Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Kid Carlos Band - Live At Ruta 66

Album: Live At Ruta 66
Size: 141,6 MB
Time: 61:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Come When I Call (5:15)
2. Give Me Back My Wig (3:47)
3. Come On In My Kitchen (4:27)
4. I Can't Be Satisfied (7:40)
5. I'd Rather Go Blind (8:52)
6. First Lesson (3:49)
7. Gangster Of Love (5:17)
8. Bobby Sox (7:18)
9. Rollin' And Tumblin' (4:33)
10. Shake Your Hips (10:21)

Kid Carlos is undoubtedly an emblematic musician. Introverted, unassuming, and an exceptional guitarist. He is only interested in his guitar and his music: the blues in its purest form. He is from Seville, in southern Spain and one of the cradles of flamenco, a place where the blues has its own river and from whose banks the blues first began to be heard in Spain. Carlos founded the Kid Carlos Band in 2007. and released his first album "Talkin' About The Blues" which is now out of print. After years of learning and life on the road, the legendary British blues producer Mike Vernon (who passed away on March 2) invited him to join his project The Mighty Combo, with whom he recorded two magnificent albums.

With his inseparable bandmates, vocalist Txaco Jones, bassist Lalu Cordón and drummer Stefano Di Rubbo, Kid Carlos band has released four albums and performed in clubs and festivals throughout Spain and across the rest of Europe. Together with Quique Bonal, another leading blues guitarist in Spain, he released the instrumental album "Fango" in 2018. Later, his friendship with the European harmonica legend Mingo Balaguer - a pioneer of the genre in Spain - led Balaguer to invite him to be the guitarist on his album "Blue Shadow", one of the best blues records released in Spain in recent years. Finally, Mike Vernon proposed a new project to Kid called Cat Squirrel. With the addition of Mingo Balaguer himself, they recorded a musical milestone titled "Blues What Am" which is already part of the essential canon of blues in Spain.

Carlos' most recent collaboration can be found on the 2025 album "We Like To Groove" by blues and boogie pianist Lluís Coloma and the also legendary saxophonist Lou Marini. There may be more tenacious guitarists than Carlos in Europe, but none capable of conveying their music with sincerity and generosity with which Kid Carlos plays his guitar. Don't look for it, you won't find it.

Personnel: Kid Carlos (guitar, backing vocals track 9); Txaco Jones (vocals); Lalu Cordón (bass); Stefano Di Rubbo (drums).

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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Kid Carlos Band - Blues Medicine

Album: Blues Medicine
Size: 103,1 MB
Time: 44:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Rivers (4:00)
2. I Don't Need No Doctor (4:58)
3. Spoonful (4:32)
4. Breaking Up Somebody's Home (6:14)
5. Goddess For A While (3:58)
6. Medicine (4:02)
7. Blue And Lonesome (5:13)
8. Come On In My Kitchen (3:56)
9. I Feel So Good (2:43)
10. Invincible (4:32)

Kid Carlos is undoubtedly an emblematic musician. Introverted, unassuming, and an exceptional guitarist. He is only interested in his guitar and his music: the blues in its purest form. He is from Seville, in southern Spain and one of the cradles of flamenco, a place where the blues has its own river and from whose banks the blues first began to be heard in Spain. Carlos founded the Kid Carlos Band in 2007. and released his first album "Talkin' About The Blues" which is now out of print. After years of learning and life on the road, the legendary British blues producer Mike Vernon (who passed away on March 2) invited him to join his project The Mighty Combo, with whom he recorded two magnificent albums.

With his inseparable bandmates, vocalist Txaco Jones, bassist Lalu Cordón and drummer Stefano Di Rubbo, Kid Carlos band has released four albums and performed in clubs and festivals throughout Spain and across the rest of Europe. Together with Quique Bonal, another leading blues guitarist in Spain, he released the instrumental album "Fango" in 2018. Later, his friendship with the European harmonica legend Mingo Balaguer - a pioneer of the genre in Spain - led Balaguer to invite him to be the guitarist on his album "Blue Shadow", one of the best blues records released in Spain in recent years. Finally, Mike Vernon proposed a new project to Kid called Cat Squirrel. With the addition of Mingo Balaguer himself, they recorded a musical milestone titled "Blues What Am" which is already part of the essential canon of blues in Spain.

Carlos' most recent collaboration can be found on the 2025 album "We Like To Groove" by blues and boogie pianist Lluís Coloma and the also legendary saxophonist Lou Marini. There may be more tenacious guitarists than Carlos in Europe, but none capable of conveying their music with sincerity and generosity with which Kid Carlos plays his guitar. Don't look for it, you won't find it.

