Tracks O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- In the Jailhouse Now - Soggy Bottom Boys
- I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow (with band) - Soggy Bottom Boys
- O'Death - Ralph Stanley
- Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McLintock
- I Am Weary - The Cox Family
- You Are My Sunshine - Norman Blake
- Po'Lazarus - J Carter & The Prisoners
- Indian War Whoop - John Hartford
- I'll Fly Away - Gillian Welch & Alison Kraus
- Down In The River To Pray
- I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow (inst.) - John Hartford
- I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow (inst.) - Norman Blake
- Keep on the Sunny Side of Life - The Whites
- Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby - Emmy Lou Harris,Gillian Welch & Alison Kraus
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Enhanced Data - Soundtrack
- In The Highways - The Peasall Sisters
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Chris Thomas King
- Angel Band - The Stanley Brothers
- I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow - Soggy Bottom Boys
- Lonesome Valley - The Fairfield Four
Release date: 2000-08-28
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.98
Review O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Various Artists:Joel and Ethan Coen have long established themselves as film stylists without peer: from Blood Simple to Fargo, their movies have never been less than fascinating, and there has never been any question that their films could not have been made by anyone else. In T-Bone Burnett, the producer of the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, they have finally met their match: Burnett's work in assembling a collection of pieces for the Depression-set film is as skilled and entrancing as the film itself. Despite the presence of Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss and bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, the stars here are the songs themselves, a host of traditional songs augmented by archival recordings. The collection is also a showcase for a host of lesser known and forgotten bluegrass masters: The Cox Family, collaborators with Krauss; Norman Blake, a sideman for Bob Dylan and June Carter Cash; country gospel group The Whites, who once counted Ricky Skaggs as a member (and who, here, cover the Carter Family); and young bluesman Chris Thomas King among them. All bring life to their songs, and the results are sublime-and, at times (Krauss and a choir's take on "Down To The River to Pray", Blake's instrumental version of the oft-repeated "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow"), downright entrancing. Some of these songs can be found on Alan Lomax collections. If you enjoy this album, we also highly recommend the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music and Woody Guthrie's Asch Recordings series. -Randy Silver.
Tracks Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith)
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel
- 99 Year Blues - Daniels, Julius
- Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Breaux, Clemo
- You Must Be Born Again - Gates, Rev. J.M.
- Fatal Flower Garden - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- I Woke Up One Morning In May - Hebert, Didier
- Sugar Baby - Boggs, Dock
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Jefferson, Blind Lemon
- Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- My Name Is John Johanna - Harrell, Kelly
- Fishing Blues - Thomas, Henry
- Train On The Island - Nestor, J.P.
- This Song Of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Convention
- La Danseuse - Gaspard, Blind Uncle
- Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - Carter Family
- Sail Away Lady - Stevens, Uncle Bunt
- House Carpenter - Ashley, Clarence
- Georgia Stomp - Baxter, Andrew
- Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy) - Kazee, Buell
- John The Revelator - Johnson, 'Blind' Willie (1)
- Acadian One-Step - Various Artists
- Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line - Macon, 'Uncle' Dave
- Old Country Stomp - Thomas, Henry
- Wagoner's Lad (Loving Nancy) - Kazee, Buell
- Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Brilliancy Medley - Robertson, Eric & Family
- Engine 143 - Carter Family
- Peg And Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Lazy Farmer Boy - Carter, Buster
- Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Gates, Rev. J.M.
- Prison Cell Blues - Jefferson, Blind Lemon
- Judgement - Nelson, Sister Mary
- Since I Laid My Burden Down - McIntosh, Elder & Edwards' Sanctified Singers
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Parker, Chubby
- James Alley Blues - Brown, Richard 'Rabbit' (1)
- Indian War Whoop - Ming, Floyd & His Pep-Steppers
- Country Blues - Boggs, Dock
- Saut Crapaud - Fruge, Columbus
- In The Battlefield For My Lord - Rice, Rev. D.C. & His Sanctified Congregation
- Poor Boy Blues - Thomas, Ramblin'
- Got The Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels
- Wake Up Jacob - Hunt, Prince Albert Texas Ramblers
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Henry Lee - Justice, Dick
- Spike Driver Blues - Hurt, 'Mississippi' John
- White House Blues - Poole, Charlie
- Moonshiner's Dance Part One - Cloutier, Frank
- Mountaineer's Courtship - Stoneman, Ernest V.
