert and Tommy Johnson and a variety of the obscurest Bluespeople in history. Country Blues is a music of wild beauty and colorful variety, because every artist had his own style in those days. Al Cook made several other Albums, that were released more or less consecutive, but his most valuable is a collector's item by the title of "Slide Guitar Foolin'", a cheaply, but exclusively designed cardboard cover with no picture on it. Some collectors believed, that this platter was some field-recording of a recently discovered oldtimer. With the close of the 70's, the popularity of non-commercial music declined rapidly. The Saturday Night Fever was at its outbreak and Disco music and "cool" life-styles became popular. The Blues and its related stuff turned obsolete and vanished into obscurity. Al Cook had to undergo some hard times and lived on a shoestring. 1983 marked a flashing renaissance of Rockabilly-Music and the 50's styles returned for a brief period. TV and Radiostations promoted young Rockabilly talents and Al Cook thought, he could make some additional money, without suffering artistic pain. An extended-play record (4 cuts on a single) was made and sold only at concerts. Again, Al Cook influenced young musicians to become dedicated Rockabilly-performers (The first were The Salty Dogs). But the whole thing wound up in simplified Retro-Pop and the fan-scene was increasingly infested by "Rebels" and right-wing actionists. Al Cook became tired and disgusted of such fandom and switched back to black blues, practially overnight. 1989, Al Cook celebrated his 25th Stage- Anniversary and the press crowned him "White King Of Black Blues". This title is now used as a sometimes provocant trademark-slogan. A double Album, named "Twenty Five Blues Years" was released and the entire scene was jamming with the now celebrated blues-legend and Al Cook's name became a household name in Austria. After a longer period of public absence, Al Cook switched over to Wolf-Records, our pure blues label, which won three W.C. Handy awards to the credit of his owner. Now Al benefits from total artistic liberty and produces his albums himself by using his own studio equipment. He sometimes hires the best musicians, often those who were started by his legendary performances, when they were still in their teens. Al Cook released four Albums on Wolf Records, spanning from archaic blues-shouting to complex Boogie and RnB stuff that's entirely self-penned. And there are some more to follow. Al Cook is now 59 years old, 40 years on stage, but still going strong. He hopes to keep things goin' and get more young listeners to discover the immortal beauty of the Blues.

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Fissure Cat - The Story Of Fissure Cat's Blues

Size: 129 MB
Time: 28:36
File: Flac
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues/Hard Electris Blues
Art: Front

1. Passage (2:12)
2. Vain Reign (2:52)
3. Suppression (3:02)
4. Time to Shine (4:39)
5. Holdin' On (To Nothing) (2:43)
6. Interlude (Spanish) (2:11)
7. Peasant and the King (2:22)
8. Cave Man (3:37)
9. Song in My Heart (2:35)
10. Whatever (2:19)

Fissure Cat is a healing and nature focused eclectic musician from Massachusetts Thomas Matherly has written and played as Fissure Cat since 2012 alone and in various groups and configurations. He performs blues/folk/acoustic and hard electric blues with his band.

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Big Daddy 'O' - Used Blues

Album: Used Blues
Size: 102,3 MB
Time: 44:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Life Is Hard (5:24)
2. Better Off With The Blues (4:09)
3. Soul Fixin' Man (3:12)
4. Need Your Love So Bad (4:48)
5. Something Special (2:02)
6. It's G-Babe (2:43)
7. Johnny B. Goode (2:38)
8. Poor Boy (5:06)
9. Sucker For Love (2:53)
10. Same Kind Of Crazy (4:27)
11. All Your Stories (3:00)
12. Too Tall To Mambo (3:43)

For more than thirty years Big Daddy ‘O’ has been playing in roadhouses and bars in the delta area near the Louisiana/Mississippi border. Rabadash Records "discovered" Big Daddy 'O' playing at Betty’s Bar in Amite, Louisiana at the turn of the century. Now a decade and 3 critically acclaimed CD’s later Big Daddy ‘O’ is finally reaching a national audience. His approach to performing songs makes each song sound like his own, and everyone who has the pleasure of hearing him loves his big beautiful voice and good-natured presentation. He performs as a solo with his acoustic guitar custom made for him by guitar Luthier, Scott Quiroz in San Diego, or with a full hard hitting Blues Band demonstrating his considerable blues chops on his 1969 Les Paul Deluxe.

The last decade has seen Big Daddy 'O' perform from Hawaii to Florida, Seattle to New Hampshire on large stages and intimate clubs, he is universally loved by his audience wherever he plays. Airplay on over 300 radio stations around the world, including nationally syndicated shows. Big Daddy ‘O’ has been featured on Dan Aykroyd’s House of Blues Radio Network Reaching #4 above Eric Clapton on that network for the Year 2008. He has achieved "pics to click" for three separate cuts on XM Bluesville Radio, which is broadcast via satellite all over the North America. Of course he’s a mainstay on WWOZ in New Orleans, Louisiana where he got his start singing as a child in his family's barbershop quartet.

At the age of 19 he became a street musician in the French Quarter, singing and playing guitar, and stealing licks where ever he could. He tried a year at LSUNO - enjoying only music classes & concerts he decided not to stay but that's where he met his wife Gretchen. They spent 8 years traveling in Arkansas & Texas with the band, The Borderline Boogie Blues Band Baby. Finally, ready for their own home, they moved out to the country to raise their family. His music has matured in the roadhouses and bars of Louisiana and Mississippi, establishing a strong fan base through his powerful rapport with each listener.

Big Daddy ‘O’ Starts out 2010 with his fourth release on Rabadash Records entitled “Used Blues”. His New CD showcases Big Daddy ‘O’s hard driving blues side and his smoking electric guitar playing. On top of this Big Daddy ‘O’s music is being featured in the award winning animated feature length movie “The Magistical”.

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Bad Blues Quartet - White Gloves

Album: White Gloves
Size: 112,3 MB
Time: 48:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues/Roots
Art: Front

1. No More Shuffle (Feat. Mike Zito & Davide Speranza) (3:44)
2. Hot Tub (Feat. Cek Franceschetti) (4:50)
3. You Never Ask For Beer (Feat. Alle. B. Goode) (3:08)
4. It's Been Too Long (Feat. Mike Zito) (3:30)
5. Fearful And Blue (4:57)
6. Rubble (4:10)
7. Can't See Nobody (3:10)
8. Alibies (4:07)
9. Wrong Meeting (1:43)
10. Stupid Girl (2:58)
11. Vanda's Lullaby (4:29)
12. Mr. Social (4:22)
13. An Ancient Song (3:23)

The Bad Blues Quartet was formed in summer 2014 from the meeting between Federico Valenti, Eleonora Usala, Frank Stara and Simone Arca. The band started its activity playing the tunes of the masters as well as the most modern sounds (from Elmore James to John Mayer, from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Susan Tedeschi, from Ray Charles to Muddy Waters).

