John Campbell - Howlin Mercy

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1993
Time: 55:33 
Size: 127,3 MB 
Label: Elektra / Warner
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Ain't Afraid Of Midnight - 5:15
 2. When The Levee Breaks - 6:14
 3. Down In The Hole - 4:55
 4. Look What Love Can Do - 5:09
 5. Saddle Up My Pony - 7:16
 6. Firin' Line - 5:39
 7. Love's Name - 4:17
 8. Written In Stone - 5:15
 9. Wiseblood - 5:14
10. Wolf Among The Lambs - 6:14

Slide guitarist and songwriter John Campbell was a man driven. Before his untimely death, he had pulled out all the stops to play a music that was full of mystery, pathos, dark energy, and plenty of rock & roll strut 'n' growl; it could be frightening in its intensity. Howlin' Mercy was the last of two recordings for Elektra, and is by far the heavier of the two. As displayed by its opening track, "Ain't Afraid of Midnight," Campbell was a considerable slide guitarist who owed his skill to the bluesmen like Lightnin' Hopkins (from his home state of Texas), Fred McDowell, and a few others. His solos are wrangling, loose, and shambolic; they are undeniably dark and heavy. They cut with elegance across the rhythms and melodies in his songs. This is followed by a version of "When the Levee Breaks" that is a direct counter to and traditional reclamation of the Led Zep version and places it back firmly in the blues canon. As evidenced by "Saddle Up My Pony," Campbell was equally skilled at transmuting the Delta blues and framing them in a very modern context without taking anything away from their chilling, spare power and poetry. And in the modern rock and blues idiom, he was a master, as evidenced by the stomp and roll of "Firin' Line"; "Written in Stone"; and the epic, swamp blues cum overdriven scorcher "Wolf Among the Lambs." This final moment is perhaps Campbell's greatest on record in that it embodies all of his strengths and reveals none of them to be contradictions. Campbell was living and playing in New York at the end of his life, and that city's conflicting energies are reflected in his playing and writing. They needed each other, it seems, and if ever there were a Delta blues record that visited the Texas roadhouse and settled on the streetcorners of NYC, this is it. Awesome.

Howlin' Mercy

John Campbell - One Believer

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1991
Time: 50:20 
Size: 115,3 MB 
Label: Elektra / Warner
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Devil In My Closet - 6:01
 2. Angel Of Sorrow - 4:16
 3. Wild Streak - 5:01
 4. Couldn't Do Nothin' - 3:48
 5. Tiny Coffin - 4:44
 6. World Of Trouble - 6:09
 7. Voodoo Edge - 4:09
 8. Person To Person - 3:49
 9. Take Me Down - 6:45
10. One Believer - 5:33

The Elektra debut by the late bluesman John Campbell is a curious affair in more than one respect-despite it's obvious excellence and original voice. The first is that he was signed at all. Clearly in 1990 when Campbell signed his deal, record company executives were still interested inn finding new and original talent and developing them over a period of time. One Believer was outside of virtually every trend on major labels and in pop at the time. Other than Chris Whitley's Living with the Law, it was the only roots record issued on a major label in 1991. The other thing is that One Believer is an oddity even for Campbell. It's a deeply atmospheric record full of subtle shimmering organs and warm guitar textures that accent the dreamy spooky side of the blues more than the crunchy stomp and roll that Campbell was known for in the clubs -- and displayed on his follow-up Howlin' Mercy. Tracks like "Angel of Sorrow," "World of Trouble," and "Wild Streak" offer shimmering ambient textures from which the blues emanate from the ether, tonally and melodically challenging all acceptable notions of what Texas blues should sound like -- but then, Mr. Campbell was living and working in New York and his music was certainly influenced by that late-night environment. These are beautiful songs, tempered in shadow and restraint while baring their teeth at all the right moments. Other places the roadhouse magic comes out of the closet as on "Couldn't Do Nothin'," "Devil In My Closet," and "Person to Person. On "Voodoo Edge," the slowhand blues meets a crisscross New Orleans second-line backbeat a la Dr. John and comes up with chunky honky-tonk piano and shakers to give the piece an "I Walk on Gilded Splinters feel, extending Campbell's sound over a deeper, darker shade of roots music. This in underlined by the album's last two tracks -- "Take Me Down" and the title track -- which are menacing in their conviction and creepy swampy in execution. This is a fine, fine debut that remains in print.

One Believer

Roy Rogers - Slide Zone

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1994
Time: 44:32 
Size: 103,4 MB 
Label: Liberty 
Styles: Blues/Electric Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Get back in line - 4:23
 2. Spent money - 2:38
 3. House of blue dreams - 4:20
 4. Lover's moon - 4:30
 5. Livin' on a borrowed time - 3:49
 6. Ode to the delta - 4:24
 7. Not fade away - 3:07
 8. Slide zone - 4:44
 9. Lookin' up at the downside - 2:41
10. Rough house - 3:58
11. Still a long ways to go - 4:03
12. Off the cuff - 1:47

Roy Rogers is somewhat of a rarity in contemporary blues; he's not only a monstrous guitar player, but is also possessed of a distinctive singing voice. In addition, he differentiates himself from the Chicago-style hordes by concentrating primarily on Delta-influenced slide guitar. By no means simply a revivalist, however, he's managed to take the best of Son House and create a unique style that is much more than the sum of its influences. Often sounding like the swamp-bred offspring of Ry Cooder and the Allman Brothers, Rogers (along with bassist Steve Evans and drummer Mike Hyman) opens the album with a pair of furiously funky, syncopated stompers. From there, he explores a myriad of roots styles, moving from moody instrumental jazz to hyper-speed rockabilly to Béla Fleck banjo duets with equal facility. Like Duane Allman, Rogers uses the slide to play real melodies, not tired old Lightnin' Hopkins licks, and his versatility with the technique is nothing short of astonishing. Overall, though, his greatest strengths lie not in his chops nor in his commitment to authenticity, but in his sincerity; it's obvious in every note that the guy really loves this music, whether it's actually blues or not. Strangely, though (especially since he's a white boy from California), Roy Rogers often sounds more "bluesy" than contemporaries like Keb Mo and Alvin Youngblood Hart.

Slide Zone

Pamela Lillard - Lill's Blues Revue

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 48:30 
Size: 111,1 MB 
Label: 3230026 Records DK
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shakin' Blues - 2:30
 2. Koko Taylor - 2:59
 3. My Babe - 2:51
 4. Richland Woman Blues - 4:07
 5. Neon Mama - 2:23
 6. Baby What U Want Me To Do - 2:57
 7. Pouring Rain - 4:45
 8. Big Boss Man - 4:26
 9. Trouble - 3:45
10. My Man Got Drunk - 3:19
11. Love Me Like A Man - 2:50
12. Rock Me Baby - 3:22
13. Beloved Mentor - 4:47
14. Midnight Special - 3:21

Pam Lillard is a real artist. Her soulful voice is an old friend, the kind that greets you like it’s been years, when it’s only been a day or two. Passion for life, love and, most importantly, music is what you’ll find in her songs. Enjoy!

