CG & The Hammer - Something Good: The Memphis Sessions

Album: Something Good: The Memphis Sessions
Size: 124,5 MB
Time: 53:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, roots
Art: Front, back

1. Something Good (5:14)
2. Nothing To Believe In (4:19)
3. Trying To Get Back Home (4:00)
4. Leaving You (5:20)
5. Drinkin' Alone (2:48)
6. Black Heart (3:50)
7. Hold On Tonight (4:38)
8. Back To The Country (5:03)
9. When You Awake (4:07)
10. An Eye For An Eye (4:59)
11. Crazy Days (4:20)
12. Every Dog's Day (4:56)

America-born blues artists Dov Hammer and Sagi "CG" Shorer first met in Tel Aviv in 1999. By then each had paid plenty of "blues dues", leading their own bands, grinding through the bar circuit, and backing visiting blues artists such as Billy Branch, Zora Young, Deitra Farr, Paul deLay, Lucky Peterson and King Earnest Baker. Since then, collaborating as "CG & The Hammer", they have played hundreds of shows in clubs, concert halls and international festivals. They have toured the USA three times, including representing Israel twice at the International Blues challenge in Memphis, TN.

"Something Good" is the band's fourth album. After more then a decade of playing blues in Israel, the band decided to return to the source, and made the pilgrimage to Memphis TN, where they recorded 12 new songs at the historic "Sun" studio. In this special atmosphere, recording where B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Elvis, Johnny Cash and others had made their great hits, the band tapped into the magical source of the music which has inspired them. The result is CG & The Hammer's best album to date, a unique melding of blues, rock 'n' roll and country, with the band's own original songwriting, passionate vocals, wailing harmonica and fiery guitar.

Personnel: Sagi Shorer (vocals, guitar); Dov Hammer (harmonica, backing vocals); Nir Elbaz (bass); Oren Avisar (drums).

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CG & The Hammer - Live In Tel Aviv

Album: Live In Tel Aviv
Size: 161,8 MB
Time: 69:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Let The Good Times Roll (5:19)
2. Same Old Fool (4:36)
3. Highway Blues (5:05)
4. Bad Luck (8:56)
5. I Just Can't Quit On You (3:37)
6. Shake Your Hips (8:25)
7. The New Funky Blues (6:30)
8. Boogie With Me (5:50)
9. Slow Night In Clarksdale (5:15)
10. Big Little Woman (4:43)
11. Hoochie Coochie Man (6:18)
12. Blues Heaven (5:10)

We are proud to present "Live in Tel Aviv" - the 3rd album by CG & The Hammer. Celebrating 10 years of playing together, this album presents the great musicianship, and powerful live energy of the band. Their dynamic stage performance showcases original songs by the band, as well as blues classics from Willie Dixon to Slim Harpo. When Dov Hammer and Sagi "CG" Shorer, two America-born bluesmen first met in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1999, both had already paid plenty of dues, both as sidemen (sharing stages with such blues greats as Willie Kent, Paul deLay, Zora Young, Billy Branch and the late King Earnest Baker among others) and leading their own bands. The two soon joined forces to create the group now known as "CG & The Hammer".

While deeply rooted in the blues styles of Chicago and Texas, the band has never tried to copy a "classic" sound, instead updating and continuing the evolution of the blues and giving it their own unique flavor. They have toured the USA three times, visiting Ohio and Chicago in 2004 and touring Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee in 2005, including festival performances at the River City Blues Festival in Ohio and the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN. In 2009 they returned to the south, playing in Alabama, Florida and making an unforgettable appearance at the International Blues Challenge, as well as being chosen for the "Kings of Beale Street" show in Memphis.

Their first album "Feels Like Home" was released in 2002 to great critical acclaim, featuring 12 new original blues songs. In 2008 they released their 2nd album "Blues Heaven", which was chosen by the Blues Foundation in Memphis as one of the top 12 independent blues albums of the year. From bars to festivals to concert halls, CG & The Hammer continue to thrill audiences with a combination of passion, energy and honesty. Their music is never a re-creation of sounds from the past, but rather an updated, vital celebration of the blues as the soundtrack of real life.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Dov Hammer - Exile - The Chicago Blues Sessions

Album: Exile - The Chicago Blues Sessions
Size: 111,0 MB
Time: 48:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Chicago blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Genuine (4:20)
2. I'm Just Your Fool (Feat. Deitra Farr) (2:46)
3. The Same Thing (6:14)
4. I'm Your Man (4:08)
5. Exile (4:22)
6. Fair Weather Friends (5:15)
7. Back To The Wall (4:24)
8. Last Night (5:09)
9. I'm Getting Tired Of Hanging Around (2:59)
10. Take A Message (4:06)
11. Keep On Searching (Feat. Guy King) (4:15)

Dov Hammer has been at the forefront of the blues scene in Israel for 30 years. Formerly the frontman for "The Blues Rebels", "The Daily Blues" and "CG & The Hammer", he has returned to performing under his own name playing acoustic and electric Chicago-style blues. His original music has appeared on 9 albums, most recently on “BlueSoul” released in the summer of 2019. Over the years he has played with many great blues artists including Joe Louis Walker, Lucky Peterson, Bernard Allison, Zora Young, Deitra Farr, Billy Branch, "King" Ernest Baker, Paul deLay, Hans Theesink, Jimmy Johnson and others.