After a few months of activity around Sardinia, the quartet felt the necessity of composing original pieces as well, beginning to insert them gradually into their repertoire until they became the central pillar of their performances and their creative work. Some of these tracks were presented in summer 2015 at the "Sulle Strade del Blues" Festival in Cagliari. The various musical influences of the members of the group, absolutely heterogeneous, they reflect on their songs, mixing blues with funk and modern black music.

On June 1st 2017 the band published its debut album simply called "Bad Blues Quartet". The tracks were recorded at the Metropolitan Studio of Monserrato with the Sardinian guitarist and producer Massimo Satta, established for years in the Italian music scene. The album contains eight original songs and a cover of an old work song, recorded by Alan Lomax in the 30's, and has the partecipation of several guest musicians, well known in the Italian and Sardinian blues scene. The album has been very well greeted with ratings and reviews from radios, magazines and industry experts.

During spring and summer 2019 the band plays in several blues festivals all across Italy such as Go Marche In Blues, Torrita Blues Festival, Pignola In Blues and Campania Blues Festival. On July 27 Bad Blues Quartet release their second record called "Back On My Feet". The tracks were recorded at Sonic Tower Records with sound engineer Giampi Guttuso, and is released under the label Talk About Records and featured by Blues Made In Italy. The record contains six original songs and two covers by Vera Hall and Nathaniel Rateliff, and features collaborations of several guests.

In May 2021 Bad Blues Quartet release their third record called "First Time Last Time" which has been entirely live recorded and filmed in an empty theater, due to the pandemic restrictions. It contains live versions of several songs from previous studio works and two unpublished songs. In February 2023 Bad Blues Quartet starts the recordings of the new upcoming studio album in Brescia at Monolith Studio. This work will be produced by the multi-awarded american guitarist Mike Zito. The record will also feature several special guests from the Italian blues scene. The record will be co-produced by Sweet Music agency, with the precious help from Slang Music agency.

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Al Coffee & Da Grind - Bass Ackward

Size: 260 MB
Time: 39:44
File: Flac
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. A Beer & A Bowl (3:34)
2. If He Could Go Back (3:49)
3. A Pretty Face (3:49)
4. Bass Ackward (3:23)
5. Something About Asheville (3:46)
6. Taking Money Away From My Hooker (4:30)
7. Happy Feeling (4:27)
8. Playing Your Game Babe (3:43)
9. Love TKO (4:04)
10. Turn Off The Lights (4:35)

Asheville’s AL Coffee & Da Grind, a self-described high-energy, up-tempo blues quartet, will travel to Memphis, Tenn., in late January, joining more than 200 musical groups in competition at the International Blues Challenge. The soul- and dance-inspired band has scheduled a series of hometown fundraising gigs to cover the musicians’ trip to this “blues heaven” event. “Hopefully we can increase awareness of the blues music scene in the Asheville area,” says AL Coffee, “and win this competition for North Carolina.”

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First Underground Roots - First Undergroung Roots

Size: 160 MB
Time: 23:58
File: Flac
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues
Art: Cover

1. Very Normal Man (5:20)
2. Roots (3:23)
3. No Making Allright (3:48)
4. I Feeling You (3:53)
5. Tits (3:17)
6. Everything Will Gone Be Allright (4:15)

Blues Soul Addicted Original Songs

Silvia Serra - Vocals and Sax
Matteo Mura - Guitar
Francesco Pilloni - Bass
Marco Puddu - Drums

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Cold Shott & The Hurricane Horns - If You Got The Blues...

Album: If You Got The Blues...
Size: 160,3 MB
Time: 69:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front

1. Let The Good Times Roll (7:50)
2. Caldonia (7:55)
3. Headin' Down The Beeline (4:28)
4. Tore Down (3:49)
5. A Change Is Gonna Come (7:19)
6. Sittin' On The Back Porch (6:07)
7. If You Got The Blues, Girl (4:32)
8. Ready Like Freddy (4:13)
9. Sweet Home Chicago (5:52)
10. Why I Sing The Blues (6:01)
11. How Blue (7:20)
12. Don't Fight It (3:58)

Recorded live at The Rhythm Room club in Phoenix, Arizona, this powerful band gives a so terrific energy and unbelievable strength that it could make a dead man raise from the grave. The cd opens with a really impressive "Let The Good Times Roll" version and the band follows the same line along the eleven more songs included on the cd - bright horns, flaming guitars, inspired keyboard arrangements, passionate sharp vocals.

The instrumental hurricane will make your body temperature go up and up while you are listening to this fantastic nine musicians band, who give off all their energy to produce a very professional rhythm and blues honestly and tastefully performed. Cold Shott & The Hurricane Horns will not disappont any jump blues or soul lover, and I dare say their live shows will let you more exhausted than three days without eating.

Personnel: Small Paul Hamilton (vocals); Rich Brydle (rhythm & lead guitar); Tim Finn (vocals, rhythm guitar); Tony Flores (bass, vocals); Dale Loyola (drums, vocals); Pat McDonald (keyboard, vocals); Frank Blanco (trumpet, flugelhorn); Keith Kuczynski (tenor & alto saxophone); Tim Matteson (baritone & alto saxophone, vocals).

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Blues Etilicos - Ao Vivo No Bolshoi Pub (DVD Audio)

Album: Ao Vivo No Bolshoi Pub
Size: 153,8 MB
Time: 66:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s (DVD Audio)
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: DVD front & back

1. How Many More Times (4:21)
2. Mona's Blues (4:14)
3. What's On Your Mind (4:05)
4. Misty Mountain (4:48)
5. Texas Frogs (4:23)
6. Miss Coke (3:30)
7. Estudo Em Vermelho (4:34)
8. Terceiro Whisky (6:06)
9. Dente De Ouro (3:44)
10. Aguas Barrentas (8:12)
11. O Sol Tamben Me Lavanta (3:24)
12. Jokers (4:15)
13. Cervaja (4:35)
14. Dinossauro Manco (Bonus Track) (6:12)

Blues Etílicos was formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1985. In 1987 they released their first album, the selftitled "Blues Etílicos" followed by "Água Mineral" (1989), "San Ho Zay" (1990) and "IV" (1991). "San Ho Zay" has been sold in more than 35,000 copies, being the biggest selling album by a Brazilian blues band at all times. In 1989, the band had wide projection at the first International Festival of Blues in the city of Ribeirão Preto, opening the festival on the same night that Buddy Guy was performing. The festival was a turning point for the blues genre in Brazil and several national bands emerged, influenced by the sound of Blues Etílicos. During this period, the Blues Etílicos was featured on several special programs on TV Culture, Headline Network and MTV in addition to having their music broadcasted widely on FM radio shows throughout the country.

Blues Etílicos was the first and the main national band to create a loyal following in this segment, and because of this they participated in all the festivals connected to the blues music genre, sharing the stage with leading names in international blues that visited the country like B.B. King, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy and others.

