The new Van Morrison album Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge is a reminder of something music fans often forget: the best artists don’t “age out” of relevance — they simply deepen. When a career has been built on craft, tone, and truth, time becomes an advantage. That’s exactly what you hear here: a veteran voice that still knows how to live inside a song, and a bandstand energy […]

Issaquena Getaway is the new full-length album from harmonica virtuoso Charlie Barath - ablues & roots recording with a joyful Delta spirit, and world-class musicianship. Recorded atClarksdale Soundstage in Clarksdale, Mississippi and co-produced by Gary Vincent andCharlie Barath, the album draws its character from the quiet spaces of the Delta, wheresubtlety and groove matter more than volume or excess.Comprised of twelve original compositions and two covers, Issaquena Getaway reflects Barath’s long-standing […]

Blues music has long thirsted after the pleasures and pains of love at the heart of itsemotional essence. Sometimes, though, love and the blues create a thirst for more –like the heady musical cocktail of Seven Deadly Gins, the sparkling new album servedup by the Colorado band Reckless and Blue. The group's searing blues style has madethem winners of the Colorado Blues Society's 2026 Blues Challenge, headed forJanuary's International Blues […]

Organ music has its roots in ancient Greece, played at games and events. Ed Alstrom playsmodern organ music that has its own roots, deep in the blues. He is something of a newcomer to the 'blues scene', but he made a significant impact in 2025 with his self-produced debut album, Flee Though None Pursue, placing #15 in the 2025 Roots Music Report Top 200 and #1 in the Jazzy Blues category. Alstrom started […]

Uncle Watson’s Widow delivers a raw, heavy brand of southern blues steeped in grit, groove, and soul. Based in Winston-Salem, the band channels the spirit of the Delta with smoky vocals, deep-pocket rhythms, and guitar work that cuts like rusted steel. Their sound is a modern, hard-hitting take on tradition — equal parts swampy blues, back-porch storytelling, and barroom thunder. When Uncle Watson’s Widow hits the stage, the blues gets […]

DON’T LOOK BACK IS MISSISSIPPI HEAT’S 14TH ALBUM, produced by Chicago Blues Hall of Fame harmonica player PIERRE LACOCQUE and Grammy and Blues Music Award Winner Producer/Engineer MICHAEL FREEMAN. Freeman is the former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation. He returns at the helm for their 7th Mississippi Heat collaboration. The record was recorded and mixed at Chicago’s V.S.O.P studios and mastered by Paul Blakemore (Nashville, TN). Post-war Chicago Blues lovers […]

SUNSHINE is the first live album from Bywater Call.  A mix of newly released music including the cover of Stephen Stills' LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH and the funky new original title-track SUNSHINE (previously released as a single in May), fan favourites AS IF, SIGN OF PEACE and EVERYBODY KNOWS from 2024's SHEPHERD Album and BRING ME DOWN from their 2019 Self-Titled Debut Album, SUNSHINE the album is an epic, […]

Adama Janlo – hailed as one of Norway’s most exciting new voices – releases her new single “Come Over Here” on August 29. The track is a hypnotic and eclectic preview of her debut album “A Free Woman”, set for release on September 19.“Come over here” is a vibrant ode to city life - a pulse of neon lights and electric encounters. It´s the kind of track you disappear into, […]

One of the best sounding rock albums, we have come by, is the new LP "Midnight at the Valencia" by Cardinal Black.Cardinal Black is a Welsh-formed rock band comprised of Tom Hollister, Chris Buck and Adam Roberts. While they are a relatively new band, their members have been playing together for years, with some of their music written years prior to the band's official formation. They are known for their […]

Erja Lyytinen is one of the leading blues-rock guitarists on the international touring circuit. During a recording career spanning 19 years, the High-Flying Finn has released twelve studio albums as well as several live albums. Lyytinen’s musical pallet is vast, encompassing the very best of contemporary blues-rock whilst inspired and influenced by the blues greats of yore.We think that Erja Lyytinen may be on a quest: no rocking blues artist […]

Dallas, TX is currently hometown for one of the most energetic and versatile guitar slingers to come from Oklahoma/Texas. Take your pick, Shawn Pittman has moved quite some times between these two states that seem to have something in the water that works wonders for guitaristicly talented musicians. Shawn does not just have a glowing solo career, he is currently also making waves as one of the three frontmen of […]

Voodoo Ramble was founded in 2010. Band was founded by guitar player, song writer and singer of the band Boris Dugi-Novacki aka. Zamba .Throughout the years the repertoire was moving from blues to rock and back to blues .With a considering amount of live gigs at biker parties, blues festivals and other events band has earned a status of a reliable , quality band.After years of playing covers, and songs […]

When you combine one of the best contemporary Rock and Blues musicians with songs that have endured the passage of time then this is what you get. Slash "Orgy of the Damned" is the second album by the well known guitarist, former member of Guns and Roses, with the participation of many other musicians and singers like Gary Clark Jr., Billy Gibbons, Chris Stapleton, Dorothy, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Brian Johnson, Chris Robinson, Tash Neal, and Beth […]

Void Era is an alternative heavy rock band that formed in Athens, Greece in 2018. The band consists of the following members: Elia Tsara (Rhythm, Lead guitars, and Vocals) Theofanis Mavropanos (Lead and Rhythm guitars) Kostas Tsaras (Drums) John Levojohn (Bass Guitar) Elia was also a member of the heavy rock band "The Burning Stone" while Kostas and John are part of the post-punk band "Head On." The band was […]

Legendary British multi-platinum rockers Foghat return after seven years with their long-awaited seventeenth studio album, 'Sonic Mojo', which will was released on 10 November 2023 via their own label Foghat Records and distributed by Select-O- Hits (division of Sun Records). On the new album 'Sonic Mojo', Roger Earl – founder, drummer and leader of Foghat – is joined by loyal guitarist, engineer and co-producer Bryan Bassett (Wild Cherry, Molly Hatchet), […]

Good things in life come from unexpected places, good music comes from everywhere. Norway is the country where many contemporary musicians and bands from genres like rock, heavy metal and others, originate. It seems that Blues Rock is not left behind. Spoonful of Blues is a rocking blues band coming from Nottoden a little industrial town at the entrance to Telemark County, a sparsely populated area, which in the old […]

LIVE AT BRIGHTON ROAD finds Dani performing live in the studio with her touring band, featuring her brother Will Wilde on harmonica. Dani is performing mostly original songs, split into an acoustic and electric set. For her fans this will be a long-anticipated treat, for newcomers it will serve as a beautiful introduction to the depth of spellbinding talent and impact of this young British Blues Lady.

After more than a decade in the US military and another near decade in corporate America, Tom Buenger emerged bringing with him a renewed focus on vocal performance, musicianship, and simplicity back to blues, gospel, roots, and American music. From dark Texas bars, Southern music halls, California wineries, and Pacific Northwest breweries, Tom Buenger draws inspiration from the likes of Ray Charles, Earth Wind & Fire, Howlin’ Wolf, Eric Bibb, […]

We are proud to announce the September 29 release of Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me, Bob Corritore’s latest masterpiece collection of newly recorded songs featuring a spectacular offering of today’s top blues artists . Bob’s brilliant harmonica work is the connecting thread, effortlessly tying together a great variety of blues styles and always serving the song. This album differs from Corritore’s “Vaults Series” albums in that these are all […]

"'Just play what you feel, be real about it, and enjoy yourself.' That's what Albert Collins taught me," says the award-winning guitar virtuoso and soul-deep singer Coco Montoya. The self-taught, left-handed Montoya mastered his craft under Collins' tutelage. Incorporating lessons learned from his mentors, the iconic Collins (for whom he originally drummed), and UK legend John Mayall, Montoya puts his own stamp onto every song he performs. Since his first […]

THE NIGHTHAWKS, Washington DC's legendary road warriors of blues and roots music , celebrate their 50th Anniversary with a brand new album – THE NIGHTHAWKS – ESTABLISHED 1972. Produced by the Nighthawks and longtime compadre David Earl, they took advantage of the pandemic slowdown to hunker down in Earl’s Severn Sound Studios in Annapolis, Maryland and crank out fourteen new tracks in the great Nighthawks tradition - rockin’, heartfelt material […]

After thousands upon thousands of gigs and easily a million miles traveled, iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® Inductee Alice Cooper revs up as loudly as ever on his new solo album “Road”. Produced by longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, it’s written, composed and recorded with his current touring band. Bringing everything full circle, it channels the spirit of old school Alice with instantly recognizable grit and plenty of gusto. […]

After working hard to establish himself on the Pacific Northwest music scene by playing in several popular bands, winning 18 “Best Of The Blues” awards from the Washington Blues Society and signing on as a featured Lee Oskar harmonica artist, singer-songwriter, blues harp man and graphic artist, Joel Astley, is poised to burst on to the national scene with his debut solo album, Seattle To Greaseland. The collection of eleven original […]

Seventy years is a long time. Seventy years before the late Bob Koester founded Delmar (later Delmark) Records while a college student in St. Louis, Buffalo Bill’s travelling Wild West Show debuted, Chester A. Arthur was president, Thomas Edison brought electric light to Roselle, NJ for the first time, and “Black Bart” was in the news for another stagecoach robbery. When Koester released his first record in 1953, many of […]