Lill's Blues Revue

The Cold Stares - A Cold Wet Night and a Howling Wind

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 43:11 
Size: 99,0 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Jesus Brother James - 3:18
 2. Parchment Farm - 2:36
 3. The Third Degree - 3:22
 4. Carousel - 3:35
 5. Black Angel - 2:46
 6. If6was9 - 2:54
 7. Ngs4U - 3:44
 8. Oh Well - 2:28
 9. Ingrid Pitt - 2:56
10. High Fever Dying Blues - 3:27
11. Strong Man - 5:09
12. Release You - 2:56
13. Red Letter Blues - 3:54

A Cold Wet Night and a Howling Wind is the  album from The Cold Stares. From Nashville, TN this duo has recently been recognized as one of Amazon’s top 100 best selling MP3 albums and Hard Rock Cafe’s Battle of the Bands. The duo consists of guitarist and bassist Chris Tapp and drums and percussionist, Brian Mullins. Tapp says the band’s name came from the Black Crowes song “Stare It Cold.” The duo mashed up and recreated older classics including Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well,” Hendrix’s “IF6WA9,” and Blues Cheer’s “Parchment Farm.” “(Livin Lovin) Parchment Farm” is a mash up of Zepplin’s “Livin Loving Maid” and Blues Cheer’s “Parchment Farm.” The Cold Stares used a specific riff from “Livin Loving Maid.” The Cold Stares took Hendrix’s song, “IF6WAS9” and mashed it with a Band of Gypsy’s riff. It’s very psychedelic. The album’s single, “Red Letter Blues,” is inspired by The Scarlet Letter. The middle of this song has an eastern sound that comes through via guitar and tambourine building up to an explosive chorus. This album has a lot of religious connotations thrown into it. It mixes older songs (even films and stories) with a new flare. Chris recently won his battle with cancer and the band is celebrating by booking new gigs.

A Cold Wet Night and a Howling Wind

Aryan King - Juliet

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 24:09 
Size: 55,4 MB 
Label: United Records Co
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. What About - 4:44
 2. Morning Coffee - 4:29
 3. She's Gone - 4:13
 4. When I'm Gone - 4:38
 5. The Letter - 6:04

Juliet is the debut studio album released by singer Aryan King, released on November 5, 2021. The first single from the album, “What About” was released on November 4 2019. The album also includes the singles “Morning Coffee” , “When I’m Gone”, “She’s Gone” and “The Letter”. Unlike the single version of “What About”, the album version doesn’t feature back vocal on the bridge section. Aryan King gathered group of musicians such as Igor Agrich, Sergey Yuzvik, Antonio Romero, Hector Ruano, Andrey Chmut, Margarita Chernova and producer Jeff Jacobs to finish this album. In November, Aryan King released a 5-song EP, influenced by artists such as Gary Moore, Bonamassa, Mayer, and Ray Lamontagne. 

Juliet
 

Fast Nasties - Jukebox Marmalade

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 47:19 
Size: 108,5 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Modern Electric Blues/Funk/ Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Unfuckwithable - 2:44
 2. The Eagle Flies on Friday - 3:47
 3. Don't. - 3:45
 4. I Wanna Do Bad Things to You - 4:41
 5. Cocaine - 2:54
 6. The Sun Is Coming Up - 4:56
 7. Turn Me Loose - 3:59
 8. Whatever. Cool. - 4:12
 9. Max's Yard - 3:11
10. Saturday Night (Goddamn Right!) - 4:39
11. A Reason to Smile - 3:24
12. Where You Are - 5:02

Fast Nasties are a Seattle based progressive blues band formed in 2014 by Eric Martin and Andreas Laursen. Described as 'Motown meets Led Zeppelin', our music pulls from a kaleidoscope of genres filtered through the spirit of the Blues.
"We like to call our music 'Progressive Blues,'" says guitarist Andreas Laursen. "It's a re-imagining of roots music beyond expected 12-bar standard of the blues. It's built on blues roots, but the style we've developed uses that as a base for something much more melodically uninhibited."
"Our aim," adds lead singer Eric Martin, "is to show that blues (as the purists know it) can coexist within the same composition as many of its subgenres: rock, soul, funk, and gospel. We try to weave a wide range of genres into our phrasings and arrangements. That blending and layering leads to new interpretations of what blues can be, it gives our music a kind of richness and depth you don't associate with traditional blues."  Fast Nasties genre-expanding groove straddles decades of music with ease. 

Jukebox Marmalade

.32-20 - Divine Ignition

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1995
Time: 38:56 
Size: 90,2 MB 
Label: Spank Records 
Styles: Blues Rock/Southern Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Don't Believe - 2:01
 2. What She Said - 4:03
 3. Little Susie - 3:00
 4. Ain't Goin' Out - 2:36
 5. .32-20 Blues - 2:04
 6. Sing Sing - 2:57
 7. Water Song - 3:56
 8. Blind Willy C - 3:13
 9. Judgement Day - 3:02
10. Divine Ignition - 3:54
11. Lonesome and Blue - 3:35
12. Long Cold Walk - 4:29

.32-20 is a blues rock band from New York City. The band's music is reminiscent of the music of The Black Crowes. In addition to this album, the group .32-20 has another album "And The Dog That Followed", 1998

Divine Ignition

Handsome Jack - Super Moon

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2011
Time: 39:47 
Size: 91,9 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Southern Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Take Me Back Home - 3:47
 2. Mosquito Blues - 3:58
 3. Faking It - 3:01
 4. Turn To Dust - 3:37
 5. Country Patience - 3:24
 6. Freelance Fiend - 3:37
 7. Let It All Out - 3:42
 8. Strangers - 2:48
 9. Time Will Tell - 4:12
10. Mary Louise - 3:09
11. Roll On - 4:26

Buffalo’s Handsome Jack are a lesser-known band that are gradually gaining notoriety for their ’70s power-charged blues-rock that’s chock full of soul. The band represents the gritty southern rock aesthetic, with forefathers such as the Black Crowes and a smattering of Muscle Shoals mainstays coming through as clear influences on the band’s second full-length album, Supermoon. The record consists of 11 loud, rambunctious tracks of sweaty venue blues. Charged and snarling, the Jacks hold nothing back, hinting that their live game is likely twice as powerful. A cleverly-wielded rock organ and whining guitar runs are at the center of Handsome Jack’s heft, grounded by throbbing drums and better-than-average whiskey-drenched-lead-singer vocals. Supermoon opens with “Take Me Back Home”, a slow, howling guitar ushering in a powerful ballad, with vocalist Jamison Passuite’s soulful howl mirrored by glowing organ chords and hooky guitar lines. “Faking It” is the catchy standout, a song nearly impossible not to move to. From this point on, the pealing, steady roots rock chugs along beautifully (“Turn to Dust”, “Strangers”) and packs some serious power (“Freelance Fiend”). The album’s endnote, “Roll On”, practically begs for a cliché lighter salute. Because of the Jack’s obvious strengths, Supermoon devotes much of its play time to peeling guitar and organ jams, but by about the album’s halfway mark, it starts to sound a little monotonous. These tricks probably translate exceptionally well live, but restrained to small speakers and studio mixing, Supermoon comes across as flat and predictable. Perhaps this confinement is the only element of Supermoon that leaves something to be desired. Handsome Jack is worth a listen for rootsy southern blues-rock fans.