Personnel: Flávio Guimarães (harmonica, vocals); Greg Wilson (guitar, vocals); Otávio Rocha (guitar); Cláudio Bedran (bass); Pedro Strasser (drums).

Recorded live at Bolshoi Pub, Goiânia, September 5th, 2009.

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Johnny Burgin - Ramblin' From Coast To Coast

Album: Ramblin' From Coast To Coast
Size: 106,4 MB
Time: 45:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Ramblin' From Coast To Coast (3:29)
2. Gettin' My Blues On (3:59)
3. I Need Something Sweet (4:17)
4. Silently Suffering (4:33)
5. Stepladder Blues (2:51)
6. Cincinatti Boogie (3:34)
7. Fresno Woman (4:14)
8. I'm Playing Straight (Feat. John Blues Boyd) (2:41)
9. Older And Wiser (Feat. Rae Gordon) (3:24)
10. I Was Right The First Time (3:43)
11. Vacation From The Blues (4:28)
12. Never Tried To Get Ahead (4:37)

Blues guitarist, singer, and BMA Nominee Johnny Burgin describes his never-ending touring schedule in a typically understated way: "It takes me a year to see my friends, and then I do it all over again." Often travelling without a band, he discovers novel and fruitful collaborations on the road.

"Ramblin' from Coast to Coast" is the result: eleven original blues from the road cut in Dallas, Cincinnati, Rochester NY and Memphis TN with cameos from the likes of John Blues Boyd, Rae Gordon, Ben Levin, Hanna PK, Jad Tariq, Jon Hay, and Dylan Bishop. Johnny draws from his years of experience in the Chicago blues idiom (as well as his popular weekly blues guitar YouTube videos) to put just the right repartee into the musical conversation.

Johnny's also known as a strong writer; "Gettin' My Blues On" is from the point of view of a diehard blues fan who is just scraping by financially. Judging from audience reactions, this tune is poised to be the Blues Anthem of the Year.

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Elizabeth King - Soul Provider

Album: Soul Provider
Size: 78,8 MB
Time: 33:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Soul/Gospel/Funk mix
Art: Front

1. Soul Provider (3:49)
2. Pure Heavenly Joy (3:03)
3. Tables In The Temple (3:42)
4. Be So Glad (4:02)
5. Stretch Out (3:14)
6. Anything That I Could Ever Want (3:22)
7. Jesus (3:41)
8. Look At Your Life (2:59)
9. Whenever He Calls Me Home (2:51)
10. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray (3:00)

Soul Provider is the third long-player from Memphis' octogenarian sacred soul queen Elizabeth King. With her powerful contralto, she's performed on gospel radio for decades. Her first single, "Testify," appeared in 1969. In 1970 she was frontwoman for the otherwise all-male Gospel Souls, who cut five singles and an album, but the latter went unreleased. She retired from recording and sang only in church or on the radio for nearly 40 years. In 2019, Bruce Watson coaxed her back into performing and signed her to Bible & Tire Recording Company. In 2021, aged 77, she released her debut album, Living in the Last Days, followed by 2022's I Got a Love. Soul Provider was recorded at Delta Sonic Sound in Memphis with the Sacred Soul Sound Section (Will Sexton on guitar, bass, and keyboards; Matt Ross-Spang on guitar; Mark Edgar Stuart on bass, and Will McCarley on drums and percussion). The ten-song set also employs a host of guests who include Jimbo Mathus and guitarist John Paul Keith.

The album offers a more soul forward presentation. Some of the songs were written by members of her band, some are King originals; there are gospel standards and a cover of Lou Reed's "Jesus." The title-track opener was written by Mathus. He plays guitar, organ, and sings backup alongside Mississippi singer-songwriter Schaefer Llana. It's a souled-out love song to God that sounds like it came from Goldwax Records during the '60s. There's conviction in King's voice which rises above Jamison Hollister's upright gospel piano and fiddle as she sings about traveling south of heaven on the Jericho Way with God. Organ, fiddle, and guitars bubble and roil above the stately drum kit as she testifies, "I'm walking in circles/I know who I am/I finally understand ...." The second single, "Stretch Out," is a slow, funky gospel-blues penned by King. Her vocal, buoyed by Alex Greene's organ and synth, is given added depth by the Sacred Soul Sound Section.

"Tables in the Temple," composed by Keith, also revels in the blues. His guitar supports Gamble's Wurlitzer electric piano atop a four/four drum shuffle and call-and-response between King and her vocal chorus. Sexton's "Anything I Could Ever Want" is a burning Southern funk workout adorned with brassy horns, gritty wah-wah guitar, a filthy bassline, and cracking breakbeats. It's followed by Lou Reed's "Jesus" from the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat." She renders it faithfully and without irony, using psychedelic trappings such as reverbed flutes, sitar, and backmasked production. The set closes with the standard "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray." The band's slow, swaggering shuffle allows King vocal freedom. She digs deep into the grain of her voice for the nuanced spiritual truth in her DNA. Soul Provider is easily as consistent as her previous albums, but it's also rawer, more intimate. It's the most startlingly immediate date in her catalog. /Thom Jurek, AllMusic

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Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson - Beyond Carnival

Size: 228 MB
Time: 39:33
File: Flac
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues/Jazz
Art: Front

1. Lena (3:00)
2. Mardi Gras Strut (3:34)
3. Lower Ninth Ward Blues (5:33)
4. Don't Wanna Be Down (6:18)
5. Sad Story (3:23)
6. Jail Bird (3:41)
7. Who Shot the Lala (3:33)
8. Honest I Do (3:10)
9. My Life (4:08)
10. When It Rains It Really Pours (3:10)

Alvin Johnson, Sr., best known for his famous song, "Carnival Time," has been a New Orleans Mardi Gras icon for over 40 years. A Rhythm & Blues performer, Al is a New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival veteran and has worked with the likes of Aaron Neville, Oliver Morgan, Bobby Lonero as well as (the late Tommy Ridgley, Jessie Hill, Bobby Mitchell, Eddie Bo & Ernie K-Doe) Al has performed on the "Louisiana Jukebox" TV program and been the star of a highly successful Louisiana Lottery Mardi Gras campaign. Al has also been the subject of numerous articles in Mardi Gras Guide, New Orleans Magazine, Offbeat Magazine, The Louisiana Weekly, The Times Picayune, and Gambit Weekly. Al's newest song, the critically acclaimed "Lower Ninth Ward Blues", appeared in the Oscar nominated film "Rachel Getting Married", and Al has been honored with induction into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.

