A Jukebox for the mind that moves the body and spirit with a broad selection of blues and jump swing originals and hip covers. The gritty guitar of Laura Chavez is original, innovative and searing. If you haven't heard her play before, you wont forget her playing or her name, ever again. She accompanies veteran diva Kane seamlessly here. Kane, a five timeBlues Foundation nominee, sounds stronger than ever five years after pancreatic cancer. Her voice is a finely-tuned, polished instrument capable of moving effortlessly from a sassy, Etta James blues snarl to a defiant Amy Winehouse ache, the jazzy sophistication of the “Queen of Swing” Mildred Bailey, and the rockabilly wildness of the young Wanda Jackson. The songwriting is fun, smart and sophisticated. The guitar playing and singing, fresh and new while honoring the bold blues of the past. This may be Kane's finest work to date - Dave Rubin

Blue-eyed soul man Billy Price has been a high-profile singer on the Pittsburgh PA scene for the past three decades. Billy was the lead singer with the Roy Buchananband for three years, appearing on the late Buchanan’s legendary Livestock set (recorded in New York City in 1975) and That’s What I’m Here For album. Price then went on to record several blues/soul sets under his own name, pocketing a handful of awards on the way.

Now, here is the new Billy price solo recording, totally blues and soul oriented, with special guests Monster Mike Welch, Fred Chapellier and two Nighthawks members : Mark Wenner and Mark Stutso.

“Inhale My World” is the second release from Belgium’s #1 blues & roots artist, Lightnin’ Guy on Dixiefrog Records. This album features 12 originals, exploring new musical directions where he blends the love for traditional blues with his contemporary songwriting; creating a unique sound & style. This album is a must-have for everybody who loves the sound of slide guitar from artists like Daniel Lanois, Ben Harper, John Butler, Chris Whitley, Derek Trucks... Not only does his music head into new directions, also his lyrics reach deeper & further than before. Every song on the album is a chapter of his life, key moments & people that shaped him into the man he is today, aged 37. So take a place on a front row seat & inhale the past, present and future of the Lightnin’ Guy.

Nico Wayne Toussaint is presently making a name on the international scene, an exceptional feat for a French bluesman! Nico just won the INTERNATIONAL BLUES COMPETITION in the “Blues” category, and was choosed by jurors including John Mayall, James Cotton, Tom Waits, Bruce Iglauer or Brian Setzer (among others). Nico is one of a select few European artists (and the only French one) whose latest albums appear on the RMR Top 10 (ROOTS MUSIC REPORT), the 100 most-played Blues albums in the world. A strong contribution to the global rise of this French bluesman, this explosive live set confirms the charisma and energy of an exceptional harp master!

The fiercest blueswoman and her mooonshiners are back with a double album taking us for a ride, from The Clash's punk rock to a Floydian pop folk. 18 original tracks and 2 covers divided in 2 distinct cds: the quiet mooonset vanishing in the morning and the raging mooonrise that Beelzebub orders you to listen full volume when the electric night starts off!

Undoubtedly one of Duke’s finest blues albums, this set owes much to the musicians present on these sides (Bruce Bears on piano and Hammond organ, Brad Hallen on bass, Mark Teixeira on drums), all of whom have developed a common language with Duke over the years. Monster Mike Welch also brings a crucial touch to Independently Blue, appearing on all tracks (some of which he also signed). Such high levels of musicianship and sound quality are sure to put all electric blues lovers in a trance!

Big Daddy Wilson was born over 50 years ago in a small town called Edenton, North Carolina. Young Wilson quit school at 16, and joined the US Army in germany where he discovered the blues at a concert.{"In Edenton we used to listen to gospel and to the country music played at the local radio station. I didn’t know what the blues was before”}, Wilson says. After this experience, he went on stage, jammed all over the German blues scene, and made an impression with his warm and soulful voice. With his international solo debut on RUF Records four years ago, Big Daddy Wilson took it one step further in his late career as a musician. Now he proposes to you his new album {“I’m Your Man”} on Dixiefrog including the song “{Hold The Ladder}” written especially for him by his long-time friend Eric Bibb, and produced by Staffan Astner (Eric Bibb’s guitarist) and Sven Lindvall (who plays upright bass,electric bass and tuba on the album).

