Modern CDs

2011 is the centenary of Robert Johnson's birth and in addition it was in 1941 that Muddy Waters first recorded on Stovall's Cotton Plantation in Mississippi. This excellent 2CD compilation traces the impact and influence of the blues on popular music. '100 Years of the Blues' is supported by a r...

An X Factor finalist with a smoky neo-soul voice, Rebecca Ferguson began working on her major-label debut in early 2011, mere weeks after becoming the show's 2010 runner-up. The record sketches out a soulful sound similar to Duffy and Corinne Bailey Rae. Ferguson puts her own stamp on the music b...

Forthcoming release from William Elliot Whitmore, watch this space - more info' to come...

North Carolina–based Carolina Chocolate Drops follow up their Grammy Award–winning 2010 album, GENUINE NEGRO JIG, with their third full length album, LEAVING EDEN, set for release on March 5. The group returns with a record of original compositions, covers, and traditional songs produced by Budd...

Grammy Nominee for the blues Ruthie Foster is back again with another monumental release, Let It Burn again showcases one of the finest voices actively recording in the world today. Enlisting another Grammy award winner John Chelew to produce the album their collaboration brings a soul-expanding ...

 Sixth volume of Let Me Tell you About The Blues, the now established, collectable series profiling the evolution of the blues in key American cities and regions. Designed to appeal to not just existing aficionados, but also newcomers looking to acquire a well-considered survey of the genre. ...

Michael Bloomfield's elegantly fluid (and equally as intense) solo guitar lines made him one of the best electric guitar players of his generation (which included none other than Jimi Hendrix), but his complete contentment at being a sideman on-stage and in the studio means he is often under-recogni...

Eden Brent‟s 2008 debut album. 2006 International Blues Challenge winner Eden Brent is a masterful blues and boogie pianist and vocal stylist. Dubbed "Little Boogaloo" by her mentor and duo partner, the late Abie "Boogaloo" Ames, this Mississippi Delta native holds a...

As the crow flies, Greenville, MS and New Orleans are just 300 miles apart. But when blues pianist Eden Brent travelled from her hometown to record Ain't Got No Troubles, she eschewed the interstate for meandering country highways that parallel the Mississippi River's route. The circui...