Originally from the USA, now living in Tel Aviv, Hammer played bass in several rock bands as a high school student. He switched to the harmonica while serving in the Israeli army, finding it much more practical to carry around than the bass guitar, and immediately fell in love with the pocket-sized soulful instrument which he found perfect for blues expression. After a year of busking on the streets in the USA and Ireland, Dov Hammer joined the band of Canadian blues artist Ted Cooper for four years of non-stop blues.

He has played at the prestigious Rochester (NY) Jazz Festival in 2005 and toured eastern Europe, playing at the “Blues Nights” festival in Lithuania in 2007. In 2013 and 2017 he performed in Germany with CG & The Hammer and The Blues Rebels respectively. Dov Hammer has also played onstage and on the recordings of many top Israeli pop artists, such as Yahli Sobol, Shai Gavso, Miki Gavrielov, and Arkadi Duchin with whom he recorded a TV special. His harmonica playing is also featured on many TV commercials and film soundtracks.

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The Daily Blues - Trouble

Size: 116,1 MB
Time: 50:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues, Rock
Art: Front

1. The Daily Blues (3:17)
2. Move A Little Closer (4:11)
3. Trouble (3:22)
4. How Blue Can You Get (5:45)
5. When She Walks (3:52)
6. Peace Of Mind (3:24)
7. Cold Hearted Woman (3:31)
8. Big Legged Woman (2:14)
9. Tow Truck Blues (5:15)
10. Don't Mess With Me (3:49)
11. New Day Rising (4:02)
12. Angel Of Mercy (5:04)
13. Baby, The Kids Are Asleep (2:50)

Dov Hammer has been at the forefront of the Blues scene in Israel for nearly 3 decades. He was the leader of "The Blues Rebels","The Daily Blues" and "CG & The Hammer". "BlueSoul" is his 9th album (including 7 with those bands). He has appeared across Europe and the USA, and shared stages with some of the greatest living Blues artists, including Joe Louis Walker, Jimmy Johnson and Lucky Peterson

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Sanhedrin - Sanhedrin

Size: 96,3 MB
Time: 41:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues, acoustic blues
Art: Full

1. Blues in a bottle (4:02)
2. Down in Mississippi (5:09)
3. No more doggin' (6:16)
4. Big Bill (3:07)
5. I'm in the mood (5:16)
6. D.Z. thang (2:59)
7. Stop breakin' down (3:00)
8. Me and the devil (5:04)
9. Hellhound on my trail (6:08)

Couldn't find info on the net, but there is a lot of info in the covers.

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Abi Wallenstein - Blues Avenue

Size: 125,7 MB
Time: 54:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s - Flac
Released: 1996
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, tray, cd

1. Alright Now (3:53)
2. New York City (3:15)
3. Decoration Blues (4:48)
4. True Love Of My Life (4:27)
5. Keep Your Hands Off Her (4:17)
6. I'd Rather Go Blind (3:55)
7. Blue Bird (5:57)
8. Right Kind Of Life (5:37)
9. Same Old Blues (3:52)
10. Susy Q (4:41)
11. Blues Avenue (4:51)
12. She's Alright (5:16)

He is known as the "father of the Hamburg blues scene" and "living legend of the blues". [1] [2] Characteristic of Abi Wallenstein's playing is his picking style, which is in the tradition of the Piedmont Blues or Texas Country Blues, for example a Mance Lipscomb. The Delta Blues slide guitar is also part of his repertoire. His guitars, tuned in Open Tuning , have eight strings inspired by Big Joe Williams , which, together with his authentic blues voice, makes his special sound. In 2006 Wallenstein celebrated its 40th stage anniversary. He has been a blues interpreter on stage since 1966, since then he has played in numerous bands and together with well-known musicians such as Joja Wendt , Vince Weber , Inga Rumpf , Axel Zwingenberger , Tom Shaka . Abi was at numerous blues and boogie festivals, such as the Ascona Jazz Festival and Monopoly (Italy), the Lahnsteiner Blues Festival as well as festivals in Aurillac, Chedigny and St. Aignan (France), Vienna and Wels (Austria), in Olsztyn and Toruń (Poland) as guests. For musicians like Joe Cocker , Christy Moore , Fats Domino , Robben Ford, He successfully supported Eric Burdon and Johnny Winter .

