Shun Kikuta - Blue And Alone

Album: Blue And Alone
Size: 124,0 MB
Time: 53:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Instrumental blues
Art: Full

1. Blue And Alone (4:29)
2. Unconditional Love (4:24)
3. Misty 101 (3:02)
4. Windy City Blue (5:00)
5. A.M. Boogie (4:16)
6. For Koko (5:19)
7. Kikuta Brothers (3:50)
8. Going To East Side (5:27)
9. Icy Cold (4:27)
10. Rib Tips With Hot Sauce (7:24)
11. You My Love (Bonus Track) (6:11)

Shun Kikuta is an internationally renowned musician traveling around the world entertaining audiences with his soulful, explosive, and heart-retching music. He crosses the globe including Europe, Bahamas, Central America, Asia, Oceania and Canada several times each year touring with late Koko Taylor, "The Queen of Blues", 2010 Chicago Music Awards winning band J.W.Williams & Chitown Hustlers and his own group, Shun Kikuta Band.

Since 1990 Shun resides in Chicago and he has performed and recorded with such blues, soul, R&B and jazz legends as B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Johnny and Shemekia Copeland, Bo Diddley, Robert Lockwood Jr, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Tyrone Davis, Willie Clayton, Brian McKnight, Dave and Louis Myers, Irma Thomas, Denise LaSalle, Marva Wright, Roy Hargrove, Mark Turner, Mark Whitfeild, Kenny Wayne Shepperd, Pinetop Perkins, Lonnie Brooks, Eddy Clearwater, Marcia Ball, Kenny Neal, Billy Branch, Dan Aykroyd (Blues Brothers) and Susan Tedeschi.

Shun has recorded several albums under his own name, such as "Rising Shun"(2007), and also appeared on many albums as a guitarist includes Koko Taylor's Grammy Awards nominated "Old School".

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Fukushima Iwao & The Midnighters - Fukushima Iwao & The Midnighters

Album: Fukushima Iwao & The Midnighters
Size: 90,9 MB
Time: 39:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front

1. Texas Hop (3:14)
2. You Better Hold Me (2:52)
3. All She Wants To Do Is Rock (2:58)
4. R.M. Blues (3:55)
5. A Letter To My Girlfriend (1:59)
6. Well, I Done Got Over It (3:19)
7. I Need Your Love So Bad (2:45)
8. Too Many Drivers (2:47)
9. It's So Peaceful (2:34)
10. Corrina, Corrina (3:05)
11. Good Rockin' Tonight (3:47)
12. Nothing But The Blues (2:26)
13. Reconsider Baby (3:15)

A precious live recording of Fukushima "Tan-Men" Iwao, a stand-up singer who has been singing blues for over half a century and is one of Japan's proudest artists, performing with Fukushima Iwao & The Midnighters in the early days of Japanese blues in the 1970s, at the legendary live house Mondo in Minowa, Tokyo, has been unearthed.

Recorded March 28, 1976, in the midst of the blues boom in Japan, which had been gradually building since the late 60s and was now reaching its peak. The band cover numbers by Wynonie Harris, Guitar Slim, Smiley Lewis, and others with passion and style. This is a valuable unearthed live recording that really conveys the atmosphere of that time.

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Nacomi Tanaka - Onward and Upward

Size: 366 MB
Time: 55:27
File: Flac
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. I'm A Woman In Blues (4:23)
2. Yoshu Fukushu (4:08)
3. Onward and Upward (3:56)
4. Little Red Rider (4:44)
5. I'm A Slow Thinker (4:04)
6. Grabbed My Heart (4:44)
7. When You Hold Me In Your Arms (5:01)
8. Women Be Wise (4:34)
9. Messa Miren (3:49)
10. Hyokkori-Hyotan Island (5:04)
11. Swampie the goldfish (4:57)
12. Just Your Fool (3:19)
13. One More Chance With You (2:39)

Nacomi Tanaka or sometimes simply referred to as Nacomi is a Japanese blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. She often expands her boundaries beyond blues music into sounds of American roots and Japanese pops sung in Japanese. She is currently based in Kobe.

Life and career Nacomi was born in Kyoto. Influenced since youth by her father who loved foreign music, she grew up listening to American music such as country and jazz. She picked up an acoustic guitar when she entered middle school, and formed her own band during high school days.

She studied at Doshisha University, and while she was a student there, she entered an amateur band contest "8.8Rockday" with Karasuma Shako, an R&B band she had formed with friends she met at the college music club, and they proceeded to the finals.

