With an internationally-acclaimed career that spans career spans nearly 25 years, 10 Blues Music Awards, and a Grammy nomination, Danielle Nicole has turned the blues into a launchpad for a broader, bolder sound. That sound reaches a new height with her fourth solo record, Fireflies. Recorded with producer Tony Braunagel in Nicole's hometown of Kansas City, it's not just a record about roots - it's about the growth that occurs when reflection, resilience, and real artistry all combine. From nostalgic tracks like "Take Me Back" (featuring North Mississippi Allstars' Luther Dickinson) to empowered anthems like "Gaslight" and "Tug of War," Fireflies burns bright, deepening Danielle Nicole's exploration into soul, R&B, and the rich tapestry of American roots music.
Tracklist:
Radical Love
Take Me Back
Memories
Soul Side
Gaslight
Piper
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Chameleon
Tug of War
Dreams
Fireflies
UPC: 8721562700017Label: Forty BelowRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: Vinyl
Breaking new ground, it seems, is an Elder Ward hallmark and Already Made - which focuses on Ward front and center - is no exception. But like Elizabeth King's critically-acclaimed Living In The Last Days, it's a direct outgrowth of D-Vine's heyday. Bible and Tire's Bruce Watson was transferring Shipp's tape archive for an ambitious D-Vine Spirituals reissue project when he asked Shipp how many of the artists from his old label were still around and active. Aside from King, Elder Jack Ward was one of the first he named. King's Living In The Last Days was the first result of that conversation; now Ward's Already Made takes it's rightful place as the second. Produced by Watson and Sacred Soul Sound Section leader Will Sexton at Memphis's Delta-Sonic Sound Studio, the ten song program features the warmly-recorded winning ingredients that are becoming a trademark of Bible and Tire's patented Sacred Soul sound, from Ward's spirited vocals to the crack studio band laying down the grooves behind him. UPC: 854255000168Label: Bible & Tire Rec CoRelease Date: 8.20.21Format: Vinyl
Blues-rock legend Joe Bonamassa is back with a brand-new studio album, Time Clocks - produced by Kevin Shirley and recorded in NYC in March of 2021. Bonamassa introduces elements of prog and hard rock to intensify his signature blues-rock style. Joe's co-writers on this record include Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake), James House and Tom Hambridge who help elevate the storytelling to a whole new level.
Tracklist:
Pilgrimage
Notches
The Heart That Never Waits
Time Clocks
Questions and Answers
Mind's Eye
Curtain Call
The Loyal Kind
Hanging on a Loser
Known Unknowns
UPC: 711574920716Label: J&r AdventuresRelease Date: 12.17.21Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Tipitina
Rum and Coca-Cola
Big Chief
Mean Ol' World
How Long Has That Train Been Gone
Stompin' with Fess
Whole Lotta Loving
Bald Head
Everyday I Have the Blues
Hey Now Baby
Her Mind Is Gone
Lovely Lady
UPC: 616430289283Label: 501 Record Club LlcRelease Date: 9.10.21Format: Vinyl
Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music from two Piedmont blues masters who have inspired them all their lives: GET ON BOARD: THE SONGS OF SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE.With Taj Mahal on vocals, harmonica, guitar, and piano and Cooder on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and banjo-joined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bass-the duo recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee, who they both first heard as teenagers in California.TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER - GET ON BOARD
Tracklist:
My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door
The Midnight Special
Hooray Hooray
Deep Sea Diver
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
What a Beautiful City
Pawn Shop Blues
Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses
Packing Up Getting Ready to Go
I Shall Not Be Moved
UPC: 075597913552Label: NonesuchRelease Date: 4.22.22Format: Vinyl
Recorded by Dan Auerbach at Easy Eye Sound studio, Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues From Easy Eye Sound) spans the diverse blues spectrum, a payment of respect and admiration for the musicians carrying this American tradition into this century and beyond. Includes new recordings from Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys, RL Boyce, Gabe Carter, Robert Finley, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Moonrisers, Nat Myers, Glenn Schwartz feat. Joe Walsh, and Leo "Bud" Welch.