- East Virginia - Kazee, Buell
- Single Girl Married Girl - Carter Family
- Drunkard's Special - Jones, Coley
- C'Est Si Triste Sans Lui - Breaux, Clemo
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
- Old Lady And The Devil - Reed, Belle
- Willie Moore - Burnett & Rutherford
- Stackalee - Hutchison, Frank
- Charles Giteau - Harrell, Kelly
- Ommie Wise - Grayson, G.B.
- Shine On Me - Phipps, Ernest & His Holiness Singers
- Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
- I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - Lunsford, Bascom Lamar
- Lone Star Trail - Maynard, Ken
- Coo Coo Bird - Ashley, Clarence
- He Got Better Things For You - Memphis Sancified Singers
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Jefferson, Blind Lemon
- Old Dog Blue - Jackson, Jim
- John The Baptist - Mason, Rev. Moses
- Frankie - Hurt, 'Mississippi' John
- Little Moses - Carter Family
- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Macon, 'Uncle' Dave
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Bandit Cole Younger - Crain, Edward.L.
- Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - McGee, Rev. F.W.
- Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers
- When That Great Ship Went Down - Smith, William & Versey
- Expressman Blues - Estes, 'Sleepy' John
- Dry Bones - Lunsford, Bascom Lamar
- Old Shoes And Leggins - Dunford, Uncle Eck
- Kassie Jones - Lewis, Walter 'Furry'
Release date: 1998-01-12
RRP: £75.99
Price: £29.51
Review Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith) / Various Artists:
Tracks Hard Again
- Little Girl
- I Want To Be Loved
- Mannish Boy
- Deep Down In Florida
- Crosseyed Cat
- The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll #2
- Bus Driver
- Jealous Hearted Man
- Walking Through The Park
- I Can't Be Satisfied
Release date: 2004-05-31
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.03
Review Hard Again / Muddy Waters:It's seems strange now to think of Muddy Waters's having to make a "comeback," but that's what the 1977 Hard Again came down to. The great bluesman's first post-Chess recording after 30 years with that company, it marked Waters's major-label debut and eventually went gold. The over-60 Waters lived up to all the attention with one of his most energetic, sustained performances, bettering his original version of "Mannish Boy," pushing "Bus Driver" to a raging peak, and generally sounding like the wisest man on record. Harp player James Cotton and producer-guitarist Johnny Winter are among the support; they both stay out of Waters's way and give as good as they get. -Rickey Wright It's seems strange now to think of Muddy Waters's having to make a "comeback," but that's what the 1977 Hard Again came down to. The great bluesman's first post-Chess recording after 30 years with that company, it marked Waters's major-label debut and eventually went gold. The over-60 Waters lived up to all the attention with one of his most energetic, sustained performances, bettering his original version of "Mannish Boy," pushing "Bus Driver" to a raging peak, and generally sounding like the wisest man on record. Harp player James Cotton and producer-guitarist Johnny Winter are among the support; they both stay out of Waters's way and give as good as they get. -Rickey Wright.
