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Thursday, September 24, 2026

B.B. King - B.B. Boogie: The RPM Years 1950-1953

Album: B.B. Boogie: The RPM Years 1950-1953
Size: 175,4 MB
Time: 75:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. B.B. Boogie (3:12)
2. Mistreated Woman (2:51)
3. The Other Night Blues (3:40)
4. My Baby's Gone (2:01)
5. Don't You Want A Man Like Me (2:21)
6. She's Dynamite (2:30)
7. B.B. Blues (2:27)
8. Hard Workin' Woman (2:34)
9. She's A Mean Woman (2:34)
10. That Ain't The Way To Do It (2:18)
11. 3 O' Clock Blues (3:01)
12. You Know I Love You (3:05)
13. She Don't Move Me No More (3:11)
14. Fine Lookin' Woman (2:23)
15. My Own Fault, Darlin' (3:27)
16. Shake It Up And Go (2:35)
17. Gotta Find My Baby (2:25)
18. Some Day, Somewhere (2:52)
19. You Didn't Want Me (2:32)
20. Story From My Heart And Soul (2:57)
21. Boogie Woogie Woman (2:48)
22. Highway Bound (2:46)
23. Neighborhood Affair (2:55)
24. Why Did You Leave Me (3:09)
25. Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone) (2:58)
26. Please Love Me (2:50)
27. Blind Love (3:05)

Reckoned by many bluesmen as "the king" of the blues, the legendary B.B. King is undoubtedly the most important electric guitarist of the last half century. From a rather conventional old-fashioned approach to the blues to a more modern and contaminated series of recent collaboration, he's been a legend in black music for more than 50 years. Yet B.B. King remains an intrinsically humble superstar, an utterly accessible musician who can welcome visitors into his dressing room with self-effacing graciousness. /Album liner notes

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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Robin Banks Blues Band - Permanent Record

Album: Permanent Record
Size: 119,8 MB
Time: 51:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Yer Usin' Me (4:18)
2. The Spell (3:31)
3. Since You've Been Gone (3:44)
4. Someone To Talk To (6:44)
5. You Can Have My Husband (But Please Don't Mess With My Man) (5:17)
6. Long Lonely Evenin' (6:24)
7. W.O.M.A.N. (4:43)
8. Rocket Boogie (2:49)
9. Puck's Blues (5:02)
10. I Just Got To Know (4:35)
11. Sugar Coated Love (4:25)

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Big Harp George - No Shortcuts

Album: No Shortcuts
Size: 158,3 MB
Time: 67:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, jazzy blues
Art: Front

1. Come Out Swinging (4:09)
2. Supplement Life (3:47)
3. Yes Dear! (3:41)
4. Sun Drifting (4:08)
5. Ain't My Circus (4:53)
6. I Will Find You (4:02)
7. Bury My Head (4:01)
8. Struck Out Again (7:21)
9. Be Adorable (3:25)
10. Do You Remember? (4:26)
11. Last Trip To Itaipu (3:46)
12. What's Wrong With Dying? (4:04)
13. Mista Boins! (3:31)
14. Rusty Spoon (5:21)
15. Death Rattle Of The Republic (4:09)
16. One Day (3:07)

San Francisco-based blues singer, songwriter, and chromatic harmonica player Big Harp George/George Bisharat returns with his sixth album, No Shortcuts. Like his last two albums, 2023’s Cut My Spirit Loose and 2024’s Cooking with Gas, he features players from the Greaseland gang, including guitarist Kid Andersen, Joe Kyle on bass, drummer Derrick D’Mar Martin, Chris Burns on keys, along with a bevy of horn players and vocalists, and The Morgan Brothers (James and Dwayne). Tenor saxophonist Doug Rowan, baritone saxophonist Aaron Linton, and trombonist Mike Rinta also play on all tracks. The credits list 20 musicians and vocalists.

Yes, he’s drawing on the folks that often record at Andersen’s Greaseland Studios and for Little Village. He infuses the wide-ranging gamut of blues and jazz styles with wit, sarcasm, and commentary on our current times. Before prioritizing music, George was a criminal defense attorney, award-winning professor of law at UC Hastings College of the Law, and expert commentator on law and politics in the Middle East.

