Son House proves his towering influence on the blues, pouring his raw voice, slide guitar, and candid storytelling into this visceral document of a legend still commanding the crowd and reaffirming the power of the Delta tradition. Recorded live at the Oberlin College, Ohio, 1965. UPC: 741869417027Label: Good TimeRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: CD
When five-time Grammy award winner Taj Mahal intersects with The Phantom Blues Band, it’s one of those rare joints that hits you before you even know you’ve been hit. They walk in, plug in, and the whole room shifts. Studio assassins, road lifers, groove keepers and somehow still hungry. They are an internationally renowned Two-Time Grammy Award winning group.Taj Mahal’s fearless, open-hearted spirit still shadows the whole thing with that genre-hopping joy. He leads you down the road with a history lesson and the Phantoms carry it with honor to the Griot. Mahal sings and plays harp as he fronts an all-star lineup of legendary musicians with the three ringleaders for the Phantoms--Johnny Lee Schell, the soulful gunslinger with tone for days, Tony Braunagel keeps the whole ship steered straight and on time, every time, and Larry Fulcher, the anchor, the heartbeat, the quiet storm on bass. Additionally, Jon Cleary, with that unmistakable New Orleans piano swagger, Mick Weaver, a session master who’s playing slides in with an undeniable velvet magic, and in the horn section, Joe Sublett on sax and Les Lovitt on trumpet bring the orchestration into the full view of this genre.This band doesn’t ‘back” anybody. They lift you up, carry you, and dare you to rise higher. On this record they slide through blues, soul, R&B, and island color with the ease of men who’ve lived every bit of it. This is deep-groove, grown-folks music from a band that still plays like the night is young.‘Time’ is their new release on Resonatin’ Records / Thirty Tigers and celebrates over thirty years of making this uplifting inspiring and aspiring music together.
Tracklist:
Life Of Love
Wild About My Lovin'
Crazy About A Jukebox
Time
You Put The Whammy On Me
Talkin' Blues
Sweet Lorene
Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But The Blues)
It's Your Voodoo Working
Rowdy Blues
UPC: 732388023288Label: Thirty TigersRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Vegas Jump
Steal Away
Big Beat
Danger Zone
Red Hot Baby
Albatross
Soul Shadows
Slide the Blues
Change Is Gonna Come
River of Blues
Supernatural
Lord's Prayer
UPC: 753389449037Label: MomojoRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: CD
Known as the dynamic, gospel church-bred, lap steel player fronting the Family Band, Robert Randolph establishes himself as a seasoned artist with his debut solo album, Preacher Kids, on Sun Records. Leaning further into a raw, gritty direction that showcases his unique ability to weave between rock, blues, Americana and soul. Produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker), the album was recorded between Sunset Sound Studios in LA and Zac Brown's Southern Ground Studios in Nashville.
Tracklist:
Big Women
7 Generations
Gravity
Like to Love You Baby
Choir Woman
Sinner
King Karma (Feat. Margo Price)
When Will the Love Rain Down (Feat. Judith Hill)
All Night Lover
Roosevelt Pool
UPC: 015047814626Label: Sun RecordsRelease Date: 6.27.25Format: CD
For Robin Trower, stage and studio are two sides of the same coin. If you've followed the seven-decade career of the award-winning British bluesman, you'll know every song on One Moment In Time: Live In The USA. But unless you've pushed your way to the front of his sell-out shows, you've never heard them like this before. "I'm a different player on the stage," considers the 80-year-old. "It's almost impossible to get to that point in the studio. It's the sound of the guitar, it's the volume, it's the crowd. For what I do, it takes one hundred per cent commitment for it to work. But if you do it well, it's life-affirming."
Tracklist:
The Razor's Edge
Too Rolling Stoned
Wither On The Vine
Somebody Calling
Distant Places Of The Heart
One Go Round
It's Too Late
Day Of The Eagle
Bridge Of Sighs
No More Worlds To Conquer
Daydream
Little Bit Of Sympathy
Rise Up Like The Sun
Birdsong
UPC: 8712725752127Label: ProvogueRelease Date: 2.6.26Format: CD
2024 release. Blues singer-songwriter and five-time GRAMMY nominee Ruthie Foster shines bright on Mileage, her tenth studio album offering. Reflecting on journeys both professional and personal, Ruthie brings her soul to the surface with the help of producer Tyler Bryant (The Shakedown). The pair grew in creative partnership from conversations that turned into songs like "Rainbow," "Heartshine," and more, celebrating Ruthie's career as a Black woman and LGBTQ+ artist.
Tracklist:
Mileage
Rainbow
Good For My Soul
Heartshine
Slow Down
Six Mile Water
That's All Right
Done
Take It Easy
See You When I See You [Live]
UPC: 015047810635Label: Sun RecordsRelease Date: 8.23.24Format: CD
At the tender age of 22, Samantha Fish is already hot property on the live music scene in and around her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Runaway is full of sharp-edged, riff-driven, smoky late-night blues!