Tracks King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol. II
- From Four Until Late
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Ramblin' On My Mind (Take 2)
- They're Red Hot
- Ramblin' On My Mind Alb
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- Malted Milk Alb
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- Love In Vain
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Phonograph Blues
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Honeymoon Blues
- Sweet Home Chicago Alb
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Release date: 2004-08-09
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.60
Review King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol. II / Robert Johnson:
Tracks Dark Was the Night
- Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King
- Lord I Can't Just Keep From Crying
- John The Revelator
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
- You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond
- God Moves On The Water
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Take Your Stand
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
- Trouble Will Soon Be Over
- When The War Was On
- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
- Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
- I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
- Let Your Light Shine On Me
- Praise God I'm Satisfied
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
- Soul Of A Man
- Church I'm Fully Saved Today
- Go With Me To That Land
- Mother's Children Have A Hard Time
Release date: 1998-07-20
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.93
Review Dark Was the Night / Blind' Willie Johnson:
Tracks Black Snake Moan
- Stack-O-Lee
- Mean Ol' Wind Died Down
- Old Black Mattie
- Opening Theme
- Ronnie And Rae's Theme
- Black Snake Moan
- Chicken Heads
- That's Where The Blues Started
- Standing In My Doorway Crying
- When The Lights Go Out
- Just Like A Bird Without A Feather
- Ain't But One Kind Of Blues
- Chain
- Lord Have Mercy On Me
- Losing Kind
- Alice Mae
- Morning Train
Release date: 2007-01-29
RRP: £11.99
Price: £5.94
Review Black Snake Moan / Original Soundtrack:
Tracks The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Masters
- Automobile
- I'm Beggin' You
- Last Night Blues
- Penitentiary Blues
- Conversation Blues
- Katie Mae Blues
- Coffee Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Mighty Crazy
- Give Me Central 209 (Hello Central)
- Mojo Hand
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Fan It
- Shotgun Blues
- Contrary Mary
Release date: 2001-01-29
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.59
Review The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Masters / Lightnin' Hopkins:Hopkins may have enjoyed unprecedented world-wide popularity as a blues and folk artist during the 1960s, but his best work was mostly recorded in the previous two decades. This Rhino selection, put together by James Austin, culls tracks recorded for labels such as Aladdin, Sittin' In With, Gold Star, Jax, Folkways and Bluesville, from 1946 to 1961. Specialists will want the complete Gold Star and Aladdin material in particular, but this is a fine sampling of Hopkins in a variety of settings most typical of his career. The 1946 "Katie May Blues" documents his early partnership with pianist Thunder Smith (hence the nickname "Lightnin'" for plain Sam Hopkins) and also shows why he felt the need to strike out on his own soon after. For most of his life Lightnin' preferred playing as a solo, and his uncanny, tersely moving guitar accompaniment for his stark, often cryptic vocals shows that this was a wise as well as economically ideal choice. The brooding "Automobile", from 1949, drives this point nicely home. In a well-balanced selection, two of the four 1961 tracks feature Sonny Terry. -Keith Shadwick.
Tracks King Of The Delta Blues Singers
- Hell Hound On My Trail
- Stones In My Passway
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- Walkin' Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Cross Road Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Dow
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen
- 32-20 Blues
Release date: 1999-01-18
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.48
Review King Of The Delta Blues Singers / Robert Johnson:When this collection was first released, back in 1961, it soon became the bible of that decade's folk-blues revival, a set of songs which had scorched deep lines in the blues psyche, subsequently modified, electrified and boogie-fied. This reissue also includes a freshly exhumed alternative take of "Travelling Riverside Blues", as good an excuse as any to upgrade from old vinyl. The original album pulled together all of Johnson's classic songs, his ghost suddenly made corporeal for a generation that had only heard of the rare 78s via whispered rumour. "Cross Road Blues", "Terraplane Blues", "Hell Hound On My Trail": they're all tortured cries for help, Johnson most likely at the end of his teens when he recorded his only two sessions, first in 1936, then 37. He was a complete individual: these songs may well be fodder for countless cover versions, but few modern artists can hope to reproduce the originator's stylistic mannerisms. Johnson favoured uneven lines, unpredictable emphasis, strumming and plucking around an implied central melody. For the experienced listener, it's probably wise to invest in Complete Recordings, but as an introduction to Johnson's unique art, this disc has certainly stood the test of time. -Martin Longley.
