The Lol Williams Band - A Case For Some Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2016/2026
Time:75:52 
Size:174,5 MB 
Label:Prestige Elite USA 
Styles:Blues/Electric Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Night Time Is The Right Time - 5:19
 2. I'm Steady Holding On - 6:21
 3. I Don't Need No Doctor - 4:58
 4. I Don't Need No Doctor - 7:49
 5. Big Fat Mama - 5:45
 6. I Can't Quit You Baby - 7:06
 7. Going Down - 7:55
 8. Gonna Tell Your Mother - 5:02
 9. High Heel Sneakers - 4:52
10. You Made Me So Very Happy - 4:28
11. Ta Ta Ya Baby - 6:10
12. Hold On I'm Coming - 4:31
13. Cross Road Blues - 5:31

"A Case For Some Blues"  is a raw and electrifying album that captures the essence of the blues in all its gritty glory. The album exudes an authentic and unfiltered energy that immerses listeners in a smoky blues club atmosphere. Lol Williams' soulful vocals and masterful guitar playing are the driving force behind each track, accompanied by a tight and passionate band. From the heartfelt ballads to the foot-stomping grooves, this album showcases the band's undeniable talent and their ability to channel the spirit of the blues. "A Case For Some Blues " is a must-listen for any blues enthusiast, offering a true blues experience that leaves a lasting impression.

A Case For Some Blues

Peter Veteska & Blues Train - Key Of V

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:36:55 
Size:94,3 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Checking On My Baby - 2:49
 2. Key To The Highway - 3:15
 3. Home Of The Broken Hearted - 3:14
 4. Falling Out Of Love Again - 4:06
 5. Tuning Out The Noise - 3:57
 6. Learning The Blues - 4:52
 7. Watch The Love Grow - 4:51
 8. I Did All That I Could - 3:09
 9. Walking By Myself - 2:44
10. I Don’t Know Enough About You - 3:53

Key Of V’ is the eighth album from Peter Veteska & Blues Train, one of the most polished blues ensembles of the United States. Through the years the band has developed itself into a blues rock machine that is grounded on a rock steady rhythm section (Alex D’Agnese on drums and Chuck Hearne on bass) over which Veteska vocally and on guitar and Jeff Levine on keyboards feature in excellent interplay.
Veteska calls the album, with five band originals and five covers, his most personal album yet. It’s the five ‘catchy’ band originals that stand out the most. Home Of The Broken Hearted, Falling Out Of Love Again, Turning Out The Noise, Watch The Love Grow and the cover Checking On My Baby are blues rock anthems of great class.
The other songs refer to Veteska’s past, such as the covers Key To The Highway and Walking By Myself and songs like Learning The Blues and I Did All That I Could that have a strong jazzy character. ‘Key Of V ‘ ends up with the acoustic saloon song I Don’t Know Enough About You. With ‘Key Of V,’ Peter Veteska & Blues Train prove to be one of the tightest blues rockbands on the scene ~ Tom Wouters/

Key Of V

John Earl Walker - Live In Germany

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2009
Time:63:08 
Size:145,3 MB 
Label:Walkright Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Tess's Shuffle (Live) - 3:54
 2. Band Introduction (Live) - 0:25
 3. Come over Here (Live) - 4:41
 4. I'm Leavin' You (Live) - 7:38
 5. My Last Goodbye (Live) - 6:22
 6. Airport Blues (Live) - 7:46
 7. Backdoor Romance (Live) - 5:05
 8. The World's a Prison (Live) - 4:30
 9. Poor Boy Blues  (Live) - 8:00
10. Nightwalker (Live) - 4:11
11. Hurricane (Live) - 5:13
12. Baby Baby Baby (Live) - 5:19

John Earl Walker (Born in Brooklyn, New York) is an American electric blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. John Earl began playing guitar at age thirteen. Shortly thereafter he began forming his own bands to play at local gigs in the New York City area. 
At one of his first gigs playing at his uncle’s wedding at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, he met Sam Cooke who was performing in the next room and it left a huge impression on him. Around this time he started writing his own music and lyrics, a practice he continues to this day. By age fifteen John was playing professional gigs in clubs with older band mates. John cites the three Kings (BB, Albert, and Freddie) along with Chuck Berry as his biggest influences as he developed his own unique style. 
During the 60's he played with various bands and line-ups in New York including Capitol recording artists Plum Nelly who opened shows for top acts like Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Dr. John, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, and many other luminaries. Just two days after his twentieth birthday John Earl played at Carnegie Hall with Plum Nelly, opening for the James Gang, on May 15, 1971. 
A great day for John Earl was in December 1975, when he was asked to film a pilot playing guitar with BB King for channel 9 KHJ in Los Angeles called "Backstage Pass." Soon afterwards John Earl formed his first blues band in Los Angeles and since then has led his own bands with many different line-ups. Many of John Earl's songs have become blues Internet classics. John Earl's main guitar used live and on all his CDs is named Dorothy a 1959 Fender Stratocaster which he purchased in NYC in 1973 in a trade for his 1961 Strat plus $100.00 dollars. As well as performing in New York, John Earl Walker has performed at festivals in Australia and Sweden and also at the Fortieth Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen in Germany in 2009.

Live In Germany

Sayed Sabrina - Big Boy Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2013
Time:38:35 
Size:89,1 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. That's When I Know - 2:52
 2. Come Back to Your Senses - 3:43
 3. Listen Up - 2:59
 4. A Love of My Own - 3:26
 5. Loser's Lament - 3:07
 6. At Last - 2:55
 7. Get the Job Done - 2:49
 8. Dirty Dealing - 2:43
 9. Love Has No Pride - 4:19
10. Hoochie Coochie Gal-Live (Live) - 4:51
11. I Just Want to Make Love to You - 4:45

Ayed Sabrina, is an enduring talent, a local legend, a petite powerhouse with a distinct sensuality and sense of humor. If you have ever seen her perform it is hard to forget and equally hard to describe. In the old school style of Jazz, Blues and Classic Rock greats, Sabrina's shows are mesmerizing. Her vocal projection is matched by her lively interactions with her audiences. Sabrina's unique sense of style brings a spirited diversity to the powerful voice that has been her trademark for so many years. Born and raised in Los Angeles, the product of Scotch/Irish and Fijian/Pakastani parents, her influences and style reflect her unique, yet eclectic versatile style. She has been compared to vocalist legends before her time: Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and Judy Garland. In an era where sometimes the heart and soul of good music seems only to exist in the past, Sayed Sabrina reminds us that inspiration never dies and that much of the beauty and tradition of yesterday is still here for us to enjoy. Named one of the Top 100 Unsigned Female Artists in the US by Omnia Music Magazine. Take the time to listen and enjoy something too unique to find just anywhere.This album is a mixture of blues and other musical genres.

