Chase The Sun - 2009 - Rednecks & Gentlemen [320]

Chase The Sun is one Australian band with roots in the blues scene who are letting their love of rock and roll fully hang out, infusing their take on the blues with loud guitar, blazing hard funk and a cranking 70’s southern rock feel. Rednecks & Gentlemen is Chase The Sun’s second album, and it features lashings of blues-inspired rock. It’s raw, low-down and dirty, full of effortless swagger and stagger and very, very good.

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L.A. Blues Authority Vol.5 - 1994 - Cream Of The Crop [256]

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L.A. Blues Authority Vol.4 - 1994 - Fit For A. King [192]

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L.A. Blues Authority Vol.2 - 1992 - Glenn Hughes - Blues [192]

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Shannon Curfman - 2007 - Fast Lane Addiction [192]

Scorching blues guitar and gritty female vocals from a wunderkind who sounds like the younger sister of Jonny Lang. But Lang would probably feel a little heat from the competition.

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Andrew 'Jr. Boy' Jones - 2006 - 'Jr. Boy' Live [192]

Capturing the fire of Texas's living legend bluesman Andrew "Jr Boy" Jones. Jr Boy Live is Andrew's first live CD that makes you feel like your at the show.

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Jim Campilongo & The 10 Gallon Cats - 2000 - Heavy [256]

Rooted in a blend of classic country, jazz and whatever else he invents, Jim and his Telecaster ride way past the cowboy sunset and into their own musical genre. The emotional, soulful and often tender guitar of Campilongo surrounds intoxicating compositions that twist and turn through a myriad of styles. His tone is clean then gritty, jazzy then twangy. In 'How's It Goin'? Not Much' he and Joe Goldmark's slinky pedal steel shift between tempos in a swinging musical dialogue that is simply amazing. The arrangements and playing of Jim and the 10 Gallon Cats are beyond compare. This is an outstanding record from one of the finest guitar players on the planet. Intelligent, intense and fun, Heavy weaves a unique tapestry of melody that will captivate any music aficionado. Call it what you will, Country - Americana - Jazz - Rock or Blues, it's Heavy.

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Jack Semple - 2001 - Jack Semple Band Live At Kaos [VBR]

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Jack Semple - 1994 - Sneakin' Suspicion [224]

Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, Saskatchewan. He started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands, and later relocated to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns, a popular funk and rhythm and blues band. He left the band after approximately two years and returned to Regina to pursue a solo career and to spend more time with his family. After his move back to Regina, Semple contributed to television and music scores and appeared in the title role of Guitarman, a 1994 television movie. Semple also commenced a solo recording career that has resulted in the release of eight albums. In 1992, Semple came to national prominence through winning the MuchMusic "Guitar Wars" contest.

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Jim Campilongo - 2006 - Heaven Is Creepy [VBR]

Guitarist Jim Campilongo is no more a jazz artist and no less eclectic than Norah Jones, his bandmate in their Little Willies side project. Like virtuosi as different from each other as Chet Atkins, Jeff Beck, and Pat Metheny--each of whom Campilongo's music occasionally recalls--he's more concerned with tone, timbre, and space than with show-off runs of hot-licks speed. With his rhythm section almost subliminal, supporting the guitarist rather than pushing him, the trio's music is primarily instrumental, though vocalist Martha Wainwright provides a timewarp turn with her tremulous vocal on Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer," while Jones cuts to the heart of "Cry Me a River". As the name of the album suggests, Campilongo has a knack for the quirky, catchy title, and as Chuck Berry once praised, "He can play the guitar just like ringing a bell" .

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Jim Campilongo - 2003 - American Hips [VBR]

Billboard Magazine calls Jim Campilongo, "an American treasure", an accolade this guitarist's artistry and influential career has richly earned him. With nine albums of original material and guest appearances on dozens of recordings; from the Bammie-winner's contribution on Cake's million-selling "Prolonging the Magic" to (most recently) doing lead guitar duties with Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson and The Little Willies, his band with Norah Jones, He's also had repeat appearances on David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and been interviewed on many major radio shows. Campilongo is also a published guitar teacher and contributing editor for Guitar Player Magazine. Campilongo's virtuosity and originality has inspired a generation of guitar players. His songwriting uses a palette of the best in Blues, Country, Jazz and Rock with a sensitivity and wit that has also earned him the broad fan base most instrumental guitarist never enjoy.