Tracks Anthology
- My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble)
- Just To Be With You
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone
- I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- I'm Ready
- Rock Me
- Look What You've Done
- Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal)
- Gypsy Woman - Sunnyland Slim, Muddy Waters
- Young Fashioned Ways
- Mean Red Spider
- All Aboard
- She Moves Me
- Don't Go No Further
- She's Nineteen Years Old
- Train Fare Home
- I Want To Be Loved
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
- You Gonna Need My Help
- Diamonds At Your Feet
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- Little Geneva
- Trouble No More
- The Same Thing
- You Can't Lose What You Never Had
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- I Feel So Good
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- Sugar Sweet
- Standin' Here Tremblin'
- You Shook Me
- I've Got My Mojo Working
- Still A Fool
- Walkin' Thru The Park
- Country Boy
- Rollin' Stone
- Louisiana Blues
- Honey Bee
- Walkin' Blues
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1
- I Feel Like Going Home
- Mannish Boy
- Standing Around Crying
- Close To You
- Long Distance Call
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Release date: 2001-08-31
Run time: 145 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.55
Review Anthology / Muddy Waters:Muddy Waters should need no introduction. Not only did he provide a name for the world's greatest rock & roll band, but he also created the Chicago electric blues sound that's dominated the genre since he first hit the windy city in the late 1940s. His bands also featured what would become a who's who of electric blues: Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and the list goes on. The Anthology covers Waters's most important period: his first years at Chess through the late 1960s. All his best-known songs are featured in their definitive versions, providing the perfect introduction to a blues master who doesn't need one. -Mike Johnson.
Tracks The Complete Recordings: All 41 Recordings
- They're Red Hot
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Cross Road Blues
- Walking Blues
- Love In Vain
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Phonograph Blues
- Phonograph Blues
- Drunken Hearted Man
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- From Four Till Late
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- Love In Vain
- Come On In My Kitchen
- 32-20 Blues
- Hellhound On My Trail
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Stones In My Passway
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Rambling On My Mind
- Travelling Riverside Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Rambling On My Mind
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Honeymoon Blues
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Malted Milk
- When You Got A Good Friend
Release date: 1990-10-22
RRP: £8.99
Price: £37.78
Review The Complete Recordings: All 41 Recordings / Robert Johnson:This two-CD box contains all 41 recordings Johnson made, including 12 alternate takes, and each cut remains a classic. This set's release in 1990 caused quite a stir, selling more than 500,000 copies and, on the basis of endorsements from Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, introduced a great number of rock fans to Delta blues. Amazingly, Johnson built his enormous legacy on the strength of just two recording sessions: the first session, in November of 1936, produced among others "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom", "Sweet Home Chicago", "Cross Road Blues" and "Walkin' Blues", making it perhaps the most influential single session in blues' history. -Marc Greilsamer.
Tracks The Definitive Collection
- Baby Lee
- Every Night
- Solid Sender
- Hard Headed Woman
- I See You When You're Weak
- Little Wheel
- Want Ad Blues
- Boom Boom
- Crawlin' Kingsnake
- She's Long She's Tall
- Dimples
- I'm Going Upstairs
- This Is Hip
- Don't Look Back
- I'm In The Mood
- Wheel And Deal
- I'm So Excited
- Boogie Chillun
- Road Is Rough
- Mama You Got A Daughter
- I Love You Honey
- It Serves Me Right To Suffer
- I'm Mad Again
- Trouble Blues
Release date: 2000-03-10
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.21
Review The Definitive Collection / John Lee Hooker:
Tracks Beginner's Guide to the Blues
- Walkin' By Myself - Rogers, Jimmy (1)
- Baby You Don't Wanna Come Home - Guy, Buddy
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day - Block, Rory
- Bad Luck Blues - King, Albert
- Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
- Walkin' The Blues - House, Son
- I Be's Trouble/I Can't Be Satisfied - Waters, Muddy
- High Water Everywhere - Patton, Charley
- Set You Free - Black Keys
- Frankie And Albert - Hurt, 'Mississippi' John
- Dust My Broom - James, Elmore
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Burnside, R.L.