Big Boy Blues

Beyond 1969 - Back to the Blues

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:42:43 
Size:98,7 MB 
Label:HMG Recordings 
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I'm Never Gonna Leave You - 4:55
 2. Feels So Good To Feel So Bad - 4:26
 3. Consolation Man - 4:33
 4. Comin' Back to the Blues - 3:56
 5. I'm Not Over You Yet - 4:10
 6. Darkest Before the Dawn - 3:53
 7. Goin' Down - 4:23
 8. If I Stay With You Tonight - 3:34
 9. It's My Own Damn Fault - 3:50
10. When It All Falls Down - 4:58

Led by veteran Tom “The Suit” Forst on guitar and vocals, Beyond 1969 is a veteran outfit who began life with a setlist that – as their name implies — put a new spin on music from the hippie era. But they return to blues-rock roots in style with this interesting effort. It’s an all-original celebration of love, loss, lust, loneliness and laughter.
A Connecticut and New York blues hall-of-famer with a well-worn voice, Tom shares the mic with bassist Tony Delisio in an ensemble that features keyboard player Jeff Bousfield, and drummer Bryan Caudle.
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Back To The Blues, by Beyond 1969 and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with I'm Never Gonna Leave You, a cool rocker with a funky backbeat, Tom Forst on lead vocal and guitar sets the pace with active bass work by Tony Delisio, Jeff Bousfield on keys and Bryan Caudle on drums. Bluesy ballad, Consolation Man is a real cool track in the vein of the Thrill Is Gone with soulful vocals and tasty, overdriven guitar lead by Forst, backing vocals and bass by Delisio, saturated organ work by Bousfield and a tight rhythm by Caudle. Very nice. Caudle opens Darkest Before The Dawn with a funky drum rhythm, supported by a complimentary bass line by Delisio. This may be my favorite track on the release when Forst gets into the groove with his vocal and melodic guitar soloing, surrounded by Bousfield's saturated organ and keyboard soloing. Very cool. Blues soaked, It's My Own Damn Fault, really gives Forst a chance to grind it out on guitar and his vocals are just right. With warm organ work by Bousfield, leading bass work by Delisio and tight percussion by Caudle, this track is a sure winner. Wrapping the release is When It All Falls Down is a driving rocker with prominent bass work by Delisio with full organ and drums under solid vocals by Forst. Forst layers guitar lead with Bousfield for an epic duel closing out the release. 

Back to the Blues

Exeter Blues - The Road and The Rail

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2013
Time:44:38 
Size:102,8 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Aussie Blues/Blues Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Road Trip - 3:35
 2. White Line Fever - 3:26
 3. Dangerous Girls in Big Black Cars - 3:29
 4. Halfway - 4:43
 5. Red Tail Lights - 3:57
 6. The Car Incedent - 3:50
 7. Beaty of It All - 4:14
 8. Driven North - 2:49
 9. Johney the Miners Blues Song - 4:02
10. Midnight Train - 3:58
11. I Missed the Train - 3:57
12. Home At Last - 2:32

The Road and The Rail is a 2013 studio album by Australian blues and roots artist Exeter Blues (David O'Leary). The 12-track record features themes of travel, outback driving, and railway journeys with tracks like "Road Trip," "Midnight Train," and "I Missed the Train".
"Twelve songs inspired by too many days on the road and living 1oo metres from the great Southern rail . Melbourne to Sydney line we lived with the trains 75 movements a day freight trains passenger trains Days spent driving up and down highways across Australia .Covering three states New south wales Northern territory and South Australia."

The Road and The Rail

Li'l Ronnie and The Grand Dukes - Gotta Strange Feeling

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:55:22 
Size:127,2 MB 
Label:EllerSoul Records 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Can't Buy My Love - 3:56
 2. Cold Hard Cash - 4:27
 3. Love Never Dies - 6:00
 4. Sweet Sue - 3:04
 5. Screaming and Crying - 3:53
 6. She's Bad News - 3:23
 7. Buzz Me - 3:07
 8. Fat City - 3:49
 9. Can't Please Your Wife - 3:42
10. Gotta Strange Feeling - 3:12
11. I Won't Take It Anymore - 3:26
12. Late Nite Blues - 4:12
13. Bring Your Love Home - 5:40
14. C'est La Vie - 3:25

With the EllerSoul label, harmonica player and singer Li’l Ronnie debuts with his band The Grand Dukes. Recorded in early January of this year, 2012, the album is a powerful showcase of the talent of this harmonica player, singer, and songwriter, along with his band's guitarist, Ivan Applerouth. Together they wrote twelve of the fourteen compositions on the album, in addition to "Buzz Me" by Louis Jordan and "C’est La Vie" by Chuck Berry. The album is heading in the right direction, with a handful of tracks that move between rockin’ blues, swamp rock, Chicago blues, and jump rock—all solid songs that powerfully and emotionally resonate with the listener, constantly and relentlessly delivering swing, twist, and groove in equal measure. Li’l Ronnie Owens plays beautifully crafted riffs and phrases with skill, precision, and good pitch, although at times his voice doesn't quite reach the heights it deserves. In any case, it's an honest and well-made album, worthy of applause and generally receiving a very good rating.

Gotta Strange Feeling

Angel - Where Have You Been?

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:38:04 
Size:88,9 MB 
Label:Rissoff Music 
Styles:R&B/Blues/Soul/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Where Are You? - 2:07
 2. I Want A Love I Can See - 3:05
 3. Where Have You Been? - 5:11
 4. Why Me? - 5:01
 5. It's Better To Have And Don't Need - 4:11
 6. Your Promise To Be Mine - 3:39
 7. Break Out The Tears - 3:52
 8. Back In Love Again - 4:44
 9. I Wanna Be (Your Everything) - 3:17
10. Oh Rockin' Daddy - 2:53

Bronx, New York blues musician.A mix of classic and original Rhythm&Blues, Soul, Blues with a nod to the group Harmony sound.An obscure blues CD from 2005 with a couple of killer soul tracks in "Why Me ?" and "Break Out The Tears." He also covers a Don Covay classic and the old Pretenders number released on Carnival yonks ago.

Where Have You Been?

Mark Searcy - Journeyman's Trail

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:50:52 
Size:117,3 MB 
Label:Moose Milk Music 
Styles:Blues/Acoustic Blues/Americana/Rock/Jazz Blues
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Hot Springs (78 Rpm Radio Mix) - 4:37
 2. For a Moment There - 3:50
 3. One More Cup of Coffee / All Along the Watchtower - 9:04
 4. Georgia on My Mind - 5:02
 5. Sunny - 4:25
 6. Bluebonnets in the Spring - 3:55
 7. 07. Mark Searcy - Mi Ultimo Dia.mp3 -     
 8. Keep Me in Your Heart - 4:11
 9. At Last (Live at Sam's) - 2:22
10. Star Spangled Banner - 3:04
11. What a Wonderful World - 4:36
12. Hot Springs - 5:42

My  album Journeyman's Trail, is a personal collection of songs I've picked up along my musical path over the years. It features interpretations of timeless songs that have been a part of my journey, along with a few originals that felt like they belonged. The album kicks off with an original that is straight from my being, entitled “Hot Springs”. This solo acoustic blues track is more than a song to me. It’s about a place that holds a chapter of my life; where both my parents and grandparents were born and raised, my goto place for peace and healing, and my final resting spot once life on earth is done. It’s the blues heart of the entire album, and I hope you can feel that deep connection. Another highlight for me is a re-imagination of two songs from Bob Dylan's immense catalog, weaving back and forth between two of his classics in a nine-minute journey and tribute to one of our generation's master songwriters. Finally, there's a live duet performance at Sam's Burger Joint with my good friend Ginger Pickett of an Etta James classic. Thanks for joining me on the Journeyman's Trail.