Tracklist:
Down In The Swamp
Runaway
Today's My Day
Money To Burn
Leavin' Kind
Otherside Of The Bottle
Soft And Slow
Push Comes To Shove
Louisiana Rain
Feelin' Alright
UPC: 710347116929Label: RufRelease Date: 7.12.11Format: CD
Rolling Stone calls award-winning Florida musician Selwyn Birchwood "a remarkable, contemporary bluesman... a powerhouse young guitarist and soulful vocalist." Now, this mesmerizing guitarist, lap steel master and cinematic songwriter unleashes the powerful new album Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues, further blazing his own musical trail. Birchwood's sound is an intoxicating mix of deep blues, blistering, psychedelic-tinged rock, booty-shaking funk and sweet Southern soul, played and sung with true blues passion. From an emotionally devastating whisper to a soul-baring scream, Birchwood's vocals command attention. Schooled in the blues' storied traditions (he toured with and was mentored by the famed Sonny Rhodes), Birchwood maps out a dazzling future for the blues with his visionary music. Selwyn Birchwood is one of the hardest-touring artists on the Alligator roster, and will support the new release with shows throughout the U.S. He's no stranger to European stages either, with plenty of tours there under his belt, and having just completed over a month's worth of European dates, 27 shows in all, with 24 taking place in France, three in Belgium and one in Czechia.
Tracklist:
The Eagle Has Landed
The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues
Damaged Goods
All Hail the Algorithm
Labour of Love
Should've Never Gotten Out of Bed
What I've Been Accused of
Talking Heads
Soulmate
The Struggle Is Real
UPC: 014551502920Label: Alligator RecordsRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
After three decades on the blues circuit, Stacy Mitchhart delivers his most compelling release to date with No Rhyme or Reason. Produced by multiple GRAMMYr Award winner Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, George Thorogood), the album captures Mitchhart at his most confident-pairing soulful vocals, searing guitar work, and finely crafted songwriting. Recorded largely on Nashville's historic Music Row, the album features special guest appearances from Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Neal, and Charlie Musselwhite. Four singles anchor the release, including the edgy "Bad As You," the bold, groove-driven "Good One Time," and the New Orleans-flavored "Mean Bad Wrong" featuring Kenny Neal. The duet "Sure Looks Good To Me," co-written with Hambridge and Richard Fleming, features GRAMMYr winner Gretchen Wilson.
Tracklist:
Good One Time
Bad As You (4:05)
You Sure Look Good to Me - Featuring Gretchen Wilson
Once You Leave
Flip It to the Other Side - Featuring Charlie Musselwhite
We Blew It
It's a Long Way Down
Ain't No Rhyme or Reason
Mean Bad Wrong- Featuring Kenny Neal
Never Gonna Get Me Back
She's Just Right for Me
On My Dying
UPC: 085218129422Label: Dr. Sam RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo', two generations of American blues masters, reunite to release their second album together, Room On The Porch, following their GRAMMY Award winning album, TajMo (2017). This historic collaboration between two blues giants, converges their extraordinary talents for an album of original songs and covers. In this 10-song set, the title track features award winning singer-songwriter Ruby Amanfu. Available on vinyl, CD and digitally.
Tracklist:
Room on the Porch ft. Ruby Amanfu (4:05)
My Darling My Dear (3:58)
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (3:42)
She Keeps Me Movin’ (4:01)
Make Up Your Mind (4:40)
Thicker Than Mud (4:38)
Junkyard Dog (4:20)
Blues’ll Give You Back Your Soul (4:47)
Better Than Ever ft. Wendy Moten (5:03)
Rough Time Blues (4:31)
UPC: 888072678002Label: Concord RecordsRelease Date: 5.23.25Format: CD
Tracklist:
We Are Almost Down to the Shore (Fight on)
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
See Me When You Can
What's That I Smell
If the Blues Was Money
Deep Sea Diver
I Belong to the Band
Highway 61
Everything I Got Is Done in Pawn
UPC: 823800290323Label: Yellow Dog RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Great artists take the pulse of their times. In his half-century as a street-level social observer and scaldingly honest songwriter, blues-rock's resilient icon Walter Trout has never told his fans what to think, how to feel, where to stand politically, or what to scrawl on their protest placards. But in an era when his home nation - and the wider world - is ripping at the seams over the battlelines of modern life, the iconic US bluesman's hard-rocking new album, Sign Of The Times, is the primal scream and pressure valve we all desperately need. "I wanted to convey the anger and angst going on in the world," explains the 74-year-old. "For me, writing these songs is therapy. They're not just about what's happening out there, but how it affects you in your head. Sign Of The Times just became the obvious title."