- Mr Blues - Shannon, Mem
- Rocks In My Bed - Johnson, Lonnie
- Blues Got Me Again - Musselwhite, Charlie
- Statesboro Blues - McTell, 'Blind' Willie
- Driftin' Blues - Brown, Charles (1)
- Reconsider Baby - Fulson, Lowell
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Born In Louisiana - Brown, Clarence 'Gatemouth'
- Push I Need - Copeland, Shemekia
- Queen Bee - Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Phelps, Kelly Joe
- My Babe - Little Walter
- Bright Lights Big City - Reed, Jimmy (1)
- That's All Right - Crudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
- Rollin' Stone - Waters, Muddy
- Blues Before Sunrise - Carr, Leroy & Scrapper Blackwell
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Jefferson, Blind Lemon
- I'd Rather Go Blind - James, Etta
- Key To The Highway - Broonzy, 'Big' Bill
- Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Harris, Corey
- Stormy Monday - Walker, T-Bone
- Cross Road Blues - Johnson, Robert (1)
- Whoopin' The Blues - Terry, Sonny & Brownie McGhee
- Help Me - Williamson, Sonny Boy (1)
- Thrill Is Gone - King, B.B.
- Smoking Gun - Cray, Robert
- Fixin' To Die Blues - White, Bukka
- Katie Mae - Hopkins, Lightnin'
- This Is Hip - Hooker, John Lee
- Out Of The Dark - Washington, Walter 'Wolfman'
- Ice Pick - Collins, Albert
- Sittin' On The Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Good Morning Judge - Lewis, Furry
Release date: 2005-09-26
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.25
Review Beginner's Guide to the Blues / Various Artists:
Tracks Essential Collection
- I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)
- Can't Get No Grindin'
- I'm Ready
- She Moves Me
- She's Alright
- Close To You
- Long Distance Call
- Young Fashioned Ways
- Louisiana Blues
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- I Want You To Love Me
- Got My Mojo Working
- I Want To Be Loved
- Garbage Man
- Mannish Boy
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Rollin' Stone
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
Release date: 2000-08-07
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.74
Review Essential Collection / Muddy Waters:
Tracks The Definitive Leadbelly
- Death Letter Blues
- I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon
- Tom Hughes Town
- Roberta
- Easy Mr Tom
- When I Was A Cowboy
- TB Blues
- Whoa Back Up
- Can't You Line 'Em
- Dancing With Tears In My Heart
- Sweet Mary Blues
- Bull Cow
- Somebody's Diggin' My Potatoes
- Good Morning Blues
- Eagle Rock Rag
- Grasshopper In My Pillow
- Laura
- Alabama Bound
- Big Fat Woman
- Well You Know I Had To Do It
- Death Letter Blues
- Turn Yo' Radio On
- New York City
- All Rock Island Line
- Tell Me Baby What Was Wrong With You
- Leaving Blues
- Tight Like That
- Red Cross Store Blues
- Jim Crow Blues
- Birmingham Jail (Down In The Valley)
- Fannin' Street
- Alberta
- Thirty Days In The Workhouse
- John Henry
- New Black Snake
- Salty Dog
- I'm Alone Because I Love You
- I'm Leavin' On The Midnight Train
- Chinatown
- Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
- Go Down Old Hannah
- Jean Harlow
- CC Rider
- Corn Bread Rough
- Sail On Little Girl Sail On
- Sylvie
- We're In The Same Boat Brother
- Black Girl
- Goodnight Irene
- Children's Blues
- Gray Goose
- Spring Time In The Rockies
- Midnight Special
- Sukey Jump
- Tell Me Baby
- Matchbox Blues
- Blood Done Sign My Name
- I'm On My Last Go Round
- Ella Speed
- Bourgeois Blues
- Stewball
- Looky Looky Yonder
- Take This Hammer
- My Friend Blind Lemon
- You Cain' Loose A Me Cholly
- New Orleans
- How Long
- Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea
- It Was Early One Morning
- Pick A Bale Of Cotton
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- Baby Don't You Love Me Now More
- Midnight Special
- Shout On (Honey I'm All Out And Down)
- Howard Hughes
Release date: 2008-03-03
RRP: £11.99
Price: £8.92
Review The Definitive Leadbelly / Leadbelly:
Tracks Come on in
- Come On In, Pt. 2
- Come On In [Live]
- Heat
- Please Don't Stay
- Don't Stop Honey
- Just Like a Woman
- Been Mistreated
- It's Bad You Know
- Shuck Dub
- Come On In, Pt. 3
- Let My Baby Ride
- Rollin' Tumblin' [Remix]