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Firewire - What Does It Take

Size: 155 MB
Time: 20:16
File: Flac
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. What Does It Take (4:13)
2. Something New (3:05)
3. You Don't Love Me (3:29)
4. Surf's Up (2:54)
5. Mellow Down Easy (Live) (6:33)

Firewire is:
- Mark Lowrie: Vocals and guitar
- Mick Field: Bass
- John Perri: Drums

The CD was recorded and mixed by Mark Lowrie at Guffland.
Mastered by Rob B Dillon at RBD Productions.

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VA - Blues Singles Collection Vol. 77

Size: 214,5 MB
Time: 91:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues/Rock
Art: Front

01 Mojo Williams - Taxman Blues (2:29)
02 Gary Cain - Ain't Got The Blues (3:11)
03 Jhett Black - 16 Tons (3:19)
04 Toronzo Cannon - Can't Fix The World (4:15)
05 Joanne Shaw Taylor - Devil In Me (3:01)
06 Elles Bailey - Enjoy The Ride (3:39)
07 The Bluesmakers Collective - Mojo And Velvet (4:22)
08 Trainman Blues - Going Home (3:23)
09 Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival - Gypsy Soul (Live) (3:13)
10 Peer Gynt - Hang On (3:55)
11 Tomiko Dixon - Jungle Swing (4:09)
12 Slash - Killing Floor Feat. Brian Johnson (4:18)
13 The Mavericks - Live Close By (Visit Often) [With Nicole Atkins] (Feat. Nicole Atkins) (3:20)
14 Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse - Oh Yeah! (2:32)
15 Eden Brent - Getaway Blues (3:25)
16 The Boneheads - Spoonful (Live At RHC Music) (3:52)
17 Mick Clarke - Do Me Right (2:55)
18 Bill DeJohn - 1947 (3:28)
19 Laura Evans - What I'm Made Of (3:42)
20 Cam Clark - Nothing To Lose (4:02)
21 Sugaray Rayford - Run For Cover (2:55)
22 Black Country Communion - Stay Free (Feat. Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes & Derek Sherinian) (4:30)
23 Son Of Dave - Try A Little Hound Dog (2:40)
24 Slash - Oh Well Feat. Chris Stapleton (4:33)
25 Dave Alvin - We're Still Here (Feat. The Guilty Ones) (6:31)

They keep coming folks. Thanks Kamane.

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Al Basile - Red Breath

Size: 423 MB
Time: 65:47
File: Flac
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Are You My Love (4:50)
2. This Could Be The Year (4:36)
3. Could It Be You (4:55)
4. You Took Me By Surprise (4:10)
5. I Didn't Know About You (7:10)
6. Four Kisses (4:12)
7. Facing The Winter Alone (4:40)
8. Love Moves On (5:53)
9. No More Sad Songs (5:28)
10. Stray Thoughts (4:32)
11. B.D. (4:36)
12. Love Turned Out The Light (6:01)
13. Born To Swing (4:37)

Originally a poet and fiction writer, Al Basile was the first to get a master's degree from Brown University's Creative Writing program; he also wrote musicals as an undergraduate. Meeting Duke Robillard in 1969 changed his artistic direction for life. He began his performing career in 1973, hired by Duke as the first trumpet player for Rhode Island's premier jump band Roomful of Blues, and played with such blues and jazz greats as Cleanhead Vinson, Red Prysock, Helen Humes, Joe Turner, and Johnny Shines. Leaving in 1975 to devote himself to teaching, singing, and songwriting, he was reunited with Duke Robillard, Roomful's founder, in the late eighties, His songs and playing have continued to appear throughout the nineties on Robillard's records for Rounder, Stony Plain, Pointblank, and Shanachie. Songs he has cowritten with Duke have been used on television's Homicide: Life on the Street and the feature film Blood and WIne. Ruth Brown recorded one of Al's songs on her Handy Award winning 1997 release R&B=Ruth Brown, and was the first project with a song by Al to be nominated for a Grammy. The second came last year on Duke's Guitar Groove-a-Rama featuring Al's tune "This Dream (Still Coming True)" was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album of 2006. Al began his own solo recording career in 1998 with the well received Down On Providence Plantation and followed that up with 2001's Shaking the Soul Tree. Both discs were roots projects produced by Robillard and with him and his band backing Basile up on his own blues and soul based roots songs, the second emphasizing Memphis soul grooves and adding former Susan Tedeschi keyboardist Tom West to a horn section with Doug James and Sax Gordon Beadle alongside Al's cornet. 2003's Red Breath was Basile's first jazz CD, though he had fronted jazz combos for twenty-five years and had been featured as a swing-based cornetist on Duke's jazz projects such as After Hours Swing Session. Several underknown songs by Rodgers and Hart and Vernon Duke were unearthed and given perhaps their first jazz treatment, and Al showed the influences of Armstrong, Sinatra, and Strayhorn in his playing, singing, and writing styles. 2005's solo effort Blue Ink was a collection of Al's blues songs with Duke and his band again backing him up and featuring Jerry Portnoy on harp, fresh from recording Me&Mr.Johnson with Eric Clapton. This was a dream backup band for this material, which covered a range of blues styles from fifties Muddy Waters to Freddy King to swamp/funk blues to New Orleans/Longhair type blues. Duke produced and played guitars throughout. Blue Ink reached #18 on the Living Blues radio chart. 2006's Groovin' in the Mood Room stripped the rhythm section down to feature Duke's guitar solos. and emphasized strong grooves to complement Al's trademark lyrics and soulful snging, and again enjoyed lots of airplay both nnationally and internationally, reaching #14 on the Living Blues chart. Great songwriting, singing, and playing -The Tinge puts it all together, as Al adds generous helpings of his cornet playing to a batch of songs which span Kansas City swing to soul-jazz to the classic blues material he first did with Roomful of Blues. With Roomful's Rich Lataille in the horn section along with Doug James and Duke, half of the original Roomful lineup is at work here, and Al has written blues songs like "Not the Wrong Woman" and "Too Slow" which celebrate their shared past (the latter is sung and played in the manner of Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, with whom Roomful first played in 1973). Bruce Katz is brilliant on piano, organ, and Wurlitzer, and along with mainstays Marty Ballou on bass and Mark Teixeira on drums, the rhythm section nails every stylistic challenge thrown at them, from older style jazz like "While We're Dancing" and "Give Me the Rainbow" to brooding plunger muted blues to bubbly workouts reminiscent of sixties soul. With the addition of his rich open tone and relaxed, lyrical solo work to his highly crafted songs, unique storytelling, and strong, personal vocals, The Tinge is Al Basile's statement record. The books and literary magazines which publish his poetry identify him as a poet, but that's only half the story. His recordings prove that he's a bard of the blues. Al guested as a featured cornet player on Dave Gross' Take the Gamble in 2006, and he continues to work with Duke on his own projects - he played on Blue Mood, Duke's T-Bone Walker tribute record nominated for a Blues Music Award in 2004, A Specal Evening with Duke Robillard and Friends DVD released in 2005, played on and wrote for Guitar Groove-a-Rama, and co-wrote the title tune on Duke's 2007 release World Full of Blues.