Fans who love horn albums, swinging jazz, and especially jump blues, will gravitate to Big George’s “big sound” as he mixes instrumentals with vocal tracks. [---] Big Harp George proves again to be an astute bandleader, solid songwriter, and a consistent artist. What he lacks in vocal prowess is effectively masked by the huge sound emanating from the horns and background vocalists. /Jim Hynes, Rock & Blues Muse

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Seasick Steve - The Last Season Of America

Album: The Last Season Of America
Size: 97,3 MB
Time: 42:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Roots/Americana mix
Art: Front

1. The Last Season Of America (4:35)
2. Bad Things (3:36)
3. Above Ground Boogie (4:04)
4. Bootstraps (4:46)
5. El Camino (4:21)
6. Surf's Flat (3:24)
7. Free Man (4:06)
8. Somebody (4:42)
9. Matilda From Ottawa (4:34)
10. Feel The Sun (3:54)

Seasick Steve returns with The Last Season of America. In 2024, Steve and his wife Elisabeth took a road trip across America where he witnessed the poverty and divisiveness in the context of the upcoming election. They were in a New Orleans club where a house band leader welcomed two Belgian musicians on stage by saying "welcome to the last season of America". This became the theme for the rest of their road trip and led to him writing the title track to the new album. A deeply personal, heartfelt reflection on the state of his home nation, The Last Season of America is a protest record in the truest sense.

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Peter Parcek - Most Of The Time

Album: Most Of The Time
Size: 179,9 MB
Time: 78:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Rock/Jazz mix
Art: Front

1. Twistified (3:43)
2. How Many Times (3:47)
3. Most Of The Time (8:02)
4. I Don't Worry About A Thing (4:28)
5. Just Play Rhythm, Baby (4:48)
6. Mississippi Phone Booth (4:58)
7. Stranger Blues (4:45)
8. Poor Boy (6:51)
9. When I'm Dead & Gone (4:13)
10. Cold In Hand (3:51)
11. Three Feet In Back Of My Head (5:35)
12. Highway 61 (5:06)
13. Grandma's Hands (7:04)
14. Lord Help The Poor & Needy (Bonus) (6:02)
15. Swooshy (Bonus) (4:50)

Peter Parcek was born in Connecticut, moved to London, England in the 60’s, and now lives in Boston. While in England he saw many of the English performers including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Peter Green and many other guitarists on the scene in that era. While there, he joined a band as a vocalist and harmonica player and played many venues including the famous Marquee Club on a bill that included Pink Floyd. But he was ordered to return to the US as he did not have a work visa.

Returning to Connecticut, He studied the techniques of the American blues artists and other guitarists of the era, witnessing Skip James, Muddy Eaters, B.B. King, and Buddy Guy among others and also Jimi Hendrix in concert. When he moved to Massachusetts, he started practicing his guitar eight to ten hours a day to perfect his style, which he references as “soul guitar”, which is based in the deep emotional feelings he creates with his sound and to the roots of the blues.

In 1990 he became the guitarist for Pinetop Perkins playing on his albums and touring as his band leader. In 2000, he released his debut album, “Evolution”. This is his fifth album release, which combines seven original songs with eight covers. Peter sings and plays guitar on all tracks with his bandmates Tim Carman on drums and percussion, Marc Hickox on bass, and Tom West on Hammond B-3 and Fender Rhodes with numerous guest performers scattered throughout the album. Mark Earley adds horns on five tracks. [---]

Peter proves himself to be a guitar master deserving recognition to be in the lists of the best currently performing guitarists. His vocals are smooth with a slight weary rasp. He delivers an excellent album that is definitely recommended. /John Sacksteder, Blues Blast Magazine

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Orianthi - Heaven In This Hell

Size: 305 MB
Time: 41:31
File: Flac
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues-Rock
Art: Front

1. Heaven In This Hell (4:32)
2. You Don't Wanna Know (3:40)
3. Fire (2:53)
4. If U Think U Know Me (3:35)
5. How Do You Sleep (4:14)
6. Frozen (3:40)
7. Rock (4:34)
8. Another You (3:43)
9. How Does That Feel (3:08)
10. Filthy Blues (3:17)
11. If U Were Here With Me (4:10)