Here is APRES DEMAIN the BILL DERAIME’s brand new album. A mix of new songs and of « revisited » older material like this BABA BOOGIE, becoming BOBO BOOGIE with the SANSEVERINO’s help. Bill has cut some covers too, like « Les CACTUS » a Jacques DUTRONC’s song rearranged by Fred CHAPELLIER (the last Dutronc’s guitarist), or the REVEREND GARY DAVIS DEATH DON'T HAVE NO MERCY (Gary Davis, definitely one of the first artists in Bill's heart). Also, a lot of good musicians helped Bill to cut this album like (among others) Mauro SERRI (electric guitars) or Jean Alain ROUSSEL (Keyboards) who played Hammond B 3 on the reggae songs and brought his unique talent to this recording.
Bill is still there and still at his best… !

Guy Davis is one of today's most prominent Blues artists. He’s a guitarist and banjo player, songwriter and actor. He has been nominated for nine ‘Handy Awards’ over the years, and has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues. His new album (with special guests Blind Boys Of Alabama & Lea Gilmore) is magic … !

Andrew Strong was a huge hit playing the role of DECO in Alan Parker’s cult movie, THE COMMITMENTS. He is back at full throttle with this devastating LIVE set, covering songs from The Commitments era, as well as several forgotten soul and blues-rock classics. Strong, and still at the top!

An avowed introvert, this sexagenarian twisted through the sixties, haunting the boutiques of Carnaby Street while his French cronies threw stones at the police during the student riots of 1968. Enslaved by outrageous contracts while recording in the most prestigious studios, Ter invited Mick Taylor (at his best) on one of his albums and almost worked with Richard Branson before he survived a 15-year stint in California producing rap artists. He is back today with his own brand of impressionistic, psychedelic, groove-laden, and humorous blues. The work of an aging hippy bard with flowers in his hair, this album showcases an inventiveness close to Zappa’s and guitartheatrics worthy of Jimi’s.

Distance is the Mathis Haug newly-born CD and the result of his his fruitful artistic encounter with J.J. Milteau: a beautiful adventure in which Mathis plays with Stephan Notari a remarkable multi-instrumentalist drummer and also -on few tracks- with the talented sax player Céline Bonacina. J.J.’s harmonica appears discretely as Milteau mainly wishes to promote the public closeness to the characteristic world of the singer. The sobriety of the arrangements reveals an extraordinary tone of voice that breaks your heart and soul as soon as you hear it.

Eclectism is what defines Buzztown best. The band, born in 2007, happily mixes blues, jazz, soul, boogie, rock and funk, with a wink to Robben Ford, no less! Here comes their new CD “Wherever you hide” where one can find traces of the diverse tastes, moods, atmospheres and influences ingested by the four musicians who certainly know how to stick together and show how much fun they have playing music. An infectious enthusiam, for sure, since several friends decided to join the venture such as harp player Vincent Bucher, Hammond organ player David Carion, vocalist Emilie Hédou, sax player Dominique Marc, trumpet player Valentin Pellet and trombonist Mathieu Dufourq. With this second album, Buzztown certainly passed the test!

2 CDS – ALBUM STUDIO + ALBUM PIANO SOLO + BONUS 10 OLD 45s
Born Sam Moore in 1939, Ironing Board Sam is one of the unsung heroes of the American Rhythm and Blues scène. Recently, Tim Duffy, head of the Music Maker Foundation put him back on the saddle, and made him record again a double album : one cut with horns in the spirit of the great sixties, the other one just piano solo. Cherry on the cake : 10 old 45s cut between 1968 and 1970.

These last two years The Delta Saints have been embraced by enthusiastic and growing audiences in the USA as well as in Europe. Former university students from Nashville, the young musicians pump out a unique and fierce fusion of blues, traditional southern soul and bayou funk, once again raising the banner of southern blues/rock illustrated in the past by The Allman Brothers Band and The Black Crowes.

Bootleggers will take you straight to the American Deep South. Their rich mix of exhilarating boogie, southern rock and downhome honky-tonk offers a perfect balance between blues-rock and country sounds. Raucous riffs and lightning-fast guitar breaks make for a dynamite combination of energy and drive that tastes like red-hot jalapeños watered down with tequila. Bootleggers have opened for acts as diverse as Billy Joe Shaver, Calvin Russell or Moon Martin. Several world-class musicians are featured on this new album: Point Blank guitarist Rusty Burns, Dale Watson, Don Raby and Nico Wayne Toussaint!

Recently integrating the club of guitar players that must be reckoned with, Fred Chapellier is at last getting the recognition he deserves.