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Greg Serrato - 2005 - Live At The Coach House [320]

Blazing guitar with the touch of the blues guitar masters. This is a live cd featuring Serrato's finest original songs along with smokin' versions of cover songs.

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Waters, Winter & Cotton - 2007 - Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down [320]

Muddy Waters had his second coming 30 years ago, when longtime friend and disciple Johnny Winter and his Blue Sky label returned him--after a series of listless recordings aimed at the rock audience--to the raw, powerful authenticity of his timeless Chess material with a series of powerful albums. Beginning with 1977's acclaimed Hard Again, a subsequent tour produced Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live, recorded onstage in Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia with Muddy's band, Winter, and harmonica player/vocalist James Cotton. Enough live material remained for Legacy to release an expanded version with an entire second disc of unissued concert material. It seems even that wasn't the end. This collection returns again to those remarkable concerts, featuring Muddy on five tracks, among them a rousing "I Can't Be Satisfied," "Trouble No More," "Caledonia," and the closing "Got My Mojo Workin'." Winter and Cotton are no less powerful, Cotton redoing Jackie Brenston's hit "Rocket '88'" and Winter ripping up John Lee Hooker's "I Done Got Over It" and "Mama Talk to Your Daughter."

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Buddaheads - 1996 - Play Hard [320]

"Play Hard", Buddahead's third full length album, was released in Japan by Kaigan Records.

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Angela Strehli Band - 2001 - Live From Rancho Nicasio [320]

The Angela Strehli Band Live From Rancho Nicasio,” recorded at Rancho Nicasio, historic roadhouse and family restaurant run by her husband, Bob Brown.

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Robson Fernandes Blues Band - 2009 - Cool [320]

New from the Brazilian harp master! 'Cool' is Robson's best work yet, with 10 of the 12 songs written by Robson and covers by Little Walter and Smiley Lewis.

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The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Live From London 1985 (Audio & Video)

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Eric Gales - 2008 - The Story Of My Life [320]

From the very beginning, The Story Of My Life is a roller-coaster ride of bent-strings and machinegun notes...only the pace of the individual song is in question, as Gales approaches each song with a scattergun assault of solo flurries and rhythmic hurricanes. Featuring the guitarist's trademark blend of traditional blues and soulful, Memphis-flavored, psychedelic-tinged blues-rock, The Story Of My Life offers up a wealth of red-hot guitarplay that will singe the ear-hair right off your head.

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Eric Gales - 2007 - The Psychedelic Underground [VBR]

Eric Gales offers up another hard rockin' bluesy slice of music again.If you love your guitar loud and blues/rockin' you won't be dissapointed here.

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Eric Gales - 2006 - Crystal Vision [320]

A unique amalgam of styles, Eric Gales stands head and shoulders among other guitarists in his genre. "Crystal Vision" takes the next logical step in Eric's career, further establishing him as one of the rare musical talents of his generation. A guitarists' guitarist, Gales lays down some extremely impressive chops in a hard-edged progressive blues rock context.

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Jerry McCain - 1998 - Retrospectives [320]

When Jerry McCain re-emerged on Ichiban in 1989 after many years of not doing nearly enough recording, followers of the Alabama native were delighted to see him back in the studio again. This 1998 CD (which spans 1989-1993) points to the fact that while his Ichiban output may not have been in a class with his great Excello recordings of the 1950s, he could still blow a mean harp and make us laugh with his funny, insightful storytelling. "Brand New Mojo" and "Spoiled Rotten to the Bone" are excellent examples of how witty he can be, and on "Sue Somebody," he takes an amusing jab at Americans who file frivolous lawsuits. Many of the selections have an urban blues outlook, although "Lucy Pearl," "Strut Your Stuff" and "I've Got the Blues All Over Me" are pure Louisiana-style swamp blues. Close your eyes while listening to these tunes, and it's easy to pretend you're in the steamy Louisiana bayous. Although not quite essential, Retrospectives paints an enjoyable picture of McCain as he sounded when he was in his late 50s and early 60s.