Orianthi Penny Panagaris, known mononymously as Orianthi, is an Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter celebrated for her dynamic blend of rock, blues, and pop. She gained global attention as Michael Jackson's lead guitarist for the cancelled This Is It concerts, later touring with Alice Cooper. Her debut single According to You became a worldwide hit in 2009, followed by acclaimed albums like Believe, Heaven in This Hell, O, Rock Candy, and Some Kind of Feeling. Recognized as one of Elle's "12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists" and Guitar International’s "Breakthrough Guitarist of the Year" in 2010, she has collaborated with legends including Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, and Richie Sambora, and continues to inspire as a versatile performer and songwriter.

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Carlos Segarra - Segarra Inn Blues

Size: 324 MB
Time: 45:55
File: Flac
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. I' m Talkin About You (2:30)
2. Dimples (2:36)
3. Eso Es Blues (Y No Lo Que Cantas Tu) (3:40)
4. Six Days On The Road (3:32)
5. Ganster Of Love (3:10)
6. Room To Move (2:31)
7. Matchbox (2:39)
8. Un Viejo Blues (3:51)
9. Tell Mama (3:00)
10. Shame, Shame, Shame (3:50)
11. El Rey De Los Bolos (4:33)
12. Madison Blues (2:57)
13. El Club Del Motor (3:24)
14. You Got Move (3:36)

After his time with Los Rebeldes and Rock and Roll Club, Carlos Segarra has launched a new project, Segarra Inn Blues. In it, he combines blues-style arrangements of old Rebeldes songs, original new material, Spanish-language adaptations of genre classics, and English-language covers. For this show, Segarra is joined by Álvaro Martialay (Faraones, Red House) on electric bass and Moisés Beltrá (La Reserva, Motorcity) on drums; like Segarra himself, both musicians reside in the province of Alicante. Born in Barcelona in 1961, Carlos Segarra was already performing in public at just 16 years old, playing covers of artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and—above all—Eddie Cochran. His friend Loquillo supported him as a manager, and the two would later join forces to form a band. In 1979, Carlos Segarra founded Los Rebeldes alongside Aurelio Morata (bass) and Moisés Sorolla (drums). Shortly thereafter, in 1980, the band—along with Los Intocables—backed Loquillo on the album *Los tiempos están cambiando*, which achieved a measure of fame thanks to the song "Esto no es Hawaii." Los Rebeldes made their debut in 1981 with the album *Cerveza, chicas y… rockabilly!*. Since then, the band has released around twenty albums across various formats (including the soundtrack for the film *Las edades de Lulú*). Among these, the 1986 live album *Preferiblemente vivos* was hailed as one of the best Spanish live albums of the decade—a testament to the fact that, at the time, Los Rebeldes were a formidable live act. While continuing with his long-standing band, Segarra has kept his "Rock and Roll Club" venture alive and is now launching *Inn Blues*. This new project blends "glam, rock, and blues—Black music with a blues rhythm"—featuring tracks by Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, and The Doors. As Segarra stated at the project's official presentation, these songs "merge in an exercise where rock and roll and its roots converge."

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Dogshark - The Live Blues Sesssions - The Live Rock Sessions

Size: 185 MB
Time: 32:46
File: Flac
Released: 2026-07-10
Styles: Blues, rock
Art: Front

1. Driving South (Live) (3:28)
2. Been Down So Long (Live) (4:45)
3. You Shook Me (Live) (3:38)
4. Hoochie Coochie Man (Live) (3:20)
5. Ramblin' on My Mind (Live) (3:17)
6. Drifting Blues (Live) (4:42)
7. I Can't Quit You Baby (Live) (5:38)
8. Roadhouse Blues (Live) (3:57)

Dogshark are.... Andy Devine - Guitar/Vocals Matt Clarkson - Drums Symon Verity - Bass Dogshark emerged from the ashes of the Great Global Pandemic of the early 2020s. Three jaded souls fatefully collided with a passion and a purpose. A brotherhood forged in Blues and Rock. Dogshark. Bites. Growls.

