Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Nikolay Arutyunov & The Blues Barbarians - Live in Minsk

Size: 440 MB
Time: 61:46
File: Flac
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Drink with Me to the Bottom (6:31)
2. Sweet Home Alabama (4:15)
3. Simple Man (5:35)
4. Suzie Q (4:52)
5. Cocaine (4:22)
6. Thrill Is Gone (5:19)
7. Night Swimmer (4:46)
8. Riders On The Storm (6:19)
9. Rock Me Baby (3:20)
10. Falling Rain (5:14)
11. Sympathy For The Devil (5:39)
12. It's Only Rock&Roll (5:29)

Nikolai Rafaelevich Arutyunov is a Soviet and Russian singer, composer, blues and rock musician. Vocalist of the bands: "League of Blues", "Thursday Arutyunova", "Funky Soul", "The Booze Band", "Nikolay Arutyunov & The Blues Barbarians", "Arutyunov & Quorum".

Live in Minsk FLAC

Friday, April 17, 2020

A-Beat Combo - My Baby Wants To Kill Me

Size: 72,9 MB
Time: 31:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, Rockabilly
Art: Front

01. Sometimes (It Makes Me Mad) (2:43)
02. My Baby Wants To Kill Me (3:05)
03. The Last Race In Monaco (2:07)
04. I'm Just Shakin' (2:54)
05. What Else Do You Want (2:59)
06. Twangin' Across The Universe (2:40)
07. I'm Gonna Leave This Town (2:26)
08. Bad Girl (3:18)
09. Don't Say You Love Me (2:57)
10. My Train Is Comin' (2:49)
11. Three Minutes Before (3:00)

A-Beat Combo is the project of Moscow musician Andrey Bitulev, who is the author of all songs of the band.

Debut album from this Russian rock'n'roll band. Includes three instrumental tracks.

My Baby Wants To Kill Me

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Ilya Portnov - III

Size: 85,9 MB
Time: 36:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Instrumental
Art: Front

01. Sly Dog (3:31)
02. Corta Jaca (3:20)
03. Crawfish Stomp (4:03)
04. Tilt-A-Whirl (3:34)
05. Slippers And Boots (4:14)
06. Big Breaths (6:05)
07. 81°f (3:18)
08. Up In The Sky (3:39)
09. Sphere Dance (4:54)

Blowing through the diatonic harmonica, Russian born and bred Ilya Portnov musically visits various American juke joints with a sweat team of Kid Anderson/g-b, Chris Burns/p-key, June Core/dr Endre Tarczy/b and Ben Andrews/g-vi. The result is a foot stomping blues fest, with Portnov wailing with a humming Hammond for “Sly Dog” and a pounding “Sphere Dance” as well as a nifty and lyrical waltz during a gracious “Slippers and Boots.” The team supplies a happy Mercy Beat on a 60’s “Corta Jaca” with a South Side of Chicago take of a boogaloo-ing “Tilt-a-Whirl” and a deep “81 degrees F.” Portnov gets funky with the keyboards on “Up In The Sky” and does a nice New Orleans swing for the easy “Crawfish Stomp.” Portnov’s harp breathes easy. ~George W. Harris

III

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Arsen Shomakhov - Dangerous

Year: 2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:20
Size: 109,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Dangerous (3:40)
2. Too Hot (3:32)
3. Let Me Be Your Romeo (4:06)
4. You're The One (3:21)
5. Low Down Shakin' Chill (3:31)
6. Troublemaker (3:56)
7. Rainy Drive (2:58)
8. Use What You Got (3:56)
9. The Arsonist (2:19)
10. Don't Miss Your Train (3:02)
11. Highway Cruise (4:42)
12. I Don't Know (5:01)
13. Beale Street Boogie (3:10)

The range of styles included here - pretty much covers every blues form (except the country, bottle-neck variety) and handsomely showcases Arsen?s talents. His throaty yet smooth vocals particularly impress. His piercing, rapid-fire guitar runs a gamut of inflections from funk to jazz to CW, while never straying outside the borders of the blues itself. This CD also represents an evolution in his tone which now sports an unmistakable twanginess in both the upper and lower registry (check out the licks on track #4). Throughout, Arsen is ably supported by Bek Mamyshe on drums and Aslan Zhantuyev on bass. Arsen and his band spent over a decade honing their craft as bluesmen.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

Dangerous mc
Dangerous zippy

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Blues Cousins - Live At Sunbanks Blues Festival

Size: 150.1 MB
Time: 65:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full