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Barry Goldberg & Friends - Barry Goldberg & Friends

Album: Barry Goldberg & Friends
Size: 146,6 MB
Time: 63:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Blues/Rock
Art: Full

1. That's Allright Mama (2:47)
2. Maxwell Street Shuffle (2:28)
3. Hole In My Pocket (2:52)
4. It Hurts Me Too (4:15)
5. You're Still My Baby (3:21)
6. On The Road Again (1:59)
7. Sittin' In The Circles (3:43)
8. Capricorn Blues (1:56)
9. A Lighter Blue (2:41)
10. Twice A Man (4:30)
11. Fool On A Hill (3:21)
12. Sugar Coated Love (2:38)
13. Strung And Young (3:18)
14. The Answers In Your Head (3:27)
15. I Think I'm Gonna Cry (3:22)
16. Jimi The Fox (2:30)
17. Another Day (3:29)
18. Blues For Barry And... (Dedicated To Big John's) (10:14)

Barry Goldberg was a regular fixture in the white blues firmament of the mid-'60s that seemed to stretch from Chicago to New York. A keyboardist (organ seemed to be his specialty), Barry was an in-demand session man - he appears with Michael Bloomfield on a Mitch Ryder album, for instance - along with Al Kooper and his blues-playing contemporary from the original Butterfield band, Mark Naftalin. Goldberg was a member of Charlie Musselwhite's first band, contributing great piano and organ lines to the Stand Back! album (his work on "Cristo Redentor" is moody and introspective, with a strong jazz-inflected feel, while still retaining strong blues roots) and a handful of others throughout the decade. /Biography by Cub Koda, AllMusic

Tracks 1,2,5 to 7,9 to 11,16,18 from "Barry Goldberg - Two Jews Blues"
Tracks 3,4,8,12 to 15,17 from "Barry Goldberg Reunion - There's No Hole In My Soul"

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Blues Etilicos - 35 Anos

Album: 35 Anos
Size: 116,6 MB
Time: 50:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021/2024
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, roots
Art: Front

1. Mona's Blues (4:31)
2. How Many More Times (3:57)
3. Waterfalls (4:48)
4. Misty Mountain (5:33)
5. Mandala Boogie (3:25)
6. Dente De Ouro (3:15)
7. Safra 63 (4:04)
8. Cerveja (4:07)
9. Beco Escuro (3:34)
10. Walking The Streets (3:58)
11. What's On Your Mind (4:18)
12. Puro Malte (4:35)

"Blues Etilicos - 35 Anos" provides an overview of the band's musical journey, collecting songs from their studio albums reworked under the direction of Pedro Garcia and Kasin (Jorge Mautner, Erasmo Carlos, Adriana Calcanhoto). Many of the songs chosen received new arrangements, such as "Safra 63" and "Mona's Blues", and national identity burns brightly in songs such as "Dente de Ouro" and "Beco Escuro". The new CD also features long time classics such as "Puro Malte" and "Cerveja", as well as two previously unreleased songs - "Mandala Boogie" and "Waterfalls".

The current lineup has four original members: Greg Wilson (vocals and guitar), Otávio Rocha (guitar), Cláudio Bedran (bass) and Flávio Guimarães (vocals and harmonica), plus Beto Werther (drums) who has been with the group since 2017. /Translated from Portuguese

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Anthony Geraci - Tears In My Eyes

Album: Tears In My Eyes
Size: 113,3 MB
Time: 49:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Art: Front

1. Broken Mirror, Broken Mirror (6:13)
2. Owl's Nest (3:05)
3. Tears In My Eyes (4:27)
4. Blues For Willie J (4:06)
5. Judge Oh Judge (5:44)
6. Oh No (4:31)
7. Ooeee (4:28)
8. Memphis Mist (3:41)
9. Witchy Ways (4:02)
10. Now What (5:35)
11. Lonely Country Road Blues (3:06)

We should celebrate Anthony Geraci for his fierce dedication to the real deal blues. He’s absorbed the form and consistently adheres to it when his talents could take him in many directions. Multiple BMA nominee and 2021 BMA Winner, pianist and bandleader Anthony Geraci delivers his second album from Blue Heart Records and his seventh as a leader with Tears In My Eyes. That of course doesn’t count his many stints as a band member of Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, and The Proven Ones, among others.

Before playing a prominent role in those bands and embarking on a solo career, Geraci has the honor of backing the greats such as Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Jimmy Rogers, and many others and pays tribute to these ‘old masters” on this album with eleven tracks, six with vocals and five instrumentals. The current edition of the three-time BMA nominated Band of the Year Boston All-stars is guitarist/vocalist Barrett Anderson, drummers Marty Richards and Kurt Kalker, and bassist Paul Loranger. His former bandleader Sugar Ray Norcia takes the lead vocal on three tracks with Anderson on two and even Geraci on one of them. Blues violin champion Anne Harris guests on “Memphis Mist.” Drew Davies is on saxophone on four tracks with Mario Perrett playing sax on “Judge, Oh Judge.”

The album was recorded in two sessions, one in the Boston area for the first four tracks and the other amidst a European tour in Prague, Czech Republic. Seven original tunes were cut in that one day – tracks five through eleven. The major difference in personnel is just the drummer with Richards in Boston and Kalker in the Czech sessions. Otherwise, the core group is consistent throughout. Geraci lays claim to all eleven as originals. The album is sequenced in reverse with the Boston sessions appearing first, although they were recorded late. [---]

With four decades of music behind him, Geraci is still at heart a traditionalist as reflected in most of the album. He’s always had great piano chops but continues to grow in his songwriting and bandleading, even willing to reveal some contemporary tinges in a few places. Mostly though, he once again shows us how the real blues should go down. /Jim Hynes, Rock & Blues Muse

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VA - 16 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 17

Size: 195 MB
Time: 70:45
File: Flac
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Got the Blues (2:48)
2. Blood Thirsty Blues (3:04)
3. Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me (3:08)
4. Howling Tom Cat Blues (2:48)
5. Days Is Lonesome (3:31)
6. Ain't Gonna Stand for That (3:10)
7. I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Part 1 and Part 2 (6:49)
8. Ashley St. Blues (2:53)
9. Bad Luck Blues (2:52)
10. She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight (3:12)
11. Shave 'Em Dry (2:51)
12. Read Your A B C's (3:04)
13. Life Is A Cheater (Irma Records Demo) (3:12)
14. Life Is A Cheater (Music City Records Demo) (3:37)
15. I Got Hip To It (2:37)
16. Tillie Lee (3:13)
17. Dying Blues (2:45)
18. Come On Babe (2:27)
19. Little Boy Blue (3:12)
20. It's Hard Time (3:11)
21. Back Door Blues (3:02)
22. Back To Mississippi (3:08)

Blues Images presents our 2020 Volume 17 CD, now jewel-cased! This CD was FREE in our Volume 17 Blues Artwork Calendar from the 1920's - 1950's, and is now jewel-cased! The CD uses the American Epic Sound Restoration process. Developed at great expense for the soundtrack of the PBS series, there is less surface noise and more dynamic range than in any previous release of these songs. You will be excited when you feel as if you are right in the room with the performers as they play and sing their hearts out! You have NEVER heard Blind Blake, Blind lemon Jefferson, Mississippi Sheiks and SO MANY MORE sound so good! Includes three newly discovered tracks by Juke Boy Barner!