Super Moon

Jerry Lynn Williams - The Peacemaker

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1998
Time: 55:37 
Size: 137,8 MB 
Label:  Black Mark Productions
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Just How You Play The Game - 4:57
 2. Lifetime Guarantee - 4:37
 3. Sending Me Angels - 6:18
 4. She Could Dance All Night - 4:07
 5. Running On Faith - 3:51
 6. Nothing To Do With Love - 4:55
 7. What's This World Coming To - 4:40
 8. You Better Rock Me Baby - 4:23
 9. Beyond My Wildest Dreams - 5:26
10. What Can I Do - 6:21
11. I Can Get Used To This - 5:58

Blues-rock singer/songwriter Jerry Lynn Williams was born in Dallas, TX, in 1948. Raised in nearby Fort Worth, he learned to play piano from his church pastor's wife and at 11 acquired his first guitar. Williams quit school at 14 to tour the roadhouse circuit with his band the Epics, briefly joining Little Richard and playing alongside lead guitarist Jimmy James, later known as Jimi Hendrix. When authorities learned Williams was still in his mid-teens, they sent him back to Fort Worth, where he briefly backed his idol Jimmy Reed. He eventually migrated to Los Angeles, signing to CBS Records and teaming with producer David Briggs to cut his self-titled debut LP. When the album earned little notice, Williams signed to Warner Bros. to release a 1975 follow-up, Gone. Again there was little attention from retail or radio, but when Delbert McClinton scored his first Top 40 hit with his cover of the album's "Givin' It Up for Your Love," Williams became a sought-after songwriter. Three of his compositions, including the hit "Forever Man," appeared on Eric Clapton's 1984 comeback effort Behind the Sun. Five years later, their collaboration resumed for the smash Journeyman, featuring the Williams-penned hits "Pretending" and "Running on Faith." He also contributed songs to Bonnie Raitt's Grammy-winning Nick of Time as well as B.B. King's 1992 album King of the Blues, and collaborated with brothers Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan on "Tick Tock," a song later played at the former's funeral. In 1996 Williams self-released The Peacemaker, his first solo effort in over two decades. He relocated to the island of St. Martin in 2003, and died there of kidney and liver failure on November 25, 2005.

The Peacemaker

Albert Frost - Catfish

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2002
Time: 63:17 
Size: 163,4 MB 
Label: Capetone Records
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Who do you Love? - 5:09
 2. Lenny - 4:57
 3. Help Me - 3:05
 4. Born under a Bad Sign - 3:20
 5. Catfish Blues - 5:30
 6. Same Things - 3:47
 7. Kammakastig Land - 3:26
 8. Blues at Sunrise - 3:01
 9. So Excited - 4:26
10. Voodoo Chile - 6:30
11. Crawling Kingsnake - 2:27
12. Rolling and Tumbling - 2:13
13. Same Thing - 3:33
14. Kammakastig Land (stoute mix) - 3:52
15. One in Many - 2:21
16. Repent - 2:30
17. My Love - 3:03

Albert Frost is a South African blues singer, rock guitarist and producer who has been performed since 1994. In 2017 he won the SAMA Award for Best Rock Album for The Wake Up.He has played with The Blues Broers since 1994 at the age of 17. For the past two decades, the energetic performances of award-winning blues/rock guitarist/singer Albert Frost have captured audiences worldwide. Dubbed the “South African Hendrix”, Frost deftly alternates between rhythm and lead, showcasing his extraordinary skills on the acoustic and electric guitars. His first love is the blues, stemming from the influence of his long relationship with the Blues Broers, a well-known and respected group from cape town with whom he has performed since 1994 at the age of 17. In 2000 he became one of the first Fender endorsees in South Africa and has been linked with the brand ever since. He has recorded with Arno Carstens, Koos Kombuis, Chris Chameleon, Anton Goosen, David Kramer, Karen Zoid, Blues Broers, and many others. He has performed with every major artist in South Africa, including international artists like Ali Farka Touré and Finley Quaye. He has toured with Simple Minds and REM, and supported the Rolling Stones. Albert has also performed at some of the most legendary and exclusive international music festivals including the Isle of Wight, Hard Rock Calling and Oppikoppi.April 2016 saw the release of his third solo album "The Wake Up" which won the coveted best rock album category at the 2017 South African Music Awards. After a very successful 2017 Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, Frost was nominated for a Kanna Award as well as a Kyknet-Fiësta Award in 2018.

Catfish

Marc Amacher - Roadhouse

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2019
Time: 55:08 
Size: 137,0 MB 
Label: Jazzhaus
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Roadhouse (Roadhouse Version) - 2:44
 2. Kid (Roadhouse Version) - 3:04
 3. Jack Driver (Roadhouse Version) - 3:43
 4. Ride On - 5:29
 5. Smoke Stack Lightning - 3:05
 6. Valley of Tears (Roadhouse Version) - 2:58
 7. Death Letter (Roadhouse Version) - 5:36
 8. Grandma - 5:37
 9. Open Window (Roadhouse Version) - 3:42
10. Down with the Blues (Roadhouse Version) - 3:25
11. Bluesman - 5:48
12. Good Old Rock n Roll (Roadhouse Version) - 3:31
13. What She Say - 6:20

„Roadhouse“, the album by blues-rocker Marc Amacher, pulls the listener into that kind of cathartic environment, where all bets are off and rules are made to be broken. It's an explosive collection of 13 songs by a musician whose deep connection to blues tradition doesn't prevent him from pushing the boundaries of the genre. The album is a reflection of those very high standards, which he applies to himself as well as others. A blues-rock artist on the rise, Amacher has put every bit of himself into making this album – one that positively sizzles with the pure power of the blues.

Roadhouse

Marc Amacher - 8 Days

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2018
Time: 63:32 
Size: 150,5 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Down With The Blues - 3:50
 2. Good Old Rock N Roll - 3:23
 3. All For You - 3:40
 4. Early In The Morning - 3:29
 5. Everyday (featuring Robert Ildefonso) - 3:32
 6. Summer Dream Girl - 3:33
 7. Death Letter - 6:48
 8. Open Window - 3:52
 9. Black Cat - 6:10
10. Valley - 2:55
11. Kid - 2:57
12. Happy With The Blues - 3:33
13. Boogie - 5:00
14. Blue Notes - 3:34
15. Road House - 2:30
16. Thats Life - 4:38

For his first solo album, Marc Amacher has bet everything on one card: the Blues. The full-blooded musician with the pithy, raw voice masters the genre in all its facets. After he impressed an audience of millions in 2016 with his participation in «The Voice of Germany», in the Summer of 2017 the singer and guitarist recorded 16 songs in 8 days in the renowned Powerplay-Studios in Maur - together with 32 acquainted musicians. The result is the most exciting Swiss blues album of the year: playful and wicked is how «8 Days» turned out.....~

8 Days

Richard Ray Farrell & The Leisure Men - Life of Leisure

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 52:04 
Size: 119,3 MB 
Label: Nuba Records S. L
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Don't Judge by the Color - 4:34
 2. It's Your Voodoo Working - 3:34
 3. One Last Look - 4:54
 4. The Way You Do - 2:32
 5. Livin' the Life of Leisure - 4:40
 6. Blues Come Creepin' In - 4:37
 7. Please Forgive - 4:01
 8. One of These Days - 6:33
 9. Build Myself a Cabin - 3:25
10. So Sad at Day Break - 9:31
11. I Don't Know About You - 3:38