Personnel: Kid Carlos (guitar, backing vocals track 9); Txaco Jones (vocals); Lalu Cordón (bass); Stefano Di Rubbo (drums).

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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Andhrea & The Black Cats - Bon Appétit!!

Album: Bon Appétit!!
Size: 67,8 MB
Time: 29:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Roots/Folk/Jazz mix
Art: Front

1. Comes Love (2:22)
2. Hey, Mamami!! (3:04)
3. That's A Pretty Good Love (2:38)
4. Ulises (4:24)
5. Cocaine Habit (2:37)
6. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (3:41)
7. The Last Prayer (Oh! Father) (2:34)
8. Get Back (2:22)
9. Don't Wait For Me (2:30)
10. JP (3:05)

Andhrea and the Black Cats is a blues band formed in 2013 in Santiago de Compostela by Ramón Figueira "Figui" (harmonica), Andrea Verdú (vocals), and Benjamín Vázquez (guitar). It began as a small, acoustic blues group focused on reinterpreting classic blues songs.

The group's evolution led them to participate in the 6th edition of the blues competition organized by the Barcelona Blues Society in 2015. The quality of their performance, their connection with the audience, and their well-crafted repertoire, which included classics such as "Wang Dang Doodle," "I Can't Be Satisfied," and "Down By The Riverside," resulted in their winning the competition. This opened doors for them throughout the rest of Spain and led to the recording of their first studio album, "New Roads," in 2016.

For this first album, they created their quartet format, incorporating percussion. It includes covers of songs such as "Why Don't You Do Right," "There's a Man Going 'Round Taking Names," and "Chocolate Jesus." Promoting the album led the band to tour festivals and venues throughout Spain over the following years.

In 2019, they created a new format by adding the tuba as a fifth element. At this time, they composed their first original song, "Don't Wait For Me," as a prelude to their upcoming album, showcasing the band's new sound.

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Friday, May 29, 2026

Tommy Moore Band - Hard Yards

Size: 83.4 MB
Time: 35:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. Unnecessarily In Love With You (4:20)
2. Cafe D'Artist (3:50)
3. Wind Shakes (4:00)
4. Nothing But You (3:35)
5. Hard Yards (5:32)
6. Burn This Bitch (5:28)
7. Bermuda Blues (3:24)
8. Get Some (5:29)

Tommy Moore is a highly sought-after bassist/singer on the Irish and Spanish music scenes. He has played with renowned Irish artists such as Declan O’Rourke, Cathy Davey, Booka Brass, Zaska, and Mick Pyro, to name a few.

Since moving to Granada, he has played extensively on the blues scene alongside Fernando Beiztegui, Oso Benalúa, Tony Molina, and many more.

The Tommy Moore Blues Band is the culmination of 10 years of playing with leading blues heroes from Ireland and Spain, and cultivating his own repertoire of energetic and soulful blues. When he's not playing bass, he's busy as a singer and songwriter.

He reached the Top 10 with his song "New Tattoo," which was covered by critically acclaimed Julie Feeney.

Lineup: Tommy Moore – Electric Bass & Vocals
Sergio Novo – Electric Guitar
Cote Calmet – Drums

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Travellin' Brothers - Back In Business

Album: Back In Business
Size: 94,2 MB
Time: 40:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: R&B, blues, big band
Art: Front

1. Higher & Higher (4:02)
2. Adelene (3:10)
3. The Power Of Your Love (4:29)
4. Let The Good Times Roll (3:33)
5. Sweet Corrine (4:46)
6. Movin' On (5:44)
7. Everything To Me (4:56)
8. Si Tuviera Un Día (5:04)
9. Frenchmen Street (4:54)

After more than two decades on the road, over 1,300 concerts, countless international tours, and a dozen awards attesting to their excellence, Travellin' Brothers has reaffirmed its position as one of the most solid and respected bands on the European scene. In 2023 and 2024, the band celebrated its 20th anniversary, and as a culmination of this milestone they are taking a bold and exciting step: the reactivation of their big band format, inactive for a decade, to present their eleventh studio album.

A career as long as that of Travellin' Brothers is built on an unusual and powerful fact: having maintained the same lineup since its founding. This cohesion and musical understanding is the driving force that allows them to tackle projects of the magnitude of a big band. The album stems from a desire to revive the spectacular nature of their big band formation. It's a work that reinterprets original songs previously recorded by the band, elevating them to a new dimension with arrangements created specifically for big band.

New this year are covers of songs that inspire the band, treated with the same care and with original arrangements that perfectly integrate them into their sound universe. The album "Back In Business" is a testament to the maturity and absolute mastery that Travellin' Brothers have over their sound. Leveraging this experience, the band opted for in-house production, recording the entire album at their own Hell Kitchen Studios, thus ensuring complete creative control over the final result.