Release date: 2005-07-01
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.59
Review Come on in / R.L. Burnside:
Tracks The Wheel Man
- Sawmill Holler
- I Know One
- Drinking And Driving
- Got Love If You Want It
- Jimmy Bell
- Rattlesnake
- Black Water
- Fast Eddie
- I've Got News
- Truck Driving Mama
- The Wheel Man
- Newspaper Reporter
- Peaches
Release date: 2007-03-26
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.75
Review The Wheel Man / Watermelon Slim & Workers:This Oklahoma City singer and slide guitarist is at the creative apex of traditional blues. He took the roundabout route to get there-fighting in the jungles of Vietnam, officiating at funerals, and working as a trucker, forklift operator, saw miller, firewood salesman, and collection agent until a near-fatal heart attack compelled him to find his calling as a bandleader in 2002. Slim's fourth album since then is even sharper than 2006's critically heralded breakthrough Watermelon Slim & the Workers. It's a devil's playground for his weathered-oak voice and Delta-fueled six-stringing, full of stories of crime ("The Wheel Man"), lust ("Peaches"), and sin ("Jimmy Bell"). For Slim, that's par for the course, but this time he's drafted Chicago blues stalwart Magic Slim for a terse, burnished solo and vocal turns on the title tune and piano great David Maxwell to make three other numbers sparkle and jump. Yet some of the most compelling songs, like the howling a cappella "Jimmy Bell" and the slide 'n' vocal turn "Judge Harsh Blues" are Watermelon Slim alone. And that's enough. His sound and his soul are packed with true, natural grit. -Ted Drozdowski.
Tracks No Paid Holiday
- I've Got a Toothache
- Archetypal Blues No. 2
- Into the Sunset
- Bloody Burmese Blues
- Gearzy's Boogie
- This Traveling Life
- Everybody's Down on Me
- Call My Job
- Bubba's Blues
- Max the Baseball Crown
- You're the One I Need
- Blues for Howard
- And When I Die
- Dad in the Distance
Release date: 2008-07-14
RRP: £11.99
Price: £5.62
Review No Paid Holiday / Watermelon Slim:
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Tracks 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads [With DVD] [Us Import]
- U-Haul - Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cootie Stark,
- Chapel Hill Boogie - John Dee Holeman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Born in Louisiana - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Red Rooster - Henry Gray, Howlin' Wolf Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Big Daddy Boogie - Big Daddy Pattman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- U-Haul - Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cootie Stark,
- Sittin' on Top of the World - Howlin' Wolf Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Hubert Sumlin
- Prison Blues - Neal Pattman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cootie Stark
- Tears Come Rollin' Down - Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Henry Townsend
- Born in Louisiana - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Grindin' Man - Pinetop Perkins, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Muddy Waters Band
- Tears Came Rollin' Down - Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Henry Townsend
- Grindin' Man - Pinetop Perkins, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Muddy Waters Band
- Spoonful - George "Wild Child" Butler, Howlin' Wolf Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Big Daddy Boogie - Big Daddy Pattman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Potato Patch - Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Prison Blues - Neal Pattman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cootie Stark
- Tina Marie - Bryan Lee, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Chapel Hill Boogie - John Dee Holeman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Honky Tonk - Buddy Flett, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Honky Tonk - Buddy Flett, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Red Rooster - Henry Gray, Howlin' Wolf Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Got My Mojo Working - Preston Perkins, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Muddy Waters Band