She found work after college graduation and retired from performing then, but in 2000, she returned to the music scene. In 2001, she met Shinji Shiotsugu, a renowned blues guitarist, and joined his band where she stayed for the next two years. After she left the band, she formed her own.

In 2007, she made a CD debut with album Grabbed My Heart. The following year in 2008, she appeared at the Taipei International Blues Bash in Taiwan for the first time, and she continued to play at the event for the next 7 years. She has been proactively performing overseas appearing at events outside Japan such as the Little Walter Music Festival in Alexandria, Louisiana (three times after 2014), and a festival in Shanghai.

In 2015, she released an album with covers of Little Walter titled Nacomi Sings Little Walter with her blues band Nacomi & The Blues Temple.

In 2019, she took part in Johnny Burgin’s album recording session done in Japan. It was released the following year by Delmark Records titled No Border Blues. P-Vine Records released it in Japan under the Japanese title ブルースに国境はない which is a direct translation of the original.

In 2021, P-Vine Records released Nacomi's best compilation album Onward And Upward containing three new songs. An original album The Nacometers followed from the label in 2023. The Nacometers is another band led by Nacomi apart from the Blues Temple. With this album, her sound is more towards American roots music.

Nacomi announced that Nacomi & The Blues Temple would break up in December of 2024 after 11 years since its formation. Pierre Ochiai, the guitarist of the band’s physical strength limitation was the reason given

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Nacomi & The Blues Temple - Nacomi Sings Little Walter

Size: 249 MB
Time: 35:12
File: Flac
Released: 2014
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

1. Just Your Fool (3:18)
2. It Ain't Right (2:37)
3. Temperature (3:10)
4. Oh Baby (3:27)
5. One More Chance With You (2:39)
6. Everything Gonna Be Alright (3:16)
7. Last Night (3:23)
8. You Better Watch Yourself (3:29)
9. Blues With A Feeling (3:49)
10. I Just Keep Lovin' Him (2:48)
11. Juke (3:09)

She has been proactively performing overseas appearing at events outside Japan such as the Little Walter Music Festival in Alexandria, Louisiana (three times after 2014), and a festival in Shanghai.

In 2015, she released an album with covers of Little Walter titled Nacomi Sings Little Walter with her blues band Nacomi & The Blues Temple.

In 2019, she took part in Johnny Burgin’s album recording session done in Japan. It was released the following year by Delmark Records titled No Border Blues. P-Vine Records released it in Japan under the Japanese title ブルースに国境はない which is a direct translation of the original.

In 2021, P-Vine Records released Nacomi's best compilation album Onward And Upward containing three new songs. An original album The Nacometers followed from the label in 2023. The Nacometers is another band led by Nacomi apart from the Blues Temple. With this album, her sound is more towards American roots music.

Nacomi announced that Nacomi & The Blues Temple would break up in December of 2024 after 11 years since its formation. Pierre Ochiai, the guitarist of the band’s physical strength limitation was the reason given.

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Bloodest Saxophone - Back Drop Swing

Album: Back Drop Swing
Size: 80,7 MB
Time: 34:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Swing/R&B/Jazz
Art: Front

1. Unexpectedly Morocco (3:48)
2. Spin Around (2:37)
3. L-O-V-E (3:35)
4. Back Drop Swing (4:15)
5. Talk Of The 52nd (2:52)
6. Mikado (4:48)
7. Hiasobi (4:18)
8. Corn's A' Poppin' (4:50)
9. Love Song (3:45)

Formed in Tokyo, the jump blues & swing band, Bloodest Saxophone has been playing old-school vintage sounds since 1998. The group's leader, Young Corn Shintaro, established the band with the ambition "to rule the world with the saxophone". Young Corn Shintaro says "Jump Blues and Swing Jazz bring out the soul of the tenor saxophone, especially when jumpin’". The group does not think of themselves as playing old music but instead just time traveled from the days when Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb were around.

Their first album “Blood-est” was released in 2003; to date they have released 12 albums and appeared on 18 compilations. Their music has been enchanting not only old school blues/jazz lovers but also rock ‘n’ roll, rockabilly fans and mods alike; the band’s fiery performance at the event “Mods May Day” is history.