1. Messing With The Kid [6:21]
2. No More Dogging [6:16]
3. Talk To Me [7:40]
4. Sweet Home Chicago [9:17]
5. Help Me [7:44]
6. Johnny B.Goode [7:21]
7. My Baby Is Coming Home [4:49]
8. Moscow Boogie [9:31]
9. Long Time Ago [6:29]

During what was their second trip to the USA, I was given the opportunity to record The Blues Cousins. This recording comes from the 2004 Sunbanks Blues Festival, their last outdoor festival performance before returning home to Russia. What you see here is one of their dreams come true. The Blues Cousins first CD recorded and produced in the United States of America. We hope you enjoy discovering The Blues Cousins and will agree that "These guys rock, really rock." _Dave Keefer.

Live At Sunbanks Blues Festival

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Blues Cousins - I Was Born In Georgia

Size: 112,1 MB
Time: 47:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Are You Feeling (3:58)
02. Too Late (4:28)
03. I Was Born In Georgia (5:26)
04. Let It Go Away (4:45)
05. Take My Hand (4:58)
06. It's Gonna Be You (4:32)
07. Lose You (4:14)
08. Open The Door (6:33)
09. Sweet Lady (4:02)
10. The Trouble (4:46)

The Best Blues Band In Moscow Russia!" That is what I was told when I saw them on the list of bands for the 2004 Kettle River Blues Festival. When they got up and played,
it all made sense. The crowd went nuts! The Cousins play a "turned up to the max" power trio version of the blues that rocks audiences from Europe to the USA. In their
13 years together, The Blues Cousins have been named the most popular blues band in Russia. In 2000 they were awarded "Best Band" among 57 bands at Blues Sur Seine
Festival in France. The band's leader, Levan Lomidze, has been officially named among the top 10 guitarists in Russia.

I Was Born In Georgia

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Blues Doctors - Copper Mountain Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:11
Size: 73.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:45] 1. From The Heart Of My Town
[3:31] 2. Are You With Me
[3:10] 3. Copper Mountain Blues
[4:35] 4. Voodoo Queen
[5:33] 5. Praying For Peace
[3:56] 6. Tell Me
[3:26] 7. Leave Me Alone (Feat. Sergey Voronov)
[4:12] 8. True To The Blues

Vladimir Demyanov - vox, guitars; Vladimir "Bob" Apanytcyn - bass guitar; Max Pletnev - drums. Based in Ekaterinburg (Russia), this electric blues band is one of the hottest blues acts in Russia now. Raw sound and full contact with the audience make every their gig a 100%, uncompromising blues show.

The group is well known to Russian blues fans, and also has their fans abroad. "I always liked and now I like the Yekaterinburg group of Blues Doctors. Its leader Volodya Demyanov is one of the most powerful blues people in our country. " ~ Sergey Voronov (Crossroads, Moscow) (Translated from Russian.)

Copper Mountain Blues mc
Copper Mountain Blues zippy

Friday, February 16, 2018

Ragtime - Heavy Steppin'

Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:09
Size: 141,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Please, Don't Drive Me Away (4:03)
2. Hard Way (5:17)
3. Boogie Boy (3:01)
4. Don't Answer The Door (7:36)
5. I Go Crazy (2:38)
6. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (7:11)
7. Hoochie Coochie Man (4:51)
8. Don't Burn Down That Bridge (4:58)
9. Heavy Steppin' (5:48)
10. Don't You Even Care (5:30)
11. Don't Waste My Time (5:30)
12. Angel (4:41)

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming! Not only the title of the 1966 comedy featuring Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner and Alan Arkin, it now stands for the country's latest export - the blues. One of the leading exponents of Russian blues is guitar player, singer and songwriter Arsen Shomakhov. Shomakhov fronts the blues band Ragtime, who are one of the leading acts on the Russian blues scene.

The blues band Ragtime (after the E.L. Doctorow novel) was formed in 1991, and the band first participated in the St Petersburg Neva Delta Blues Festival, which in 2001 led to a series of gigs at the best blues venues in Moscow. In April of 2002, the band released their debut album, "Heavy Steppin'", which led to gigs at venues such as the legendary B.B. King Club in Moscow.

The album received good press and has enjoyed international and national (Russian) airplay. In May of 2003 the band received an award at the All-Russia Spring 2003 Blues Festival in Moscow, and was invited to participate in early September 2003 in the first International Moscow Blues Festival.

Personnel: Arsen Shomakhov (guitar, vocals); Aslan Zhantuyev (bass); Sultanbek "Bek" Mamyshev (drums).