Tracklist:
RL Boyce - Coal Black Mattie
Robert Finley - Tell Everybody
Moonrisers - Tall Shadow
Dan Auerbach - Every Chance I Get (I Want You in the Flesh)
Jimmy ""Duck"" Holmes - Catfish Blues (Mono)
Gabe Carter - Anything You Need
Nat Myers - Willow Witchin'
Leo Bud Welch - Don't Let the Devil Ride (Mono)
The Black Keys - No Lovin'
Glenn Schwartz - Daughter of Zion (Featuring Joe Walsh)
Gabe Carter - Buffalo Road
Glenn Schwartz - Collinwood Fire
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 888072518339Label: Easy Eye SoundRelease Date: 8.11.23Format: Vinyl
Forty Below Records releases Weight of the World, the new album by award-winning Blues and Roots musician Joe Louis Walker. A Blues Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Blues Music Award winner, NPR described Walker as "a legendary boundary-pushing icon of modern blues." His 2015 release, Everyone Wants a Piece, was nominated for the Contemporary Blues Grammy. In addition, Walker dueted with B.B. King on his Grammy Award-winning Blues Summit album and played guitar on James Cotton's Grammy-winning album Deep in the Blues. Recorded with Producer Eric Corne (John Mayall, Walter Trout, Sugaray Rayford), Weight of the World showcases the depth of Walker's influences and the prowess with which he commands different genres; be it Soul, "The Weight of the World," "Is it a Matter of Time," "Don't Walk Out That Door," Gospel, "Hello, it's the Blues," Funk, "Count Your Chickens," New Orleans 2nd line, "Waking Up the Dead," Indie Blues "Root Down," Rock N Roll, "Blue Mirror," Contemporary Blues, "Bed of Roses," or Jazz, "You Got Me Whipped."It's a compelling album that displays a master at the height of his game. They say Roots musicians age like fine wine, which certainly rings true with Walker. Weight of the World is a resounding statement and quite possibly the beginning of the greatest chapter of a storied career.
Tracklist:
The Weight of the World
Is It a Matter of Time?
Hello, It's the Blues
Waking Up the Dead
Don't Walk Out That Door
Count Your Chickens
Blue Mirror
Root Down
Bed of Roses
You Got Me Whipped
UPC: 762183711523Label: Forty BelowRelease Date: 2.17.23Format: Vinyl
I Be Trying might be the title of the new record from two-time GRAMMY nominee Cedric Burnside, but it’s also a mission statement in an era when plenty of us have discovered what “the blues” really means. Recorded over three days at Royal Studios in Memphis (the home studio of Al Green and Hi Records in the 60s and 70s), this album is the ultimate statement of purpose for a critically acclaimed artist who has proudly carried the mantle of Mississippi Hill Country blues around the world.
Over thirteen tracks, Burnside delivers his bruised but unfettered truth over blistering guitar and deep pocket drums—a sound birthed in his soul but developed and perfected on the road. But no matter how far he travels, the righteous sound he makes could only come from one place. I Be Trying is the sound of modern Mississippi.
Produced by second-generation Memphis soul trailblazer Boo Mitchell (“Uptown Funk”) and featuring guest appearances from Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) and Zac Cockrell (Brittany Howard), I Be Trying takes the sound that Burnside learned from his grandfather, blues legend R.L. Burnside, and reinterprets it into a modern, bold Black American sound that expands the sonic landscape while respecting and honoring its roots.
Tracklist:
The World Can Be So Cold
Step in
I Be Trying
You Really Love Me
Love Is the Key
Keep on Pushing
Gotta Look Out
Pretty Flowers
What Makes Me Think
Bird Without a Feather
Hands Off That Girl
Get Down
Love You Forever
UPC: 723592757731Label: Single Lock RecordsRelease Date: 7.23.21Format: Vinyl
Blues music is revered for its timelessness. The best blues–no matter how old sounds as fresh and visceral today as it did when first recorded. The high-energy electric blues trio GA-20 –guitarist Matt Stubbs, guitarist/vocalist Pat Faherty, and drummer Tim Carman –know this well. The band’s dynamic self-penned songs sound and feel as fresh and real as the old blues they love and perform, including songs by Otis Rush, J.B. Lenoir, Howlin ’Wolf, Junior Wells and especially their favorite, Hound Dog Taylor.Legendary six-fingered Chicago bluesman Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor always knew how he wanted to be remembered, declaring, “When I die they’ll say, ‘he couldn’t play shit, but he sure made it sound good!’” His first full length recording in 1971 was also the first album on now world-famous Alligator Records, Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers. In fact, label president Bruce Iglauer founded Alligator for the sole purpose of recording and releasing that album. Now, Colemine Records–working in partnership with Alligator Records–will release GA-20’s new full-length album, Try It...You Might Like It! GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor, featuring 10 songs written or performed by the Chicago blues legend. From the fiery first single and album opener “She’s Gone” to the blistering “Sadie” to the all-time Hound Dog classic “Give Me Back My Wig”, GA-20 deliver one electrifying track after another. As a follow-up to their Billboard-chart-topping Lonely Soul LP, a full worldwide tour will accompany this release, surely to galvanize the blues scene around GA-20!