Richard Ray Farrell, from Niagara Falls, NY (1956) is an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, harmonica player and international recording artist. In 1976 Richard started busking and playing professionally in Paris, France.  He is comfortable as a solo acoustic artist or fronting his own band on the electric guitar. Richard toured with American artists RL Burnside, Louisiana Red, Frank Frost, Big Jack Johnson, Lazy Lester and Big Boy Henry. Richard formed Farrell & Black in 1995 with Mothers of Invention drummer, Jimmy Carl Black. They produced two CD’s and toured internationally for seven years. Richard moved to Philadelphia in 2001, formed a band, and began performing with harp veteran Steve Guyger.  Richard produced seven CD’s before moving to Spain in 2014.Bohemian Life (2003) contains originals and internationally acclaimed blues musicians. Acoustic Roots (2005) is solo acoustic offering blues and ragtime. Down Home Old School Country Blues (2006) with Steve Guyger has been called the best acoustic blues duo album to come out in years by Andy Grigg of Real Blues Magazine, British Columbia, Canada.  Stuck On The Blues (2007) is acoustic with Italian harmonica virtuoso Marco Pandolfi. Camino de Sanlucar (2009), features legendary Spanish flamenco and rock guitarist Raimundo Amador.  I Sing The Blues Eclectic (2011) delivers twelve originals and Shoe Shoppin’ Woman (2014) offers 8 originals and 3 blues classics.  These CD’s charted in the US and achieved acclaim from critics worldwide.  Now Richard is back in the studio with a new electric project and is a 2021 Nominee for Acoustic Blues Album Of The Year from The Blues Foundation in Memphis,Tennessee!  Stay Tuned!

Life of Leisure

Handsome Jack - Do What Comes Naturally

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 38:42 
Size: 89,1 MB 
Label: Alive Naturalsound Records
Styles: Blues Rock/Southern Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Echoes - 4:23
 2. Creepin' - 3:42
 3. Between the Lines - 3:34
 4. Dead Tracks - 3:46
 5. Leave It All Behind - 2:43
 6. Right on - 3:45
 7. Dry Spell - 4:54
 8. Ropes and Chains - 4:20
 9. You and Me - 3:31
10. Wasted Time - 3:58

Like the much loathed but brutally determined cockroach, the boogie never truly dies -- you may think it's been beaten into submission or forced into exile, but inevitably, somewhere, folks are getting good and greasy with their guitars and drums, and goosing those blues changes into something that can make you shake. The third full-length album from Lockport, New York's Handsome Jack, 2014's Do What Comes Naturally, confirms the band is part of a long and noble line of musicians determined to work a blues groove until it's properly funky, and their style and sound hark back to the late '60s and early '70s, when bands like this were a common sight at America's mid-sized rock venues. The blues is a wheel that had been invented long before anyone thought to reshape it into rock & roll, so it hardly seems fitting to complain that Handsome Jack is a bit short on originality -- they're mining a tradition, and Do What Comes Naturally digs solid ore from a deep vein. Jamison Passuite's vocals have the right amount of growl, Phil Allport's guitar and keyboard work is incisive without needless flash, and drummer Chad Salmeri and bassist Joe Verdonselli manage to keep the bottom end colorful and flowing without calling undue attention to themselves. The songs are rooted in the basic blues figures, but the band makes them effective with a loosely tight attack that's just dirty enough without pushing their raunch too hard. It's not difficult to find bands who do what Handsome Jack are up to here, but by remembering to emphasize the groove and easing back on the blues dude schtick, they've made Do What Comes Naturally into a celebration of laid-back but serious partying, and it'll make a fine soundtrack for your next celebration of the boogie.

Do What Comes Naturally

Bobby Messano - The Songs I Never Sang: The Covid Sessions

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 46:53 
Size: 107,5 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Back in the High Life - 4:39
 2. Change the World - 3:38
 3. The River - 5:03
 4. Dear Jill - 5:05
 5. Isn't It a Pity - 6:21
 6. My Fathers Eyes - 5:03
 7. Dust in the Wind - 3:17
 8. I Wish I Was Back in Your Arms Again - 4:17
 9. Nature's Way - 2:32
10. These Days - 4:16
11. Helplessly Hoping - 2:38

Musicians:
Kinny Landrum - Keyboards, harmonica
Mel Watts- Drums and Percussion
Joe Escobar - Horns & Woodwinds
Bobby Messano- Lead and BG vocals, 6,12 string acoustic, electric guitars, bass,
EBow, Lap Steel, Mandolin, Drum Programming

Bobby Messano is a legendary guitarist and contemporary blues artist who has released seven Solo CDs, placed songs in many TV and Cable shows, and played on over 50 major label and indie albums. His music has been heard on everything from MTV jingles to Benny Mardones’ smash hit, “Into The Night”. The celebrated guitarist has played on records by Clarence Clemmons, Franke & The Knockouts, Joe Lynn Turner, and STARZ. His CDs are heard daily on “Sirius/XM’s B.B. King’s Bluesville.” His 2015 album, Love & Money, was nominated for a prestigious Blues Blast Award for “Best Rock-Blues Album” in August 2015. It debuted on the Billboard Blues Chart at #7, peaked at #1, and spent a total of nine weeks in the Top 10. It was also #7 on the Billboard Heat Seekers Chart and Top 40 on both the Billboard Rock and Indie Charts. Love & Money also ended 2015 at #44 on the Roots Music Report Chart. Bobby’s follow-up album, BAD MOVIE was released on April 15, 2017, and debuted at #1 on Sirius/XM BB King’s Bluesville, and has been in the Top 20 on SIX Roots Music Reports charts since its release. It is a collection of 15 incredible songs written with major co-writers Jon Tiven, Larry Weiss, and Steve Kalinich, and features the amazing “Come To Your Senses” written by Queen founder Brian May and Jon Tiven, and the haunting duet “Water Under The Bridge” with Bobby and Alecia Elliott (2001 AMA Nominee). BAD MOVIE was a unique perspective of personal traumas and a country in a state of flux and the reviews have been outstanding. For Lemonade, Messano’s ninth studio album, Bobby joined forces with Bob Malone (John Fogerty), Doug Belote (Eric Clapton), and Carl Dufrene, JR (North Mississippi Allstars). The album was inspired by trying to balance personal relations in a complicated, ever-changing industry. Lemonade was released on July 12th, 2019 via Fishhead/WMG Records. THE SONGS I NEVER SANG (THE COVID SESSIONS) was released on January 29th, 2021 on all digital platforms. The Project is a labor of love for Bobby. It is a collection of 11 songs that he has loved in his life but never recorded.

The Songs I Never Sang: The Covid Sessions

Jeff McStaereling - Home Again

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 51:30 
Size: 118,8 MB 
Label: 1590822 Records DK
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Wasted Time - 4:42
 2. Help Me Out - 4:12
 3. Pain Relief - 3:39
 4. Home Again - 4:21
 5. The Woman - 4:33
 6. Power - 5:03
 7. Sweet Girl - 3:53
 8. Can't Wait - 3:59
 9. Please - 5:50
10. When It Hurts - 5:19
11. Free - 5:52

Music just comes naturally to Jeff McStaereling. At the age of 21 he chooses to devote all his time to music. He has a lot of experience as a singer/guitar player working with several large showbands and countless musical projects. He has also played with some famous artists. Now, it is time for him to go his own way. Jeff McStaereling would like his audience to feel his energy during his performances. He certainly has the charisma to thrill his listeners with his performance. Listening to his great voice and his dynamic guitar playing, make for an unforgettable experience. Blues and Rock & Soul have always been his great passion. Over the years he has written several songs in these styles. He just had to wait for musicians who would embrace his concept of making music, with the same amount of energy and passion. Fortunately, he has found exactly this kind of musicians and Jeff’s dream is coming true. In addition to performing his own songs, they also play covers of Joe Bonnamassa and some other great guitar players. This mix has proved to be a good hit with his local audience. But now he is ready to blow away visitors of some of the larger blues festivals. An album filled with his own work will be released this year. Jeff McStaereling is ready to roll! Jeff McStaereling is ready to conquer the blues scene in the Netherlands and beyond.