- Tina Marie - Bryan Lee, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Knoxville Rag - Etta Baker, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Knoxville Rag - Etta Baker, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Potato Patch - Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Spoonful - George "Wild Child" Butler, Howlin' Wolf Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Release date: 2007-01-23
RRP: £26.49
Price: £9.70
Review 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads [With DVD] [Us Import] / Kenny Wayne Shepherd:
Tracks The Blues Roots of the Rolling Stones
- Not Fade Away
- Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
- Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker
- I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
- Three O'Clock In The Morning - B. B. King
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley
- Rolling Stones - Muddy Waters
- Dust My Broom
- Rolling Stone - Part 1 - Robert Wilkins
- When the Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- Diddley Daddy - Bo Diddley
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- I Want To Be Loved - Muddy Waters
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- Love In Vain - Robert Johnson
- Evil Is Going On - Howlin Wolf
- Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
- Get Your Yas Yas Out - Blind Boy Fuller
Release date: 2008-03-10
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.69
Review The Blues Roots of the Rolling Stones / Rolling Stones:
Tracks The Rough Guide to Delta Blues: Sounds from the Cottonfields of the Deep South
- Meet me in the city - Junior Kimbrough
- Cool drink of water blues - Tommy Johnson
- I'm so glad - Skip James
- Done left here - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Catfish blues - Robert Petway
- That's no way to get along - Robert Wilkins
- Preaching blues (Up jumped the devil) - Robert Johnson
- Outside woman blues - Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds
- Sitting on top of the world - Mississippi Sheiks
- On the wall - Louise Johnson
- The banker's blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jumper on the line - R. L. Burnside
- Country blues - Muddy Waters
- Baby please don't go - Big Joe Williams
- Black Mattie - Robert Belfour
- Future blues - Willie Brown
- Stack O'Lee blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Aberdeen Mississippi blues - Bukka White
- Last kind words blues - Geechie Wiley & Elvie Thomas
- Walkin' blues - Son House
- High water everywhere part one - Charley Patton
- Goin' back to the bridge - Asie Payton
- Don't mash my digger so deep - Bo Carter
- Mississippi swamp moan - Alfred Lewis
Release date: 2002-04-29
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.75
Review The Rough Guide to Delta Blues: Sounds from the Cottonfields of the Deep South / Various Artists:It isn't often a CD conjures magic out of the past the way The Rough Guide to Delta Blues does, but as Johnathan Ogle puts it in his excellent sleeve notes, these sounds from the Deep South cotton fields really are the cornerstone of American popular music. One by one, in tracks that are blissfully uncleaned-up, the well-chosen voices take it in turns to assert their own particular brand of down-home beauty. There are murderers and preachers aplenty, sometimes blind, sometimes in possession of an alarming physical dexterity; the oldest recordings-like that of herbal medic Robert Wilkins-are the most intensely characterful. But there's an enormous range of styles represented here, from the nifty slide guitar and chameleon tones of Robert Johnson to the heavy rasp of Charley Patton and the unmistakeable timbre of Big Bill Broonzy. Every track has its own fascination, whether it's barrelhouse pianist Louise Johnson extolling the virtues of doing it standing up, Fred McDowell demonstrating his "slash and drone" guitar technique, or Alfred Lewis rapidly alternating between whoops, hollers and blasts on his harmonica. And in Tommy Johnson's deft falsetto we see where latter-day falsettist Bobby McFerrin got his inspiration. -Michael Church.
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