The first half of 2012 has been active for Fred, with a noted appearance at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in February, several tours with Tom Principato, and a live set with his old Texas cohort Neal Black featuring the harp of Nico Wayne Toussaint.

This summer, Fred is back with a new album co-signed with Neal Black, with Gary Moore’s longstanding sideman Vic Martin on keyboard. A mere listen will show you that nothing can stop Chapellier in his electrifying explorations into the worlds of blues, rock and soul.

“I watched my parents and it rubbed off on me...” This is how Habib Koité traces the origins of his profession and talent as a 20th century griot. Eric Bibb has a similar background: his father, Leon Bibb, is a singer well known in musical theatre and folk music circles and Eric is also the godson of the famous singer and activist Paul Robeson. In other words, Eric grew up surrounded by music. Habib is the heir to an ancestral knowledge set to song that places him among the mostinfluential voices of contemporary Africa. Eric has established his name in the new generation of bluesmen without renouncing the legacy of folk and gospel. What could be more natural than for this Malian and African- American to join the rhythms of their guitars and voices in some transatlantic blues? Two popular singers, two singers rooted in an ancient tradition and everything it infers: knowledge, a unique musical repertoire, and a way of using song to pass a social message. Both have humbly acquired a sense for song that permeates society.

After enacting his own role in the Aki Kaurismäki movie Le Havre, Little Bob is back with a blues project that takes him back to his beginnings.

“I’ve always loved blues as much as rock’n’roll. The first LP I bought (alongside a record by the Animals) was a Howlin’ Wolf album. His vocals literally blew me away and I was hooked on the blues for life. To this day, I feel thankful to all of these great pioneers for their inspiration and feeling.”
Break Down the Walls is a collection of blues classics revisited by Little Bob, interspersed with personal songs written in a similar vein. The result sounds like a wild British Blues album from the sixties, with a handful of heart-wrenching ballads that hint at Roberto’s Italian roots.

Little Bob has been a rock ‘n’ roll legend in France for the past thirty years. His city of origin, Le Havre, located on the Channel a stone’s throw from England, is the French equivalent of Liverpool with its oil terminals, supertankers, container ships, chemical plants, sailors and roustabouts. Bob crisscrossed the British Isles abundantly in the eighties at the head of his Little Bob Story, performing no-holds-barred rock on university campuses and festivals grounds, Irish pubs and Hell’s Angels hangouts.

The greatest have always considered Bob one of their own. He has recorded with Steve Hunter (Mytch Ryder, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper ...), Charlie Sexton (the Texas Boy Wonder), Kenny Margolis (of Mink Deville and Cracker), Dave Alvin (The Blasters) and performed with Maria McKee & Benment Tench in Hollywood, Dr Feelgood, Beverly Joe Scott & Southside Johnny in Paris, and Willy DeVille & Johnny Thunder in England.

Magic Slim is the greatest living proponent of the intense, electrified, Mississippi-to-Chicago blues style that spawned much of the music played by modern blues artists and rockers.
Turning seventy-five years young later this summer, Slim once again proves that when it comes to complete mastery of the blues in all its aspects and truly genre defining power of performance, he is one bad boy with few if any equals on the scene today.

The powerful and moving Leadfoot Rivet’s voice can paint a full scope of émotions. As a songwriter he has the power and style he developed from his mentors and masters Randy Newman, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Reed or Guy Clark … As a musician, he has made the synthesis of his wide influences blues, folk, soul & country musics, even fado, sòn, milonga and oriental and central asian musics ! That’s what you can hear in his latest offering « Welcome to my mongrel music world ! »

Originating from Nantes (France), Malted Milk moves within the sheerest Afro-American musical tradition, brilliantly combining blues and funky soul. The band has become one of the major figures of the French blues scene. This notoriety goes far beyond the French border, since the band has also performed abroad on many occasions, to back headliners such as Big Joe Turner or to participate in the finals of the Memphis International Blues Challenge in 2007.

The great Soul sounds of Black America have rocked our lives for the past fifty years, but it doesn’t mean that this precious musical heritage shouldn’t be revitalized, that its groove couldn’t be reinvented! Malted Milk’s unrivaled soulfulness is more than a sign of their respect for this glorious past. The boundless energy you will find on “Get Some” is a mere sample of their ability, a glimpse oftheir electrifying potential on stage. Malted Milk’s time may well have come...!