Home Again

Stacy Mitchart - Printers Alley

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 69:47 
Size: 159,7 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Electric Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Only Thing Missing - 3:09
 2. She Knows What to Do - 4:14
 3. Homewrecker - 5:42
 4. Something So Wrong - 4:16
 5. Shake - 3:37
 6. Feels Like I've Been Here Before - 4:28
 7. Brand New Same Old Blues - 5:16
 8. Doghouse Blues - 4:35
 9. What I Feel - 5:58
10. I Might Be Your Husband - 5:17
11. You Turn Me On - 3:58
12. Why Did She Have to Leave - 4:25
13. Live My Life - 3:49
14. Worried Mind Blues - 5:01
15. Basin Street Blues - 5:49

This album will commemorate 24years of Stacy’s career here in Nashville & Printers Alley. During this time in Printers Alley – Stacy & his band have performed for over l,000,000,000 muslc lovers from all over the World.
“l wanted this album to reflect how much Nashville & Printers Alley has meant to me, my family and my Band. As a special bonus for this record, and tribute to Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar in Printers Alley, we are doing a cover of the classic song “Basin Street Blues”. l’ve never released this song on a Record and wanted to pay homage to the New Orleans sound and connection to Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar. ln keeping with the Printers Alley theme – I have gone back and chosen several previously recorded songs that speak to the amazing crowds and moments l’ve shared on stage during my time in Printers Alley. It has been my pleasure to be a part of Nashville’s music community for 23 years and this 75 song album will certainly reflect how much it has all meant to me”. – Stacy Mitchhart
Mitchhart has always been a bandleader. He developed his sound and stagecraft at the helm of four groups in Cincinnati – climbing the pinnacle of the city’s blues scene. But when he played his first gigs in Nashville 18 years ago, he knew he’d found his musical home. “The very first time I came to Nashville I sold 24 CDs off the bandstand and the audience was amazing,” Mitchhart recalls. “They were alive!” In short order he was offered the house band slot at Printers Alley’s famed Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar.
“Very quickly, because there are so many tourists in Nashville, I realized I was seeing different people in the audience from all over the world every single night, and because this is Music City, they were really coming to listen,” he continues. The Stacy Mitchhart Band has become known as one of the top live acts in Nashville because our sound is different, and we bring a lot of energy to the stage.
Two decades later, that hasn’t changed. Mitchhart’s name is still synonymous with “blues” in the most rapidly growing city along the Cumberland River and he’s still playing 200 of his annual dates without leaving home. Thanks to the international following he’s largely built in Nashville at Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar, Mitchhart has also performed ln eight other countries.
“l’ve played everything from 50,000 seat, sold-out arenas to 5,000-to-15,000 attendance blues festivals to 1.,500-seat theaters to 250-seat clubs to a 4}-seat grocery store to backyard barbecues and weddings to corporate parties,” he relates. “The truth is,” Mitchhart continues, “l’m more comfortable onstage entertaining than I am in my own living room. l’ve spent my whole life there. And I feel like the stripped down approach of this new album lets other people get inside my music almost as deep as I do every night when l’m on stage.”

Printers Alley

Georgia Blues Dawgs - Hard Times

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2001
Time: 51:58 
Size: 119,4 MB 
Label: Dark Reign Records 
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Let Me Love You - 4:22
 2. Don't Be Cruel - 5:09
 3. Sweet Darlene - 4:27
 4. Define Your Terms - 4:48
 5. Amy - 4:09
 6. I Can't Refuse - 6:59
 7. Lies - 5:25
 8. Hard Times - 3:52
 9. True Blue - 4:38
10. This Girl Is All Mine - 3:20
11. Lonely - 4:44

Musicians:
David T. Chastain - Vocals, Guitar;
Tommy Vickery - Bass;
Mike Haid -Drums.

Guitar slinger David T. Chastain made quite a name for himself in 2000 with his blues rock based release SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN “Exotic Dancer Blues.” The Cd received rave reviews from all across the globe. The reviews were universally positive in rock, blues, metal and the straight press. With the Georgia Blues Dawgs, David T. has moved one step deeper into the blues realm with the new release “Hard Times.” This 11 track Cd has enough power, soul and emotion to satisfy the blues rocker as well as the true blues fans.

Hard Times

Terry Frank - Blues In The Night

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1999
Time: 55:52 
Size: 128,0 MB 
Label: Slidestone /Ho-Made 004
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Eyes Like A Cat - 4:04
 2. Life Ain't Fair - 4:23
 3. Red Hot - 2:45
 4. Blues In the Night - 8:17
 5. Right Here In Your Arms - 5:45
 6. No More Doggin' - 4:31
 7. Party Time - 6:23
 8. I Don't Mind - 3:36
 9. Honey Hush - 4:45
10. Terry's Stomp - 3:13
11. Chicken a la Blues - 8:06

Terry Frank, a delta blues guitarist whose career in Milwaukee spanned more than three decades.Frank was lead guitarist and singer of his band, Black Cat Bone, which later become Terry Frank & Bone Deluxe.

Blues In The Night

Katherine Davis and The Chicago Boogie Ensemble (featuring Lurrie Bell & Erwin Helfer) - Rock This House - Live!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2006
Time: 66:42 
Size: 152,9 MB 
Label: The Sirens Records 
Styles: Blues/Modern Chicago Blues/Jazzy Blues
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Watermelon Man - 6:24
 2. Rock This House - 5:58
 3. Sweet Lotus Blossum - 7:10
 4. Spoken Introduction - Too Many For Me - 0:30
 5. Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl - 6:26
 6. Going Fishing - 6:45
 7. Spoken Introduction - E.H. Way - 0:52
 8. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - 6:16
 9. You Got To Know How - 3:25
10. Way Back Home - 5:55
11. Never Make A Move Too Soon - 9:51
12. Romance In The Dark - 7:05

Musicians:
Katherine Davis - Vocals
Lurrie Bell - Guitar
Erwin Helfer - Piano
John Whitfield - Bass
Kenny Smith - Drums
John Brumbach - Saxophone
Willie Henderson - Baritone Saxophone

Katherine Davis and the Chicago Boogie Ensemble will rock your house with this high-voltage captivating performance recorded live in Chicago on January 29th, 2006. Blues diva Katherine Davis is joined by legendary musicians Erwin Helfer, John Brumbach and John Whitfield and three special guest artists: soul master and baritone saxophonist Willie Henderson, and two second generation Chicago blues artists - guitarist Lurrie Bell and drummer Kenny Smith. You’ll get up and dance while listening to this energetic and magical performance! Katherine Davis grew up in Chicago, and began performing in 1979. Although she initially wanted to sing opera, her musical interests shifted to blues, jazz, and theater. Katherine is an entertaining performer. She has recently written and starred in an autobiographical theater production entitled “I Dream in Blues.” In Nina Metz’s Chicago Tribune theater review on February 10, 2006 she described Davis’ performance as one that “… pulls you in with her haunting sweetness and utter lack of pretension.” When Katherine is not performing, she is happily teaching the blues to children in Chicagoland public schools. Blues diva Katherine Davis was joined by legendary musicians Erwin Helfer, John Brumbach and John Whitfield. The four Ensemble performers have played together in Chicago since 1985, and toured Europe in 1996 and 2001. Although they come from different musical backgrounds, in combination they blend the best of their individual talents to create an awesome and inspiring sound. The Chicago Boogie Ensemble performed with three special guest musicians on this disc: Willie Henderson, a soulful, baritone saxophonist who has worked with Jackie Wilson; Lurrie Bell, a premier guitarist that has made numerous recordings and son of harmonica veteran Cary Bell; and Kenny Smith, an exciting drummer and son of Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, longtime drummer for Muddy Waters.