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Randall Breneman & The Skinnerbros - Devil Plays The Blues

Size: 88,5 MB
Time: 38:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Eventide (2:56)
2. Cold Dark Water (4:16)
3. Preacher Man (3:54)
4. Dig My Grave (4:02)
5. Just Me And The Open Road (3:16)
6. Dish Of The Day (2:03)
7. Mean Old Son Of a Gun (2:42)
8. Cold Deep Blue (3:41)
9. Mr Blues (3:29)
10. Can't Turn Off My Mind (5:08)
11. Until The Day I Die (3:07)

Award winning composer and songwriter whose music can be heard on tv, films, advertisements and video games around the globe. Specialising in composing for artists/bands, moving images and video games. Recording, producing and mixing in his private studio in east London, Randall has amassed an impressive catalogue of work embracing everything from modern pop, soul, funky jazz, rock, americana... As a Gibson endorsed artist Randall has performed, worked and supported some of the finest musicians on the planet; Joe Cocker, Morcheeba, SnowPatrol, B.B. King, John Mayall, Joe Bonamassa, Sandi Thom, David Gilmore, Mike Rutherford, Buddy Guy, Fareed Haque...

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Kaspar 'Berry' Rapkin & The Swamp Dogs - ST

Size: 186 MB
Time: 30:17
File: Flac
Released: 2021
Styles: blues, blues-rock
Art: Front

1. Leeds City Blues (1:06)
2. Police Dog Blues (2:36)
3. Going Down (3:02)
4. Redbull (Lights Out) - With Band (3:01)
5. Don't Mind Dying (3:36)
6. Broken Down Shower (2:49)
7. Jitterbug Swing (2:59)
8. Window Peepin' Mama (3:19)
9. If It Didn't Matter (7:45)

Kaspar has had a great passion for blues and vintage music since he was 12. Often compared to Duane Allman, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, he has been described as a 100 year old soul in the body of a 23 year old as he continues to baffle people with a raw sound in the 2020's. Kaspar grew up in London and moved to Hertfordshire when he was 9. He learned the guitar when he was 11 when a family friend with a serious disability gave one to him on the condition that Kaspar would learn how to play it. At the age of 12 he discovered Pride and Joy on Guitar Hero and quickly realised this was the blues. This would send him on a path of education and revelation to the blues as a genre and a life style. Kaspar went to New Orleans to celebrate turning 18 where he performed in B.B. Kings Blues Club (and was discovered by Harold Marcho music producer). Harold invited Kaspar back to the states to record his first single Sailing. He is now performing with his live band, Kaspar & The Swamp Dogs around St Albans, London and where ever he may be invited to play at. The band (usually) consists of Ian Davidson on bass or cello and Mia Casey on drums or washboard!

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Karise Eden - My Journey

Size: 249 MB
Time: 40:42
File: Flac
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues, pop
Art: Front, tray

1. It's a man's world (2:41)
2. Back to black (2:31)
3. Nothing's real but love (2:59)
4. Landslide (3:21)
5. Hallelujah (3:55)
6. Stay with me baby (3:23)
7. I was your girl (2:14)
8. You won't let me (3:37)
9. Hound dog (2:34)
10. The dock of the bay (3:01)
11. The weight (3:06)
12. I'd rather go blind (3:24)
13. Move over (3:50)

Reality TV juggernaut ‘The Voice’ recently rolled out its inaugural season on Channel 9 to impressive numbers. In a world populated by Idols and X Factor contestants, standing above the myriad of sounds, styles and record company restraints is a tough task. Season one winner Karise Eden immediately followed her triumph with the now standard winner’s compilation My Journey. Blessed with the rasp of the late Janis Joplin, with touches of Joss Stone and Nikka Costa, Eden’s 13 song debut is a compilation of studio performances from her triumphant run under mentor Seal’s guidance, mixed with covers of tracks that have inspired the 19 year old on her path to soul. Gifted with such a soulful, powerful set of pipes Eden belies her age and the thematic material of the songs covered here and would sound out of place without the bruised, raw delivery, which is lived, not trained. Her bluesy take on ‘Hound Dog’ is based upon the original Big Mama Thorton 1952 version and delivers the smokey bar atmosphere that enhances her performance. This feel is replicated in tracks such as the 1968 The Band classic ‘The Weight’ and Amy Winehouse’s triumphant ode to heartbreak ‘Back To Black’. Stripping back the production on a powerful rendition of Leonard Cohen’s masterpiece ‘Hallelujah’ to a single guitar and vocal is gripping, inspired and utterly breathtaking. The acoustic technique is similarly applied to a peaceful cover of Fleetwood Mac’s iconic ‘Landslide’ and reminds the listener that the sheer power of her vocal is equally matched by a worldly lament that is captivating. The two original offerings, the winner’s single ‘ You Won’t Let Me’ is Renee Geyer grit via Adele’s heartbreak and is an assured track on its own merit. ‘I Was Your Girl’ is penned by Eden and is a clear indication of the path she intends to take, a modern woman with an intriguing tale to tell through soul and blues. The honesty on display is sublime and gives hope that with the right people and time to develop her craft Eden could transcend beyond her TV accolades and become a global force to be reckoned with. Karise Eden is a deserved winner and as an introduction to her talent ‘My Journey’ is a pleasant, sometimes compelling debut, time will tell if such talent can find the original material and production to truly shine on her own.