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SOBO Blues Band - Catfish Boogie

Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:01
Size: 104,2 MB
Styles: Blues/Rock/Funk mix
Scans: Front

1. Do You (3:57)
2. Jim Beam In My Blood Stream (3:15)
3. Catfish Boogie (4:21)
4. Fear Of God In Me (3:35)
5. Hey Hey Hey (3:24)
6. My Song (4:56)
7. Feel The Passion (3:51)
8. Outta Here (5:48)
9. Rockin' Daddy (3:52)
10. Outside Help (8:00)

SOBO is legendary in Israel for its powerful and energetic mix of blues, rock, R&B and funk coupled with a unique sound of slide guitar. Whether they’re playing a cover tune or an original, that SOBO “crunch” is ever present. The band was founded in 1995 by song-writing team Assaf Ganzman and Daniel Kriman. The two met when Daniel was playing at a Jerusalem Rock-’n’-Blues bar. Sammy and Daniel jammed together for the first time that night and have been a musical team ever since.

It was SOBO’s inspired blues jams and intense funk rhythms that helped found the still-growing Israeli blues scene. The band performed at venues all through Israel and the Netherlands during the 90s, and recorded their first album in 1998, which was received very positively in Israel. In 2004 SOBO was chosen to represent Israel in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN under the banner of Blues For Peace. While at the Challenge SOBO was spotted and immediately hired to play at the Blues City Cafe on Memphis’ World Famous Beale street, where Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Albert King, and many other bluesmen have played.

SOBO released their third Album “Catfish Boogie” in winter 2014 receiving much AirPlay in Israel, Russia and the U.S.A. They have shared the stage with: Sonny Landreth, Marcus King, Gov’t Mule, Anna Popovic, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, John Lee Hooker Jr., Oli Brown, JC Smith, Alvon Johnson, Robert Lighthouse, Candye Kane & Laura Chaves, Lil Jimmy Reed, Sharon Lewis, Sergey Voronov, Blues Company and many other great blues players.

Current members (2020): Assaf Ganzman (vocals, bass); Daniel Kriman (slide guitar, harmonica, backing vocals); Tony Dee (drums).

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Dov Hammer - Going Deep

Year: 2004
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:08
Size: 113,2 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, harmonica blues, roots
Scans: Front

1. Secret Smile (4:44)
2. Move A Little Closer (4:17)
3. Evil Ways (4:05)
4. Big Little Woman (4:19)
5. Sweet Blues (5:11)
6. Silver Dollar (4:00)
7. Stranger (3:51)
8. Her Love Is Like A Rock (2:33)
9. Holding On (2:29)
10. Don't Cry For Me (3:07)
11. Keep On Searching (4:57)
12. Ely's Shack (5:31)

Dov Hammer is Israel's leading blues artist. Born and raised in Chicago, Hammer now resides in Tel Aviv, Israel. Over the years, as well as leading his own bands, he has also shared stages with some of the best American blues artists, including Paul deLay, Billy Branch, Zora Young and the late King Earnest Baker.

After years of performing and recording with electric Blues bands, Dov Hammer felt the urge to return to his roots and play acoustic music. For the past two years he has held a steady Sunday night acoustic show at Tel Aviv's only blues club "Mike's Place". Accompanied by guitar virtuoso Ronnie Katz, Hammer utilized the stripped-down format to highlight the emotional power of the blues.

The intensity and showmanship of these shows has attracted a steady and growing number of fans, and prompted the recording of this album. Recorded and produced by guitarist Ronnie Katz, "Going Deep" features 12 original songs, many of them written in the wake of and under the influence of the tragic terrorist bombing of "Mike's place" - the duo's "home club".

The album features Hammer's songwriting prowess. Never content to repeat blues clichés, he uses the blues tradition as a platform for personal expression, while seasoning it with influences of other musical forms, such as country, bluegrass and rock. Guest appearances are made on the album, by Hammer's former band mates, local rock and blues artist Danny Zuckerman, and slide maestro Assaf "Sweettooth" Rozov.

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Dov Hammer - BlueSoul

Year: 2019
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:10
Size: 92,4 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Front

1. Make It Count (3:41)
2. I'm Gone (2:50)
3. Find A Way (5:16)
4. Magic (3:22)
5. Bad Luck Charm (2:41)
6. The Fighting Blues (4:17)
7. Tear It Down (4:20)
8. King (3:53)
9. Dance The Blues (2:56)
10. Taking My Time (2:23)
11. BlueSoul (4:26)

Welcome to the Blue Soul of Dov Hammer - and get ready for some some hipshakin', heartbreakin', earthquakin' blues! For almost 30 years Dov Hammer has plied his trade as singer, songwriter and harmonica player in various bands such as The Blues Rebels, CG & The Hammer and the Daily Blues, as well as backing top notch artists such as Joe Louis Walker, Lucky Peterson, Bernard Allison and many others.