Rock This House - Live ! 

L.A. Jones And The Blues Messengers - Live at the Dead Goat Saloon

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1998
Time: 56:30 
Size: 129,7 MB 
Label: Shattered Music 
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I'm A Loner -  4:12
 2. She Can't Not Be Satisfied -  5:22
 3. Mr. Fix It - 10:02
 4. Stranded -  9:16
 5. Pebble In The Sky - 12:09
 6. Stop Now -  4:08
 7. Long Distance Love - 11:18

According to the biography at their website, L.A. Jones & the Blues Messengers have been around for quite a while, playing the blues in roadhouses 20 years or so. In that time they've produced ten or so independent discs, and in 1998 released their first commercially distributed CD, Live at the Dead Goat Saloon. Why it took so long for them to get a CD out into commercial circulation is hard to figure, but I for one am glad they finally got it done. This is your basic, down to business three piece band of guitar, bass and drums. While there are only 7 songs in the set list, the total time for the CD runs over 56 minutes. This obviously means there are some long songs, but L.A. keeps things interesting the vast majority of the time. There is plenty of great blues on this CD. L.A. Jones is quite a study of blues guitar. He plays passages in a wide variety of styles from subtle to frantic, often borrowing from several classic masters, with impressive dexterity and accuracy. Muddy Waters, Albert King, B.B. King, and Buddy Guy all come easily to mind as I listen to this CD. There are three straight up blues numbers, Mr. Fix-It, Pebble In The Sky, and Long Distance Love. I'm A Loner and Stop Now are shuffles, and She Can't Not Be Satisfied is kind of a blend of swing/rockabilly. Stranded, my favorite song on the CD, is reminiscent of Buddy Guy on one of his run-away tirades, and would surely make Buddy proud. In the set closer, Long Distance Love, L.A. pays tribute to Albert King. There's no doubt about it, he has Albert's extreme bends, subtle nuances and tone down pat. While I have made a point of L.A. Jones' ability to play in the style of others, I don't mean to imply he's merely copying them. He interjects plenty of his own unique stylings, while blending all these sounds together to produce some mighty fine blues. And L.A. skills don't stop on the fretboard. He wrote all the songs in this set except one.
I'll close with one more "no doubt about it". If you are a fan of electric blues guitar, this CD is a must have for your collection.

Live at the Dead Goat Saloon

Alexander - Play To Win

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1996
Time: 45:44 
Size: 106,0 MB 
Label: Tramp Records
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sugar Mama - 3:48
 2. V8 Cadillac - 4:29
 3. Play To Win - 5:44
 4. Steal Away - 5:50
 5. Hucklebuck - 4:55
 6. Got To Get Right - 4:58
 7. Going Back To Amsterdam - 5:52
 8. Blues Train - 3:07
 9. Easy Baby - 4:01
10. The Drive - 2:55

(Robert) Alexander entered the blues road in 1969. With his wife, Honey, from the early 70s playing with various bands, including the legendary Aces of Chicago, they met Rod Piazza. With this experience, Alexander has not only become a great bluesman, but understands the hard and winding crossroads of the bluesman. This post is about Louis Myers.

Play To Win

G Project Blues Band - We're Together

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 65:27 
Size: 149,9 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Can't Get My Hands Off My Baby - 3:18
 2. We're Together - 3:27
 3. Can't Get No Grindin' - 4:57
 4. Don't You Bitchin' At Me - 5:18
 5. Don't You Dare - 3:44
 6. I'm Ready - 4:25
 7. My Baby Is On The Run - 5:37
 8. My Baby Treats Me - 4:46
 9. My Bluestown - 4:41
10. Not Forget The Poor - 5:36
11. Silverback - 3:35
12. Sweet Home Chicago - 4:48
13. The Abandoned Train - 3:53
14. Trouble Times - 3:33
15. Listen to The Waves - 3:42

Blues is alive and kicking! As proof just mingle with the audience of a GProject Blues Band show. When the Munich blues musicians are in town you might see parents harmoniously going to the concert with their young ones. GProject Blues Band, with founder TomBo Ott, combines with its varied and groovy Blues, simply supply a timeless on stage sound. After a few years with different musicians, the current formation has come together. The band is based on the core: TomBo Ott-drums & Percussions; James Ransom-bass & Vocals; Michael Staudenmeyer-Vocal/Piano, Leonidas Kyriakakos/Guitar & Vocals and Guests. Self composed songs varying from Delta Blues to Texas Blues and powerful guitar riffs gaurantee a relaxed and diversified Live-On-Stage blues evening! Interpreting music from musicians like Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton and many more the way the musicians feel it, straight from the heart, without trying to change everything and make it better. This band got together in many recording and jam sessions so we actually can speak of a band not just of single soloists. These guys have also backed solo artists (Albert C. Humphrey, Hotte Miller, Al Jones Blues Band und Sidney Ellis Blues Band, Tom was pöaying on the Bluesfestival in Chicago etc.); always ready for an adventure!! Gladly they play for solo artists in the studio or on stage. That's how the band proves that blues is not "only music" but a feeling and it shows how endless and bumpy the way is that they have been traveling for so many years now. Cool drummings--cool runnings/

We're Together

Stan 'The Man' Hedges - Two Mule Parade

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2007
Time: 54:19 
Size: 126,0 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Angola Cowboy - 4:50
 2. I Can Hear The Delta - 3:22
 3. Won't Stand The Light Of Day - 5:44
 4. Two-Mule Parade - 4:14
 5. Reach The Light - 5:00
 6. Waiting For The Sky To Fall - 4:53
 7. Wade In The Water - 4:03
 8. Butter Yo Biscuits - 4:56
 9. Garden Of Pain - 5:42
10. Snapping Turtle Blues - 3:24
11. Hammer Down - 3:16
12. Kentucky Skin Tag Salad - 4:49

Stan 'The Man' Hedges is an American bluesman, primarily known as a guitarist with his charming style. On "Two Mules Parade", the debut solo album, out of 12 tracks, 11 are original. The album reached #11 on The Living Blues Chart.A few of his songs are really good, a few not so good. Angola Cowboy and Two Mule Parade were worth the price of the cd.