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Bloodest Saxophone Feat. Crystal Thomas - Extreme Heat

Album: Extreme Heat
Size: 110,3 MB
Time: 47:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Jump blues, R&B
Art: Front

1. Mailman's Sack (2:12)
2. I Don't Need You No More (3:00)
3. Undercover Of The Night (3:55)
4. Dinah (2:49)
5. Good Morning (6:05)
6. Somebody Else's Man (4:21)
7. Oh Baby (3:55)
8. Country Girl (2:43)
9. Johnny Taylor Medley (7:49)
10. Sit Down Baby (3:04)
11. Let's Love In The Moonlight (3:14)
12. Thank You Granddad (4:22)

Led by the visionary Young Corn Shintaro, Bloodest Saxophone has been enchanting audiences since 1998 with their soul-stirring renditions of classic blues and jazz tunes. With “Extreme Heat,” they continue their journey to reign supreme with the saxophone, breathing new life into timeless classics. The album kicks off with “Mailman’s Sack,” a short but punchy introduction that sets the tone for the high-energy ride ahead. From there, tracks like “I Don’t Need You No More” and “Undercover Of The Night” showcase Crystal Thomas’s powerhouse vocals, perfectly complementing the soulful melodies of the saxophone ensemble.

One of the album’s standout moments is the Johnny Taylor Medley, a seven-minute tour de force that pays homage to the blues legend with infectious energy and virtuosity. Throughout the album, Bloodest Saxophone effortlessly channels the spirit of jump blues and swing jazz, transporting listeners to a bygone era while keeping the groove firmly rooted in the present. But “Extreme Heat” is more than just a nostalgia trip; it’s a testament to the band’s evolution and enduring relevance in today’s music scene. Tracks like “Let’s Love In The Moonlight” and “Thank You Granddad” showcase their versatility and willingness to push boundaries, proving that their music is as vibrant and vital as ever.

With Crystal Thomas’s soulful vocals leading the charge, Bloodest Saxophone takes listeners on a journey through the heart and soul of blues and jazz. Whether you’re a die-hard blues enthusiast, a swing dance aficionado, or simply a lover of great music, “Extreme Heat” is sure to set your world on fire. Prepare to be swept away by the blazing talent and infectious energy of Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas as they deliver a masterclass in soulful swing and jump blues with “Extreme Heat.” This album is not just a musical experience; it’s a testament to the timeless power of music to transcend boundaries and unite hearts and souls across generations. /Halina Wegner

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Blues.The-Butcher-590213 - Three O'Clock Blues/The Sure Shot/Blues Before Sunrise

Three O'Clock Blues

Size: 284
Time: 51:04
File: Flac
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues, rockin-blues
Art: Front

1. Cat Squirrel (3:44)
2. Baker Shop Boogie (3:37)
3. Crosscut Saw (4:23)
4. Straighten Up Baby (3:03)
5. Three O'Clock Blues (5:16)
6. I Pity The Fool (4:31)
7. No More Doggin' (3:23)
8. How Many More Years (3:36)
9. Mystery Train (3:57)
10. Please Don't Leave Me (4:35)
11. Just A Little Bit (3:18)
12. How Can You Be So Mean (3:21)
13. Cotton Crop Blues (4:12)

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The Sure Shot

Size: 352 MB
Time: 63:12
File: Flac
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, rockin-blues
Art: Front

1. Blow Wind Blow (5:23)
2. Woke Up This Morning (6:19)
3. Hoochie Coochie Man (6:48)
4. It's Alright (5:08)
5. Kansas City (3:40)
6. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (4:20)
7. That's All Right (7:26)
8. Linda Lou (4:53)
9. It Hurts Me Too (5:25)
10. Dust My Broom (4:38)
11. Got My Mojo Working (4:23)
12. The Blues Is Alright~Sweet Home Chicago (4:44)

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Blues Before Sunrise

Size: 286 MB
Time: 35:49
File: Flac
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, rockin-blues
Art: Front

1. Blues Before Sunrise (3:50)
2. In The Night (3:07)
3. Justine (2:26)
4. Down Yonder We Go Ballin' (3:30)
5. Goodbye Baby (3:51)
6. Jerry Jerry (2:04)
7. You Better Believe It (2:47)
8. Dance With Me Henry (2:28)
9. Oooh-Whee Baby (3:10)
10. The Girl Can't Help It (2:47)
11. Tee-Nah-Nah (2:42)
12. I'm Your Best Bet, Baby (3:03)