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Dogshark - The LIVE ROCK SESSIONS

Size: 261 MB
Time: 44:24
File: Flac
Released: 2026-07-10
Styles: Blues, rock
Art: Front

1. Manic Depression (3:42)
2. Artificial Red (5:34)
3. I Put a Spell on You (4:52)
4. Rock and Roll (4:42)
5. Ace of Spades (3:16)
6. Bridge of Sighs (6:34)
7. War Pigs (7:59)
8. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (7:44)

See above.

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Monday, September 21, 2026

Little Mack Simmons - Inflation Blues

Album: Inflation Blues
Size: 179,7 MB
Time: 77:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1975/2009
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, soul-blues
Art: Front

1. Inflation Blues (2:23)
2. You've Got To Help Me (4:50)
3. Skin Tight (4:58)
4. Rainy Night In Georgia (4:12)
5. Boogie On Reggae Woman (4:43)
6. Jesus, So Wonderful (3:20)
7. Key To The Highway (2:34)
8. Snap Your Finger (3:52)
9. You're So Fine (2:58)
10. Blue Lights (4:50)
11. Find A Way (Bonus Track) (3:00)
12. Looking For The Same Thing (Bonus Track) (2:37)
13. I Don't Want To Be Right (Bonus Track) (3:31)
14. Skin Tight (Bonus Track) (4:24)
15. Lie To Me (Bonus Track) (4:30)
16. Turning Point (Instrumental) (Bonus Track) (4:02)
17. Turning Point (Bonus Track) (4:03)
18. Forty Third Street Bus Stop (Bonus Track) (5:51)
19. (Answer To) I'll Make You Feel Like A Woman When We Make Love (Bonus Track) (3:41)
20. You've Got To Help Me (Bonus Track) (3:11)

Obscure blues from mid 70s Chicago featuring singer/harmonica player Mack Simmons, one of the rawer talents of the Windy City scene. The album's actually got a much more open-ended style than you'd expect for such an artist with traces of southern soul kind of oddly filtered through the mix, all hung around some nice rough raw production. Overall, a cool relic of the sort that hardly shows up - with tracks that include "You're So Fine", "Snap Your Finger", "Inflation Blues", and "Skin Tight". /Dusty Groove

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Cedar County Cobras - Homesick Blues

Album: Homesick Blues
Size: 76,0 MB
Time: 32:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues/Roots
Art: Front

1. Utah (3:10)
2. Country Records (2:59)
3. Long Time Gone (2:57)
4. Gimme Lightnin' (2:35)
5. Poor Boy (3:21)
6. Trouble No More (2:56)
7. Walkin Blues (4:07)
8. VooDoo Doll (3:08)
9. Shake It Right (3:40)
10. Homesick Blues (3:46)

Cedar County Cobras arrive with an upright bass, foot drum, and several guitars to play American roots & blues music from the last century. The music takes on an “old time” blues feel that would most likely be found in a juke-joint down a gravel road in rural Iowa. They have played hundreds of shows from the local winery to international festival stages. In 2023, the duo released their debut album "Homesick Blues" which has been charting worldwide and placed in the top acoustic blues records of 2023 and 2024. They are the current winners of the solo/duo category for the Iowa Blues Challenge and placed as semi-finalists at the 2025 International Blues Festival in Memphis.

Personnel: Tom Spielbauer (vocals, guitar, mandolin, drum); April Dirks (vocals, upright bass, mandolin, tambourine).

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Sunday, September 20, 2026

Anthony Geraci - Where Were You

Album: Where Were You
Size: 107,2 MB
Time: 46:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Jazz/Soulmix
Art: Front

1. Where Were You (6:04)
2. Brooklyn Boogie (3:17)
3. All's I Got Is You (3:14)
4. Caterpillar Dance (4:26)
5. Rockin' Til Dawn (3:01)
6. Say La-Ti-Da (3:37)
7. Flowers For Marianne (4:45)
8. Even A Fool's Right Once In Awhile (3:15)
9. Stop Sneaking Around (3:41)
10. Breaking Bread (3:29)
11. Oobiedoobie Man (3:23)
12. Suite: Blues (4:17)

Pianist, composer and bandleader Anthony Geraci returns with ‘Where Were You’, a new album released by Delmark Records. Across the album, Geraci brings together elements of Chicago blues, jazz, soul and American roots music, with his piano playing and songwriting at the centre of the recording. He is joined by his touring band as well as a sizeable group of musicians connected to the Chicago blues scene.