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Too Slim & The Taildraggers - 2003 - Tales Of Sin And Redemption [320]

Wicked West Coast wildman Tim 'Too Slim' Langford has once again regrouped his Taildraggers for another recording in their long-running career. Full of sass, swagger and sex appeal, this release is one of their most energetic albums to date. It boasts eleven newly penned songs by Too Slim himself, with the added vocal harmonies of Dave Nordstrom. Sin and Redemption is simply blues with heroic guitars and a potent injection of contemporary grooves. The lyrics paint the real life of the blues - the road, the women, the parties and the pain.

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Lance Lopez - 2010 - Salvation From Sundown [320]

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Eddie C. Campbell - 1988 - Mind Trouble [256]

Happily, Eddie C. Campbell returned to Chicago after spending a decade entrenched in Europe. His shimmering West Side-styled guitar playing and unusually introspective songwriting have been a breath of fresh air on the Windy City circuit, reuniting the veteran bluesman with fans he left behind in 1984.

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Papa George - 2000 - Being Free...Ain't No Crime [VBR]

Digging back into the roots of blues, Papa George plays acoustic blues on National Steel guitars (bottleneck/slide) setting contemporary lyrics to an earthier, older blues sound. His solo acoustic album, "Being Free…ain't no crime", is a fine example of how one man and one guitar can communicate so much in so many different ways. Papa George is a constant working musician with his band and as a solo musician. Over 26 years he has been writing, performing and touring in the UK, Scandinavia, Europe, USA and Colombia.

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Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers - 2003 - True Stories [256]

After 2002's We Got It, his tribute to soul singer Eddie Hinton, Thackery returns to mostly original material. He acquits himself with the capability of a veteran bluesman; everything here sounds crisp and clean, and the songs are uniformly excellent. Blues-rock isn't a genre known for subtlety and texture, but Thackery's music offers both, whether he's kicking things off with a bang on "Got It Going On," mellowing out with "Blues Man on a Saturday Night," or stomping ahead on "Being Alone." "I Think I Hear the Rain" is as sad and sweet as can be, but then he tightens things up with the likes of "Puttin' Out Fires" and "Dancin' with the Dawg." Like the best musicians, Thackery lets his music do a large share of the storytelling.

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Antsy McClain - 2007 - Trailercana [320]

Alt-country bandleader, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Antsy McClain is a funny guy, as you might guess from the title of this, his second album. While his tongue is firmly in cheek most of the time, don't expect him to make fun of trailer park life or rednecks in general. He was born and raised in a Kentucky trailer park and his homespun humor isn't scathing or self-effacing. Trailercana laughs with, not at, the folks who live in Middle America, and the Trailer Park Troubadours are crackerjack musicians who can pull off a cowboy jazz tune, a Tex-Mex waltz, or a funky R&B rocker with equal aplomb.

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Oli Brown - 2010 - Heads I Win Tails You Lose [320]

Heads I win, Tails You Lose features that unique Oli Brown sound; clean guitar, great riffs and a vocal honed by two years of touring that squeezes every emotion from the lyrics. The album shows the quality of Oli’s song writing with stunning tracks like Evil Soul and Speechless, yet he refuses to shy away from adapting his own favourite classics such as Fever and No Diggity. This album was produced by the legendary Mike Vernon, who was keen to come out of retirement to work with the talented Oli after hearing his debut CD.

