Earwig Music

ALBERT BASHOR - COTTON FIELD OF DREAMS

Albert Bashor's time has come. Possessing an inviting vocal delivery that renders a listener warm the second he opens his mouth and uncommon songwriting skill that sometimes comes laced with a dollop...

ANDY COHEN - ROAD BE KIND

ROAD BE KIND reflects Andy's life over many years on the road, folkin' around with the blues. A masterful acoustic guitarist, folklorist, and genuine troubadour, Andy never ceases to impress with his...

BIG LEON BROOKS - LET'S GO TO TOWN

CHARLES WILSON - YOU GOT TO PAY TO PLAY

CORKY SIEGELS - CHAMBER BLUES

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Roamin' and Ramblin'

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - SHAKE EM' ON DOWN

GRADY CHAMPION - BACK IN MISSISSIPPI LIVE

H-BOMB FERGUSON - WIGGIN' OUT

H-Bomb Ferguson does not play the piano. He fights it. He punches the white keys and jabs the black ones. When he sings, he alternates between a deep growl and a high, hoarse howl.... Ferguson's...

HARMONICA HINDS - FINALLY

DESCRIPTION Harmonica Hinds performs regularly at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago. He performs as a solo artist with the guitar, harmonica and tambourine. Sometimes he'll have another guitarist...

Homesick James - Goin' Back In The Times

"With a career in music that spans almost 70 years, Homesick James Williamson has worked with many pivotal figures in blues, including Sleepy John Estes, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Boy Fuller, and...

JOHN PRIMER - STUFF YOU GOT TO WATCH

John Primer is a small gem of a blues guitarist, shaped under the pressure of years of hard labor in clubs and backup work, sparkling on his American solo debut. The Mississippi-born bluesman played...

JOHNNY DRUMMER - BAD ATTITUDE

JOHNNY DRUMMER - IT'S SO NICE

This CD is the debut album by Chicago's long-time bandleader, keyboardist and vocalist Johnny Drummer, known for over thirty years for leading one of the tightest small combos in the city. Johnny has...

JOHNNY DRUMMER - ROCKIN' IN THE JUKE JOINT

Johnny Drummer, keyboardist, vocalist and bandleader of one of the tightest small combos in Chicago, has long been known for his high-energy shows in small clubs on the South and West Sides of the...

JOHNNY DRUMMER - UNLEADED BLUES

Earwig celebrates the multi-talented Johnny Drummer, a Chicago South Side musician who plays and writes in the key of life, on his second album for Earwig Music. Johnny is a great vocalist,...

LESTER DAVENPORT - WHEN THE BLUES HITS YOU

LIZ MANDVILLE - RED TOP

LIZ MANDVILLE GREESON - LOOK AT ME

Chicago's blues diva wraps her four octave muscle around 14 roots originals stoked by talented musicians Albert King's and Albert Collins' rhythm sections. A tireless bandleader on the tough Chicago...

LIZ MANDVILLE GREESON - READY TO CHEAT

Ready to Cheat is a dark, sexy, dangerous blend of Chicago blues and Memphis soul, spun from the pen of Chicago blues diva Liz Mandville Greeson. Winding her steely, muscular four-octave voice around...

LOUISIANA RED - SITTIN HERE WONDERIN

This CD's brooding, dark sounds harken back to the mid-1950s when Red as a teenager was hanging out in the clubs of Detroit trying to emulate his influences John Lee Hooker, Eddie Burns, Lightin'...

LOVIE LEE - GOOD CANDY

This CD reissue of several tracks produced by Eddie "Lovie" Lee Watson in 1984 and '89 features 58 minutes of piano-pounding Chicago blues fun... Lovie's songs, expressive vocals, and steady-rollin'...

OLD FRIENDS - Honeyboy Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Walter Horton, Floyd Jones and Kansas City Red

This reissue is dedicated to the memory of Big Walter Horton, Floyd Jones, Kansas City Red,  Sunnyland Slim, and Honeyboy Edwards—all of whom have passed on to Blues Heaven. These five...

SCOTT ELLISON - ICE STORM

During the 1970s, Scott Ellison's home town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a hotbed of musical talent. Eric Clapton and Freddie King's bands were based in Tulsa, as was Leon Russell's Shelter Records...

SUNNYLAND SLIM - SHE GOT A THING GOIN' ON

This album is a reissue of tracks produced and released by Sunnyland Slim on his Airway lable in the early '80s. Sunyland served as a mentor and promoter of Bonnie, Sara, and Zora, taking them on...

SUNNYLAND SLIM - BE CAREFUL HOW YOU VOTE

This is a remastered reissue from Sunnyland's own Airway label, featuring the great guitarists Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Magic Slim, and Lurrie Bell, who turn in blazing guitar solos behind...

TIM WOODS - THE BLUES SESSIONS

Tim Woods has been singing and playing acoustic and electric guitar for more than 25 years. This album showcases his distinctive style, in which he picks using his thumb, playing both lead and rhythm...

TRAVIS "MOONCHILD" HADDIX - DAYLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT

Since cutting three well-received CDs from 1988-1994 on the Ichiban label, Travis Moonchild Haddix has released ten cds on his own label - Wann Sonn Records, and they have also received fine reviews...