Journeyman's Trail

Johnny Max Band - Johnny Max & His so Called Friends

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:41:22 
Size:96,1 MB 
Label:Pour Soul Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. You Can Do Better Than Him - 3:40
 2. How the Other Half Lives - 3:44
 3. I've Said All the Sorrys I'm Gonna Say - 3:38
 4. Might as Well Be on Mars - 3:45
 5. I've Never Met a Bridge - 2:42
 6. These Are the Things That Make Me Think of You - 3:18
 7. Memphis Women & Fried Chicken - 4:43
 8. Kiss from Joanne - 4:17
 9. What's Good for the Goose... - 2:59
10. When You Love Somebody - 3:30
11. Be Good to Yourself - 3:31
12. Plastic Jesus - 1:28

Based out of Ontario, Canada, vocalist Johnny Max is an award-winning tunesmith who’s been touring the world with his homespun originals for better than 30 years. And he outdoes himself with his latest effort. It’s a masterwork that includes his six-piece band along with eight friends. Johnny’s tunes that are part Windy City/part Big Easy. He delivers lyrics that are packed with wry humor and witty images. And his behind-the-beat delivery keeps things swinging from the hip.

Johnny Max & His so Called Friends

Jerry & the StageHogs - Jerry & the StageHogs

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2003
Time:38:05 
Size:87,8 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Kitchen Song - 4:29
 2. Mr. Train - 3:11
 3. Don't Make Me Wrong - 3:11
 4. Lock & Key - 5:14
 5. Play It Funky - 3:30
 6. Reconsider - 2:50
 7. Rounders Hill - 4:39
 8. Sad ol' Heart - 5:18
 9. Backdoor Man - 5:39

Jerry & The Stagehogs This is NOT the 1-4-5 band next door. The HOGS play a stylish mix of complex, multi-layered original tunes along with simple standards, roots blues classics, modern and progressive blues. The band's roots are deeply planted in the heart of the blues. Their show is a hard driving tribute to the musicians who laid the foundation for what is today's music. Delta, Chicago, Texas, West Coast, you name it, they play it. Two hot lead guitarists, killer slide, impressive bass, dead-on drumming. JERRY ZYBACH has a big, pure, elegant/raw/gentle/rough GIANT voice with range and nuance that are almost impossible to find in one person. He can make you laugh and make you cry, sometimes during the same song. The STAGEHOGS are a serious case of the right guys coming together at the right time. You won't find a more high energy, professional band anywhere. They are a great live band and are available as a main or opening act and are the perfect rhythm section to back your headline vocalist needing a band. These guys will have your crowd on their feet begging for more!

Jerry & the StageHogs

Bad Bob Bates - Car Trouble

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:25:34 
Size:59,3 MB 
Label:Mr Christopher J Davison 
Styles:Rock/Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Car Trouble - 3:02
 2. Don't Tell The Bride - 4:33
 3. Foundry Lane - 4:27
 4. No-One Told Me - 4:29
 5. Silent Screen - 2:37
 6. Take What You Got - 3:35
 7. You Looked Good - 2:49

BBB’s new elongated EP, or compact album, (7 tracks) .
Tyneside (UK) based solo/duo/band performer - a mix of foot stompin' solo workouts and band pieces, ranging from full on dirty blues to Americana ballads that’ll have you crying in your beer. BBB also plays in The Bates Motel (originals band) and The Bandits, with earlier excursions with Ma Kelly's Boys, West Brook & Swamp Tea, The Velvets and Oil City Connection.

Car Trouble

Paul Metsa - Paul Metsa Songs of Resistance and Resolve 1984-2025

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:68:22 
Size:157,3 MB 
Label:Paul Metsa Music 
Styles:Folk Rock/Country/Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Slow Justice - 5:06
 2. 59 Coal Mines - 4:06
 3. Fires of Jerusalem - 3:31
 4. Wall of Power - 5:48
 5. Jack Ruby - 5:43
 6. Ferris Wheels On The Farm - 4:24
 7. Like Father, Like Son - 7:47
 8. Floretta's Junkyard - 4:06
 9. Another Man's Chains - 4:34
10. Walkin' In A Woman's World (Live) - 4:47
11. Second Avenue Sunset - 4:54
12. Ain't Gonna Whistle Dixie Anymore - 4:14
13. No Kings (No Crown) - 5:13
14. You Can't Be Brave (If You're Not Scared) - 4:03

Collection spanning the Minnesotan’s career highlights how fighting for justice is as important now as it ever was.
When you think of americana and protest music, the striking image of Woody Guthrie brandishing his guitar with “This machine kills fascists” emblazoned on it, back in the 1940s, is surely one of the first things that comes to mind, but Paul Metsa is here to remind you that activism within the genre is an ongoing fight and not a relic resigned to history. Born into a community in Minnesota known as Iron Rangers because of their 100 or so years link to the huge open-pit mines in the north of the state, Metsa, like his fellow Iron Rangers, has a very distinct sense of right and wrong, chiefly born from his community, who have stuck together and always held true to their brand of fairness.
“And as the world goes around, all I want to ask is, / If the rich man owns the land, why must the poor man pay the taxes?” Metsa asks on Songs of Resistance & Resolve’s opener, Slow Justice, starting exactly as he means to go on: speaking plainly and pulling no punches. He further asks, “Why does justice go so slow?” before coming to the painful conclusion that “Poor means stop and rich means go”. The songs generally have a rough, unpolished quality, but it works well with the subject matter, and that’s showcased well on the 59 Coal Mines, originally taken from Metsa’s 2008 album Paper Tigers, as he talks of closing coal mines costing the men who work in them their livelihoods and futures, much to the disregard of the big bosses.
Fire of Jerusalem, recorded in 1984, is unfortunately as relevant today as it ever was: “When the war is in the east / Go west, young man, go west / Shooting sleeping children will not put medals on your chest / And the fires of Jerusalem / Why must anyone get used to them,” Metsa growls bitterly on the chorus against jagged acoustic guitar. 1987’s Ferris Wheels on the Farm and 1983’s Wall of Power both have shades of Springsteen, the latter seeing Metsa hope for a future we’ve yet to see, where “the high and the mighty will fall” and “There will be no power brokers”. Like Father, Like Son, a live recording Metsa sweetly dedicates to his mother and father at the start of the song, is the compelling tale of a waitress who falls pregnant to a soldier who goes off to fight in the Korean War. The waitress names her son after his father, but struggles to let him go as he ages, and ultimately, he gets drafted into the army in 1967 and ends up dying in war just like his father before him.
On the live recording of Walkin’ In a Woman’s World, Metsa, bravely for a male artist, puts himself in the shoes of women and the dangers they are accustomed to avoiding on a day-to-day basis: “She ain’t safe in a straight line / She ain’t safe in a round / She ain’t safe in an airplane / She ain’t safe on the ground.” He highlights the unjust nature of the tragic case of Kitty Genovese, but more personally promises not to give up the fight for equality because his “grandma was once just a girl” and assures us that he “won’t stop runnin’ ’til [he’s] walkin in a woman’s world”. 2017’s Ain’t Gonna Whistle Dixie Anymore is perhaps the most impactful thing on the album, Wee Willie Walker’s stunning voice on lead vocals only making the lyrics of rejecting the Jim Crow South even more breathtakingly compelling. No Kings (No Crown), featuring Al Spahawk, highlights the ongoing crisis in America as Trump attempts to run the country more like a dictatorship than a democracy.
“Give me liberty or give me death / Any other way ain’t worth my dying breath,” Metsa snarls defiantly on Another Man’s Chains, and like so much of the album, it’s a prescient reminder of the power of music and how its message can cut above the noise. Songs of Resistance & Resolve has a strong message for sure, but it’s also a brilliant showcase for Metsa’s 40+ years as a songwriter. Let’s hope he’s not planning on stopping penning songs anytime soon, because we need voices like his now, just as much as ever.