A super blues band consisting of Takashi "Hotoke" Nagai x Takashi Numazawa x Takashi Nakajo x KOTEZ. The Blues Power's Takashi Nagai (vocals & guitar) and Naoto Numazawa (drums), who suffered the tragic loss of guitarist Yoshiyuki Asano on the day of their 1st album release, decided to carry on the late Mr. Asano's passion for the blues. The newly formed blues.the-butcher-590213 (commonly known as Blues the Butcher). With the addition of Takashi Nakajo, a blues freak who plays bass in Theater Brook, etc., and KOTEZ, who is attracting attention as a funky and powerful harpist with KOTEZ & YANCY, the 4-piece band is creating a new blues that is different from The Blues Power. We started our activities in June 2007 to build this. With guests such as Monsieur Kamayatsu, LEYONA, and Fusanosuke Kondo, they perform nearly 100 days a year, including monthly concerts at Koenji JIROKICHI in Tokyo, as well as national tours. The one and only band sound is created by groove master Hisashi Numazawa's drums and Takashi Chujo's bass, Takashi Nagai "Hotoke"'s deep blues singing and guitar, and KO TEZ's powerful harmonica.The sound of this unique band has been around for 9 years. The band name "blues.the-butcher-590213" comes from the late Mr. Asano's nickname, Butcher, and his birthday, February 13, 1959

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Shono Mercy - Shono's Bluesmen: Live @ The Shop Vol. 2

Size: 171.4 MB
Time: 73:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. My Name Is Shono Mercy (4:47)
02. I Got To Get Back To Detroit (5:10)
03. I Need You Baby (7:08)
04. No Mule At All (5:38)
05. Tochigi City Rock & Roll (5:28)
06. Hoochie (8:29)
07. Rock Me (With Erich Goebel) (9:06)
08. It's My Own Fault (With Erich Goebel) (8:23)
09. Nobody Want To Talk To Me Baby (6:07)
10. I Don't Want No Waman (4:58)
11. Always Wrong (Feat. Harmonica Shah) (8:32)

Chicago blues, rock'n'roll singer and guitarist born in Japan in 1994. Now based in Detroit.

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Blues.The-Butcher-590213 - Feel Like Going Home

Size: 114.0 MB
Time: 48:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. I Feel Like Going Home (3:30)
02. Honey Bee (4:36)
03. Gone To Main St. (2:59)
04. Tell Me Mama (4:33)
05. Can't Hold Out Much Longer (3:51)
06. Why Are People Like That (3:21)
07. Baby, Please Don't Go (3:16)
08. Trouble No More (3:00)
09. Last Night (3:40)
10. Forty Days & Forty Nights (4:09)
11. Walking Thru The Park (3:16)
12. Too Late (3:05)
13. Mannish Boy (5:11)

Blues the Butcher is one of Japan's leading blues bands, consisting of Takashi "Hotoke" Nagai (g/vo), Hisashi Numazawa (ds), Taku Chujo (b), and KOTEZ (hca/vo). This new album is their 10th album, including two albums with the late Monsieur Kamayatsu and James Gadson, and two albums with Utsu Yoshiko (ex-Mescaline Drive - Soul Flower Union) as a guest. The theme of this album is Muddy Waters, the origin of Nagai's blues. Muddy Waters was the first bluesman Nagai fell in love with. He is the creator of the Chicago band Blues, which has greatly influenced the Rolling Stones and other musicians around the world. Blues the Butcher has often featured Muddy Waters' music, but this time we are going all out with Muddy Waters' numbers. This new album is almost entirely Muddy numbers.

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Ivan Higa - Loho Sessions NYC

Size: 516 MB
Time: 66:06
File: Flac
Released: 2012
Styles: Instrumental blues, blues-rock
Art: Full

1. Double Trouble ( 3:58)
2. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) ( 2:43)
3. Sweet Little Angel ( 3:21)
4. It Takes Time ( 3:48)
5. Red Hot Blues (16:27)
6. Howlin' Nights (11:44)
7. Helena ( 9:01)
8. Blues for Helen (15:00)

All I found: Venezuelan-japanese roots musician

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Jewel Brown Feat. Bloodest Saxophone - Roller Coaster Boogie

Album: Roller Coaster Boogie
Size: 111,8 MB
Time: 48:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: R&B, jazzy blues, swing
Art: Full

1. That's A Pretty Good Love (2:50)
2. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (2:56)
3. Afrodesia (4:30)
4. Dark Shadows (4:35)
5. Goody Goody (2:35)
6. Crazy Mambo (4:07)
7. Kalmono Boogie (2:42)
8. The More You Hurt Me (5:17)
9. Don't Go To Strangers (4:59)
10. Bewitched (2:49)
11. Walk That Walk Daddy-O (2:48)
12. Twilight Time (3:51)
13. Ain't Nobody's Business (3:59)

Vocalist Jewel Brown has had a career spanning over 65 years that has included stints with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Earl Grant, Louis Armstrong, Arnett Cobb and Dizzy Gillespie and veteran guitarist Milton Hopkins. This set, recorded in Japan last year, shows that her voice has lost none of its range or suppleness, and her spirit remains strong she attacks everything with the gusto of a hot-blooded chanteuse in her prime, and she has the chops to pull it off. As she told Living Blues' Roger Wood, "I don't do gimmicks ... I give it all my soul".