Two Mule Parade

The Mick Schaffer Band - Back To The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 36:09 
Size: 82,8 MB 
Label: Lightning in a Bottle Records
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Over In The Corner - 3:48
 2. If I Win Blues - 5:13
 3. Virgin Mary - 2:48
 4. Rainbow - 4:23
 5. Husband Blues - 4:24
 6. Astara - 3:19
 7. She Woke Up - 3:43
 8. Don't Wanna B Judged - 3:51
 9. Rich Boy - 4:36

The great thing about the blues, is that it sounds good whether in a big production like Joe Bonamassa, or here, on casual yet passionate humble productions. It’s all heart, and it beats on these two recent releases. Mick Schaffer has a leathered voice that is streetwise in its delivery as he plays guitar with Jimi Bott-Johnny Moore/dr, Timmer Blakely/dr, Ken Scandlyn-JT Thomas/eg and  Tom Esch/fi. Esch’s fiddle adds some tasty treats on the slow stroll of “Rainbow” and the funky shuffle of “Astara”, while you get some slick Chet Atkins licks on the two stepping “Husband Blues”. Schaeffer sounds he’s been drinking from the dust bowl as he slurs the blues on the dark “Over In The Corner” and gives the confessions of a lapsed Catholic on the calypso’d “Virgin Mary”. Long shadows on a moonless night. Vocalist, Guitarist and Band Leader Mick Schafer has been singing since childhood. Mick’s voice was made known to him in the 7th grade church choir.  At 20 he quit college and ventured to Europe to perform for tips and meals. He spent 1970 and 71 playing music around Europe. He always wanted to perform professionally but when he got back to the states, he was beset with depression and couldn’t manage it. The Dad chapter was next when Mick adopted his son Chris and got a good day job to support Chris through the 80’s and 90’s. The guitar was close by. In the 2000’s, with son Chris off to the Navy, Mick got paid gigs fronting Blackberry Jam (later known as Tree Top Tribe) all over Portland, Oregon. The decade culminated with the first full album, Blackberry Jam being published on CD Baby.
The next chapter kicked off in 2017 including shows with an array of stellar local musicians under the moniker of The Mick Schafer Band, in support of the new Americana record, One Silken Scarf.” Also published on CD Baby. When the pandemic hit and we all went indoors Mick focused on the Blues genre and, with the help of his friends, came out the other end with a record called Back to the Blues.
The new twist is that Mick has joined a new blues label Lightning in the Bottle Records. Back to the Blues is being released directly through this label.

Back To The Blues

Philipp Fankhauser - Watching from the Safe Side (Remastered)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 62:49 
Size: 144,0 MB 
Label: Funk House Blues Productions
Styles: Bluesy Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. It's over Now Baby (Remastered 2021) - 3:19
 2. Watching from the Safe Side (Remastered 2021) - 3:47
 3. Too Little Too Late (Remastered 2021) - 4:21
 4. Blues Ain't Nothin' (Remastered 2021) - 4:36
 5. Time Stands Still (Remastered 2021) - 4:07
 6. If You Ain't Been to Houston (Remastered 2021) - 3:46
 7. The Blues Don't Like a Crowd (Remastered 2021) - 3:51
 8. Sunday Morning (Remastered 2021) - 3:45
 9. Thomas & Rodney (Remastered 2021) - 5:48
10. Love Song (Remastered 2021) - 3:25
11. Wish You Well (Remastered 2021) - 4:18
12. Time Stands Still (Philipp's First Demo 2005, Lo-Fi) - 4:53
13. Thomas & Rodney (Philipp's First Demo 2006, Lo-Fi) - 5:01
14. If You Ain't Been to Houston (Unplugged Rehearsal 2015, Mid-Fi) - 3:41
15. Genie in a Bottle (Philipp's First Demo 2003, Lo-Fi) - 4:05

Re-Issue of the 2006 Dennis Walker produced album.  Contains the 11 original tracks and 4 never before released demo and rehearsal tracks (https://www.philippfankhauser.com/music/album-watching-from-the-safe-side-remastered-2021).

Watching from the Safe Side (Remastered)

Bluesdusters - Bluesdusters

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2005
Time: 62:18 
Size: 143,2 MB 
Label: Rootstone
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Blues-Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Petrifyd - 4:03
 2. Soft Spot (for a hard headed woman) - 5:07
 3. Tightrope Walker - 5:02
 4. Pack It Up - 4:15
 5. Behind The Wheel - 4:00
 6. Burnin' Third Degree - 4:55
 7. Call Somebody - 4:34
 8. Time Is Right - 6:42
 9. I'm Leavin' - 3:57
10. Dark Side Of The Moon - 3:53
11. Lookin' Out For Yourself - 2:43
12. She's My Woman - 3:25
13. Believe Me - 4:36
14. Maybe Some Day - 4:59

Bluesdusters is a project of a pair of blues veterans - Leonard Griffie and John O. Nelson. They had successful careers as either solo or group members, but teamed up to record this single album.

Bluesduster

Bobby Kyle - After the Storm

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1996/2021
Time: 32:08 
Size: 74,0 MB 
Label: Cobblestone/Juicy Baby
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Standing in the Background - 4:59
 2. Work It Out - 5:16
 3. After the Storm - 3:36
 4. Can't Make Ends Meet - 4:16
 5. Got What You Wanted - 3:31
 6. Going out Walking - 3:27
 7. Upper Mill - 3:11
 8. Rolling Up My Sleeves - 3:49

Bobby Kyle (vocals, lead guitar) gets top notch assistance from Pete Kanaras (rhythm guitar), Floyd Philips (piano), Randy Lippincott (bass), and Barry Harrison (drums) on his solo debut, the rhythm section gets help from the Uptown Horns on some tracks. Eddie Kirkland supplies background vocals and guitar on "Standing In The Background" a powerful blues fireball where Kirkland cosigns every word Kyle sings. The drama continues with "After The Storm," a bulldozer with a fiery lead vocal. The Uptown Horns: Crispin Cioe (alto & baritone sax), Arno Hecht (tenor sax), Robert Funk (trombone), and Larry Etkin (trumpet) spices Buddy Ace's "Love Like Mine" with a big band blues sound. "Got What You Wanted," represents excellence: sweet, subtle, tasty with an infectious genre crossing quality. Johnny Copeland plays lead guitar on "Going Out Walking," a swing blues pumped by the Uptown Horns. Shemekia Copeland, Johnny's daughter, contributes backing vocals on "Can't Make Ends Meet"; the easy rocker also features a heart-warming guitar solo from Kyle. Look out Tyrone Davis, Kyle, pushed by the Uptown Horns, does a mind blowing version of "Turning Point." An excellent debut from a dynamic young blues singer.

After the Storm

Gerfast - Legendary Grooves

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 37:26 
Size: 86,1 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock/Guitar Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Love - 4:59
 2. No More - 4:48
 3. Shame On You - 6:32
 4. Running Out Of Time - 3:17
 5. The Blues Police - 3:32
 6. Remembering June - 4:02
 7. You Know The Deal - 3:54
 8. Psychedelic Blue - 6:19

Jan Gerfast from Sweden, guitarist, singer and composer,has been on the international blues and rock scene for a long time. He has developed his own unique style and sound: " Groovy Blues".  If you enjoy listening to the guitar improvising over groovy bluesriffs,this is it! He produced 10 albums under his own name, Legendary Grooves is the latest one.

