ANDY COHEN - TRYING TO GET HOME

Troubador Andy Cohen, a stellar finger-picker on acoustic guitar and a fine piano player, does tasty versions of classic blues by Charlie Patton, Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, folk-blues by Bob Dylan,Dave Van Ronk and...

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 expert knowledge and high level of playing traditional...

CORKY SIEGELS - CHAMBER BLUES

JELLY ROLL KINGS - BIG JACK JOHNSON - SAM CARR - FRANK FROST

Long after their peers packed up their instruments and headed north, guitarist Big Jack Johnson, drummer Sam Carr, and keyboardist-harp player Frank Frost have remained firmly entrenched in the Mississippi Delta both in music and in life. This rollicking...

HONEYBOY EDWARDS - MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUESMAN

BIG LEON BROOKS - LET'S GO TO TOWN

CHARLES WILSON - YOU GOT TO PAY TO PLAY

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 of wry, offbeat humor, Albert's resume doesn't read a...

LITTLE WILLIE ANDERSON - SWINGING THE BLUES

Blues on Blues has been defunct for quite some time, but Earwig recently restored Anderson's only album to digital print. It's a loose, informal affair, Anderson's raw vocals and swinging harp backed by an all-star crew: guitarists Robert Jr. Lockwood,...

LESTER DAVENPORT - WHEN THE BLUES HITS YOU

THE BLASTERS - DARK NIGHT: LIVE IN PHILLY

DESCRIPTION Pure and simple, The Blasters create American Music, accessible, energetic rock 'n' roll, performed live in Philly, seamlessly blending r&b, punk rock, rockabilly, boogie woogie and rock 'n' roll. Their live performances gained them a...

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 style - wig and all - is captured on Wiggin' Out... The...

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 with him and sometimes he'll have a band with him, usually...

LIZ MANDVILLE - RED TOP

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 her new original songs, Liz delivers sassy,...

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 club circuit, Liz describes her blues as about an...

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 Windy City. Rockin' in the Juke Joint, Johnny's third...

JOHNNY DRUMMER - BAD ATTITUDE

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 while interchanging chords and licks. As a young...

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 long been known for his high-energy shows in small...

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, songwriter under a groove, arranger and bandleader. This new...

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 lead guitar in Muddy Waters' last band, until Waters'...

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. He has performed in seventeen countries and is...

ROCK BOTTOM - KING OF THE DUES

ROCK BOTTOM - SHAKE YOUR BOOGIE LEG

ROCK BOTTOM - SNAKE DANCIN' THROUGH GOD'S BARNYARD

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 tours which gave them national exposure in the beginning...

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 Sunnyland's deep vocals and rolling piano. Most of the...

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' piano playing shine... as do the playing of...

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' Hopkins, and Muddy Waters. Red became one of the most...

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. Influenced and electrified by the British Invasion bands,...

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

HOLY SMOKE / VARIOUS Holy Smoke

COOKE,SAM Best of

FRANKLIN,ARETHA Gospel Greats

REDDING,OTIS Love Songs

FRANKLIN,ARETHA Respect & Other Hits

FRANKLIN,ARETHA Lady Soul

MELVIN,HAROLD & BLUE NOTES Greatest Hits

STEVE MILLER Greatest Hits: 1974-78

LIL' ED & DAVE WELD - KEEP ON WALKIN'

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - SHAKE EM' ON DOWN

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Roamin' and Ramblin'

GRADY CHAMPION - BACK IN MISSISSIPPI LIVE

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 bluesmen are the musicians whose musical and personal...

Big Jack Johnson - Live in Chicago

Since his first Earwig release 19 years ago, The Jelly Roll Kings, Rockin' The Juke Joint Down (4901), Big Jack Johnson has gone on to increasing world-wide acclaim. His previous Earwig recordings garnered four stars in Rolling Stone and...

David Honeyboy Edwards - Don't Mistreat A Fool

As we cross the millennium mark, fans of the blues and roots music are fortunate, indeed, to have among us one of the forefathers of the genre, David Honeyboy Edwards. Honey, a gifted guitarist and storyteller, knocked around the Mississippi Delta...

Louisiana Red - Driftin'

Many musicians play the blues. Louisiana Red lives it. As one reviewer put it, "Red's blues are about as down to earth as the humus itself." When he performs, he falls into a trance-like state and his whole life pours out in an intense...

Little Brother Montgomery - At Home

"Little Brother was one of the finest of the first generation of blues pianists who came out of the barrelhouse and back rooms of the rural South in the early 1900s. This fine collection is mostly unissued cuts recorded from the late 60s to the...

Johnny Yard Dog Jones - Ain't Gonna Worry

Johnny Yard Dog Jones' powerful debut album features blues originals which tell vivid stories, from joy to jealousy... and reflect everywhere he's lived and everything he's felt. Born a sharecropper's son in Arkansas, Johnny eventually followed other...

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 Memphis Minnie. The recent release features James' strangely...

Jimmy Dawkins - Kant Sheck Dees Bluze

"Jimmy has recorded the best set of his career, accompanied by a top-notch Chicago band of "Professor" Eddie Lusk on piano/organ, ace bass man Johnny B. Gayden, Ray Scott on drums, Billy Flynn of The Legendary Blues Band on rhythm guitar and two storming...