Not many 78-year-olds could tackle material like the antic torch song That's a Pretty Good Love; the hot-to-trot soul sister's anthem One Monkey Don't Stop No Show; the jubilant wronged-woman's declaration of triumph Goody Goody or the lushly romantic Don't Go to Strangers and sound convincing, but Ms. Brown does. Her timbre is supple, clear and astonishingly youthful; her melodic and rhythmic sense are unerring yet loose enough to allow her to embellish her lines with subtle but eloquent improvisational colorations. This is no retro-chic 'swing-revivalist' outing but an in-the-moment celebration of timeless music, delivered with the self-confident brio of a veteran both savvy and ebullient, life-toughened yet exuding the kind of soul nourishing joy that cannot be faked.

The band comport themselves with a balanced combination of hard-swinging earnestness and gonzo-fueled R&B anarchy, most notably tenor man Koda 'Young Corn' Shintaro's bar-walking sax honks and trombonist Coh's joyfully irreverent tailgate blats. And speaking of irreverence, Jewel Brown has the last word with her remake of Ain't Nobody's Business, in which she finally redeems the song's notorious references to domestic violence by changing the protagonist into the singer herself. It's a perfect sign-off by Ms. Brown, for whom the blues remains a celebration of strength, dignity and survival which is to say, life. /David Whiteis, Living Blues Magazine

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Weeping Harp Senoh - Messin' Around

Album: Messin' Around
Size: 105,4 MB
Time: 45:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1976/1996/2008
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Bobby Sox Blues (3:47)
2. Money's Getting Cheaper (2:08)
3. Messin' Around (5:31)
4. Unseen Eye (5:01)
5. Oh Baby (2:55)
6. Night-Walk (3:48)
7. Juke (3:10)
8. You're The One (2:59)
9. Don't Lie To Me (2:51)
10. Kansas City Blues (2:20)
11. Don't Dog Your Woman (3:26)
12. Let The Good Times Roll (3:48)
13. Carrie Lee (3:44)

Born Senoo Riyuuitirou in Osaka on June 17, 1949, Weeping Harp Senoh is known as Japan's leading blues harmonica guru and was wailing on his harmonica for over 40 years. His childhood was spent listening to his grandmother every night as she lovingly sang him a lullaby. After some time he moved along through his studies and got accepted into Tokyo University for admission to the intensive practice of harmonica - inspired by the harmonica playing by Paul Butterfield. In 1972 he performed the opening act with the West Road for B.B. King's tour in Japan, and he then formed a blues band in 1974 known as Roller Coaster. Weeping Harp Senoh passed away on December 17, 2017.

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Bloodest Saxophone - Rhythm And Blues

Album: Rhythm And Blues
Size: 145,7 MB
Time: 62:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Instrumental R&B, jump blues
Art: Front

1. Deacon's Hop (3:01)
2. Go Power! (2:55)
3. Long Vacation (3:35)
4. Announcement (1) (0:06)
5. Caravan (3:35)
6. Tondeluyo (3:37)
7. Announcement (2) (0:08)
8. There Is Something On Your Mind (Feat. Yasuyuki Fukushima) (4:07)
9. SNK Shuffle (4:08)
10. Jake The Dog Stomp (4:17)
11. Twilight On MacDougal (3:41)
12. Salute To The Basement Floor (4:21)
13. Announcement (3) (0:13)
14. When The Saints Go Marching In (Feat. Yasuyuki Fukushima) (3:44)
15. Manhattan (4:06)
16. Jumpin' Jack (3:23)
17. Baron (5:01)
18. Short Trip (2:37)
19. Announcement (4) (0:10)
20. Ain't Nobody's Business (5:47)

Formed in Tokyo, the jump blues & swing band, Bloodest Saxophone has been playing old-school vintage sounds since 1998. The group's leader, Young Corn Shintaro, established the band with the ambition "to rule the world with the saxophone". Young Corn Shintaro says "Jump Blues and Swing Jazz bring out the soul of the tenor saxophone, especially when jumpin'". The group does not think of themselves as playing old music but instead just time traveled from the days when Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb were around.