Legendary Grooves

David Migden and The Twisted Roots - Animal & Man

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 51:36 
Size: 118,3 MB 
Label: Music Avenue/Blues Boulevard 
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Wamp - 3:27
 2. Rougarou - 5:01
 3. Top of the Mountain - 3:49
 4. Desert King - 4:01
 5. The Big Fight - 4:18
 6. We Know What You Have Done - 6:17
 7. Wild World - 4:18
 8. Petit Jean - 3:34
 9. Hunters Moon - 5:45
10. Once Again - 4:23
11. Second Hand Tattoo - 3:31
12. Just A Ride - 3:06

On ‘Hunters Moon’, David Migden sings: “I walk the hills on my own, I’ve hunted down all that is flesh and bone, An arrow and a bow, I have a knife in my hand, I carved a line between animal and man.” And therein lies the album title of an eclectic but essential slice of noir blues.David Migen & The Twisted Roots featured in the 2013 Blues Matters writers’ poll and represented the UK at the 2014 European Blues Challenge. And yet their music sits uneasily in either the blues or jazz world, which is strange as both elements provide essential building blocks for a superbly conceived, pristinely recorded and delightfully played album.Migden’s own defining baritone has echoes of Lou Rawls and Brook Benton, which he applies like thick brush strokes on an artists canvas to evoke feel, mood and a sense of place. His lyrical imagery sometimes mirrors the self, the surreal and the imagined. He’s a decent trumpet player too, as he revels alongside Mike Austin’s clarinet on ‘Rougalou’ and the doctored trumpet parts on ‘The Big Fight’.‘Animal & Man’ is a startlingly original album, of which Migden says in his liner notes: ‘We have created the genuine organic sound that we were aiming for’.The band’s live in the studio approach is nailed by engineer Mike Thorne who deftly combines feel with polish. But the key to album is Midgen’s lyrical depth and his ability to voice songs in such a way that you actually care about their meaning.He spent his formative years in Little Rock,Arkansas before settling in the UK, but he clearly immersed himself in the stories and culture of the south, as the album is shot through with the imagery and music of his upbringing.The songs resonate and draw the listener in, especially the Louisiana spooky folklore and New Orleans cool of ‘Rougaroo’, complete with its beautiful jazzy horn led coda. Then there’s the delicate harmonies and sense of isolation of ‘Desert King’. It’s a beautifully sculpted vibes led shuffle that neatly contrasts the gentle accompaniment with Midgden’s imposing baritone. The album opens with the stuttering rhythm of ‘Wamp’ as Joe Gibson’s guitar threads its way through the heart of the song before spiralling into an ascending frenetic solo as Migden punches out his sense of purpose: “I got the job and I got the crew, We got the tools and we know what to do”. The band leans into the organ sweep and sumptuous groove of the Darwinian ‘The Big Fight’. David adds a suitably muscular vocal and the sparks fly. In sharp contrast, ‘We Know What You Have Done’ is an atmospheric gently voiced duet with Goldie Reed. It’s full of space, pregnant pauses, and alternates shimmering tones with Joe Gibson’s spidery guitar and David’s peerless phrasing.The a cappella intro of ‘Wild World’ gives the album a lift, as Midgen outlines his own joy de vivre: ‘Kick the doors down out the windows up, And let the wild world come right on in’. The apparent autobiographical ‘Petit Jean’ reels us in, on the closest the album gets to rocking out as Graham Mann’s feverish keyboard riffs perfectly underpins the harmony vocals and ‘Hunters Wood’ sounds like something Jim Morrison might have enjoyed, with its mid number rap, bubbling groove and edgy lyrics. As it is, it’s hard to imagine the band’s performance being bettered as it shimmers and sways into the fade out over a drifting piano line on another album highlight. An aching love song ‘Once Again’ brings closure, suggesting that Migden’s animal instincts are ultimately subsumed by love: ‘In the morning, you’ll be searching through the trash, because honey you’ll want to make this feeling last.’ ‘Animal & Man’ is an organic gem of an album made with love, care and real inspiration and you should seek it out. Review by Pete Feenstra

Animal & Man

The Wildcat O'halloran Band - Here Lies A Fool

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 46:57 
Size: 107,7 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Blind Love - 5:04
 2. 40 Days - 4:51
 3. Livin' In America - 4:22
 4. Here Lies A Fool - 3:39
 5. Coltrane At The Bar - 3:44
 6. Buy A Dog - 3:27
 7. Outskirts - 7:30
 8. Jump To It - 6:02
 9. See See Rider - 4:03
10. Spoonful - 4:13

The Wildcat O'Halloran Band has been thrilling audiences in Western Massachusetts for over twenty years, and is currently promoting its new album ... building on the success of the last five: "Hot Pulldown", "Midnight Service Call","Party Up In Heaven", “Cougar Bait” and “Drinkin' With the Harp Girls” each of which was played on over 200 stations, and called “crazy-fun” by the Boston Blues Society and “a great release” by the UK's Blues Matters. Living Blues Magazine wrote: “Wildcat emerges as one of the most entertaining songwriters in contemporary blues...and his band doesn't know the meaning of dull!” The band has opened for just about every major blues artist to visit Massachusetts, from Greg Allman to John Lee Hooker to The Stray Cats, and has been backup band for Bo Diddley and James Cotton. Recently, they opened for Duke Robillard at Greenfield's Hawks and Reed Music Hall. Often featured at Millenium Music Conference, and  longtime host of the  Sunday Blues Jam in Northampton, the Wildcat (guitar and vocals) will often be accompanied by "Dr." Kathy Peterson(Bass), “Dr. Luscious”….Emily Duff (sax), Devin Griffiths (guitar, vocals) and drummer Mark Chouinard/Living Blues added these kudos : “the grooves are so damned infectious, and the guitar playing so stirring....The Wildcat O'Halloran Band can make you dance and make you laugh if you let it...irresistible”

Here Lies A Fool

Paris Slim - Bleedin' Heart

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1996
Time: 51:06 
Size: 117,0 MB 
Label: Globe Records
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Molly's Backyard Blues - 3:40
 2. Too Hot In Here - 4:39
 3. Bleedin' Heart - 4:27
 4. Let's Talk About Love - 3:03
 5. If You Dig Me (Let Me Know) - 4:04
 6. The Day I Met The Boogie Man - 4:09
 7. You Did Me Wrong - 3:45
 8. Hit The Road And Ride - 2:58
 9. Doggin' The Dog (Instrumental) - 3:26
10. The Candle's Burnin' Low - 5:44
11. No Escapin' From The Blues (In This House Full Of Blues) - 6:44
12. If You Dig Me ((Let Me Know) Live Mix) - 4:21

Jaw-droppin' bottleneck, electric country, West Side boogie, swamp/funk rumba & Magic-Sam influenced tremolo guitar converge w. Hookeresque moans & organic, hard-rocking, Mississippi Delta blues. "Best French Blues Guitarist" - Trophie France Blues, 1998. Co-Produced by Joe "Louis" Walker who also performs. Additional guest Sonny Rhodes. Paris Slim's album conjures up a slew of adjectives to describe the varied styles within. Franck "Panis Slim" Goldwasser (born 1960) was influenced by Elmore James and T-Bone Walker while still a teenager. With his band in the 80s and started playing with Joe Louis Walker, Sonny Rhodes. He worked with the Charlie Musselwhite band in 1985. In 1990, Paris Slim replaced the late Mike Bloomfield in the Electric Flag reunion.

Bleedin' Heart