Personnel: Jon Careaga (vocals); Aitor Cañibano (guitar, backing vocals); Eneko Cañibano (bass); Isi Redondo (drums, percussion); Alain Sancho (saxophone, backing vocals); Mikel Azpiroz (keyboards).

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Friday, April 3, 2026

Will Jacobs & Marcos Coll - Takin Our Time

Album: Takin Our Time
Size: 79,6 MB
Time: 34:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. It Ain't Safe (4:48)
2. Going To Berlin (3:30)
3. What U Doing (3:16)
4. C.J.' Bounce (4:39)
5. Stranded (4:15)
6. Hey Baby (4:16)
7. Blues Cazorla Boogie (3:38)
8. One Too Many Times (3:03)
9. Going To Berlin (Live) (3:00)

Will Jacobs went to high school in Winnetka, Illinois where he was the guitarist in the Grammy winning New Trier High School Jazz Band in 2008. The following year Jacobs was the winner in the Youth Division of the Chicago Blues Challenge sponsored by The Windy City Blues Society. He represented that society at the International Blues Challenge and was the winner of a 2010 Generation Blues Scholarship. He went onto to study at The Berklee College of Music in Boston. As a sideman he has played with numerous Chicago artists including Linsey Alexander, Sharon Lewis, and Breezy Rodio; and opened for name artists including Billy Branch, Toronzo Cannon and Tommy Castro. He has since toured with C.J. Chenier. Jacobs is now twenty-six years old.

Marcos Coll is approximately eighteen years older but has a similar story. He was born in Madrid in 1976 and started playing harmonica when he was thirteen. He became the harmonica player in Los Reyes del KO (literally The Knockout Kings) with guitarist Adrian Costa, one of the top blues bands in Spain. In 200­­4 he moved to Berlin and soon became part of that cities blues scene. He is endorsed by the German based Hohner Harmonica Company. Coll has previously released his own two-cd compilation “Under The Wings” including tracks recorded with Buddy Miles, Herb Hardesty, Tino Gonzalez, Sax Gordon and others. In 2016 he recorded “Street Preachin” with guitarist Stefano Ronchi.

Jacobs, vocals, guitar, bass and drums; and Coll, harmonicas; recorded this new album at The Paul Linke Studio in Berlin in 2019. Engineered by Alex Ott and Stefano Ronchi, the album was mixed and mastered by Ronchi. With overdubs they are a four-piece band with an old school spark. Opening with “It Ain’t Safe” written by Clarence Carter and George Jackson and first recorded by Z.Z. Hill in 1972; they are funky and soulful. One is immediately impressed with guitarist Jacobs and how he establishes the rhythm before soloing. “Stranded” credited to Deadric Malone was recorded by Little Junior Parker in 1959. Six more tunes are written by Jacobs including “Going To Berlin”; a live version of which later closes the set. The instrumental “Bluescazorla Boogie” is the only co-write by Jacobs and the harp wielding Coll.

The pair generate that special excitement that we come to expect from seasoned veterans. Then you realize that as young as they are Jacobs and Coll are experienced. Expect to love this one. You will. /Richard Ludmerer, Making A Scene

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Will Jacobs & Marcos Coll - One More Time

Album: One More Time
Size: 79,0 MB
Time: 34:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Unc (3:05)
2. Hey Babe (2:45)
3. Red Hot Mama (4:34)
4. Kansas City (4:00)
5. Have You Ever Loved A Woman (4:13)
6. U Know It Ain't Safe (3:12)
7. I Feel Good (2:56)
8. What U Doing Again (2:51)
9. Maliciosa Boogie (2:35)
10. One More Time (3:58)

Chicago guitarist and singer Will Jacobs and Galician harmonica player Marcos Coll return with the release of their new album, ‘One More Time’. After eight years as an artistic duo and having toured venues and festivals around the world, they’re back with a 10-song album, also available on CD and vinyl. Through a carefully curated selection of their repertoire, including both original songs and classics, the album distills raw rhythm and blues, elegant soul, furious funk, and authentic blues.