Now comes "BlueSoul", Dov Hammer's new album, the first recorded under his own name since 2004's "Going Deep". While that album was strictly stripped-down, raw acoustic blues, "BlueSoul" is a bubbling pot of blues gumbo - a variety of styles ranging from Chicago to New Orleans, from traditional to modern and all points in between, all anchored by Hammer's soulful vocals, soaring harmonica and unique songwriting. The songs deal with love and loss, going through challenges and changes and enduring trials and tribulations with grit and determination and some hard earned humor.

The album kicks off with classic Chicago style blues shuffle in "Make It Count", then immediately heads south for some New orleans "second line" party music in "I'm Gone". Some heavy blues-rock is at play on "Find A Way" and "Magic" (featuring the fantastic lap-steel slide of Ori Beanstock), while Hammer features his chromatic harmonica on the tongue-in-cheek, jump Bblues of "Bad Luck Charm".

"The "Fighting Blues" is a stark, Skip James style Delta Blues, while "Tear It Down" rocks and rolls like a freight train rumbling through the Mississippi night ... then a brief stylistic detour into country-rock as Hammer and special guest Assaf Rozov pay homage to their late friend and mentor "King" Earnest Baker on "King".

"Dance The Blues" is another Chicago Blues, paying tribute to the slow grinding pleasure of the blues dancers. "Taking My Time" is a raunchy, semi-electronic bluesy love song, then the album signs off with the autobiographical title track, a melding of blues and hip-hop featuring Dov Hammer's daughter Naomi Jo Hammer on the soul chorus.

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Ori Naftaly - A True Friend (Is Hard To Find)

Year: 2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:53
Size: 110,6 MB
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Front

1. Devil Red Blues (Feat. Dor Nagar) (3:16)
2. I'm A Woman (Feat. Tempa Singer Nave) (5:48)
3. Can't Get No Grindin' (Feat. Sagol 59) (2:32)
4. Help Me (Feat. Dov Hammer) (4:39)
5. Dust My Broom (Feat. Roy Young) (5:04)
6. She's 19 Years Old (Feat. Sagol 59) (5:55)
7. Don't Go No Further (Feat. Sagol 59) (3:46)
8. Almost Cut My Hair (Feat. Eleanor Tsaig) (5:25)
9. It's A Man's World (Feat. Roy Young) (7:34)
10. A True Friend (Is Hard To Find) (Feat. Eleanor Tsaig) (3:51)

Oldschool Chicago blues & soul album, produced and arranged by Ori Naftaly. The album was recorded on four dates, of 4-5 hours. Recorded live and mixed at LUNA Studios, the album reflects the power, soul, feel and energy that are present every time Ori Naftaly and his band come together on stage for a blues & soul concert. The album features a group of guests from London, Chicago, Colorado and Israel who lead the Israeli blues scene today.

"When I realized it was the right time to begin this production, I decided to produce an album that would bring me back to who I am and where I came from. Since I was a child I would listen and play along with old Blues records from the collection we had at home, and it became the sound of my childhood. Since then I grew into different music genres, but with this album I went back to the blues.

I am blessed to have great musicians who played with me in this project, my band and singers. They all inspire me to continue what I'm doing. It was important for me to record the songs live, with hardly any overdubing, so we could create a more dynamic and geniune sound. Basically as close as we could get to the old Muddy Waters albums I used to listen to. It is a combination of the 2012 sound, and songs from the 1920's and the 1960's." /Ori Naftaly

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Sobo Blues Band - Single Barrel Shuffle

Size: 90,9 MB
Time: 38:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Keep On Bluesin' (4:33)
02. Etta May (4:06)
03. Down On Beale Street (4:55)
04. Candye Kane Blues (4:01)
05. Blues Like Jews On A Middle East Cruise (3:15)
06. Good Lord Blues (3:15)
07. The Road (3:37)
08. What's The Matter With The Mill (3:12)
09. Yelda Raa Tel-Aviv (4:24)
10. Do The Do (3:19)

Personnel:
Assaf Ganzman - Vocals, Bass
Daniel Kriman - Slide Guitar, Harp, Back Vocals
Eden Bahar - Drums, Back Vocals
Yaron Bahar - All Organ and Piano

Single Barrel Shuffle, an album born on the road..
Written on the Trans Siberian Railway, Beale street, Memphis, late night bars in Tel Aviv, NY, LA, Europe and while touring Israel extensively supporting international blues stars, this album is all about playing your dues.