Tracklist:
Artificial
Blood on My Pillow
Sign of the Times
Mona Lisa Smile
Hurt No More
No Strings Attached
I Remember
Hightech Woman
Too Bad
1
Struggle to Believe
UPC: 8712725750475Label: ProvogueRelease Date: 9.5.25Format: CD
Tracklist:
It Keeps Raining
Bogey Man
Trouble in My Home
Times Are Getting Hard
Worry Blues
I Don't Know
I'm Mad
Night Latch
You're a Fool
Monday Woman
I Got to Go
Cruisin'
Would You, Baby
Late Again
Poison Ivy
Say Man
Come on Baby
Wow! I Feel So Good
Seventh Son
Lucinda
Knock on Wood
Got to Let You Go
I Gotta Go Now
Michell
I Don't Know
I Got to Have Her
Got to Have Some
Why Did It Happen to Me
Fannie Mae
Mean Mistreater
Early One Morning
Got to Have It
Beggar or Bandit
Life Could Be Miserable
I'm Tired
Lonely Blues
Willie's Blues
He Lied
Someday You Gotta Pay
Why Did It Happen to Me
I'm Mad at You
I Love My Baby
UPC: 824046359027Label: AcrobatRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: CD
Gillingham, England - The Zac Schulze Gang is excited to announce the upcoming release of Straight to It on September 26, 2025, via Ruf Records. Straight To It is a fitting title for the Zac Schulze Gang's debut studio album: the trio doesn't mess around with niceties, preferring to play the kind of blues-infused rock'n'roll that grabs your throat and doesn't let go. There's no doubt that their frontman, guitarist Zac Schulze, is a world-class shredder, playing with precision, speed, and passion, but the focus of the trio isn't his solos. The Zac Schulze Gang is an undeniable gang, a group unified by a flinty sensibility that adds an electrifying charge to their rock'n'roll. Zac Schulze rides the thunder generated by the rhythm section of his drummer brother Ben and bassist Ant Greenwell, the three combining to create a massive roar, all without losing sight of their songs. The blend of melody and muscle gives Straight To It a visceral kick. Branching away from the blues that provided the trio their initial inspiration, the Zac Schulze Gang opens the album with "The Rocker, " whose breathless hooks almost feel like a rallying call, and sustain that energy through the blitzkrieg rush of "High Roller." This hard edge is complemented by the bright power-pop of "Angeline" and "Betterland, " an alt-rock anthem that soars toward the skies. Even with these softer touches, the Zac Schulze Gang retains a rough-and-tumble attitude, evoking the slash-and-burn menace of Dr. Feelgood and the fiery humanity of Rory Gallagher."High Roller" finds Zac channeling the slash-and-burn style of Feelgood's guitarist Wilko Johnson, but it was Gallagher that inspired him to form his gang. During the early days of the Coronavirus Pandemic, he discovered footage of the Irish blues legend playing "Bullfrog Blues" on YouTube. Astounded, he brought the clip to Ben, who was also struck by the raw passion captured in the performance. By that point, the brothers were already part of the music scene centered in their hometown of Gillingham, Medway, Kent, in South England, playing a variety of styles as they cycled through different bands. Cutting their teeth on the DIY punk circuit that ran through Europe and the UK, Ben, Ant, and Zac became enamored of the idea of wielding that modern energy within the context of blues. After two years of gigging and woodshedding, the trio got their big break, fittingly enough, at Rory Gallagher's Tribute Festival in 2022, playing a set that helped push them into the thick of the UK Blues scene. Soon, the Zac Schulze Gang established a reputation as road warriors. By the middle of the decade, they played upwards of 250 gigs a year, touring throughout Europe and the UK, sometimes playing clubs, sometimes snagging prestigious gigs like opening for Eddie 9V, Samantha Fish, or a slot on Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival in Los Angeles in 2023. All this hard work, combined with the 2023 EP Made of Three and 2024's Live and Loud, helped the band win the Best Emerging Blues Band at the UK Blues Awards in 2024. The following year, the UK Blues Awards named the group as Young Artist of the Year. Produced by longtime associate Ian Sadler, Straight to It finds the Zac Schulze Gang poised to break out of Britain's blues scene. They remain dedicated to amplifying tradition-witness "I Won't Do This Anymore, " a high-octane houserocker graced with greasy harmonica from Nigel Feist-but the record is proof that the trio are hardly revivalists pining for yesteryear: they're a dynamic, aggressive outfit that exists entirely in the now, making some of the most exciting rock'n'roll around.
Tracklist:
The Rocker
I Won't Do This Anymore
High Roller
Betterland
Runnin Dry
Angeline
Damaged Man
Back Again
Turning to Stone
Keep It Things Change
UPC: 710347132929Label: RufRelease Date: 1.23.26Format: CD
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