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Kilborn Alley Blues Band - 2010 - Better Off Now [320]

The Kilborn Alley Blues Band has graduated from the underground and is providing listeners a graduate course in real Chicago blues on their third Blue Bella CD, Better Off Now. KABB has thrilled listeners over the years, combining youthful energy with veteran understanding of the traditions and nuances of pure Chicago blues. Their first two Blue Bella releases were nominated for Blues Music Awards, and Better Off Now makes the case that the third time should be the charm. What's more, the band recently won the 2009 Blues Blast 'Sean Costello Rising Star Award' during the all-star blues gala ceremony at Buddy Guy's Legends last October. These guys dish up back-alley blues, anguished soul ballads, and churning R&B workouts, comfortably playing all of them because unlike so many of their peers, they comprehend the inexorable connections between each genre and make them their own.

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Richard Ray Farrell & The Spanish Band - 2009 - Camino De Sanlucar [VBR]

A powerful blend of progressive blues and blues/rock with hints of funk, jazz and flamenco.

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Ben Harper & Relentless7 - 2010 - Live From The Montreal International Jazz Festival [VBR]

Urgent. Infectious. Energized. That's how Ben Harper And Relentless7 have been characterized and this CD have captured their blistering artistry in the summer of 2009. The songs from White Lies For Dark Times sound off with both the vast musical depth and experience of Harper, while commanding the pure urgency and intensity of a new band fighting for its life.

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Joe Krown - 2003 - New Orleans Piano Rolls [VBR]

New Orleans Piano Rolls documents what is referred to as traditional New Orleans piano music. It is a good representation of what you might hear when you see Krown play solo piano performances. He is attempting to carry on the tradition of the great New Orleans piano styles, beginning with ragtime and continuing into boogie woogie and stride, all in the style of modern pianists, such as Professor Longhair, Dr. John and James Booker.

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Scott McKeon - 2010 - Trouble [VBR]

Scott McKeon first picked up a guitar at the age of four and has devoted himself to the mastery of his craft ever since. He has already generated praise as a rapidly emerging guitar talent. His 2007 debut album Cant Take No More received wide acclaim and earned the artist an opening slot for Eric Clapton, John Mayer and Sheryl Crow at the prestigious Hard Rock Calling in Londons Hyde Park. Trouble features 12 new songs and contributions from Robbie McIntosh, renowned British guitarist and former member of The Pretenders. The album also features vocals from David Ryan Harris from John Mayers band.

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Willie Pooch & Cadillac Zack - 2003 - The Blues Do Something To Me [320]

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Ian Moore - 2004 - Luminaria [192]

Ian Moore's sixth album - the first for the North Carolina indie Yep Roc - cements the singer/songwriter's slow detachment from his blues-rocking roots. Although the Texas-bred guitarist's self-titled 1993 debut earned comparisons to the work of the then recently deceased Stevie Ray Vaughan, Moore has been moving away from the blues ever since. In fact, the contemplative, slow-building songs on Luminaria sound basically like Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot minus the noise interludes: country-tinged folk-rock songs given imaginative, occasionally dissonant arrangements. Not all of the songs are that adventurous, but there's not a duff track on Luminaria, and the songs are so varied and interesting that this is Ian Moore's best album by some distance.

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Ian Moore - 1994 - Live From Austin [192]

Encouraged by his parents, Ian Moore took up the violin at age six, moving to guitar nine years later. The Austin-based blues-rocker's early influences included the Beatles, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder and Sly & the Family Stone. Moore gained experience touring as a guitarist with Joe Ely; this led the way to a solo tour opening for the Rolling Stones and ZZ Top. He then signed with Capricorn; three records followed from 1993-95: Ian Moore, Live from Austin EP and Modernday Folklore.

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Wolf Mail - 2005 - Solid Ground [VBR]

If ever there were a blues/rock artist for the world, it is Canadian born and California based guitarist Wolf Mail. Mail, who began his world tour in his teens with Ted Nugent, continues today as he travels throughout North America, Europe, and currently Australia in support of his debut solo release "Solid Ground". This is a very well named CD, as Mail's work is indeed consistently solid from start to finish in every category. His vocals also unique sounding, and the sum product of all of this is a sound that is both somewhat familiar and yet very much original. Mail, like the excellent Australian guitarist Mal Eastick, is a very polished player, and his work tends to demonstrate more of the "beauty" side of blues/rock guitar, as opposed the "beast" so prominent in more aggressive styles.