Their first album "Blood-est" was released in 2003; to date they have released 12 albums and appeared on 18 compilations. Their music has been enchanting not only old school blues/jazz lovers but also rock 'n' roll, rockabilly fans and mods alike - the band’s fiery performance at the event "Mods May Day" is history.

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Shun Kikuta & Blues Company - Blues Company

Size: 77.5 MB
Time: 33:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01. Cold Love (4:58)
02. Chicago Midnight (6:32)
03. Love Love Love (4:11)
04. Gift From Heaven (6:31)
05. Queen Of The Blues (7:23)
06. Left My Soul In Chicago (Feat. Lee Kanehira) (3:52)

Personnel:
Shun Kikuta: Vocal, Guitars
Rie “Lee” Kanehira: Keyboards
Atsushi Katano: Bass
Marty Bracey: Drums

Shun is an internationally renowned musician traveling around the world entertaining audiences with his soulful, explosive, and heart-retching music. He crosses the globe including Europe, Bahamas, Central America, Asia, Oceania and Canada several times each year touring with late Koko Taylor, "The Queen of Blues", 2010 Chicago Music Awards winning band J.W.Williams & Chitown Hustlers and his own group, Shun Kikuta Band.

Shun resides in Chicago since 1990 and he has performed and recorded with such blues, soul, R&B and jazz legends as B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Johnny and Shemekia Copeland, Bo Didley, Robert Lockwood Jr, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton,Tyrone Davis, Willie Clayton, Brian McKnight, Dave and Louise Myers, Irma Thomas, Denise LaSalle, Marva Wright, Roy Hargrove, Mark Turner, Mark Whitfeild, Kenny Wayne Shepperd, Pinetop Perkins, Lonnie Brooks, Eddy Clearwater, Marcia Ball, Kenny Neal, Billy Branch, Dan Aykroyd (Blues Brothers) and Susan Tedeschi.

Shun has recorded several his own albums such as "Rising Shun"(2007) and also appeared on many albums as a guitarist includes Koko Taylor's Grammy Awards nominated "Old School.

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Blues Project - Good Times Roll

Size: 107.3 MB
Time: 46:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Let The Good Times Roll (4:29)
02. Hound Dog (3:21)
03. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out (5:17)
04. Hold On I’m Comin (5:48)
05. Chicago Midnight / What Have I Done Wrong (8:03)
06. The King (6:55)
07. Voodoo Woman (4:40)
08. Today I Sing The Blues (7:33)

Personnel:
Shun Kikuta: Guitar, Vocals 4,5
Tammy: Vocals 1,2,3,7,8 Chorus 1,3,4
Kuma Harada: Bass
Osamu Soda: Keys
Marty Bracey: Drums, Chorus 1,4

Shun is an internationally renowned musician traveling around the world entertaining audiences with his soulful, explosive, and heart-retching music. He crosses the globe including Europe, Bahamas, Central America, Asia, Oceania and Canada several times each year touring with late Koko Taylor, "The Queen of Blues", 2010 Chicago Music Awards winning band J.W.Williams & Chitown Hustlers and his own group, Shun Kikuta Band.

Shun resides in Chicago since 1990 and he has performed and recorded with such blues, soul, R&B and jazz legends as B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Johnny and Shemekia Copeland, Bo Didley, Robert Lockwood Jr, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton,Tyrone Davis, Willie Clayton, Brian McKnight, Dave and Louise Myers, Irma Thomas, Denise LaSalle, Marva Wright, Roy Hargrove, Mark Turner, Mark Whitfeild, Kenny Wayne Shepperd, Pinetop Perkins, Lonnie Brooks, Eddy Clearwater, Marcia Ball, Kenny Neal, Billy Branch, Dan Aykroyd (Blues Brothers) and Susan Tedeschi.

Shun has recorded several his own albums such as "Rising Shun"(2007) and also appeared on many albums as a guitarist includes Koko Taylor's Grammy Awards nominated "Old School.