A prominent role is reserved for Sheryl Youngblood, who contributes vocals to three of Geraci’s compositions and also plays drums. Other musicians appearing on the album include vocalist Barrence Whitfield, guitarists Dave Specter, Barrett Anderson and Jon McDonald, bassists Rodrigo Mantovani and Tom Terry, and drummers Nick Toscano, John Medeiros Jr. and Pooky Styx. The line-up is completed by Mario Perrett on saxophone and Anne Harris on violin, while Geraci himself handles piano, Hammond organ and vocals.

All twelve compositions were written by Anthony Geraci. Six tracks are instrumentals, including Brooklyn Boogie, Caterpillar Dance, Rockin’ Til Dawn, Flowers for Marianne, Breaking Bread and the closing Suite: Blues. /Bluestown Music

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Patrik Jansson Band - Different Shades Of Blue

Album: Different Shades Of Blue
Size: 98,9 MB
Time: 42:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Funk/Soul mix
Art: Front

1. What's Up? (4:20)
2. Gold Digger (4:25)
3. Keep Me Satisfied (3:48)
4. Know Where To Go (3:58)
5. What's Going On (4:08)
6. Love Is A Gamble (6:18)
7. Joline (5:36)
8. Love And War (4:18)
9. Lullaby For Deci (5:59)

After taking some time of to release his critically acclaimed solo album ‘Game Changer‘ in 2022 Patrik Jansson is back, but this time with his band, the Patrik Jansson Band. With a new line up and a brand new album, PJB’s fifth full length album, ‘Different Shades Of Blue’, Patrik Jansson Band prove once again that they are a force to be reckoned with, sounding more mature, more energized and more relevant than ever.

The eight original songs on the album, all written and arranged by Patrik Jansson himself, show a wide range of influences ranging from early Texas and Chicago blues like T-Bone Walker, B.B. King and Freddie King (in songs like Keep Me Satisfied and Love And War) to more contemporary blues and blues-rock artists like Joe Bonamassa, Robben Ford, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Walter Trout and Matt Schofield (Gold Digger, Know Where To Go and What’s Up?).

But as always Patrik makes his own versions and tries to expand on the given formula, adding hints of jazz, rock and fusion into the mix, of course without ever losing focus of what makes a great song, namely great melodies, interesting arrangements and great performances, proving once again that not only a skillful multi-instrumentalist but also a masterful songwriter. A horn section is also added to a couple of tracks this time, as well as a harmonica on the song Joline. /Bluestown Music

Personnel: Patrik Jansson (guitar, vocals); Thomas Andersson (bass); Daniel Sohlberg (drums); Robin Hillgren (organ, backing vocals). Guest musicians: Jesper Larsson (harmonica track 7); Stephen Spencer (saxophone); Yahlmar Olofsson-Tuisku (trombone); Erik Forsberg (trumpet).

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Saturday, September 19, 2026

Janis Joplin - A Night With Janis Joplin

Size: 381 MB
Time: 75:01
File: Flac
Released: 2014
Styles: American Rock, Blues
Art: Front

1. Tell Mama (1:54)
2. Maybe (Chantels) (2:32)
3. Summertime (5:38)
4. Turtle Blues (1:51)
5. Down On Me (3:16)
6. Piece Of My Heart (4:52)
7. Today I Sing The Blues (4:23)
8. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (1:52)
9. Spirit In The Dark (5:17)
10. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (3:40)
11. Maybe (3:42)
12. Little Girl Blue (5:46)
13. Cry Baby (4:41)
14. Kozmic Blues, I Shall Be Released (Medley) (5:02)
15. Me And Bobby Mcgee (3:24)
16. Ball And Chain (7:43)
17. Stay With Me (4:26)
18. I'm Gonna Rock My Way To Heaven (2:47)
19. Mercedes Benz (2:06)

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American rock, soul, and blues singer-songwriter renowned for her powerful mezzo-soprano voice and electric stage presence. Rising to fame in 1967 with Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Monterey Pop Festival, she later fronted the Kozmic Blues Band and the Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her hits include Piece of My Heart, Cry Baby, and Me and Bobby McGee, the latter topping charts posthumously in 1971. Her landmark album Pearl cemented her legacy. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, she remains a trailblazing icon for female rock artists.