Paul Metsa Songs of Resistance and Resolve 1984-2025

Siren Society - We Must Go On

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:38:03 
Size:88,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released
Styles:Contemporary Blues  
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. One - 4:10
 2. Must Go On - 3:48
 3. The Earthquake - 4:12
 4. Porcelain - 4:29
 5. Waltz With Elise - 3:07
 6. Wild River - 3:30
 7. Half a Dozen Broken Fates - 3:21
 8. Blues With Elise - 3:09
 9. Silk and Smoke - 3:37
10. Overdose - 4:34

Siren Society was an American-Australian girl group that formed on the Netflix series Building the Band in 2024. After forming themselves throughout the process of the series, they placed sixth in the competition. They were composed of Jenna Dave, Noriella Gjielli, Erica Padilla and Autumn Stallia. Following the series, they signed with Today Is Vintage and have released singles including "If It Was Me" and "Don't Cool Me Down". 

We Must Go On

Jim Oblon - Black Cat

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2017
Time:31:07 
Size:71,6 MB 
Label:From The Earth Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Black Cat - 3:48
 2. Long Lonely Year - 3:01
 3. Peace and Joy Sublime - 3:19
 4. Say No to the Devil - 3:15
 5. Children of the Fall - 4:31
 6. No Streets of Gold - 4:37
 7. The Other Shore - 3:19
 8. Reefer Girl Sunrise Blues - 5:12

"Black Cat" is a studio album by American guitarist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Jim Oblon, released in 2017 on the independent label Blue Liberty Records. Jim Oblon is a unique figure on the contemporary American scene. An incredibly gifted jazz and blues drummer (he toured and recorded for a long time with the legendary Paul Simon), Oblon takes up the electric guitar in his solo projects and transforms himself into one of the most distinctive and uncompromising blues-rock artists of the new generation.
The album features both original compositions and radically reimagined classic blues standards. Oblon takes the age-old formulas of masters like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Jimmy Reed and turns them inside out, infusing them with wild garage drive, funky skeletons, and rockabilly brashness. The title track, "Black Cat," sets the tone for the entire record with its lazy yet menacing, viscous rhythm. "Black Cat" is a powerful, honest, and hypnotically rocking release. Jim Oblon has managed to create an album that respects the traditions of old-school Delta and Chicago blues, yet sounds fresh, electric, and thoroughly modern. A great find for those tired of refined pop blues and seeking a true, wild, roots groove.

Black Cat

Black Smoke Brigade - Stood As Kings

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:33:16 
Size:77,3 MB 
Label:BSB Records 
Styles:Blues/Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Live Another Way - 3:33
 2. Stood As Kings - 3:18
 3. Morning Light - 4:56
 4. On The Run - 3:51
 5. Long Before You're Gone - 4:29
 6. Leave The Sun Tomorrow - 3:20
 7. Six String Man(Song for Jimi) - 5:27
 8. Aces & Eights - 4:19

Black Smoke Brigade blends the raw power of classic ’70s rock with a modern edge, delivering a sound that’s equal parts Led Zeppelin, Rival Sons, and Black Sabbath. Their music is loud, soulful, and unrelentingly energetic — a wall of riffs, groove, and fire. Drawing inspiration from the golden age of rock ’n roll, the band brings vintage spirit into the now, with songs that stick and a live show that hits hard.
Following the release of their riff-heavy debut EP Brick by Brick, Black Smoke Brigade has been making serious noise on stages across the Netherlands. They’ve shared the bill with acts like Rosalie Cunningham, The Wild Romance, and Plan Nine, and played festivals including Breda Barst. With their reputation growing and new music on the horizon, Black Smoke Brigade is carving out their place in the next generation of rock.

Stood As Kings

Adam Coleman Band - Nobody From Nowhere

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:47:17 
Size:108,9 MB 
Label:Dancing Hawk Music 
Styles:Blues/Americana/ Roots Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Nobody From Nowhere - 4:05
 2. Roll On - 6:03
 3. Bear Trap Sally - 5:09
 4. Get Back Home - 4:53
 5. Blue Mountain - 6:32
 6. Love You Like A Man - 4:43
 7. Thru The Night - 3:42
 8. Better Hold Up - 4:19
 9. The Cowpoke - 6:05
10. Fall Like Rain - 1:42

Adam Coleman, born and raised in the high deserts of Eastern Oregon, and the deep forests of the southern Oregon Coast, his voice and musical style is deeply authentic and indicative of the old western US.

Nobody From Nowhere

S.E.Willis - Luckiest Man Alive

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2002
Time:53:55 
Size:124,0 MB 
Label:Merrimack 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. My Baby's Sweet - 4:53
 2. Luckiest Man Alive - 4:46
 3. Find Some Boogie - 3:26
 4. Four Years Gone By - 6:27
 5. Halfway Out the Door - 5:02
 6. Poor Man - 4:11
 7. Corrine Corrina - 3:07
 8. Kindhearted Woman - 6:17
 9. Been Brokenhearted - 4:42
10. Mystery Train - 6:08
11. Cry to Me - 4:51

S.E.Willis (Steve Willis), originally from West Virginia, has been playing the piano and harmonica since the age of six, and organ and accordion since his teens.  He started playing in rock and roll bands along Arizona’s stretch of Route 66 in 1967.  Willis’ music is deeply rooted in traditional American forms: blues, boogie-woogie, country, rockabilly, gospel, zydeco. A veteran band leader, S.E.Willis has taken a supporting role in bands with such artists as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Albert King, Jimmy Rogers, Roy Gaines, and, since 2000, Elvin Bishop (his accordion features prominently on the 2014 release “Can’t Even Do Wrong Right”). S.E.Willis sang tenor with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and appeared on their 1995 release “We’ve Come a Mighty Long Way.” He worked another three years with founding Meters’ member and New Orleans drumming legend Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste, and plays piano on his solo release Zigaboo.com. Steve “S.E.” Willis is a member of the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame.

Luckiest Man Alive

The Stevie Zee Band - Wail

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1995
Time:66:08 
Size:152,4 MB 
Label:Sandcastle Records 
Styles:Blues Rock 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Light - 4:58
 2. Guitar Man - 4:38
 3. Burned - 4:08
 4. Wail - 6:58
 5. Mesmerise - 5:20
 6. My Little Girl - 5:21
 7. Dark Eyes - 5:35
 8. Hi-Tail Woman - 4:41
 9. Hard - 5:58
10. Rollercoaster - 3:47
11. Cold Turkey - 5:23
12. Body Count - 4:14
13. Crazy Train - 5:01

The Stevie Zee Band's "Wail" is a must-have for alternative music fans. This first edition CD, released in 1995 under Sandcastle Records.In terms of the content, "Wail" showcases the talent of The Stevie Zee Band with their unique style that defines the 1990s music scene. This album is perfect for those who appreciate good music and want to add a rare gem to their CD collection. There is not one bad track on Wail, to my ears, and it just gets better every time I hear it.
Stevie Zee is one amazing singing, songwriting and guitar playing talent, and this set of songs showcases his skills and lays it all out on the table with a fearless performance. This is the kind of thing you don’t buy and listen to a few times and shelf for a rainy day. It’s massively infectious and even mood friendly. He really is some kind of master who swings between blues, rock, funk and a bit of pop flair and a slight southern feel as well. 