Heavy Steppin' mc
Heavy Steppin' zippy

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Heavy Lime - Domination Of Lazyness

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:32
Size: 120.3 MB
Styles: Blues rock, Rock'n'roll, Rockabilly
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Are You Ready To Dance
[2:34] 2. Little Rock 'n' Roll
[4:17] 3. Lady Sith
[3:47] 4. Domination Of Lazyness
[5:20] 5. Jazz-N-Bluse
[4:28] 6. Funky Music
[5:28] 7. It's Love
[3:02] 8. Lazy Men
[3:04] 9. Coffee Cigarettes N Whisky
[5:10] 10. Manyana
[4:59] 11. Long Way Home
[4:18] 12. What I Need
[1:58] 13. Moon

Heavy Lime is a union of five young and talented bluesmen from Russia who play blues rock and rockabilly. In fact, the genre they are passionate about is multiple, as thre's not single way they can express themselves. Heavy Lime create their own compositions and play covers of well-known blues, rock'n'roll and funk names. They also tend to experiment and combine various sounds along with classical black and white tradition.

Heavy Lime are really in love with what they do and seek to share their passion and joy of playing blues rock not only in Russia, but also worldwide.

Domination Of Lazyness mc
Domination Of Lazyness zippy

Monday, November 2, 2015

Bullfrog Brown - With Steve Lury

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:37
Size: 102.1 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:30] 1. Blues For Breakfast
[2:58] 2. Pumpkin Blues
[4:55] 3. Papa Wolf
[3:25] 4. Modern Times
[4:08] 5. Dust In The Groove
[2:37] 6. Narva Road Breakdown
[6:36] 7. Snake Girl Blues
[3:08] 8. Wicked Grin
[4:48] 9. Breakfast With Steve
[8:27] 10. 2400 Hours

Recorded in July 2008 and launched with a Finnish-Estonian tour in February 2009, this half live, half studio album teams Estonian vocalist Alar Kriisa, guitarist Andres Roots and bassist Peeter Piik with British harpist Steve Lury, mixing post-war Chicago and pre-war Delta blues influences in a way the Blues-Finland.com critic Auvo Laaksonen describes as "a real bullseye in the global world of music."

"More often than not, Bullfrog Brown is associated with the alt.blues scene, but unless you define alt.blues by a distinct lack of 15-minute guitar solos, it is unlikely for this CD to be filed under that category. Almost every time I've talked to Steve, we've ended up discussing Muddy Waters, & I think that kinda says it..." (excerpt from the liner notes)

With Steve Lury mc
With Steve Lury zippy

Friday, June 5, 2015

Crossroadz - Salado

Released: 2009
Size: 133.5 MB
Time: 58:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

1. Hang On Thru The Nite [5:21]
2. The Song [4:11]
3. All For Today [2:44]
4. Rock'n'Roll's My Prayer [5:04]
5. Come Home [3:52]
6. Berlin Blues [4:38]
7. Southern Woman [4:49]
8. Poor Man's Blues [3:59]
9. Wild Wild World [4:23]
10. Blue Angel [5:45]
11. In The Morning [3:50]
12. Save Me [5:06]
13. Ïðàâäà [4:24]

Thanks DaWolf for both these albums.

Salado

Voronofff - Irony

Released: 2001 ?
Size: 140.0 MB
Time: 61:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles:Blues, Rock
Art: Full

1. Don't Put Me Down [6:21]
2. Mimi ( Love ) [3:35]
3. We Were Meant To Be [4:21]
4. La Boheme [3:58]
5. Krimi [2:21]
6. So Many Places [5:29]
7. The Fire Inside [3:50]
8. Far Away [3:38]
9. Are You OK ? [5:31]
10. I Gotta Move On [5:07]
11. She's My Fate [5:05]
12. Center Of My World [3:40]
13. I Can Afford It [4:35]
14. Running [3:33]