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Ann Savoy - Another Heart

Size: 254 MB
Time: 44:30
File: Flac
Released: 2024
Styles: Cajun & Zydeco
Art: Front

1. Cajun Love Song (4:02)
2. A Heart Needs a Home (4:03)
3. Waterloo Sunset (3:53)
4. Gabie's New Year's Lament (4:31)
5. Stolen Car (4:41)
6. Triste Samedi / A Hurricane Song (A Sad Saturday) (4:29)
7. Time Goes On My Love (4:43)
8. Something's Got a Hold On Me (3:11)
9. Tin Angel (3:32)
10. Lord of the Reedy River (3:33)
11. Who Knows Where the Time Goes (3:46)

Ann Savoy is a musician, an author, a record producer, and a photographer. In April 2024 her latest CD, "Another Heart", will be released by the prestigious Smithsonian Folkways label. This CD is a foray into the many types of music that Ann loves and plays. It was produced by Dirk Powell and she is accompanied by allstar Louisiana musicians. Recently she recorded a demo for the Disney Haunted House. Before that she recorded a twice Grammy nominated CD of duets “Adieu False Heart”, with the legendary artist Linda Ronstadt. As a musician she plays guitar, fiddle, and accordion, and travels throughout the world with her husband accordionist Marc Savoy and fiddler Michael Doucet in the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band, with her all-woman band The Magnolia Sisters, with Marc and their talented sons in the Savoy Family Band, and with her gypsy swing band Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights. She appears with her son Joel in the film Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood and performs three of the twelve cuts on the accompanying soundtrack on Sony Music. She has recorded 20 CDs on the Arhoolie, Rounder, Vanguard, and Memphis International labels. She worked with renowned producer T Bone Burnett as associate music producer for the Sony film “All The King’s Men”, composing a song for the film which is performed by Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights, her vintage style jazz group. Ann has appeared in many documentaries on the subject of Cajun music, including the PBS series American Roots Music, and with her husband was the subject of Les Blank’s film,”Marc and Ann”. Her most recent television appearances were on the "Samantha Brown's Favorite Places" with her group the Magnolia Sisters, and was featured in an episode of "Craft In America" with the Savoy Family Cajun Band. With the Magnolia Sisters she performed on a PBS Lifetime Achievements broadcast at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, honoring Arhoolie label founder Chris Strachwitz. She also has worked as an record producer for Vanguard Records, for whom she produced the Grammy nominated tribute to Cajun music, "Evangeline Made", featuring, among others, pop and folk idols Linda Ronstadt, John Fogerty, Richard and Linda Thompson, Nick Lowe, and Rodney Crowell performing traditional Cajun tunes. Her second project for Vanguard, a tribute to Creole and Zydeco, entitled Creole Bred, featuring Cyndi Lauper, Taj Mahal, David Hidalgo, and many others,came out in May 2004. As a writer, she is the author of two books, Cajun Music, A Reflection of a People Volumes 1 and 2, books which chronicle the history of Cajun and Zydeco music through interviews, biographies, historic and current photographs, and song transcriptions. These books are considered the Cajun Bible all over the world. She wrote the chapter on Cajun and Zydeco in the book that was made to accompany the PBS film series, American Roots Music, Rolling Stone Press, as well as authoring numerous articles on Cajun music and historic CD booklets.

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Al Basile - Down On Providence Plantation

Size: 364 MB
Time: 54:58
File: Flac
Released: 1998
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. When I Reach My Limit (4:47)
2. What Your Kisses Say (3:40)
3. Don't Start Something (4:13)
4. Bite Your Tongue (4:20)
5. It Doesn't Hurt Me At All (3:31)
6. Things Aren't Going So Well (5:35)
7. An Understanding Heart (4:48)
8. Prove It To You (4:27)
9. You Brought My House Down (5:28)
10. Pretty Little Lolita (3:36)
11. I Really Miss You (5:38)
12. Lonesome Traveller (4:48)

Down On Providence Plantation is the first collection of Al Basile's personal brand of roots music, which shows the influence of blues, classic R&B, soul, gospel, and 60s rock. Thoughtful lyrics and dramatic situations abound, and the astonishing versatility of Duke Robillard's guitar and band are showcased as well.

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Will 'Harmonica' Wilde - Nothin' But Trouble

Album: Nothin' But Trouble
Size: 62,6 MB
Time: 26:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Blues Takin' Over (3:49)
2. Nothin' But Trouble (3:03)
3. Fly Around The World (2:55)
4. Checkin' Up On My Baby (3:51)
5. I'm Tired (3:39)
6. Done Somebody Wrong (3:15)
7. Pain & Misery (3:04)
8. Jumping At Shadows (3:14)

Will Wilde picked up his first harmonica at the age of 16 and played it until his lips bled. Weaned on the likes of Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Buddy Guy, Wilde grew up steeped in traditional Chicago Blues yet his focus as an artist remains resolutely on the future. Wilde fuses raw blues with rock, soul and funk. He takes what's authentic and powerful about the music he grew up loving and introduces other influences without losing the heart and conviction of the blues.

Wilde made his first album when he was 19, "Nothing But Trouble", which was well reviewed in ‘Blues Matters’ and ‘Blues in Britain’. He has been four times nominated in the British Blues Awards for best Harmonica player (2010/2011/2012/2013), and he has shared the stage with various notable blues artists. He has appeared twice on the Legendary Blues Cruise playing with veterans such as Sherman Robertson, Michael Burks, Earl Thomas and Taj Mahal.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Raúl Rabadán T-Bonski - Massala's Jump

Album: Massala's Jump
Size: 81,1 MB
Time: 34:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. I'm Going Down The Line (2:12)
2. All You Got To Do Now (3:44)
3. Twinkle In Her Eye (2:48)
4. T-Bonski Bop (2:12)
5. Shoreline (2:58)
6. Whiskey Daze (4:50)
7. God's God It (2:56)
8. I Got Something To Say (2:28)
9. Won't You Come On Home (2:36)
10. I Was Breakin' The Chain (3:20)
11. Massala's Jump (1:50)
12. Deal With The Devil (3:00)

This album was recorded, mixed and mastered at UTBB Mobile Studios (Valencia) by Raúl Rabadán between December 2023 and March 2024. All instruments are played by Raúl Rabadán, and he has also written all the songs except for "Im Going Down The Line" (written by Earl Zebedee Hooker) and "God's Got It" (written by Reverend Charlie Jackson).

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Paul Oscher - Live At The Tombs House Of Detention, NYC

Album: Live At The Tombs House Of Detention, NYC
Size: 115,8 MB
Time: 50:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Off The Wall (2:29)
2. Blue Midnight (5:24)
3. Flip, Flop And Fly (Feat. Bob Gaddy) (3:14)
4. You're Still My Baby (Feat. Bob Gaddy) (4:33)
5. Stagolee (Feat. Bob Gaddy) (3:39)
6. Stormy Monday (Feat. Rose Melody) (5:05)
7. Honky Tonk Train (Feat. David Maxwell) (5:54)
8. After Hours (Feat. David Maxwell) (6:45)
9. Kansas City (Feat. Bob Gaddy) (2:55)
10. Steal Away (Feat. Rose Melody) (4:42)
11. Silent Night (Feat. Rose Melody) (2:45)
12. Slideaway (Based On Hide Away) (2:35)

This is a dynamite live show from the Tombs House Of Detention in New York City in the 1980s, when Paul Oscher often brought a full all-star blues revue into clubs and theaters. On this particular recording Paul is at the top of his game on harp and guitar, with New York legendary pianist/vocalist Bob Gaddy and blues singer Rose Melody revving up the crowd as guest vocalists.