Good Times Roll MP3
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Shun Kikuta - Rising Shun Plus / In A Room

Album: Rising Shun Plus Size: 175.5 MB
Time: 76:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. When You Feel Lonely (Feat. Billy Branch) (5:33)
02. Hard Hard Miles (Feat. Gerald McClendon) (4:37)
03. Love On Track (Feat. Gerald McClendon) (3:47)
04. Voodoo Woman (Feat. Koko Taylor) (4:03)
05. Yer Blues (Feat. JP Williams) (4:29)
06. Let's Jam (6:21)
07. Old Soul (6:35)
08. Love Love Love (Feat. Gerald McClendon) (4:04)
09. Nikko Waraku Shuffle (5:10)
10. You My Love (4:36)
11. Look Out Baby (4:22)
12. Rockin' Nikko (1:26)
13. Double Faced (5:12)
14. Japablues (New Take) (4:59)
15. Slip My Mind (5:58)
16. Gyoza Blues (New Recording) (4:46)

This work was released in 2018 by remastering 11 songs of "Rising Shun" released in 2007 and adding 5 new songs. Japanese and American artists such as Koko Taylor, Billy Branch, JW Williams, and Jamsbee gather. Recordings were made in Chicago and Utsunomiya.

Rising Shun Plus MP3
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Album: In A Room Size: 105.3 MB
Time: 45:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (5:16)
02. Chicago Midnight (6:14)
03. Blues Ni Koishite (4:24)
04. Look Out Baby (Feat. El Jose) (5:00)
05. Stormy Monday (4:08)
06. People Get Ready (3:46)
07. Old Mississippi Road (4:53)
08. Delta Lightning (0:45)
09. In A Room (3:36)
10. One Day Is Hot, One Day Is Cold (5:02)
11. You Are The One (2:07)

One of the top blues guitarist, Shun Kikuta's first acoustic solo album. In 2020 while his touring was limited by COVID 19, he decided to focus making an acoustic album. Total of eleven songs and eight of his own and other three are the well known covers. One of them features France's young blues ace, El Jose and recorded duo in France.

Shun is an internationally renowned musician traveling around the world. Shun resided in Chicago, known as a home of blues, over two decades and he was a regular guitarist of Koko Taylor, "Queen of the blues" for nine years until her passing. He also was a long time member of 2010 Chicago Music Awards winning band J.W.Williams & Chi-Town Hustlers. Currently he focuses on his own group "Shun Kikuta Band" and "Blues Company". Performed with: B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Bo Didley, Robert Lockwood Jr, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Kenny Wayne Shepperd etc.. Recorded with: Koko Taylor "Old School"-Grammy Award nominated, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Billy Branch, Eddie Shaw, Nellie"Tiger"Travis, etc.. ? TV and movie appearance: "An evening with B.B.King" as a band leader and performed with B.B.King. "Kennedy Center Honors" to honor Morgan Freeman sharing a stage with Koko Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, Honey Boy Edwards and Willie "Big Eye" Smith. "Father and Sons", a part of the seven series of "THE BLUES" movie directed by Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood and 5 other directors. Performed on: Chicago Blues Festival, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Notodden Blues Festival(Norway), Japan Blues Festival, Jakarta International Blues Festival, Beijing Blues Festival etc... ? Discography: Live In France (2020), Good Times Roll/Blues Project (2019), Blues Company (2018) , Rising Shun Plus (2018), Best of Shun's Blues (2013) and 12 leader/collaborated albums. Instructional materials: Lively Blues Guitar (CD+Book, 2017), Call & Response (DVD, 2014) and 6 other books and DVDs. Shun was on the cover and featured musician of BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE Dec 29th 2011 issue. ? Besides performing, Shun teaches guitar, blues history and ensemble in regular basis through workshops and private lessons. Shun also is a music writer in last two decades. He has published his book "The World's Blues Alleys"(Rittor Music-Japanese) and has had his own articles on magazines and papers as well.

In A Room MP3
In A Room FLAC

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Bloodest Saxophone - Texas Queens 5

Year: 2019
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:18
Size: 97,6 MB
Styles: R&B, blues
Scans: Front, back

1. I've Got A Feeling (Feat. Diunna Greenleaf) (2:54)
2. I Just Want To Make Love To You (Feat. All Queens) (4:23)
3. Losing Battle (Feat. Crystal Thomas) (3:16)
4. Walking The Dog (Feat. Jai Malano) (3:05)
5. Pork Chop Chick (Instrumental) (5:24)
6. Run Joe (Feat. Lauren Cervantes) (3:24)
7. It's Your Voodoo Working (Feat. Jai Malano) (3:12)
8. Don't Move Me (Feat. Crystal Thomas) (2:42)
9. Don't Hit Me No More (Feat. Angela Miller) (3:20)
10. I Done Done It (Feat. Jai Malano) (2:44)
11. The Grape Vine (Feat. Lauren Cervantes) (2:25)
12. Cockroach Run (Instrumental) (5:24)

Bloodest Saxophone is a horn driven R n’ B band, from Tokyo Japan. They were formed in 1998 by Koda Shintaro, who formed the band “to rule the world with the saxophone”. They have played with the great sax icon Big Jay McNeely and also with vocalist Jewel Brown. They have eleven previous recordings.