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Friday, September 18, 2026

Stan Webb - Jersey Lightning

Size: 355-134 MB
Time: 58:51
File: Flac-MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Standing on the border (3:41)
2. It's alright (3:37)
3. Keep your love (4:34)
4. Can't keep you satisfied (5:18)
5. Jersey lightning (1:53)
6. Evil (3:48)
7. Ain't no magic (5:09)
8. Crying smiling (3:48)
9. The end (3:47)
10. Use what you've got (3:24)
11. It wasn't me (4:19)
12. Little bird (4:05)
13. Emily (4:55)
14. Let me love you baby (3:22)
15. Shake your money maker (3:04)

I don't think this man needs any introduction.

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Thursday, September 17, 2026

Robin Banks - Live... After Dark

Album: Live... After Dark
Size: 155,7 MB
Time: 67:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Front, back

1. Rompin' After Dark (3:35)
2. My Daily Wish (7:56)
3. Rock This House (7:34)
4. I'm Walkin' (5:08)
5. Built For Comfort (6:48)
6. The Whiskey Song (5:10)
7. Ain't Nobody's Business (6:01)
8. Hey Little Girl (Boy) (4:52)
9. Blue Bird (7:38)
10. Work It Out (5:11)
11. Whole Lotta Love (7:48)

Robin Banks is a blues singer/songwriter whose bittersweet voice and sassy, sultry performances have captivated audiences since the early 90s. Having been raised a mere 50 miles from Detroit, she instantly fell in love with soul and Motown music. She studied jazz in college, and in 1992 she formed The Robin Banks Blues Band and has since performed at clubs and festivals throughout much of the U.S. and Canada. In 1996 she released her debut CD "Permanent Record" which received international airplay and accolades. That release led to her winning the award for New Artist of the Year at the 1997 Mapleblues Awards. The following year she was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year.

Robin relocated to Dallas, Texas in 1999 and reformed her band with some of the area's finest musicians. In 2001, she recorded her second CD "Honestly" which features Dallas blues artists including the great Sam Myers, Hash Brown, Pat Boyack, Randy McAllister, Holland K. Smith and others.

October 2002 marked the birth of Robin Banks' third recorded effort, Robin Banks Live After Dark, which features Hash Brown, Christian Dozzler, Drew Allain and Marc Wilson. It also includes many Chicago blues standards by Jimmie Rogers, Willie Dixon, Robert Lockwood Jr. as well as Robin Banks original material. The CD is an outstanding live recording of a performance caught on tape at After Dark, a Dallas nightclub. /Amazon

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Cedar County Cobras - Sinners & Saints

Album: Sinners & Saints
Size: 80,3 MB
Time: 34:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Roots
Art: Front

1. Matches & Gasoline (3:18)
2. Motorbike (3:35)
3. Bessie Smith's Last Ride (3:57)
4. St. James Infirmary (4:20)
5. Get Right Church (2:58)
6. Mind My Own Business (3:45)
7. Guitar Zero (2:54)
8. Ruby Red (3:14)
9. Springtime (3:40)
10. Precious Lord (2:46)

Cedar County Cobras arrive with an upright bass, foot drum, and several guitars to play American roots & blues music from the last century. The music takes on an “old time” blues feel that would most likely be found in a juke-joint down a gravel road in rural Iowa. Their most recent release “Sinners & Saints” is getting recognition on the roots and blues charts worldwide.