This new album is particularly noteworthy for its creative process. It was recorded live in the studio in a single day, without overdubs or any other processing, just like the old recordings. For this release, they’re joined by Javier Vacas on bass and Brian D. Sauls on drums. The recording took place in Madrid in September 2025 in Jairo Zavala’s (Depedro) own studio, who mixed the whole thing, recovering the purest essence of the 60s and 70s to capture everything the band offers live. /Bluestown Music

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Xavi Malacara - Saloon Blues

Size: 67,0 MB
Time: 27:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Natchez Mississippi (2:00)
2. Call It Stormy Monday (3:44)
3. Key To The Highway (2:28)
4. Through Train Blues (3:12)
5. Bring It On Home To Me (2:26)
6. Four Day Creep (2:33)
7. Keep It To Yourself (2:32)
8. Dirt Road Blues (3:07)
9. St James Infirmary Blues 1959 (2:31)
10. The Night The Cumberland Came Alive (Electric) (3:16)

Xavi: one voice, one guitar, one harp. Barcelona, Spain.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Johnny Big Stone & The Blues Workers - Move On

Album: Move On
Size: 102,4 MB
Time: 44:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. I Can't Leave Right Now (3:49)
2. Move On (3:07)
3. Michelada (2:58)
4. Restless Soul (2:47)
5. I'm Tired (3:57)
6. Lost And Resigned (4:25)
7. One More Kiss (3:37)
8. Evenin' (3:47)
9. Blues For Horton (3:03)
10. Drop Of Hope (4:02)
11. Lonely Nights (2:28)
12. Oh Martha (3:03)
13. Lonesome (2:53)

Barcelona-based blues trio Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers is a trio of blues at its finest. Combining west coast, jump blues, and traditional blues, this band and its varied repertoire create an authentic blues experience. After their first album "Jumpin & Dodgin", an album with eleven songs of own composition recorded in 2013, they present "Move On" - an album with thirteen tracks of which nine are self-composed and where they wanted to have the collaboration of Victor Puertas on piano, Dani Perez on saxophone, and Sweet Marta on background vocals.

Personnel: Johnny Big Stone (vocals, guitar); Little Jordi (upright bass, harmonica); Reginald Vilardell (drums). Special guests: Dani Pérez (saxophone); Victor Puertas (piano); Sweet Marta (background vocals).

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Néstor Pardo - Let It Stay

Size: 182 MB
Time: 31:54
File: Flac
Released: 2015
Styles: Delta Blues
Art: Front

1. Send Me Back Home (1:45)
2. Song IV (3:36)
3. Sleeping On Your Back (2:01)
4. Let It Stay (3:07)
5. Day By Day (2:25)
6. Sing Me (2:25)
7. Lost and Blue (2:47)
8. My Time Ain't Long (2:34)
9. Winter Walking (2:51)
10. Long Gone Man (2:33)
11. Sara (2:50)
12. Thinking About You (2:54)

Néstor Pardo formed his first band in 2004 when he was only nineteen years. He led it as a singer, guitarist and composer until 2009. Formation Rock-a-billy, they released 2 albums and took their show around Spain and Europe, being headliners in several festivals in Holland or Germany. The charism of Néstor on stage he stands out from the first day and as proof of this he is photographed by Antonio Alay for the book "Rockin' Spain", a photography book about the Spanish Rock & Roll scene.

In 2008 he emigrated to Madrid to finish their studies at the School of Creative Music, graduating as a professional guitarist in music Modern. In the following years, which he dedicated exclusively to his studies, receives classes from Diego Araoz on Manouche guitar and a masterclass with Stochelo Rosenberg (The Rosenberg Trio).

While living in Madrid, he filed friendship with musician Roi Fontoira (The Phantom Keys / The Limboos). Tired of the prejudices and closed-mindedness of the Rockabilly scene and watching music as a synonym for freedom, he leaves The Loveless Cousins and forms the R&B and Swing band with Roi The Allnight Workers, with whom he fine-tunes his compositional ability, recording always homegrown songs except for a couple of covers on their first album. With The Allnight Workers he recorded two albums at Lightning Studios Recordings of Berlin which is published by the label Grabaciones De Impacto. They toured all over Europe and their prestige was increases with each new step, being included in several festivals, both from Jazz as Rock & Roll. The Allnight Workers become the European band of Lala Brooks (The Crystals).

In 2012 Néstor returned to his hometown and began to play as a musician of session for different formations (Northwest Pickers, The Hot Chocolates, Dixie Lovers, The Honky Tonkin Boozers, Rockers Go To Hell....).

In 2013 he decided to start a solo career playing his own music, leaving behind all the formations and thus beginning a new stage, in which the musician escapes from any label or prejudice. It was here that Pardo was born, who soon saw his first album, eleven tracks published of his own composition and a celebrated version of Harry Nilson's Everybody's Talking. Recorded with only its guitar and his voice, he begins to tour solo and work full time in the project..

After a couple of months, he called Miguel Martínez and Adrián Seijas as a band of accompaniment (double bass and drums, respectively). With this training presents the album throughout a good part of the country with excellent acceptance and selling out the 700 copies without any promotion or press support.