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Jesse Winchester - 2009 - Love Filling Station [VBR]

Love Filling Station, Winchester's Appleseed debut and his first studio CD in a decade, offers nine characteristically top-flight originals among its dozen songs. It also highlights Jesse as a graceful, soulful vocalist, as memorable a singer as a songwriter. His light southern tenor drawl, warmly wrapped in country/bluegrass/folk arrangements, can gently ascend to the heavens a la Roy Orbison, as in the lovestruck wonderment of "O What a Thrill" (already covered by The Mavericks), dish some sly, wry dirt ("It's a Shame About Him") and even capture the sublime hush of Ben E. King's classic "Stand By Me," one of the CD's three covers. The lightly rocking "Wear Me Out," another original, mixes a mock-plaintive vocal of sexual exhaustion with a funky, gospel-tinged call-and-response as the great bluegrass solo artist and sideman Jerry Douglas threads carnal lap steel guitar licks throughout the song.

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Jeff Beck - 2010 - Emotion & Commotion [VBR]

For his first studio album in seven years, Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Beck returns with an eclectic mix of tracks that find the guitar virtuoso accompanied by a handpicked cast of talented musicians, as well as several songs accompanied by a 64-piece orchestra. Beck recorded Emotion & Commotion late last year at Sarm Studios in London with award-winning producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn. To create the album s diverse sound, Beck used a number of musicians, including appearances by frequent collaborators Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Jason Rebello (keyboards), and Tal Wilkenfeld (bass). The album also includes contributions from a trio of singers: Imelda May ('Lilac Wine'), Olivia Safe ('Elegy For Dunkirk'), and Grammy-winner Joss Stone ('I Put A Spell On You' and 'There s No Other Me').

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Kenny Neal - 1992 - Bayou Blood [320]

The multitalented Kenny Neal offers up a real treat with Bayou Blood, which features mostly original songs seasoned with a very few covers. Neal's guitar work is excellent and his smoky voice is a pleasure, but it's his harp playing that really shines, especially on "Howling at the Moon" and "Big City Ways." There's plenty of variety, from the fast-paced shuffle of "Right Train, Wrong Track" to the slower, attitudinal "Gonna Put You out of My Misery" to the smooth "Smoke Signals." "That Knife Don't Cut No More," "Do I Have to Go That Far?" and the title track are especially memorable, and a tasty cover of "You Ain't Foolin' Me" closes this album with style.

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Tutu Jones - 2005 - Live [320]

Live is genuine Texas blues and Jones’ fourth release featuring ten tracks; a couple of originals, and covers from Bobby Bland, Smokey Robinson, ‘Little’ Milton and Elmore James. That bone chilling organ is Ronnie Bramhall on a Hammond B-3. Tutu plays a Fender Telecaster, Don Landry on drum and Wes Stephenson on bass.

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Tutu Jones - 2009 - Inside Out [VBR]

This CD not only features Tutu Jones soulful voice, and hot Texas Blues guitar & his drum chops. Also the legendary "Memphis Horns", Linny Nance on Keyboards, Brent Nance on drums and Kevin Vaughn on bass.

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Mighty Mo Rodgers - 2009 - Dispatches From The Moon [320]

The father of nu bluez confirms his standing as a genius and a precursor with this new release, the fourth chapter of an unprecedented odyssey through the poetic meanderings of the blue note. Mo has taken refuge on the moon this time; in his own iconoclastic way, he's sending us musical dispatches dealing with the often sad, sometimes happy, state of our world. The blues équivalent of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, no less!