Wail

Michael Barclay - Tracks

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2015
Time:50:10 
Size:115,9 MB 
Label:Chatterbox Records 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Luisting:
 1. California's Burnin' - 3:19
 2. I'm so Weary - 3:11
 3. I Got to Be Movin' On - 3:31
 4. Mike's Blues - 3:49
 5. Is It Him or Is It Me - 2:51
 6. Reggae Man - 3:15
 7. Lucky Streak - 2:40
 8. I'm a Man - 3:22
 9. On the Verge of Tears - 3:23
10. Tracks - 4:23
11. I'd Fall All Over Again - 3:33
12. Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - 4:26
13. Slippin' Into Love - 3:12
14. I Hear the Freight Train Whistle Blow - 3:19
15. F-Bomb - 1:50

This CD review was originally published in the July 21, 2016 edition of Blues Blast Magazine. Multi-instrumentalist and singer Michael Barclay has an extensive history with all kinds of music, having worked as a sideman with artists as diverse as rock pioneer Chuck Berry (back in the 1960s!), jazzman Randy Crawford, and the B-3 master himself, Merl Saunders. Hailing from Northern California, Michael has been steadily churning out self-produced albums that cover a lot of ground, including last year’s very good blue-rock collection, King of Hearts.
Tracks is Barclay’s fifth solo release, and the album is subtitled “A Blues, Funk, and World Music Ride for the Discerning Traveler.” That does a great job summing up what is going on here, as Michael does not confine himself to any one genre, and he generates many different moods and emotions. He did a lot of the heavy lifting on this disc, as he wrote thirteen of the tracks, provided the vocals, and laid down a good portion of the guitar, bass, organ, piano, trumpet, and synthesizer parts. He was joined by Roger Volz on saxophone for a number of the tracks, and a few other guest musicians filled in as needed.Michael leads off this album with “California Burnin’” and this gives the listener an insider’s view of living in brushfire country, one of the perils of the Golden State. This story is set to a 1980s style blues-rock soundtrack complete with very well done clean lead guitar work from Barclay and solid drums from guest artist Tommy Miles. Moving to more a more traditional blues subject is “Is it Him or is it Me,” which is about a man who needs to know where he really stands with his lady. This song uses 1980s synthesizer and vocal sounds that give the feel of the low-key rock that Clapton was doing 30 years ago.
There are a few tracks where the lyrics take a backseat to the music and the words are just used to help cement the message of the song. One example of this is “I’m So Weary” which has the same two lines, “I’m so weary / boy oh don't you know,” set to a smooth Afro Cuban beat. This song uses hand percussion and light-hearted guitar lines from Kendrick Freeman and Andrew Ohren to achieve more of an island sound. Another is “Lucky Streak,” a slow-paced funky rocker with simple instrumentation (bass, guitar, and drums) and a 1980s vibe.Two cover tunes are also included on Tracks, and they are not the usual ones that everybody else seems to redo. There is a dark version of “I’m a Man” from the Spencer Davis Group (remember Steve Winwood?) that is heavy enough that it changes the mood from a proud declaration into a brooding melancholy. Then there is an upbeat instrumental, “Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues,” that Johnny Shines originally recorded in 1970. Barclay does a fine job with the organ and guitar here, and his soloing has a very natural feel and pace.
As most of the songs are relatively short, Michael found room for four other instrumentals on this disc and these cover a variety of sounds and moods. “Mike’s Blues” has a funky 1970s blues sound with a slick sax lead, and solos that are traded off from Volz’s sax to Barclay’s guitar to Lowell “Banana” Levinger’s organ. Other guest musicians were brought in for this track, including Bill Boggio on guitar, Terry Baker on drums, and Kent Fosgreen on bass. Michael also experiments with the Jamaica sound on “Reggae Man,” a modern tune that uses keyboards to good effect, including a neat steel drum sample. Then there is “Tracks,” a laid-back jazzy blues song that has a smooth guitar lead and a pulsing bass line. And lastly, Michael closes the album out with “F-bomb” a short solo acoustic guitar track that ties everything together as it reminds the listener of what the blues is all about and where it came from. This about covers it for Tracks, and Michael Barclay definitely accomplished his goal of providing entertainment for individuals who like variety in their musical collection. Give it a listen for yourself, and please remember to support local independent musicians, as there is a lot of good stuff to be found out there!

Tracks

The Paul Cook Blues Band - The Roundel Session

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2013
Time:40:27 
Size:94,1 MB 
Label:Ditto Music 
Styles:Blues/British Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Watching You - 6:31
 2. Baby Done Me Bad - 9:25
 3. Bad Boy - 5:12
 4. Mr Bluesman - 4:53
 5. Troubles - 8:09
 6. Vigo Blues - 6:16

The PCBB have been gigging relentlessly for a long time, playing hundreds of different venues and appearing at numerous festivals since 2007.   
On December 5th 2023, Paul and the band made their debut at London’s iconic 100club featuring Katie Bradley on Harmonica and vocals as part of Solid Entertainments’ Tuesday Blues programme.    The very same day a new album featuring Katie Bradley was released  receiving a warm reception from the blues brigade.    It was 13th in the IBBA Blues Charts that same month.   
2024 has already seen the band play Broadstairs Blues Bash.

The Roundel Session

Devon Gilfillian - Time Will Tell

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:45:13 
Size:103,9 MB 
Label:Fantasy 
Styles:Contemporary R&B/Soul/Rock/Country/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Time - 3:20
 2. Moonflower - 4:38
 3. Hold On (Hourglass) - 4:08
 4. IRL - 3:31
 5. Black Dog Rabbit Hole - 3:20
 6. Glad To Be Here - 4:59
 7. Shines In You - 4:44
 8. Let's Stop Fucking Around - 3:12
 9. Keep On Movin' - 5:23
10. Some Days - 3:28
11. You Can Hate Me Now - 3:46
12. Time (Reprise) - 0:38

Forged through the extreme highs and lows that come with living, Time Will Tell is the album that Devon Gilfillian has been preparing to make his entire life. His third studio album was formed in Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A and recorded live to tape on varispeed with mostly single vocal takes. Gilfillian wrote and produced with a mighty team including longtime drummer and friend Jonathan Smalt and Neal H Pogue (Tyler the Creator, OutKast) as executive producer.
Gilfillian carries soul track to track through a sonic journey of rock, funk, and country elements, magnetically vulnerable about his own failure and frailty. No end is ever easy, and what else is there in life than to go through? To get to where we’re going, we’ve got to suffer a little. Time Will Tell is the sound of Gilfillian doing just that while realizing what a blessing it is to be here at all.

Time Will Tell

Snowy White and The White Flames - The Finishing Touch

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:50:02 
Size:115,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Contemporary Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Open Water - 5:44
 2. Lost In The Blues - 5:47
 3. Just The Way It Is Today - 4:02
 4. Three Long Years - 4:54
 5. Music All My Life - 4:29
 6. Whole Bunch of Nothing - 5:07
 7. Minefield - 4:29
 8. Win Some Lose Some - 4:32
 9. The Finishing Touch - 7:00
10. The Blues Away - 3:53

Musicians:
Snowy White - Guitars (all tracks), Bass Guitar (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10), Electric Piano (1), Vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Piano (5), Synth (9), Organ (10);
Walter Latupeirissa -  Bass Guitar (3, 4, 5, 6, 9);
Max Middleton - Acoustic Piano (1), Hammond Organ (3), Piano Solos (5);
Juan van Emmerloot: Drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 9), Percussion (1, 3, 5);
Thomas White: Drums (2, 7, 8, 10).