We arrive in October 2014. Néstor enters the studio again, this time with his band, to record what will be his second album. Twelve tracks of their own composition recorded live at Santa Cruz Recordings Studios and that will be released in January 2015 on the New H-Records label under the title of Let It Stay (2015). Pretty soon you'll have them playing very close to your home!

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Vargas Blues Band - Down Under Blues

Album: Down Under Blues
Size: 95,7 MB
Time: 41:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues-rock, rock
Art: Front

1. Down Under Blues (4:19)
2. Tasmanian Blues (3:52)
3. Midnight Drive (4:44)
4. Sydney Street (3:52)
5. Confidence Man (4:32)
6. Long Way From Home (4:07)
7. Magic Train (4:19)
8. Down Underground (2:54)
9. Rumble (2:21)
10. Standing In The Rain (6:16)

Javier Vargas’ new album titled Down Under Blues contains a selection of blues rock songs as a tribute to the rich musical landscape of Australia. Drawing inspiration from Australia’s vibrant culture and stunning scenery, the album showcases Javier’s extraordinary talent in elevating blues music to unparalleled heights, creating the perfect blues that resonate with both the heart and the soul.

Down Under Blues promises to be more than just an album. Javier’s guitar playing transcends the traditional blues, elevating this genre to a whole new level. The album is a powerful mix of heartfelt lyrics and masterful guitar work celebrating the unique spirit of the land down under. With Down Under Blues listeners will experience the blues like never before.

Personnel: Javier Vargas (guitar); Bobby Alexander (vocals); Luis Mayo (bass); Peter Kunst (drums, vocals); Ralph Santos (percussion); Alfonso Perez (keyboards); Fernando Vazquez (harmonica).

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Friday, September 5, 2025

The Rusties Blues Band - disCOVERing Robert Johnson

Album: disCOVERing Robert Johnson
Size: 79,4 MB
Time: 34:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Cross Road Blues (3:52)
2. Ramblin' On My Mind (2:38)
3. They're Red Hot (2:53)
4. From Four Till Late (3:19)
5. Sweet Home Chicago (3:53)
6. Walkin' Blues (2:30)
7. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (2:49)
8. Malted Milk (2:58)
9. Milkcow's Calf Blues (3:46)
10. Love In Vain (2:36)
11. Crossroad (2:40)

The Rusties Blues Band is a four musician group from Gerona in the north east of Spain which started to play in 2013. In 2015 they released a double album, the first cd with their own compositions and the second one with versions of classic blues songs. This second cd led them to produce a show entitled “Traveling along the Blues Roads” where they brought the history of blues to varied general audiences with small documentaries and the band live music.

Now they release a second album, that becomes a tribute to the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, and they do it on a simple humble way with an impressive respect for this incredible artist but, at the same time, with good doses of quality, performing technique and honesty. Of the twenty-nine songs Robert Johnson recorded during his life, The Rusties Blues Band has chosen eleven that represent the legacy of this key figure in the blues world who had a deep influence not only in blues music but also in rock and popular music.

The band leader Miquel Grifell is on guitar, Resonator, cigar box, harmonica and vocals, Manel Gaspar is on piano and Hammond, Miquel Pascal is on electric bass and double bass and finally Angel Abad controls drums and washboard. /La Hora Del Blues

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

The Rusties Blues Band - disCOVERing The Three Kings

Album: disCOVERing The Three Kings
Size: 110,7 MB
Time: 47:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Big Legged Woman (4:28)
2. I'm Tore Down (3:11)
3. Ain't No Sunshine (4:36)
4. Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do (4:10)
5. Born Under A Bad Sign (3:27)
6. Kansas City (2:36)
7. Crosscut Saw (2:31)
8. Call It Stormy Monday (7:29)
9. Caldonia (3:29)
10. The Thrill Is Gone (3:00)
11. Rock Me Baby (3:38)
12. Every Day I Have The Blues (4:55)

The Rusties Blues Band is a band from Girona that has been on the Spanish blues scene for years. They have released several albums and their enthusiasm for bringing the blues to all corners of Spain is commendable. On their latest album, they've taken a leap of faith. Instead of presenting a standard tracklist, they've decided to pay tribute to the three "Kings" (Albert King, B.B. King, and Freddie King), playing both covers and originals that these three guitar kings once recorded.

The songs are well known to all fans, just mention titles like “I’m Tore Down”, “Born Under A Sign” or “The Thrill Is Gone”, three songs written by one of the Kings. But there are also versions of other songs not written by them but that they also recorded such as “Caledonia” by Louis Jordan, “Everyday I Have The Blues” by Memphis Slim or “Call It Stormy Monday” by T-Bone Walker to name six of the twelve songs they perform on this album, and which serve to give the fans an idea of what they are going to find on this album.