CrossroadZ is probably one of the few local bands in demand abroad. Sergei Voronov famous team called "elite national rhythm and blues", "Russian blues world class", "Russian Hendrix Planta", "charisma Russian rock 'n' roll." Sergei Voronov known as the legendary Russian rock musician, who started his artistic career in the late 70s of the XX century. In the mid-80s, was a member of the Ravens "Flowers" Stas Namin, "CB", "Gallery", "Brigada S" Soviet-American project «Peace Child", as part of touring in Japan and the US, playing Joint concerts, jam sessions with Lou Reed, Little Steven and Peter Gabriel. In 1988, Sergei Voronov re-group "Blues League" along with Nikolai Arutyunov. During the tour, the team of New York met Raven famous guitarist of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards. The talented Russian rocker was invited to participate in recording a solo album titled guitarist «Talk is cheap" and received as a gift one of Richard's guitar Fender Stratocaster. During the spring of 1990 created the group Sergei Voronov CrossroadZ, which he named after the composition «Crossroad Blues» Robert Johnson . For three decades on stage under the leadership of the group Voronov unchanged, despite any economic crises, defaults, political wars and stuff. In addition, the group CrossroadZ, as always, in an underground, lives its own life, playing a "distant from the people," a non-profit music and to this day retains its reputation for quality. The group of thirty-year history in the background, during the years of his artistic career has played with the most famous artists of domestic and foreign music from "The Untouchables" to Gary Moore, today gives CrossroadZ successful concerts all over the world and takes part in the largest Russian and international blues festivals.

Irony


Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Arsen Shomakhov - 2 albums: Dynamic / On The Move

Arsen Shomakhov, known foremost as a virtuoso guitarist, exploded into the blues music scene in the early 2000s. His club tour to Moscow in 2002, managed by the Russian Blues Internet Community, received good press and was covered on a Jazz and Blues Program on Russian TV. His quick ascension from the provincial periphery to the top of the metropolitan blues scene resulted from his talent and skill honed in rehearsals and performances in Nalchik, Russia with his first band, ‘Ragtime’.

In January 2005, he made his way to the International Blues Challenge semi-finals held in Memphis, TN. The next year brought his debut album, released on Blues Leaf Records in the US. In October 2007, after competing at the Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival with other blues bands from around the US, Arsen was chosen as the winner in the “Emerging Artists” category!

Apart from his mastery of the guitar, Arsen is noteworthy for his vocals and songwriting. He feels good within the blues framework while exploring adjacent spheres, stylistically ranging from funk to rockabilly to hard-rock. As for the blues itself, some of his songs sound like they were composed in the Mississippi Delta a long time ago. Arsen’s interpretation of blues cover songs and old-time hits are not only dusted off and fresh, but pleasantly surprising in a most unusual way! He makes them his own.

Album: Dynamic
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:26
Size: 94.9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Groove On!
[4:46] 2. Mellow Down Easy
[4:20] 3. How'd You Learn To Shake It Like That
[3:30] 4. Dance With Me
[5:41] 5. Whiskey Drinking Woman
[5:10] 6. Can't Save A Dollar
[2:42] 7. Boogie Bounce
[2:42] 8. Shake Your Boogie Leg
[3:27] 9. Robert Nighthawk Stomp
[5:06] 10. Swamp Train

Dynamic mc
Dynamic zippy

Album: On The Move
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:14
Size: 89.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Joker
[3:52] 2. Something True Became A Lie
[2:30] 3. She Split
[4:49] 4. Sweeter Than Honey
[3:59] 5. Jenny Q
[4:36] 6. Big City Blues
[2:58] 7. Swingy
[2:46] 8. Hit And Run
[3:03] 9. Georgia Slop
[4:23] 10. When I Get Drunk
[3:25] 11. On The Move

On The Move mc
On The Move zippy

Monday, November 4, 2013

The Jumping Cats - On The Roof

Size: 126,0 MB
Time: 54:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Rockin' Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Thank You, Ronnie! (6:15)
02. Keep On Loving Me Baby (5:12)
03. Never Mind (4:28)
04. You Don't Love Me (5:15)
05. Born Under A Bad Sign (5:33)
06. Crocodile Goes For Porto (1:42)
07. Bad Case Of Love (2:24)
08. Waiting For A Call (5:39)
09. San-Ho-Zay (3:34)
10. New Orleans (3:27)
11. If I Had The Power (8:34)
12. Unlisted Blues (2:20)

Vladimir Rusinov & The Jumping Cats are hot blues band from Moscow/Russia. Band was formed in 2003 in Moscow by guitar player Vladimir Rusinov. Mikhail Belov (bass) and Ksenia Dubrovskaya (drums) form one of the best rhythm-sections in Russia. They add the right groove and swing to the sound of the band. The lineup of the band hasn’t changed since the day it was formed. Jumping Cats is a solid band that has proven that it can can rock small venues, as well as big open-air festival.

"The band sounds great, and guitar is especially good — great tone, hot licks, passion, understanding of the language of the Blues. Every time it plays a phrase, I can't wait for the next lick. Vladimir is world-class Blues guitarist." Bob Margolin

On The Roof