Otis Spann disciple David Maxwell plays piano throughout and takes center stage for two incendiary tracks. Rounding out the driving rhythm section are blues veterans Candy McDonald on drums and Steve Gomes on bass. You'll go as wild as the crowd as soon as this gem fills your speakers and rattles your headphones.

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Firewire - Old Dogs New Tricks

Size: 147 MB
Time: 19:39
File: Flac s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Catfish Blues (4:28)
2. Wellington Street (3:34)
3. Water Rising (3:07)
4. Old Dog New Tricks (3:25)
5. Feelin' Blue (5:03)

Deeply influenced by the blues tradition, Firewire plays electric blues in the style of the greats of British blues from the 60s and 70s, but in doing so, bring their own songs and personality to the fore. And in the same vein as many of these forebears, Firewire is a trio of electric guitar, bass and drums. This EP release includes several original songs and was a nominee in the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society Vic/Tas awards in 2016. Firewire is: Mark Lowrie - Vocals and Guitar Mick Field - Bass John Perri - Drums With special guest: Aaron Gillett - Harp on 'Old Dog New Tricks'

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Fire in the Field - Live at La Grange

Size: 200 MB
Time: 29:33
File: Flac
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Front

1. Hummingbird (Live) (4:22)
2. Scream & Holler (Live) (4:13)
3. Emotion & Disposal (Live) (3:53)
4. Under the Sun (Live) (3:34)
5. Resurrect (Live) (3:51)
6. Jimmy Rover (Live) (4:25)
7. Death Don't Have No Mercy (Live) (5:12)

"Comprised of Mike Moore (vocals & guitar), Jeff Badolato (bass), John Santarelli (drums), and Andrew Blowen (keyboards), Exeter, New Hampshire's own indie rock outlet, Fire in the Field , have been well at the local scene for a good five years or so now, with records of their having been in operation since 2009 according to their official Facebook page. It's in 2014, though, that the band reaches their next humongous milestone: landing a debut album recorded and mastered in a professional studio: the distinctively titled Gypsy Tea Room . With special thanks to Joel Spielman of EMC Music Group and Creative Spotlights, I've managed to give a few good hearty listens to the album thus far and can say that, without a doubt, it's something special that is representative of a certain magic we've been missing on the main rock scene for quite some time. Gypsy Tea Room does impeccably well in establishing Fire in the Field as nothing short of a band of four fellows each sunken head-deep into pure, blues-drenched rock and roll hearkening back to the era of the Rolling Stones and Cream in pure unapologetic form. All of these above facts become well-established within the opening moments of Gypsy Tea Room, inundated by an infectious "down on the bayou" set of slow-building, grooving musical flourishes and overall delivery that wouldn't be out of place on the finest John Mayall outfit. Everything about this band and their debut album harks back to a legendary era of classic rock and roll that is done-up in a surprisingly genuine flair – guitar solos are back, everyone, and they're the real McCoy through and through with this group! Aside from said opening track, "Ferryboat River Ride", other standout tracks upon first listen include "Suzie" with its raw unadulterated grit and surprising Mediterranean twists, "Stone Hearted Creature" for its steel-nerved tenacity, and the eponymous "Gypsy Tea Room" in all of its 14 minutes and 29 seconds of eclectic jam band-y glory. There's hardly anything left to say here about Fire in the Field that hasn't already been said anywhere above. Give them a good listen, or fifteen, if you're well into the roots/rock era gone-by and are hankering for a revival, because these guys could very easily front that revival. Gypsy Tea Room is a masterful effort by all means, and while it won't necessarily be the tremendous breakout hit that it deserves to be, it should more than likely acquire the men behind the project more of a deserved following for the sweet tunes they produce. Rock isn't just a genre – it's a type of music that can only be exuded in its fullest form straight from the gut, infusing an intense passion with absolutely incredible talent, and Fire in the Field succeeds in emanating that attitude in a well above-average way for the modern era to behold in Gypsy Tea Room.

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Various Artists - Pye Blues Legends In London (3 CD)

Album: Pye Blues Legends In London
Size: 88,2+91,4+176,9 MB
Time: 37:58+39:27+75:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

In many respects, England was a more hospitable home for the blues in the mid-/late-1950's than America was - where even labels such as Chicago's Chess usually limited their blues LPs to collections of singles. In England it was possible for artists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee to record entire LPs while touring. Pye/Nixa Records reissued these sides many times, but it wasn't until 2003 that the current owner of their library, Castle Communications, did a state-of-the-art digital remastering of their three classic U.K. albums, Broonzy's "Tribute to Big Bill" (1955), White's "Blues and ..." (1956), and Terry and McGhee's "Sonny, Brownie & Chris" (1958), with full annotation.

The music is a mix of virtuoso acoustic blues with some small jazz-style group accompaniment, from some top players, including Chris Barber and Phil Seamen, all of which is worth hearing and a lot of which is filled with surprises for all of us. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

CD 1: Josh White - Blues And... (1956)
1. How Long Blues (3:07)
2. Careless Love (5:43)
3. Oh Lula (2:54)
4. St. Louis Blues (4:26)
5. Kansas City Blues (3:44)
6. I Had To Stoop To Conquer You (2:49)
7. I Know How To Do It (3:01)
8. Dink's Blues (4:37)
9. Mint Julep (3:04)
10. Good Morning Blues (4:27)

CD 2: Big Bill Broonzy - Tribute To Big Bill (1955)
1. It Feels So Good (2:44)
2. Southbound Train (3:17)
3. Southern Saga/Joe Turner Blues (8:10)
4. When The Sun Goes Down/Going Down This Road Feeling Bad (7:30)
5. Saturday Evening (3:28)
6. Glory Of Love (2:40)
7. St. Louis Blues (2:37)
8. Mindin' My Own Business (2:52)
9. When Do I Get To Be Called A Man (3:20)
10. Partnership Woman (2:44)

CD 3: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Sonny, Terry And Chris (1958)
1. Brownie's Blues (5:26)
2. Sonny's Blues (3:21)
3. Auto Mechanic Blues (3:42)
4. Wholesale And Retail (2:30)
5. Black Horse Blues (2:48)
6. I Love You Baby (2:01)
7. Just A Dream (4:43)
8. Hooray (This Woman Is Killing Me) (2:26)
9. Change The Lock On My Door (3:24)
10. You'd Better Mind (2:09)
11. Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses (2:31)
12. Climbing On Top Of The Hill (3:02)
13. (I've Been) Treated Wrong (3:27)
14. Fox Chase (2:11)
15. Woman's Lover Blues (2:21)
16. Southern Train (2:44)
17. The Way I Feel (3:53)
18. Gone But Not Forgotten (2:31)
19. Betty And Dupree (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (5:16)
20. No Worries On My Mind (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (3:44)
21. This Little Light Of Mine (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:41)
22. Glory (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:19)
23. Custard Pie (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:11)
24. Key To The Highway (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:15)
25. If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:08)

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