An album made with humility and simplicity, which simply aims to be a tribute from true fans to these three artists who have undoubtedly left a profound mark on each and every blues lover. /La Hora Del Blues

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

The Rusties Blues Band - disCOVERing The White Blues

Album: disCOVERing The White Blues
Size: 107,5 MB
Time: 46:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Riding With The King (4:00)
2. Blues Power (3:21)
3. Old Love (5:08)
4. Further On Up The Road (3:57)
5. Couldn't Stand The Weather (4:15)
6. Pride And Joy (3:51)
7. Texas Flood (4:15)
8. Telephone Song (3:16)
9. Mojo Boogie (3:52)
10. Dallas (3:46)
11. Don't Take Advantage Of Me (3:06)
12. Shame, Shame, Shame (3:28)

The Rusties Blues Band is a band formed in 2013 in the Girona region. They play electric blues in different styles, and consists of Miquel Grifell (vocals, guitars and harmonica), Mane Gaspar (piano and Hammond organ), Miquel Pascal (bass) and Eduard Planella (drums). They have already recorded three albums, debuting with the album "Independent Blues", an album containing cover versions and their own songs.

They then presented a trilogy called "disCOVERing", the first being a tribute they made to Robert Johnson with the album "disCOVERing Robert Johnson" and the second "disCOVERing The Three Kings", a tribute to the three kings of the blues B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King. Now they close the trilogy with the album "disCOVERing The White Blues" which it is a tribute to Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

The Suitcase Brothers - Love, Truth & Confidence

Album: Love, Truth & Confidence
Size: 96,5 MB
Time: 41:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Acoustic blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, back

1. Love, Truth And Confidence (2:14)
2. Climbing On Top Of The Hill (3:07)
3. John Henry (3:40)
4. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (4:33)
5. Shoutin' For S.T. (2:53)
6. I Feel Alright Now (3:49)
7. This Is The Right Time (4:05)
8. That's How I Feel (3:10)
9. Walking My Blues Away (4:31)
10. Boogie Baby (2:39)
11. Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses (2:48)
12. When Things Go Wrong (4:01)

The Suitcase Brothers are a country blues duo founded in 1999 by the Puertas brothers, with Santos on guitar and vocals and Victor on harmonica and vocals. Some of their biggest influences are the legendary duo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, but also duos such as Paul Rishell & Annie Raines and John Cephas & Phil Wiggins. The year after the beginning of the duo, in the year 2000, together with the composer Eduardo Arbide, they wrote and recorded some of the music soundtrack for the film "EL Bola", by director Achero Mañas, awarded 4 Goyas. "Hermanos Puertas" is the name of one of the songs.

They had recorded 3 albums and played multiple concerts, when in 2011 they were elected to participate in the first European Blues Challenge, held in Berlin. In 2013 they traveled to Memphis, TN (USA) and were the second prize winners for the best international blues duo in the IBC (International Blues Challenge), the blues contest in which more than 100 bands from all over the world participate in the category of solo/duo.

In 2014 they flew to Greensboro, North Carolina (USA) to participate in the contest organized by the PBPS (Piedmont Blues Preservation Society) and after winning the first prize, were able to represent North Carolina at the IBC that same year. Their fourth album "A Long Way From Home" was the best acoustic blues album of the year 2014 according to the prestigious music magazine Wasser-Prawda and was nominated for the best independent blues album of the year 2015 in Memphis, TN. Two Chicago blues legends are featured in the recording: Jerry Portnoy (Muddy Waters and Eric Capton) and Paul Oscher (Muddy Waters).

Internationally recognized, the Puertas brothers have established themselves as one of the best blues duos on the scene. The Suitcase Brothers have gained the respect and admiration of those who love this style of music and captivate anyone who listens to them for the first time. Santos and Victor Puertas perpetuate through their music the origin of the genre and make us fall deeply in love with it. Recently they released a new recoding, their fifth album, named "Love, Truth & Confidence: A Tribute To Piedmont Blues Legends Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee".

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Maria Carbonell Blues Mood - Limonium Sessions

Album: Limonium Sessions
Size: 70,6 MB
Time: 30:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues/R&B/Jazz mix
Art: Front

1. Jazz Man (4:00)
2. For You My Love (3:30)
3. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (4:19)
4. Water Water (2:25)
5. Slip-In Mules (3:53)
6. Women Be Wise (4:28)
7. Talk To Your Daughter (4:54)
8. There's Something On Your Mind (3:10)

Maria Carbonell Blues Mood is an emerging band that has been captivating audiences with their soulful fusion of blues, R&B, and jazz. Led by the powerful vocals of Maria Carbonell, the band delivers a dynamic and emotionally charged performance that resonates deeply with listeners. The band’s lineup includes David Sam on keyboards, whose virtuosic solos add a mystical dimension to their sound; Fran Moreno on bass, providing a solid and infectious rhythm; Fede Fuster on saxophone, weaving seductive melodies that bridge the past and present; and Juan Lizaso on drums, anchoring the ensemble with a firm and energizing beat. Together, they create a rich tapestry of sound that honors the traditions of blues while infusing it with a contemporary flair.