Personnel: Tom Spielbauer (vocals, guitar, lap steel, banjo, foot drum); April Dirks (upright bass, mandolin, vocals); Bryan Vanderpool (percussion, upright bass); Dave Moore (harmonica); Heath Alan (saxophone, backing vocals); Tanner Taylor (Hammond B-3, piano); Monica Faye, Krista Guillaume (harmony vocals).

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Oreo Blue - The Trio

Size: 442 MB
Time: 57:12
File: Flac
Released: 2007
Styles: Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. Blah Blah, Woof Woof (5:22)
2. I-540 (4:17)
3. End Of The Line (2:35)
4. Behind The Sun (3:27)
5. I Been Playin’ (5:20)
6. Home Run (3:39)
7. Old Before My Time (I Do Declare) (4:29)
8. You Said Goodbye (4:10)
9. The Thing About Love (3:19)
10. Don’t Want To Be Lonely (4:09)
11. Sunrise (6:34)
12. Ten Million Country Songs (3:41)
13. The One I Love (6:04)

Oreo Blue: Astonishing and blistering guitar buttressed by a rock solid and grooving rhythm section. Widely regarded as one of the region’s top acts, Northwest Arkansas-based Oreo Blue has thrilled audiences for over 30 years in clubs, at festivals, corporate parties, and special events. Oreo Blue has produced eleven independently released original audio CDs that have sold copies in more than 30 different countries. Oreo Blue produced a full length CD/DVD video tribute to Jimi Hendrix that was endorsed by the Hendrix family. In 2005, the Oreo Blue Experience was named the #1 Hendrix tribute for the year by Voodoo Child Magazine. Oreo Blue's latest release, Oreo Blue: Thirtieth Anniversary Live Concert DVD & USB , is a full-live original album and concert video summing up the best of the band's original music over the past three decades. Having garnered individual awards in each member’s category by both the NAMA’s and OMA Awards, Oreo Blue has been named Blues Band of the Year five times, earned the OMA award for Overall Musicianship in 2004 and 2005, and was named to the NAMA Hall of Fame in 2006 and received the NAMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Guitarist Gary Hutchison received the OMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Oreo Blue has been invited to participate in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, twice by both the Ozark Blues Society in 2009 and by the Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Society in 2013, respectively. The “newest” member of Oreo Blue is John Seaberg on bass who is renown for his time as bassist and songwriter in The Steve Gaines (Crawdad, Lynyrd Skynyrd) Band. Seaberg brings a renewed fire and moxie to Oreo Blue beyond his legendary status.

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Little Mack Simmons - High & Lonesome

Album: High & Lonesome
Size: 141,4 MB
Time: 61:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Chicago blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Just Keep Lovin' Her (3:00)
2. High And Lonesome (3:21)
3. Wild About You (5:08)
4. Just Your Fool (3:32)
5. Mr. Airplane Man (7:23)
6. Sun Is Shining (5:04)
7. Groundhog Blues (2:59)
8. Reefer-Head Woman (3:30)
9. On The Prowl (5:50)
10. Shake Your Moneymaker (6:15)
11. Your Imagination (4:28)
12. Tell Me Baby (5:19)
13. Mystery Train (5:09)

Malcolm "Little Mack" Simmons (January 25, 1933 – October 24, 2000) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. He ran the Simmons Records label in the 1970s. Simmons was born in Twist, Arkansas. In his youth, he befriended James Cotton, and both learned to play the harmonica as they were growing up. Simmons relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 18 and worked on the railroad. Around this time he made his stage debut with Robert Nighthawk. In 1954, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, put together his own backing band, and had a five-year residency at Cadillac Baby's. He commenced recording in 1959, issuing records on several labels, including Chess.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s Simmons recorded several more obscure singles, often simply billed as Little Mack (or Mac). He owned and managed the Zodiac Lounge, in Chicago, from the mid- to late 1960s, providing opportunities for other artists. He also owned a recording studio and recorded on his own labels, PM Records and Simmons Records. Simmons left the music industry for the ministry in the 1960s and was rarely heard for the next 30 years, notwithstanding an album he recorded in 1975 in Paris.