Tracklist:
She's Gone
Let's Get Funky
Sitting at Home Alone
Phillips Goes Bananas
It's Alright
Give Me Back My Wig
It Hurts Me Too
See Me in the Evening
Sadie
Hawaiian Boogie
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 674862655809Label: Karma ChiefRelease Date: 8.20.21Format: Vinyl
"With incendiary guitar chops and raw, powerful vocals, fiery Texas blues rocker Carolyn Wonderland draws instant comparisons to fellow Texans Stevie Ray Vaughan and Janis Joplin." ::: Blistering guitarist, fire-breathing singer and gifted songwriter releases an exuberant and astonishing collection of songs, deeply rooted, yet fired by a rocker's sensibility. The Houston, Texas native just left blues great John Mayall's Blues Breakers as first female lead guitarist in a band whose previous lead players include Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Peter Green. Tempting Fate was produced by Dave Alvin, with guest appearances by Alvin, Marcia Ball and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. The tracks pit brilliant originals with revelatory versions of songs by Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, John Mayall and Billy Joe Shaver.
Tracklist:
Fragile Peace and Certain War
Texas Girl and Her Boots
Broken Hearted Blues
Fortunate Few
Crack in the Wall
The Laws Must Change
Honey Bee
On My Feet Again
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Loser
UPC: 014551500711Label: Alligator RecordsRelease Date: 1.7.22Format: Vinyl
Robert Finley's Black Bayou takes listeners on a journey through the haunting, mystical landscapes of Louisiana while sharing deeply personal stories. From the slow-burning funk of "What Goes Around (Comes Around)" to the upbeat and groovy "Sneakin' Around," each track on this album showcases Finley's exceptional tone and vocal versatility. Produced by Dan Auerbach, every note on this album is a testament to Finley's musical prowess and his unwavering commitment to soul, R&B, and the blues.
Tracklist:
Livin’ Out A Suitcase
Sneakin’ Around
Miss Kitty
Waste Of Time
Can’t Blame Me For Trying
Gospel Blues
Nobody Wants To Be Lonely
What Goes Around (Comes Around)
Lucky Day
You Got It (And I Need It)
Alligator Bait
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 888072541245Label: Easy Eye SoundRelease Date: 10.27.23Format: Vinyl
Acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman’s stunning Blue Note debut where are we is one of his most compelling albums to date. It’s a musical journey across the United States of America that also marks Redman’s first-ever vocal album with the dynamic young singer Gabrielle Cavassa featured throughout along with a brilliant band comprised of pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Brian Blade.
Tracklist:
After Minneapolis (face toward mo[u]rning)
Streets of Philadelphia
Chicago Blues
Baltimore
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Manhattan
My Heart in San Francisco (Holiday)
That’s New England
Alabama (intro)
Stars Fell on Alabama
Alabama
Where Are You?
UPC: 602455253019Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 9.15.23Format: Vinyl
Indie Exclusive - Blues Hall of Fame vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon teams up with guitar hero Robben Ford at Hollywood’s famed Troubadour in March of 1972. This never-before-released radio broadcast performance features nine tracks, including three Witherspoon originals plus classic songs from Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Lieber & Stoller. This is one of the earliest recordings of Ford’s extraordinary career, starting back in 1970 with Charlie Musselwhite and Witherspoon before joining Tom Scott’s L.A. Express. He went on to shred with Steely Dan, Kiss, Yellow Jackets, Miles Davis and lead on 25 of his own albums This limited-edition vinyl release will be pressed on cobalt blue vinyl exclusive to Record Store Day. *** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 810177216322Release Date: 9.26.25Format: Vinyl
Ghost Hounds have solidified their place as main stays in the Americana roots and Blues rock world with their new album, Justified. This album explores the depths of human emotion and is masterfully delivered by lead singer SAVNT's sultry vocals and backed by worldclass musicianship. Rolling Stone magazine lists title track "Justified" as a Song You Need to Know. UPC: 884400724182Label: Maple House RecordsRelease Date: 11.20.26Format: Vinyl
Recording This Album-was a sheer joy as all the musicians here go back decades to different cross-configurations and bands. I recorded the 2023 CD ""True Believer"" prior with Watson, Welsh, Roy and Wes. I'd recorded two Golden State Lone Star records in 2013 and 2015 that included Wes, Anson and Charlie. The Anson/ Junior combo made perfect sense as a continuation of a unique pairing of two guitars, as did Baty/ Funderburgh combo. Kid Andersen's Greaseland Studio was the site of all of these recordings since 2008 with spectacular results. I hope you enjoy it.