Legendary guitarist and blues master Snowy White will release his final studio album, The Finishing Touch, on June 26, 2026. The album marks the closing chapter of a remarkable career that has spanned decades and left a lasting impression on blues, rock, and guitar music worldwide. Few musicians have remained as true to themselves as Snowy White. Admired for his humility, honesty, and unmistakable guitar tone, he has always focused on the music rather than personal recognition. As one admirer famously said: “He is one of those rare musicians who says, ‘Look how beautiful the music is!’ not, ‘Look how great I am!’”

The Finishing Touch

Saron Crenshaw And Blind B' & The Visionairs - Goin' To Get Deep!

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2017
Time:64:38 
Size:148,6 MB 
Label:Blind Bee Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Don't Roll Your Eyes -  6:52
 2. The Moon Is Full -  6:15
 3. Lie To Me -  3:16
 4. Feels Like Rain -  8:00
 5. Guitarman -  6:28
 6. 44 Blues -  7:52
 7. Old Love - 12:18
 8. Tight Cranky & Loose -  7:40
 9. Wang Dang Doodle -  5:54
Musicians:
SaRon Crenshaw - Vocals & Guitar;
Bart Kamp - Bass;
Patrick Cuyvers - Hammond & Piano;
Frank Duindam - Drums.

SaRon Crenshaw was completely unknown to me until videos of a performance in the Netherlands appeared on the internet. It turned out that Bart Kamp had discovered him in New York and brought him to the Netherlands for a few performances and CD recordings. When Bart played with Monti Amundson at Bluesmoose Café, I asked him to bring a copy of ‘Goin’ To Get Deep!’ and bought one. Bart told me that he had recorded the CD independently and that five hundred copies were initially produced. The CD was recorded live at the Berkelse Bluesclub and the sound is excellent.
It has turned out to be a beautiful CD with wonderful ‘old school’ blues. No explosive, hard solos, but lovely bluesy guitar work on which SaRon’s warm, smooth voice thrives perfectly. He is backed by Bart Kamp on bass, Patrick Cuyvers on Hammond and piano, and Frank Duindam on drums. SaRon wrote two songs himself: Guitarman and Tight Cranky And Loose; the other seven are covers. The CD opens with the delightful slow blues *Don’t Roll Your Eyes*, featuring sharp guitar playing, beautiful bass lines, Hammond organ, and tight drumming. The uptempo *The Moon Is Full* has a great rhythm in which bass and drums, combined with the Hammond playing, create a fine groove upon which the funky guitar playing excels. *Lie To Me* has a jazzy touch, and SaRon’s voice fits perfectly—a bit deep, a bit warm. A nice, swinging track. The ballad *Feels Like Rain* is sung very subdued, with a backing choir, and played as befits such a song. Then the funk continues with *Guitar Man*. A funky guitar intro transitions into a top-notch groove in which the organ sets the tone with wonderful interplay with the rhythm section, and where guitar and Hammond engage in a great duel. *44 Blues* features a sharp guitar intro, clapping crowd, and solo vocals before the band joins in—simply wonderful blues. The band is introduced before the song *Old Love*. SaRon’s voice carries this song in an incredibly sensitive way: emotional, sung with restraint and fitting accompaniment. Goosebumps! Feet leave the floor to the funky blues Tight, Cranky & Loose. “Are you ready to party?” asks SaRon before the final song, launching into the well-known Wang Dang Doodle and urging the audience to sing along, which ends in a beautiful solo.
Conclusion:
A wonderful CD featuring delightfully authentic blues work that is rarely heard anymore. It is often blues rock that dominates, which is also wonderful, but this is more the ‘original’ blues. A must-buy for lovers of fine blues!

Goin' To Get Deep!

Lou Wilson & Todays People - Money Talk

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2008
Time:60:01 
Size:138,2 MB 
Label:Frontline Records 
Styles:Blues/Funky Blues/Soul/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Whip It - 4:12
 2. Settle Down - 3:46
 3. Money Talk - 3:57
 4. Around the Corner From Love - 3:48
 5. Dog in the House - 4:19
 6. Taking Over My Baby's Mind - 3:29
 7. If It Ain't Broke Don't Try to Fix It - 5:01
 8. Roots of My Heart - 4:59
 9. I'm Not Limited - 4:38
10. You Laid Your Love On Me - 4:06
11. Mis-high and Mighty - 4:34
12. Ain't Been Hittin It - 4:42
13. I Heard It Through the Grapvine - 4:26
14. Can I Depend On You - 3:55

Lou (Loise E.) Wilson was born in Senatobia Mississippi. With his family later moving to Memphis Tennessee.As a performer Lou’s recording career stretches back to the fifties, where as a founder member of Wade Flemons & The New Comers he recorded a top R&B hit with “Here I Stand” for Chicago’s Vee-Jay Records. As a solo performer Lou experienced further success with “This Love Is Getting Deeper” which appeared on the Kent Records subsidiary label, Supreme.
Lou’s Next release “Got To Be Me” appeared on Columbia Records, this time under the name Of Lou Edwards & Today’s People. The success of this release was not only confined to the USA. Import copies of the 45 soon found there way into England reaching a whole army of new fans. It was the flipside of the Columbia release “Talkin’ ‘Bout Poor Folks, Thinkin’ ‘Bout My Folks” that caught the imagination of Northern Soul Scene, and has since become regarded as an all time classic of this genre. Lou and his family had by now relocated to Kalamazoo Michigan. A further three releases appeared on the Detroit Crew label. Culminating in the acclaimed, 2005 cd album, “Blues Groove” which lou released on his own Frontline Label.
It is from Lou’s current cd album “Money Talk” that Soul Junction has lifted two excellent southern soul tracks for its next 45 release, “Settle Down” b/w “Around The Corner From Love”.
Get ready to rock with Lou Wilson & Todays People's  album, Money Talk. This CD, released in 2008 by Cdb and CD Baby, features the band's signature blues sound that will leave you wanting more. 
The album showcases the band's talent for blending blues, funky blues, rock, and soul into a sound that is both unique and captivating. 