The six piece band is a Japanese version of Roomful of Blues. The band includes Koda “Young Corn” Shintaro, tenor sax; Coh “Colonel Sanders”, trombone; Osikawa Yukimasa, baritone sax; Shuji “Apple Juice”, guitar; The Takeo “Little Tokyo”, upright bass; and Kiminon “Dog Boy”, drums and congas. Don’t you love those nick names. Nick Connolly (who has played with Gary Primich, Long John Hunter, W.C. Clark, R.J. Mischo and Omar Dykes among others) is added on piano and organ. The album was conceived and produced by Dialtone Record’s Eddie Stout and recorded at the Wire Recording Studio in Austin, Texas. The idea was to record the retro band with some big Texas voices; so they named the album “Texas Queens 5”.

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Kunio Kishida - Kunio Kishida's Slideaway

Size: 121,5 MB
Time: 51:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Drivin' Me Crazy (5:37)
02. Stomp House (3:13)
03. Wet (4:47)
04. Pass Me By (4:33)
05. Two Circles (4:07)
06. Slide Away (5:10)
07. Oriental Rose (7:43)
08. Mike's Shuffle (4:30)
09. Song For Dickey (9:02)
10. Very Southern (3:11)

Kunio Kishida's Slideawy is a collection of original instrumental performances by one of the great slide guitarists. Produced by Sam Taylor, recorded in the heart of Texas, and featuring Sam on keyboards with Jamie Oldaker on Drums and Jerry Wasley Jr. on electric bass.

Kunio Kishida's Slideaway

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Kunio Kishida - Swamp Waters

Size: 145,5 MB
Time: 62:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues Rock, Southern Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Witch Face (5:02)
02. Thanks Anyway (3:38)
03. What A Fool (4:24)
04. I Got Sick (5:04)
05. Long Time No See (6:21)
06. It's You (5:21)
07. It's Only Your Smile (4:18)
08. Helpin' Hand (6:26)
09. Elvis-A-Go-Go Blues (2:50)
10. Elvis-A-Go-Go (4:20)
11. At Midnight (7:19)
12. Better Days (7:32)

Virtuoso blues/rock guitarist, writer, and vocalist, presents his debut "Southern Rock" album produced by Allman Brothers' producer, Johnny Sandlin.

Kunio Kishida, Japanese guitarist and vintage guitar dealer, has brought together a collection of the finest vintage instruments, musicians, technicians, and facilities to produce his debut album, Swamp Waters, which he has made for vintage guitar lovers around the world. Produced by Kunio Kishida and Johnny Sandlin, famed Allman Brothers engineer/producer, at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama, using an amazing collection of classic/vintage recording equipment, this album echoes the styles and sounds of Kunio's heroes of the Sixties and Seventies. It features Kunio playing many original and legendary vintage guitars. Besides performing with a '57 and '63 Fender Stratocaster, he plays a '56 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and a 1959 Les Paul Sunburst once owned by Dickey Betts. Berry Oakley's '57 Precision Bass is played by Jerry Wasley, former bassist with Brenda Lee. You will recognize many of the performers on this recording because they all have outstanding musical credentials and have been heard on many of your favorite recordings. Swamp Waters was one of the last projects mastered, in HDCD, by Grammy Award winning artist, Denny Purcell, to whom this album is dedicated.

Swamp Waters

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Kunio Kishida - Northern Song

Size: 100,5 MB
Time: 43:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. I'm Following The Train (3:46)
02. I'll Call Out Your Name (4:08)
03. Don't Close Your Eyes (4:10)
04. You Wave Your Hands (6:07)
05. Yes, We Are The People (4:33)
06. Kesennuma (3:25)
07. Northern Song (4:15)
08. Sendai (4:40)
09. Syu Syu Poppo Train (3:39)
10. Touch You (4:37)

Kunio Kishida's most musically diverse collection dedicated to all those in Japan hurt by the earthquake and tsunami of 2011.

Northern Song

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