SOBO is an International rock-n-blues band integrating American, Russian and Middle Eastern influences.

Based in the Holy City of Jerusalem, SOBO has an International Message of Freedom.

In February 2017 SOBO set out to play their respects and participate in the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis TN.

SOBO had huge success and were acknowledged by the judges, audience and their peers making it all the way to the finals held in the world famous Orpheum Theatre.

This is the first time a band from Israel has made it to the Finals and a big rarity for any non American band.

SOBO are very proud to call themselves IBC Finalists.

SOBO is legendary in Israel for its powerful and energetic mix of blues, rock, R&B and funk coupled with a unique sound of slide guitar.

It was SOBO’s inspired blues jams and intense funk rhythms that helped found the still-growing Israeli blues scene. The band performed at venues all through Israel and the Netherlands during the 90s, and recorded their first album in 1998, which was received very positively in Israel.

SOBO has shared the stage with Sonny Landreth, Marcus King, Gov't Mule, Anna Popovic, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, John Lee Hooker Jr., Oli Brown, JC Smith, Alvon Johnson, Robert Lighthouse, Candye Kane & Laura Chaves, Lil Jimmy Reed, Sharon Lewis, Sergey Voronov, Blues Company and many other great blues players.

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Kalo - Wild Change

Size: 97,8 MB
Time: 42:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. One Mississippi (3:12)
02. Isabel (4:02)
03. Upside Down (3:22)
04. Fix (4:13)
05. Wild Change (3:17)
06. Only Love (6:16)
07. Free (3:04)
08. Pay To Play (3:51)
09. Smile And Blush (4:06)
10. Bad Girl (3:38)
11. Calling All Dreamers (3:12)

Some music seems to be a melting pot of sounds and ideas that takes some unravelling, if you’re that sort of person, one who feels the need to explore what’s under the musical hood of the car. I’m a reviewer so I am that sort of person. Other music paints instant pictures and conjures immediate imagery, so much so that you can instantly see what you are dealing with. Kalo are the latter type of band.

Right from the first bar you can picture them in some Southern roadhouse or dive bar firing off salvos of raw, bluesy, roots rock…groovesome r’n’b meets old-school rock and roll. A timeless rock sound that never goes out of fashion because it was never in fashion, just constant, ever present and undiminished. It is sassy, sexy and soulful and like all great trio’s gets its power from three musicians all contributing equally, nothing is wasted, nothing over played and everyone gets to play a role.

It is a sound that we are familiar with for sure, but it is a sound which is normally described in reviews containing words such as classic, iconic and seminal; swaggering rock and roll, bar-band attitude and raw grooves, and wholly unapologetic about it. And why would you need to apologise about something this great? Not every song has to break down barriers, not every band needs to explore pastures new, sometimes it is good enough to take a great sound and make it your own. This is one of those times.

There is a famous quote that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But I would add that those who do remember the past are free to take its finest moments, hone and refine them and use them to build bridges into the future. Kalo do just that. ~by Dave Franklin

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Kalo - Live In NYC

Size: 100,3 MB
Time: 43:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Oh Father (5:45)
02. Looking For Me (3:41)
03. Treat Me Bad (4:41)
04. Dear John (4:10)
05. Down Down Down (4:02)
06. Blue Chevy (5:31)
07. Flesh And Bones (4:33)
08. March To The Light (4:56)
09. Isabel (5:36)

In 2009, Israeli singer/songwriter/guitarist Bat-Or Kalo left Israel to soak herself in the sounds of U.S. music. Her creative and musical Israeli family includes a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, famous musicians and war veterans.

After finishing her classical and jazz guitar studies and recording her jazz-imbued album, Flesh and Bones, in Tel-Aviv, Kalo moved to New York City to hone her skills as a live performer, frequenting stages like The Bitter End, Arlene’s Grocery, Rockwood Music Hall and others. In 2012, she left The Big Apple to strum her guitar and write in the heart of Dixie.

Her sophomore album, Dear John, took root in the Mississippi Delta and other southern states, where its blues tinge began to grow. Along the way, Kalo, the guitarist, became KALO, the band, adding Mack McKinney on bass, and later, Mike Alexander on the drums.

What audiences grow to love listening to KALO's albums, they become enthralled with while watching the songs performed live. Fiery, passionate and strong, Kalo's guitar chops and contralto voice belie her small frame, while the solid bed provided by bassist Mack McKinney and drummer Mike Alexander allows the audience to feel a heartbeat. Alexander’s electric performances alongside McKinney’s ever-steady bass provides a pocket from which the band can take off and deliver emotional and fevered performances.