Money Talk

The Lydia Warren Band - Live

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:63:58 
Size:146,9 MB 
Label:Blues 
Styles:Self-Released 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Respect Me Baby - 7:17
 2. Fireworks - 4:47
 3. Back To Me - 2:29
 4. You Don't Know - 4:28
 5. Antman's Reggae Groove - 5:19
 6. What Have I Done Wrong - 5:35
 7. Nobody Likes You - 6:33
 8. Nothing Without You - 4:05
 9. All Your Love - 9:44
10. Give Yourself Up - 2:49
11. Give Yourself Up- Breakdown - 4:28
12. Encore- Cape Cod - 6:18

Okay so i just listened to Live by The Lydia Warren Band, 2005, straight-up blues from chicago, no frills. and honestly? It kinda surprised me. wasn't expecting much, low-key judged the cover-kinda plain, just a blurry photo and some handwritten font. but press play and boom, raw energy hits you right in the chest. lydia's voice? rough in the best way. like she's been singing all night and still ain't tired. it's got that gritty, soulful crack when she belts it out, especially on "You Don't Know" and "Respect Me Baby." man, those tracks slap. the guitar solos are messy in a good way-like they're feeling it, not just playing notes. you can hear the crowd, not too loud, just enough to remind you this is live, real, no studio tricks. "Nobody Likes You" goes on for over six minutes and i didn't even notice the time. just locked in. bassline's thick, drums steady, and lydia's voice cuts through like a knife. love how unhurried it feels. like the band's in no rush, just groovin'. "All Your Love" closes it with nearly ten minutes of pure blues jam-no, it doesn't go anywhere fast, but it doesn't gotta. it vibes. but yeah, not perfect. "Back To Me" feels too short, like they just started and it's already over. left me hanging. and "Antman's Reggae Groove"? reggae in a blues album? weird flex. didn't hate it, but felt outta place, like someone sneezed in the middle of a sermon. not bad, just... huh? also, the recording quality? a bit muddy. nothing ear-ruining, but you can tell it's indie, self-released. mic levels kinda wobble sometimes. still, adds to the charm, i guess. feels more real, less polished to death like some modern stuff. what really got me though? the lack of ego. no flashy solos for solos' sake. no over-the-top drama. just a band playing music like they mean it. you don't hear that much anymore. everyone's trying to impress. these folks just wanna make you feel something. funny thing-i was listening while walking through the park, and this old dude with a cane stopped, looked at me like he could hear it through my headphones, nodded slowly, and said "now that's blues." didn't say another word. walked off. weird? maybe. but also, yeah. that's exactly what it is.

Live

The Colbys - Meat'n'More

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:59:07 
Size:136,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Soul/R&B 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Keep Laughin' - 4:13
 2. She Just Wants To Dance - 4:45
 3. Rubboard - 3:51
 4. Each And Everyone - 4:01
 5. Lighten Up - 5:19
 6. Don't Speak - 3:49
 7. Deal With It - 3:36
 8. Gotta Bend - 3:16
 9. Strongest Weakness - 4:32
10. 'Fess - 3:30
11. Truckin' - 3:15
12. Dealer's World - 3:45
13. I'll Take You Back - 7:19
14. Signifyin' Monkey - 3:49

John Colby, Grammy winning producer & composer of ESPN's Sportscenter theme turns his attention to his own band, The Colby's....A musical gumbo of New Orleans, R&B, gospel and blues... They've been bringing Bourbon St to the Northeast for 25 years.
The Colbys feature : Bev Rohlehr (Ro-laire) - Jazz and R&B singer. Only woman to record with the legendary acapella group 'The Persuasions'. Featured vocalist with the National Jazz Ensemble ( Smithsonian Records) John Colby - Keyboardist, vocalist. Grammy, Emmy & Ace award winning composer and producer. Best known for his work on Ken Burns 'Civil War' and 'Baseball'. Composer of themes for ESPN's 'Sportscenter' & ESPYs, Fox's 'Best Damn Sports Show', NFL on NBC. Music director of the Clarence Clemons Band.

Meat'n'More

The Michael Barclay Blues Band - Soul Patch

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2001
Time:63:53 
Size:147,4 MB 
Label:Chatterbox Records 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I Refuse - 5:01
 2. Redheaded Woman - 4:11
 3. Dark Night - 6:24
 4. Louise - 5:48
 5. Honeymoon - 4:12
 6. Gimme a Break - 5:14
 7. Time Will Tell - 6:21
 8. Fine Fine Fine - 4:46
 9. Don't Toy With Me - 4:12
10. You Haunt Me - 4:17
11. Back to New York City - 3:46
12. Drivin' 95 Blues - 2:52
13. That Ain't Love - 4:23
14. Soul Patch - 2:19

"Soul Patch" is a 2001 studio album and the title track by the Northern California-based The Michael Barclay Blues Band. Led by guitarist and vocalist Michael Barclay, the 14-track record blends original blues compositions with classic covers, such as a rendition of Howlin' Wolf's "Louise".The full 14-track release features songs like "I Refuse," "Dark Night," and "Redheaded Woman". The ensemble is a well-known act in the regional California blues scene and has shared bills with artists like Etta James, John Mayall, and Elvin Bishop.
This album as been a favorite of the blues band fans since it's release. The band is one of Northern California's most talented and experienced blues outfits. Michael's arrangements and compositions, as well as choices of blues standards, has always been a cut above.  He produced the most recent recordings of the late Pattie Santos (It's a Beautiful Day). Michael was a featured performer at: The Russian River Blues Festival; The Sonoma County Blues Festival in 1998 and 2006. The band was featured with Disney superstar, Myra, at First Night Santa Rosa. 

Soul Patch

BD Mylo And The Go Daddys - I Can't Lose

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2004
Time:56:48 
Size:131,3 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. City Blues - 4:46
 2. Ain't That Cold - 4:25
 3. I Can't Lose - 4:29
 4. Big Steps - 3:30
 5. Fly Me To The Moon - 3:44
 6. The Fire Or The Flame - 4:24
 7. Ain't Gonna Lose It - 4:57
 8. How To Be Me - 4:45
 9. Little Girl - 2:55
10. Somber Somba - 3:30
11. Trouble In Mind - 3:09
12. Blues For D - 3:56
13. Hollywood Bound - 4:22
14. How Do You Feel When You're Down - 3:48

BD Mylo and the Go Daddys reside in a musical place where the tidewaters of the Mississippi wash up at the foot of Beale Street. Fusing blues, soul, rock and jazz into a style uniquely their own, this 6-piece group delivers with a heartfelt passion of artists on a mission, taking audiences on a musical trip through the roots of American music.

I Can't Lose

Bruce "Bruiser" Rummenie and Stave Davenport - This Noise In My Blood

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:21:38 
Size:49,9 MB 
Label:Self-released 
Styles:Acoustic Blues/Americana/Roots 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. This Noise In My Blood - 3:33
 2. Once I Had A Sorrow - 2:18
 3. Honey And Glue - 2:34
 4. They Got Jesus Down There - 4:40
 5. Baby, You Know - 2:34
 6. Worse Than '93 - 2:34
 7. Hurt Me, Lord - 3:25

Bruce Bruiser Rummenie - Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Bandleader. Blues, Roots, and Rock-n-Roll.
“These songs began as a conversation between a poet and a musician. When the musician said he had never written a song with anyone, the poet went home, wrote a song lyric that evening, his first ever, and sent it to the musician, who spun the words into a song by the next day. The conversations continued, and within a few months the one song had become seven. They wrote in separate rooms, but the result was a collaboration that surprised both of them: the poet who played no instrument beyond the words he wrote down and the musician who took the poet’s words and made them sing.” 
~ Steve Davenport.