Their dedication to the genre was recognized in 2024 when they were awarded the title of ‘Best Emerging National Blues Band’ at the X Concurso de Blues de la Sociedad de Blues de Barcelona. The band’s rendition of classic blues and soul standards, combined with their original compositions, demonstrated their versatility and commitment to keeping the spirit of blues alive. Maria Carbonell Blues Mood is a testament to the enduring power of blues music, blending tradition with innovation to create a sound that is both timeless and fresh. Their performances are a celebration of the genre’s rich heritage and its continued relevance in today’s musical landscape.

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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Néstor Pardo - Let It Stay

Size: 182 MB
Time: 31:54
File: Flac
Released: 2015
Styles: Acoustic Delta Blues
Art: Front

1. Send Me Back Home (1:45)
2. Song IV (3:36)
3. Sleeping On Your Back (2:01)
4. Let It Stay (3:07)
5. Day By Day (2:25)
6. Sing Me (2:25)
7. Lost and Blue (2:47)
8. My Time Ain't Long (2:34)
9. Winter Walking (2:51)
10. Long Gone Man (2:33)
11. Sara (2:50)
12. Thinking About You (2:54)

At the age of nineteen, in 2004 , he led his first band, The Loveless Cousins, in which he worked as a singer, guitarist and composer. They made rockabilly music and released two albums. They made frequent tours of Spain and Europe , performing as headliners at several festivals in the Netherlands and Germany . He achieved a certain prestige, to the point of being photographed by Antonio Alay for his book "Rockin' Spain", a snapshot of Spanish rock and roll .

He left his hometown in 2008 to settle in Madrid where he completed his studies as a professional guitarist in modern music at the School of Creative Music. He also takes classes with Diego Araoz and does a masterclass with Stochelo Rosenberg of the renowned The Rosenberg Trio . In Madrid he befriends Roi Fontoira , former member of The Phantom Keys and The Limboos, with whom he forms The Allnight Workers in 2009 , leaving The Loveless Cousins, tired of the prejudices and closed environment of the rockabilly scene. In the new formation, which plays rhythm and blues and swing , he improves his composing skills. They record two albums at the Lighting Recordings studios in Berlin with their own songs except for a couple of versions on the first album. They tour throughout Europe performing at various jazz and rock and roll festivals. Their prestige increases to the point that Lala Brooks, former vocalist of The Crystals , chooses The Allnight Workers as her band for European tours.

He returned to A Coruña in 2012 playing as a session musician for different local formations: Northwest Pickers, The Hot Chocolates, Dixie Lovers, The Honky Tonkin Boozers, Rockers Go To Hell... In 2013 he dedicated himself to continuing his solo career. With the only accompaniment of his guitar he recorded an album with eleven of his own songs and a version of Everybody's Talking by Harry Nilsson . After a while he joined Miguel Martínez (double bass) and Adrián Seijas (drums) with whom he presented his album throughout much of the country, and with whom he recorded his second work in October 2014 at the Santa Cruz Recordings studios. The album, with twelve songs of his own composition, was released in January 2015 with the title Let It Stay.

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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Cecilya & The Candy Kings - Parisian Mambo

Album: Parisian Mambo
Size: 86,1 MB
Time: 37:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: R&B
Art: Front

1. Wild Piña Colada (3:29)
2. Blue Door House Boogie (3:33)
3. Parisian Mambo (3:48)
4. One Way Ticket To Paradise (2:04)
5. Ruby (3:56)
6. Travelin' Woman (3:08)
7. By The Sea (4:48)
8. Champagne (3:23)
9. All The Things I Don't Need (3:07)
10. Flamingo (2:51)
11. Crazy Guitar (2:59)

“Parisian Mambo” is the second LP by “Cecilya & the Candy Kings”. The entire album is a tribute to the city of Paris, which has made the Catalan singer grow musically since she settled in the capital of love. The 11 songs on the album will take you back to the 50s by the hand of a woman with a powerful and luminous voice committed to the causes of her time.

The lyrics of Cecilya not only speak of love and celebration as rhythm and blues did at that time. They also speak of dreams (broken or not), internal struggles, healing, emigration, her native Mediterranean, the luck of being a free woman, the superficiality of the world we live in and the nostalgia for better times.