A Little Rock, Ark., native, McKinney started playing guitar in his teens. He began playing bass after listening to a church bassist perform, and he’s been playing the instrument ever since. McKinney has played in punk bands and set the groove for country and rock groups, but his solid playing and backing vocals make him an important part of KALO.

Erick Worrell, an Oklahoma City native, stepped out of the role of primary drummer in 2014, but his sound and contributions continue to influence KALO's live recordings and performances. Mike Alexander took on the role of primary drummer in 2015. Alexander is a seasoned drummer, and, like Kalo, has roots in jazz as a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma's music program.

KALO made it to the semifinals of the International Blues Challenge in 2015 representing the Wichita Blues Society. In 2016, Bat-Or Kalo represented the Topeka Blues Society and made it to the semifinal round of the competition.

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The Blues Rebels - Voodoo Land

Size: 126,8 MB
Time: 54:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Changed My Ways (3:50)
02. Voodoo Land (4:30)
03. Good Enough (3:43)
04. Well Run Dry (3:33)
05. Someday (4:16)
06. Everybody Loves My Baby (Feat. Joe Louis Walker) (2:53)
07. Burning Deep (5:16)
08. All Night Long (3:44)
09. Shadows (5:23)
10. Storm (4:44)
11. Old School (3:04)
12. Blues Dreams (2:56)
13. Well Run Dry (Remix) (Feat. Amir Hacohen) (6:07)

Personnel:
Dov Hammer: Vocals, harmonica
Andy Watts: Guitar
Amos Springer: Bass guitar
Avi Barak: Drums

In April 2012 guitarist Andy Watts invited singer/harmonica player Dov Hammer to jam with his band . A last minute cancellation of the drummer turned the show into an all-star jam with veteran drummer Alon Hillel and bassist Ilan Hillel.

The magical chemistry of that show was undeniable, and by the end of the evening a "Supergroup" had been formed - a gathering of 4 veteran musicians, with plenty of experience, who have paid their dues on hundreds of stages with the finest international artists.

With their soulful and passionate playing, the irresistible groove of the rhythm section and their incendiary stage show, the Blues Rebels have quickly captured the attention of the international Blues community. They have been chosen to play with great international stars such as Lucky Peterson, Joe Louis Walker and Bernard Allison, and were the opening act for Johnny Winter.

In January 2015, with a new lineup featuring Amos Springer on bass and Avi Barak on drums, the Blues Rebels entered the studio to record "Open road" - their first album together, featuring 14 new original songs by Dov Hammer and Andy Watts. The album was released in March 2015 and has been recieving rave reviews, and radio play throughout Europe and Israel.

In the winter of 2016 The Blues Rebels played a second Israeli tour with Joe Louis Walker, adding a fifth show after the first four were sold out. That same week theband entered the studio to record their second album "Voodoo land", with Joe Louis Walker as producer!

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CG & The Hammer - 2 albums: Blues Heaven / Feels Like Home

Dov Hammer (vocals, harmonica), Sagi "CG" Shorer (vocals, guitar), Oren "Hollywood" Avisar (drums), Yuval Oz (double bass).

Dov Hammer has been at the forefront of the Blues scene in Israel for over 2 decades. Originally from the USA, now living in Tel Aviv, Hammer started playing harmonica while serving in the Israeli army, finding it much more practical to carry around then the bass guitar he had played before. After a year of busking on the streets in the USA and Ireland, Dov Hammer joined the band of Canadian blues artist Ted Cooper for four years of non-stop Blues. He formed his first band “The Daily Blues” in 1997, and for 4 years they were the house band for the “Camelot” club in Tel Aviv, backing such Blues artists as Zora Young, Billy Branch and the late great “King “ Earnest Baker. The band broke up shortly after releasing their debut album in 2000. Since then, Dov Hammer has led “CG & The Hammer” Israel’s #1 blues band, touring the USA 3 times and releasing 4 albums, as well as a solo album of acoustic blues.

Album: Blues Heaven
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:46
Size: 104.8 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:18] 1. Same Old Fool
[3:38] 2. A Day Late And A Dollar Short
[4:41] 3. A Black Heart
[4:02] 4. The Wrong Song
[5:50] 5. Tell Me
[4:23] 6. Blues Is Calling
[4:25] 7. I Just Can`t Quit On You
[5:28] 8. Slow Night In Clarksdale
[4:09] 9. Big Little Woman
[4:47] 10. Blues Heaven

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Album: CG & The Hammer & The Midnight Mojo Blues Band - Feels Like Home
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:03
Size: 114.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[3:57] 1. Evil Talk
[4:45] 2. Airport Blues
[3:54] 3. The New Funky Blues
[3:48] 4. All Right Man
[2:46] 5. Goin' Out Walkin'
[6:19] 6. Bad Luck
[4:55] 7. Boogie With Me
[4:20] 8. Highway Blues
[2:33] 9. Sugar, Sugar
[2:37] 10. Me & My Cigar
[4:49] 11. Feels Like Home
[5:13] 12. Full Moon