This Noise In My Blood

The Paul Cook Blues Band - Random Afternoon Barn Session

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2022
Time:49:03 
Size:113,8 MB 
Label:UBAS Records 
Styles:Blues/Electric Blues
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Back Door Slam -  5:16
 2. Blues for You -  5:10
 3. Farm Blues -  9:29
 4. Hell for Me -  7:46
 5. Somebody Told Me - 11:04
 6. When We Started Dancing -  4:46
 7. Woman Drives Me Crazy -  5:28

'If you don't love the blues you got a great big hole in your soul...........'Established 2007. The PCBB have been gigging relentlessly for a long time, playing hundreds of different venues and appearing at numerous festivals since 2007.  On December 5th 2023, Paul and the band made their debut at London’s iconic 100club featuring Katie Bradley on Harmonica and vocals as part of Solid Entertainments’ Tuesday Blues programme.    The very same day a new album featuring Katie Bradley was released  receiving a warm reception from the blues brigade.    It was 13th in the IBBA Blues Charts that same month. 2024 has already seen the band play Broadstairs Blues Bash, Swanage Blues Festival and return to the 100club, not to mention their storming saturday night Main Stage spot with Katie Bradley at Ealing Blues Festival on July 27th.
Still to come, this year :
Milton Keynes Blues Club, Looe Blues Festival in Cornwall and a third appearance at the 100 Club (http://www.facebook.com/thepaulcookbluesband).

Random Afternoon Barn Session

Michael Barclay - More Blue Eyed Blues, Vol. 2

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2017
Time:51:30 
Size:118,9 MB 
Label:Chatterbox Records 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shakey's Blues - 3:35
 2. Mean People Blues (feat. The Michael Barclay Blues Band) - 4:11
 3. Walking the Dog - 3:18
 4. Southbound (feat. The Michael Barclay Blues Band) - 3:43
 5. Dancing in the Moonlight - 3:50
 6. Nothin' to Nobody - 5:06
 7. Gravity - 4:45
 8. Roberta (feat. The Michael Barclay Blues Band) - 3:21
 9. Blues for Midgey - 3:12
10. You Always Remember (Your First Broken Heart) - 3:12
11. High Heels Again - 3:17
12. Cue: Get Closer - 0:20
13. Love Jones - 3:32
14. High Desert Blues (Here It Is Again) - 2:57
15. I Need That Needle (feat. The Michael Barclay Blues Band) - 3:03

Guitarist Michael Barclay is based in California and has played in the past with Chuck Berry, Randy Crawford, Norton Buffalo and Dorothy Morrison amongst others. On this release Michael played much of the music, adding keys, bass, drum programming, trumpet and trombone to his main instrument. His regular band assists on a few tracks: Gordon Wilson (guitar), Tom Van Rossem (bass), Tommy Miles (drums and sax on one cut). Two other drummers are involved, Terry Baker playing on one track and Kendrick Freeman credited for drum samples on three tracks. Michael wrote most of the material, assisted by associate producer Midge Gannon on two songs, and there are five covers.Michael is clearly a solid guitar player, whether playing a chugging boogie like “High Desert Blues” or SRV-style licks as on opener “Shakey’s Blues”. However, his vocals are less persuasive as he attacks the songs in a strangled, gruff tone which works best on a quieter track like John Mayer’s “Gravity”, less so on the rockers though on “I Need That Needle” his anguished vocal does fit the tale of tragic waste implied by the title.Robben Ford and Michael McDonald wrote “Nothin’ To Nobody” and the slower tune again suits Michael’s voice, as he plays some excellent guitar fills very much in Robben’s style. Michael’s version of Rufus Thomas’ novelty song “Walking The Dog” adds little to the song’s extensive discography but Huey ‘Piano’ Smith’s “Roberta” bounces along well. Michael’s own tunes cover themes from love gone wrong (“You Always Remember Your First Broken Heart”) to attraction (“High Heels Again”). However, one of the problems with drum programming is that the rhythm can sound labored and there are a few examples of that here, such as the cover of King Harvest’s “Dancing In The Moonlight” (a pop hit for Toploader around the Millennium). For this reviewer the instrumental “Southbound” (on which Michael’s band are all present) is the strongest cut here with its twin guitar lead, funky rhythm and hints of Louisiana with sax added to Michael’s horns.

More Blue Eyed Blues, Vol. 2

Alice Stuart & The Formerlys - Live at The Triple Door

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:93:04 
Size:214,2 MB 
Label:Country Con Fusion Records 
Styles:Blues/Folk/Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I've Got Something For You - 5:04
 2. Big Boss Man - 4:57
 3. The Man's So Good - 5:14
 4. I Feel Like Hank Williams - 7:09
 5. Sugar Babe - 3:56
 6. Statesboro Blues - 5:53
 7. I'd Do It For You - 5:56
 8. Make It On My Own - 6:48
 9. Hard Time Killin' Floor - 4:40
10. Natural Woman - 7:18
11. Everyone Knows - 6:02
12. I'm Goin' to New York City - 4:40
13. Night Patrol - 5:24
14. Wild Bill Jones - 6:59
15. Morocco - 1:23
16. One Too Many Mornings - 6:23
17. Highway - 5:07

Though Alice Stuart's first album came out in 1964, at the height of the collegiate folk revival, the singer/songwriter sounds remarkably fresh and engaged on the live two-disc set Live at the Triple Door. Essaying standards like Willie Dixon's "Big Boss Man" and Elmore James' "Hard Time Killin' Floor" and bluesy originals like "The Man's So Good" with the sass of a cocky young girl, Stuart also weaves country and traditional folk influences into her music, plus the obligatory Bob Dylan cover. (This one's a fine, sweet-voiced take on "One Too Many Mornings," an excellent choice.) But through most of this lengthy album, it's her folk-blues side (electric, but without the grit and swagger of the Chicago style) that predominates, making it plain why Stuart is noted as a primary influence on Bonnie Raitt. That Live at the Triple Door sounds more authentically bluesy and vital than anything Raitt has done in over a quarter century is testament to Alice Stuart's talents.  Steel guitar and congas were added for this live show.

Live at The Triple Door

The Gryffyn Band - No Apologies

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2007
Time:50:38 
Size:116,6 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Electric Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Feedin' The Cat - 3:14
 2. I Ain't Feelin' Right - 4:19
 3. MY Girl Friend Left Me (For My Best Friend's Dad) - 5:33
 4. Rough On Your Daddy - 3:04
 5. Love Don't Live Here Anymore - 5:06
 6. Messin' Up My Home - 3:21
 7. The Slider - 5:25
 8. Fool Me Once - 4:48
 9. Reborn In The Blues - 3:35
10. 13 Hours - 5:58
11. Trouble Ain't Hard To Find - 3:04
12. See Me No More - 3:06

Take a healthy dose of Muddy Waters, add a funk of George Clinton, stir in six strings of Robben Ford and sprinkle with a dash of Jimmy Smith; shimmy and shake for 15 minutes and serve on a Stax platter. This is the Gryffyn band, No Apologies. No Apologies represents a 2 year project culminating in an eclectic collection of some of the finest original blues, rock, funk and R&B that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. It's readily apparent that these guys truly enjoy creating and working with each other. 

No Apologies

John Millard Band - Life As Of Now

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2023
Time:37:28 
Size:86,2 MB 
Label:Fast Eddie Records 
Styles:Blues
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Dr Funk - 3:12
 2. It's A Lie - 3:46
 3. Stars - 3:28
 4. Life As Of Now - 3:36
 5. The Way You Move - 4:11
 6. Waiting For The Page - 3:41
 7. All For You - 4:16
 8. Won't Do Right - 4:27
 9. Surrounded In Smoke - 3:39
10. No Sense - 3:08

John's Debut album "Life As Of Now".
John Millard is a 17-year-old guitar player, he grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and from an early age, he discovered his love for the blues. He began lessons when he was 6 years old and has continued …
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Life As Of Now