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Bap Kennedy - 2009 - Howl On [128]

Howl On the fourth solo studio album by Bap Kennedy, was released on August 3, 2009 on Kennedy's new label, Lonely Street Discs. Excluding a cover of "Hey Joe", all songs on the album were written by Kennedy. This is the first album he has written and recorded in his native Northern Ireland. This album features songs that were inspired by Kennedy's childhood memories of growing up with the influence of the popular American music rock icons Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix and the country music of Hank Williams.

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Melvin Sparks - 1995 - Texas Twister & '75 [320]

Like many soul-jazz musicians, Melvin Sparks moved into funkier directions as the mid-'70s approached, whether out of pressure from marketing trends, a desire to explore that area, or both. Two of his albums from this era, 1973's Texas Twister and 1975's '75, were combined into one disc for this CD reissue. As funk-influenced soul-jazz efforts go, 1973's Texas Twister is a decent one, though not innovative or tremendously exciting. Working as the leader of three different configurations of musicians varying in size from a trio to a ten-piece, Sparks wrote about half of the material and took all the guitar solos, though Ron Miller also played guitar on three tracks.

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Clifton Chenier - 1976 - Frenchin' The Boogie [320]

Clifton Chenier, the king of zydeco, is heard in prime form on this release from 1976. Since Chenier's first language was French and some of his top fans were from France, many of the selections on this set have his French lyrics to familiar songs. It is quite interesting hearing such numbers as "Let the Good Times Roll," "I've Got a Woman," and "Everyday I Have the Blues" sung in French. Chenier's band, which used a few substitutes for this studio set, is top-notch with the pianist-organist being Stanley Durell, Jr., the future "Buckwheat Zydeco." The music has plenty of blues, rock & roll feeling, and the passion of R&B, all mixed together to form zydeco. While many of the selections are fairly brief, each number features a solid groove and plenty of spirit.

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Al Rapone - 1990 - Zydeco To Go [VBR]

The brother of zydeco's renowned Queen Ida, accordionist and guitarist Al Rapone was not only a driving force behind the success of his sister but also a noted solo performer. Born Al Lewis in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1936, he first picked up the accordion at age 13, and following the family's relocation to California he was regularly performing live throughout the West Coast by the early 1950s. Within a few years, Rapone also began playing guitar, quickly becoming a noted sideman on the San Francisco blues circuit, where he backed the likes of Big Mama Thornton, Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Jimmy Reed; while in college, he studied composing, producing and arranging, and after graduation formed a group with his sister. However, as Queen Ida soon settled down to raise a family, Rapone assembled a new unit, the Bon Ton Zydeco Band, and over time forged a unique sound combing his distinctive guitar leads with zydeco accordion and country music rhythms. Ida began sitting in with the group during the mid-1970s, and as her career blossomed, the Bon Ton Zydeco Band mutated to become her permanent backing band; Rapone served not only as his sister's ace sideman but also as her producer and arranger, helming her 1982 Grammy-winner Queen Ida and the Bon Ton Zydeco Band on Tour, as well as composing one of her best-loved songs, "Frisco Zydeco." Soon afterwards, Rapone left the group to again pursue a solo career, enjoying his greatest success in Germany, where he recorded efforts including 1982's Cajun Creole Music and 1984's C'est La Vie; upon returning Stateside, he settled in New Orleans, issuing Zydeco to Go in 1990.

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Charlie A'Court - 2006 - Bring On The Storm [VBR]

The follow-up studio release from acclaimed Canadian diamond in the rough, Charlie A'Court. The new recording dives deep into emotional ties to chronic pain, depression, helplessly in love and life on the road.

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Lamont Cranston Band - 1999 - Tiger In Your Tank [128]

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Lamont Cranston Band - 1976 - Lamont Cranston Band [128]

The Lamont Cranston Band (sometimes known as The Lamont Cranston Blues Band) is a blues band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was founded in 1969 by brothers Pat and Larry Hayes, and continues today with Pat as the band's frontman. "Excuse Moi, Mon Cheri," written by Larry hayes, was recorded by The Blues Brothers and released as the B-side of their Soul Man single. In 1981 the band broke into the Billboard charts with their biggest hit, "Upper Mississippi Shakedown."

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