The music, signed Rodolphe Dumont, has been produced in detail to enhance the personal universe of Cecilya. Retro soundscapes and catchy melodies will take listeners back to the days of Elvis and Marilyn Monroe. "Parisian Mambo" captures the essence of Golden Age rhythm and blues - a blend of blues, rock and roll, boogie-woogie, mambo and more.

Personnel: Cecilya Mestres (vocals); Rodolphe Dumont (guitar); Sax Gordon (saxophone); Olivier Cantrelle (piano); Abdell B. Bop (double bass); Denis Agenet (drums).

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Friday, March 7, 2025

La Blues Company - La Blues Company

Size: 318 MB
Time: 65:37
File: Flac
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Pottoko Shuffle (3:22)
2. Long Road Blues (4:23)
3. I Need You By My Side (3:19)
4. New Early In The Morning (3:40)
5. Dance With The Devil (4:17)
6. You Belong To Me (5:23)
7. Beefsteak Blues (5:56)
8. Lightning Boogie (3:01)
9. Strange Feeling Blues (6:21)
10. Low Down Dog (2:10)
11. It's Hurt To Live (Kneeling Down Before This Scum) (7:24)
12. I Got The Blues (3:15)
13. Mellow Down Easy (4:02)
14. Half Ain't Been Told (4:29)
15. That's Why I'm Crying (4:31)

Recorded at Pottoko Studios in Beasain /Basque Country) by Fredi Peláez and mixed by Edu Bighands, this debut album more than meets all the necessary requirements to become a reference record. A direct, high-octane work, done the old-fashioned way, with the unmatched personality of legendary musicians who take on the task with the true and genuine spirit of Blues made on this side of the Atlantic. La Blues Company makes its debut with a pulsing shuffle rhythm, both on the instrumental track composed by the band, Pottoko Shuffle, and on hypnotic Long Road Blues, led by Fernando Beiztegui´s powerful voice and written by him. Edu Bighands masterfully revisits the traditional I Want You by My Side by Mississippi singer and harmonica player Billy ‘Jazz’ Gillum, under Ñaco Goñi´s direction, handing over vocal duties to Paul San Martin on New Early in The Morning by harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson I. Beiztegui signs Dance with the Devil, a mid-tempo track featuring Goñi’s fiery phrasing and a piano blues masterclass blues by San Martin. An exquisite selection of tracks that delve into the depths of the most authentic Blues, revisiting classics like Magic Sam’s You Belong to Me, led by Edu Bighands. It uncovers magnificent gems such as Beefstake Blues by singer John ‘Son’ Thomas, with Paul San Martin on vocals and piano, and Beiztegui’s slide guitar, to revisit Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Lightnin’ Boogie, featuring the incomparable rhythmic work of Martí Elías and Paul San Martin’s left hand. Another great asset of this album is the original compositions by Fernando Beiztegui. The Granada native signs Strange Feeling Blues, a slow blues with a classic feel. In Low Down Dog, Paul San Martin revitalizes ‘shouter’ Big Joe Turner with a boogie rhythm, leading to echoes halfway between Junior Parker and Otis Rush on It’s Hurt to Live (Kneeling Down Before This Scum), written by Beiztegui. The album also travels through classics like I Got the Blues by pianist and singer ‘Big Maceo’ Merriweather, Chicago sounds on Willie Dixon’s Mellow Down Easy, and Half Ain’t Been Told by pianist Otis Spann. Finally, it resurrects the spirit of Magic Sam on That’s Why I’m Crying, interpreted by Edu Bighands featuring Fredi Peláez on Hammond organ, combined with San Martín piano.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Koko-Jean & The Tonics - Shaken & Stirred

Album: Shaken & Stirred
Size: 105,2 MB
Time: 44:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Soul/R&B mix
Art: Front

1. All Night Long (2:41)
2. Driving Wheel (3:19)
3. Movin On (4:19)
4. Pattin' Juba (3:11)
5. From The Country To The City (2:59)
6. What You Mean To Me (5:49)
7. Never Said No (2:56)
8. Turn On Your Love Lights (3:26)
9. New Orleans (4:04)
10. Hard To Say Goodbye (3:34)
11. Practice What You Preach (3:43)
12. Leaving Trunk (4:50)

A brand new debut album with a large dose of soul, blues and rock ’n’ roll, all wrapped up in the musical spirit of New Orleans. In other words - Koko-Jean & The Tonics in its purest form. On this first full length album, Miss Koko-Jean Davis (vocals), Dani Baraldés (guitar), Victor Puertas (Hammond, harmonica) and Anton Jarl (drums) have been able to expand on everything they had hinted at in their previous EPs: a fresh sound, influences ranging from soul to rock and blues, and the ability to write catchy songs that shake your body and lift your spirits.

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