Tracklist:
Black Nights
Jugglin’
Real Good Woman
Road Dog
Got To Find My Baby
Why Did It Happen
Say You Will
You Are Right
Gypsy In My Soul
UPC: 666449288999Label: RockinitisRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: Vinyl
As far back as she can remember, Sari Schorr has been on the run. From the discovery of her smoke 'n' honey battle cry, through her baptism of fire in the Bronx blues clubs, onto backup vocals for giants like Joe Louis Walker and Popa Chubby - before finding her own voice with the solo career that exploded in 2016 - the award-winning New York singer-songwriter's road-scuffed leather boots have barely touched the ground. Now, Schorr releases Running Wild: the highly anticipated third album whose songs pulse with empowerment in dark times. ""It's about defiance, self-discovery, reflection, resilience and freedom,"" she says. ""I want these songs to lift people above the grind.""
Tracklist:
A1Mr. In The Middle
A2Running Wild
A3Monday Morning
A4Man On Fire
A5Cool Hand Rider
B1Elevate
B2Call It Freedom
B3Better Day
B4Afterglow
B5Finding My Way
UPC: 8712725753643Label: ProvogueRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
New Orleans guitarist Eric Johanson has never been interested inchoosing between the raw emotional pull of the blues and the freedomto take it somewhere stranger, heavier, and entirely his own. On TheOpen Bayou, Johanson pushes that instinct further than ever. Thickguitar tones, hypnotic rhythms, and the volatile chemistry of a livepower trio collide across an album that feels rooted and untamed atonce-drawing from the blues without allowing tradition to define it'slimits. The album's first single, ""Shake the Fever,"" is built around amassive fuzz riff that hits like an asteroid, offering the firstglimpse into the record's physical, psychedelic world.
Tracklist:
Till the Sun Swallows the Earth
Shake the Fever
Mercy and Madness
Alligator Smile
The Open Bayou
Still I Move
Lay Your Trouble
Back Down in New Orleans
Castaway
What Makes You Real
UPC: 630428445222Label: Levee Ward RecordsRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: Vinyl
Texas blues-rock at it's finest, featuring gritty vocals, driving grooves, and the band's signature blend of blues and rockabilly. UPC: 5065023660261Label: Last Music CompanyRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: Vinyl
A contemporary blues album performed by Chineke! Orchestra, narrated by Morgan Freeman, and conducted by Martin Gellner, who created all the new arrangements for this project. Recorded between the world-class recording studios: Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and Abbey Road, this album weaves together powerful cinematic storytelling with live blues and orchestral performances, collaborating with Grammy Award-winning producers, and blues performers. Producers include Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, a Grammy Award-winning engineer, producer, composer, award-winning movie producer, and owner of Royal Studios in Memphis. He received the 2016 Record of the Year Grammy for “Uptown Funk” and was instrumental in producing the Academy Award-winning soundtrack, Sinners. Performers on this album include the Ground Zero Blues Club Band, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ and Shemekia Copeland.
Tracklist:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Crossroads
Death Letter Blues
Dust My Broom
The Thrill Is Gone
Cadillac Assembly Line
Somebody's Knockin'
Traveling Riverside Blues
I'll Take You There
Love Me Or Leave Me
Someday
I Lied To You
UPC: 028948723409Label: DeccaRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: Vinyl
Originally released in 1957, After School Session is Chuck Berry's groundbreaking debut album and a cornerstone of rock and roll history. Featuring classics such as "School Day," "Too Much Monkey Business," and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," the album captures Berry's revolutionary blend of rhythm and blues, country influences, and innovative guitar work that helped shape popular music for generations.
Tracklist:
School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)
Deep Feeling
Too Much Monkey Business
Wee Wee Hours
Roly Poly
No Money Down
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Berry Pickin'
Together (We'll Always Be)
Havana Moon
Downbound Train
Drifting Heart
UPC: 199957734448Label: ChessRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: Vinyl
Originally released in 1969, Koko Taylor introduced audiences to one of the most commanding voices in electric Chicago blues. Backed by gritty instrumentation and anchored by Taylor's unmistakable vocals, the album includes the signature intensity and soulfulness that earned her the title "Queen of the Blues." This Chess Acoustic Sounds Series edition highlights a landmark release from a true blues icon.
Tracklist:
Love You Like A Woman
I Love A Lover Like You
Don't Mess With The Messer
I Don't Care Who Knows
Wang Dang Doodle
I'm A Little Mixed Up
Nitty Gritty
Fire
Whatever I Am You Made Me
Twenty-Nine Ways (To My Baby's Door)
Insane Asylum
Yes It's Good For You
UPC: 199957924306Label: ChessRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: Vinyl
"Live in Boston" is a collaborative live album by G. Love & Special Sauce and Donavon Frankenreiter. The 14-track albums recorded live at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA in 2023 captures their acoustic and bluesy beach-rock performances on tour.
