Blues

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“Oscar Buddy Woods was the pioneer of lap steel bottleneck blues guitar. This was recorded in New Orleans for Decca on March 21 1936. He was a Louisiana street singer known as the Lone Wolf and this was his signature tune.” MORE

This is truly terrific stuff. If you love UK blues with a USA professionalism then I can’t recommend this highly enough. Click HERE for useful further information and a review I really agree with. I got mine very cheaply HERE but prices are now rising fast! Neil McCauley

Brilliant blues artist Eric Bibb carries the experiences of performing with Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Tommy Sims (Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Clarkson, Eric Clapton), of touring with Ray Charles, John Mayal and Robert Cray. Bibb received honors twice for “Acoustic Album of the Year” at the Blues Music Awards (2006 & 2008). Best yet, he keeps growing and developing, as […]

We are told: Gary Moore’s Blues and Beyond, a remarkable collection of his powerful and emotive blues studio recordings. Blues and Beyond is released on double CD, 4 LP and as a box set, which includes unreleased live recordings and the official Gary Moore biography I Can’t Wait Until Tomorrow written by Harry Shapiro. Best […]

John Clarke writes: Back when the Rolling Stones were proud to be the voice of revolt and Mick Jagger was as far away from his knighthood as Zayn Malik is from a seat in the House of Lords, they were, very occasionally, modest, not to say humble. A couple  years after cutting their eponymous first […]

Legacy Recordings UK & Sony CMG are celebrating the groundbreaking and unique Taj Mahal with a major catalog reissue project beginning with the release of the newly-curated The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973, an extraordinary two-disc collection of previously unreleased studio and live performances. A two-disc sonic portrait chronicling the early stirrings of Taj […]

He came up under the shadow of giants like Muddy Waters, but carved his own career building a bridge between the Delta roots of the blues and its re-discovery by the youth of the 60s. These records are that bridge. Lord Have Mercy! Young man leaves impoverished home, heads out to seek fame and fortune, […]

From our archives ….. “Michael Messer recently toured the UK with Louisiana Red  – “A collaboration of two great musicians from totally different backgrounds, brought together through a passion for playing blues slide guitar and many years of mutual admiration for each others’ work”. I had the privilege of interviewing Michael on tour at Bury […]

This release presents some of the best recordings made by the electrifying Howlin’ Wolf, one of the greatest characters in blues history. All of the tracks included here are studio recordings with excellent sound quality, and showcase Howlin’ Wolf both as a singer and playing harmonica and guitar. • The three complete original albums contained […]

Blues in Britain magazine writes: What started your career as a radio presenter? Twenty-five years at Radio 2, twenty-six if you count the three pilot programmes that I did in 1985. That was a holiday relief for Dave Gelly who was doing a jazz programme. Because I was subbing for Dave, who makes Bob Harris […]

Remastered and expanded reissues of the CLIMAX BLUESBAND catalogue, including this newly remastered edition of“FM LIVE”, originally released in 1973. Formed in Staffordin 1968 by Colin Cooper, the band (originally known as theCLIMAX CHICAGO BLUES BAND) recorded their sixth albumin New York City at the Academy of Music with a line up ofCOLIN COOPER (Vocals, […]

We are told: Incredible performance, live at My Father’s Place, Roslyn, New York The entire original WLIR-FM broadcast Professionally re-mastered with background liners and rare archival photos. Elvin Bishop, live at My Father’s Place, Roslyn, New York on 23rd November 1979. Blues, rock’n’roll, country, and soul were all on the program when Elvin Bishop played […]

Adele, Katy Perry and Bon Iver all love her songs, but she never wanted to be a pop star. Bonnie Raitt talks to Rob Hughes about her five decades in music. MORE

Mike Bloomfield was one of the great and unique artists of our era. Considered by millions to be America’s answer to Eric Clapton, his effect on both musicians and public alike has been no less. A master guitarist, arranger and writer, Bloomfield has the honor of being responsible for turning many millions of white American […]

Live In Concert 1979 Parr Meadows Long Island There have been quite a few high profile events to commemorate the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival, but one of the most interesting occurred when many of the original musicians who had performed at Woodstock converged in Long Island’s Parr Meadows to celebrate the 10th anniversary. Unlike later […]

Early Fleetwood Mac from 1970, plus 4 tracks from 1969 by the pre-Mac Christine Perfect Band. This is a mixture of studio and live tracks concentrating on the post-Peter Green Fleetwood Mac with Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan