2014

Wells Junior: Junior's wail 1953-61 [CD]

Hart Beth & Joe Bonamassa: Live in Amsterdam -14 [2 CD]

In My Soul is the seventeenth studio album for the legendary guitar musician and singer-songwriter Robert Cray. <br/><br/>Produced by American multi-instrumentalist, composer, musical director, Grammy Award-winning artist and longtime Cray friend Steve Jordan (Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Keith Richards), In My Soul captures Cray at his finest with an outstanding 10 song collection of Stax and Chess influenced soul and blues that showcases his trademark guitar playing and his extraordinary vocals. A bonus track "Pillow" is included on this limited edition CD.<br/><br/>From the driving original classic Cray "You Move Me" with its scorching guitar leads, to the melodic 60's sway of "Fine Yesterday" featuring Cray's trademark soul drenched vocals, In My Soul draws listeners in very quickly. <br/><br/>In My Soul offers an array of powerful material that displays Cray's amazing and unique guitar sound, his passionate and soulful vocals alongside awarding winning songwriting and musicianship. A cutting collection of tunes that will please longtime fans yet offers a purity of new life for first time listeners.

Rory Blocks femte release i den hyllade "Mentor Series" på Stoney Plain Records tillägnas Skip James. Akustisk blues av yppersta klass. <br/><br/>Today she is widely regarded as the top female interpreter and authority on traditional country blues worldwide. - The Blues Foundation

From the first time Walter Trout, as a tormented teenager, heard the haunting guitar playing of Mike Bloomfield, he instinctively knew the blues was his calling. 2014 marks the year Walter Trout looks back at an almost 50-year commitment to playing and singing the blues. "The Blues Came Callin" will be released worldwide on Monday June 2..The songs on the album reflect Walter's thoughts about mortality and his renewed appreciation for being alive<br/><br/>Recorded throughout 2013 and early 2014, the new album features 12 new songs including 10 originals. Walter reunites with John Mayall on the title track The Blues Came Callin' along with Mayall's Piano Boogie. Walter searches his soul on this album and lays it bare allowing new appreciation for life. The blues comes full circle; both as a reflective statement about his life and career, and as an all-penetrating desire to get back on stage and do what he loves most.

Blues-rock star Joe Bonamassa's Tour De Force - Live In London is an unprecedented live concert event recorded in 2013 at four iconic London venues which he has previously played: The Borderline, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Hammersmith Apollo, and the Royal Albert Hall. <br/>The sold-out concerts, which saw over 12.000 fans in attendance, chronicle Bonamassa's atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline, to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Every individual evening was marked by a particular theme - his early trio years, the blues, rock and roll, and an all encompassing set at the Albert Hall - and every setlist, arrangement and ensemble was designed to fit in with the evening's prescribed theme providing the viewer with four different and unique performances. Each corresponding disc in the set features a different selection from over 60 songs played from his extensive catalogue - some having never been performed live - with a different and unique band configuration to highlight the diverse elements of Bonamassa's style. <br/><br/>About the Hammersmith Apollo show: <br/>With a list of heroes that counts Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, it goes without saying that as much as it is the blues that runs through his veins, Bonamassa knows how to rock. At the Hammersmith Apollo, the guitarist chose to crank up the volume and let things loose for a high-octane set of tunes meant to blow your hair back.

'A Day In Nashville' is a welcome throwback of an album. Robben Ford's latest release stands out as a true old school project for a variety of reasons. The sly vocalist-guitarist recorded the entire album in just a day, which is the anomaly by today's recording standards. <br/>"It just doesn't happen today," Ford said. "Nine songs in one day, all new music. That normally takes some time. But I credit the musicians I worked with. I sent demos to them with me singing and playing on acoustic guitar. I sat down and thought if I can pull this off, wouldn't that be something." Ford pulled it off courtesy of the work he put in and due to an exceptional bunch of musicians. Guitarist Audley Freed (Black Crowes), keyboardist Ricky Peterson (David Sanborn), bassist Brian Allen (Jason Isbell), drummer Wes Little (Sting) and trombonist Barry Green (Tony Bennett) helped make 'A Day In Nashville' a reality. You can't pigeonhole 'A Day In Nashville' which is a blues/R&B hybrid, with a tinge of jazz tossed into the sonic potpourri for good measure.<br/><br/>'A Day In Nashville' is the perfect follow-up to 'Bringing It Back Home.' Although there is a similar sonic presence, this time out Ford, pens seven of the nine cuts. "I had the chance to write some new music and so I did it," Ford said. "I enjoy recording versions of other people's songs but I like to write music too." Ford nails it whether delivering a pair of instrumental tunes or the seven gems, which range from the compelling ('Midnight Comes Too Soon') to the humorous ('Ain't Drinkin' Beer No More'). The former, which includes a number of searing bluesy guitar licks and a film noirish story, is not set to a rhyme scheme. "It was a worthwhile exercise to break away from rhyming in songwriting," Ford said. "Rhyme does make a song more powerful but singing words that don't rhyme can work really well. The entire bridge doesn't rhyme at all. You can't put this song into a box."