Tracklist:
Soulbque
Whatcha Know
Heading Home
She's the Rock
Free
Guitar Man feat. Nat Myers
Cold Beverage
It Don't Matter
Byron Jam
Them Blues
Baby's Got Sauce
Peace Love and Happiness
Rainbow
Swing on Down
UPC: 760851477665Label: Regime Music GroupRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
Gyasi does something unexpected with ""Songs From The Holler""-he trades his signature high-voltage rock n' roll for the humble sounds of home. Born and raised in the rugged hills of a West Virginia holler, Gyasi returns to his roots and the solitary mountains of his youth, celebrating the music he first encountered as a child by recording a vibrant folk-blues album. Nearly captured in the wild with just two microphones, the songs on ""Songs From The Holler"" feel authentic and heartfelt. The album blends familiar classics and forgotten gems with four original tracks, highlighting Gyasi's tasteful guitar work and his genuine connection to this music. ""Songs From The Holler"" is an artful oddity whose sounds will carry you back to a world long past.
Tracklist:
Preachin'
Motherless Child
Poor Boy
How Long
Man from the Mountain
Black Dog
C'mon Baby
Drop Down Mama
Dance of the Three Rivers
Hello Central
Banana in Your Fruit Basket
Police Dog
Clog Dance
Kindhearted Woman
UPC: 095081024311Label: Alive RecordsRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: Vinyl
For two decades, Pokey LaFarge has walked his own effortlessly cool road as an exceptionally iconoclastic troubadour - forthright, genuine, and markedly keen to put it all out there. Rent Money now sees him pushing forward yet again in what can be safely declared his finest collection to date, both as an heartfelt expression of personal experience and as no-nonsense social commentary. With it's twanging guitars, plucky rhythms, and undeniably captivating melodies, the album soars and swings, it's joyous refrains belying the inescapable undercurrent of constant worry and angst that permeates these troubled times. As always, the Illinois native deftly traverses the genre boundaries, seamlessly integrating the myriad strains of 20th-century American music with a freewheeling command of earnest songcraft, inspired performance, and subversive creativity. Rent Money stands tall as an indisputable high-water mark for Pokey LaFarge - a defining collection from a one-of-a-kind artist of rare ingenuity and uncommon candor, now as ever, determinedly crafting a sure-footed brand of deeply human music all his own.
Tracklist:
The Thing - Pokey Lafarge
My Baby Loves Me - Pokey Lafarge
Hambone - Pokey Lafarge
Rent Money - Pokey Lafarge
Stick Together - Pokey Lafarge
Work - Pokey Lafarge
Stranger - Pokey Lafarge
Can't Take It with You - Pokey Lafarge
Told You No - Pokey Lafarge
Big Boss Man - Pokey Lafarge
On and on - Pokey Lafarge
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 3701828400702Label: Diggers FactoryRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: Vinyl
For two decades, Pokey LaFarge has walked his own effortlessly cool road as an exceptionally iconoclastic troubadour - forthright, genuine, and markedly keen to put it all out there. Rent Money now sees him pushing forward yet again in what can be safely declared his finest collection to date, both as an heartfelt expression of personal experience and as no-nonsense social commentary. With it's twanging guitars, plucky rhythms, and undeniably captivating melodies, the album soars and swings, it's joyous refrains belying the inescapable undercurrent of constant worry and angst that permeates these troubled times. As always, the Illinois native deftly traverses the genre boundaries, seamlessly integrating the myriad strains of 20th-century American music with a freewheeling command of earnest songcraft, inspired performance, and subversive creativity. Rent Money stands tall as an indisputable high-water mark for Pokey LaFarge - a defining collection from a one-of-a-kind artist of rare ingenuity and uncommon candor, now as ever, determinedly crafting a sure-footed brand of deeply human music all his own.
Tracklist:
The Thing - Pokey Lafarge
My Baby Loves Me - Pokey Lafarge
Hambone - Pokey Lafarge
Rent Money - Pokey Lafarge
Stick Together - Pokey Lafarge
Work - Pokey Lafarge
Stranger - Pokey Lafarge
Can't Take It with You - Pokey Lafarge
Told You No - Pokey Lafarge
Big Boss Man - Pokey Lafarge
On and on - Pokey Lafarge
UPC: 3760434487705Label: Diggers FactoryRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: Vinyl