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Noam Dayan - A Whole New Land

Size: 160,3 MB
Time: 68:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. I Just Don't Care (3:03)
02. A Whole New Land (3:57)
03. Canary Bird (3:22)
04. I Can't Be Satisfied (3:19)
05. Long Distance Call (4:18)
06. Down South Blues (2:37)
07. Love Fell In Love With You (3:22)
08. Black Angel Blues (3:20)
09. Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)
10. Can't Hold Out Much Longer (3:06)
11. My Little Bird (3:17)
12. Hey Hey Baby (3:45)
13. Take A Little Walk With Me (3:36)
14. Honey Bee (4:08)
15. Hobo Blues (2:56)
16. Steady Rollin' Man (3:24)
17. Big Boss Man (2:31)
18. Nobody's Fault But Mine (2:40)
19. Goin' Away Baby (3:51)
20. Some Things Never Change (4:42)

"In a world where all too many guitarists get swept up by the glitter and glamour of modern rock guitar sounds, and can't seem to live without a series of guitar effect pedals in front of them, it is so refreshing to hear Noam playing without all those electronic enhancements.
Noam relies merely on his hands and the basic qualities of his amplifier to produce the sweet tones that he plays.
I think that it is more honest, in keeping with Noam's own personality." ~Eli Dr. Blues Marcus, Chairman, the Israel Blues Society

Noam Dayan has been playing professionally both electric and acoustic Blues, and keeps it’s tradition alive in Israel.
At the age of 18, Noam was introduced to the Blues and started exploring this world, studying and learning from whatever records he could find around the country.

During the next few years he played both electric and acoustic Blues with several bands before moving to Chicago in 1997.
There he had the chance to expand his musical feeling and after a while he played the Blues clubs in and out of the windy city. After coming back to his homeland, he established the Noam Dayan Blues Band, playing soulfull blend of traditional Blues, Gospel, Soul and Jazz. The band is playing on stages across Israel and considered to be one of the leading groups of authentic Blues in the country, striving to “preach” it's spirit to Israeli audiences.
Alongside Performing, Noam also teaches Blues guitar and does educational projects concerning the Blues.

For This presented album, Noam Chosed to record acoustic tunes from his live repertoire, both originals and covers of old tunes he always loved to play. Delta country Blues and Chicago Blues was few of his biggest ifluences, and as a result of the passion and respect he share for those traditions, listening to the album might take you to "A Whole New Land" !

A Whole New Land

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Oz Noy - Asian Twistz

Size: 165,1 MB
Time: 70:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. Get Down ( 9:21)
02. Rhumba Tumba ( 7:03)
03. Whole Tone Blues ( 7:29)
04. Downside Up (10:38)
05. Twice In A While ( 2:54)
06. Just Groove Me ( 7:03)
07. Slow Grease ( 9:08)
08. Freedom Jazz Dance ( 8:18)
09. Steroids ( 9:00)

The nine tracks of the New-York based guitarist Oz Noy’s new album are from three dates on a recent Asian tour. They were recorded with drummer Dave Weckl’s Mac laptop with minimal gear, and with no plans at the time for release.

Oz Noy crosses a number of genres and, through his use of pedals and effects, clearly aims to mark himself out as a bold new voice in jazz-fusion and blues guitar. Any album with titans Dave Weckl on drums and Etienne Mbappe on bass (recently of John McLaughlin’s 4th Dimension) has got to be worth a listen. Mbappe may be slightly subdued at times - though always technically brilliant, and Weckl’s power and rhythmic innovation stand out consistently.

Many of the tracks were featured on Noy's recent two-volume Twisted Blues, an exploration and deconstruction of the blues sound. Rhumba Tumba is an up-beat number that makes up in gusto what it lacks in any sense of innovative melodic stylings. Whole Tone Blues, though basic in structure, makes frequent use of the aforesaid whole tone scale to add a different soundscape on top of a basic 4/4 shuffle blues rhythm on which Mbappe and Weckl are as solid as iron girders. Weckl spars well with Noy on the drums/guitar intro of Downside Up, where Noy’s use of bend and pedals does stretch out his guitar sound somewhat, augmenting his complex and often explosive playing style; when Mbappe drops into the mix after a couple of minutes, this tracks pops up another level.
Perhaps the best track on the album is track eight, the Eddie Harris-penned Freedom Jazz Dance, popularised by Miles Davis’s 1966 recording. Here you can see the real potential this group: a guitar trio sound that is much more than run-of-the-mill and players who combine so instinctively and improvise so well, they have given us an album which successfully captures the band's live show, with uncluttered sound of studio quality. ~by Rob Mallows

Asian Twistz

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The Blues Rebels - Open Road

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:06
Size: 126.1 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:23] 1. All I Want
[4:12] 2. Before The Jubilee
[3:39] 3. Seen The Light
[3:25] 4. Devil By My Side
[4:13] 5. Turn Back The Clock
[4:01] 6. What If
[4:01] 7. Reason To Live
[4:06] 8. Don't Want You Back
[3:27] 9. Looking In
[3:28] 10. Secret Smile
[3:38] 11. Living The Dream
[4:12] 12. I Don't Mind
[4:01] 13. Trying To Get Paid
[4:12] 14. Open Road

The Blues Rebels began in 2012 as a one-time friendly jam between two veteran Blues artists – guitarist Andy Watts and singer/harmonica player Dov Hammer – but the immediate chemistry between the two and the powerful stage show that resulted was undeniable. The Blues Rebels soon became one of the hottest Blues bands on the Israeli scene, playing with world-class Blues artists such as Joe Louis Walker, Lucky Peterson and Bernard Allison. The band was also chosen to open for the legendary Johnny Winter, who told the band how impressed he was by their performance.

After 2 years of burning up stages with their incendiary live show, the Rebels began work on their first album, a compilation of 14 original songs by Dov Hammer and Andy Watts. The band set up in the studio at Kibbutz Ma'abarot and tore through the songs in three days, capturing the live energy and passion of their infamous live show. The songs feature unique and heartfelt songwriting, blazing powerhouse Blues guitar and harmonica and soulful singing. The rhythm section is funky and in the pocket, with a groove that never quits. We hope you enjoy "Open road"!

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Full Trunk - Time For Us To Move

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:01
Size: 93.9 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:03] 1. I Know The Way
[3:31] 2. Think You're A Man Think Twice Again
[3:25] 3. Mufleta Blues
[2:54] 4. Don't Look Away
[3:52] 5. Baby Put The Gun Down
[2:06] 6. Dana
[3:51] 7. Without A Sight
[3:39] 8. Time For Us To Move
[6:14] 9. Good Old Times
[7:22] 10. Going Home

Gal Nisman–Vocals & Guitars, Ofer Vayner–Bass Guitars, Yotam Elazari–Drums, Ariel Keshet–Keyboards.

Full Trunk, the exciting and energetic blues rock band (previously known as the Nisman Trio), is currently one of the most talked about groups. The band has been working intensively on the Israeli indie scene for the past few years, gaining an ever-growing audience. After performing at almost every major stage around the country during the past four years, the band’s debut album, also called Full Trunk, released in February 2014, was recorded in TOP SOUND studio at Migdal Ha’emek, north Israel.

The album, clearly influenced by the blues & rock genres of the 60s and 70s, made its way to the top of radio station playlists in Israel and around the world (mainly in France, Switzerland and Canada), attracting rave reviews in the music and media industries. Just recently, the Israel Blues Society selected Full Trunk album as the best Blues album for 2014 and to represent Israel in the most prestigious blues event, the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis (Tennessee), USA, the blues capital of the world. This highly esteemed nomination is most appreciated as many top Israeli blues artists also released great albums this year.

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Noam Dayan - Corner Of Blues And The City

Size: 143,2 MB
Time: 62:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Little Place Called Pai (4:41)
02. Shores Of Simplicity (7:36)
03. Plays The Blues And Proud (Feat. Yair Dalal) (6:45)
04. Keep It Cool (4:00)
05. The Beating Heart Of The Camp (Blues For Etty Hillesum) (Feat. Rudy Bainesay) (8:32)
06. Fifteen Hours (Feat. Guy King) (7:02)
07. All Of You (2:33)
08. Smiles And Cries (Feat. Eyal Kdoshim) (6:06)
09. Only Peace (7:14)
10. Let The Man Go Free (7:41)

Noam Dayan was born and raised in Israel and met the Blues during the army service. Ever since then he has been playing the Blues all over Israel, from small clubs to big festivals. Along the way he spent a year in Chicago, there he shaped his musical feeling and played in and out of the city with local acts.

In 2013 his debut album "A Whole New Land" came out.
It is a solo acoustic album in which he paid tribute to the great Delta Blues musicians he love.

The present album, Noam's second release - "Corner Of Blues And The City", feels more like his "natural" first album, as it consist of all original tunes. It present an "Uptow" electric Blues with a band, brass section, Hammond Organ, special guests (Yair Dalal, Guy King, Rudi Bainesay, Eyal Kdoshim) and all the feelings and sounds that run through Noam's head for the last couple of years.

Corner Of Blues And The City

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