He returned to blues music with High & Lonesome (1995), an early success for St. George Records, an independent record label. His energetic style, accompanied by Studebaker John, belied his years. Come Back to Me Baby (1996), with featured sidemen John Primer, Willie Kent and Jake Dawson (guitarist), was also well received. Simmons died of colon cancer on October 24, 2000, in his adopted hometown of Chicago; he was 67. /Wikipedia

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Big Yuyu & The Hot Nite Band - Burnin' Up

Album: Burnin' Up
Size: 105,4 MB
Time: 45:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues/R&B/Funk
Art: Front

1. You Burn Me Up (3:39)
2. I Don't Care (3:19)
3. Let's Have A Party Tonite (4:40)
4. Kind Loving Woman (3:55)
5. I'm A Man In Need Of Some Good Loving (4:13)
6. Yeah, Yeah Baby Amen (3:35)
7. Hoy Tengo El Blues (3:59)
8. Mamba Snake Woman (4:47)
9. Hold The World (5:01)
10. After All (5:45)
11. Mess Around (2:43)

A spectacular sextet created in the style of the classic blues big bands of the 50s and 60s, Big Yuyu & The Hot Nite Band offers a repertoire of soul, funk, rhythm & blues, and African-American music. "Burnin' Up" is their most personal album, featuring 11 tracks where they fusion funk, soul, blues and boogie with percussion-laden ethnic rhythms and slow and gritty love stories.

Personnel: Jordi Alvarez (guitar, vocals); Juan Amaro (bass, vocals); Pep Lluis García (drums, percussion, vocals); Llorenç Barceló (keyboards); Pep Garau (trumpet); Miquel Gayá (trombone); Pol Prats (tenor saxophone).

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Shun Kikuta - Back In The Windy City

Album: Back In The Windy City
Size: 128,0 MB
Time: 55:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Back In The Windy City (4:56)
2. Running On My Mind (4:57)
3. Just Don't Know (5:35)
4. That's Why I'm Crying (6:37)
5. Drinking In The Rain (5:19)
6. Travelin' Guy (5:39)
7. Get Up And Try (4:38)
8. Wisconsin Road (6:49)
9. I'm In Love With The Blues (5:21)
10. Blues For Junior (5:33)

Shun Kikuta's Back in the Windy City finds the Japanese-born, Chicago-based guitarist returning to the electric blues he built his reputation on, following years backing Koko Taylor and touring with Shemekia Copeland. The set leans on roadhouse shuffles and slow burners, with the title track and "Blues for Junior" standing out as the record's most direct nods to his Windy City roots. "Wisconsin Road" and "Travelin' Guy" keep the tempo moving without losing the grit.

Personnel: Shun Kikuta (vocals, guitars); Felton Crews (bass); Mark Mack (drums); Johnny Iguana (piano, organ, Rhodes). Guest: Demetria Taylor (vocals track 4).

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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Little Mack Simmons - The PM/Simmons Collection

Album: The PM/Simmons Collection
Size: 143,4 MB
Time: 61:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Chicago blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. You've Got To Help Me (4:36)
2. You're So Fine (2:59)
3. I'm A Streaker Baby (Feat. Arelean Brown) (3:55)
4. Next Time You See Me (2:39)
5. The Same One (4:40)
6. Key To The Highway (2:32)
7. Cryin' The Blues (Feat. Fenton Robinson) (2:50)
8. Mother-In-Law Blues (2:31)
9. Impeach Me (Feat. Arelean Brown & Lee 'Shot' Williams) (4:06)
10. Messing With The Kid (3:37)
11. Mama Was Right (3:32)
12. Inflation Blues (2:10)
13. Chicken Man (Feat. Arelean Brown) (3:01)
14. Rainy Night In Georgia (4:07)
15. Snap Your Fingers (3:33)
16. I'm Gonna Keep On Searching Till I Find Mine (Part 1) (2:56)
17. Skin Tight (3:24)
18. Blue Lite (4:34)

b. 25 January 1934, Twist, Arkansas, USA, d. 24 October 2000, Chicago, Illinois, USA. ‘Little’ Mack Simmons was one of the stalwarts of the Chicago club scene; he taught himself harmonica as a youngster and in the early 50s occasionally worked with bluesmen on the St. Louis, Missouri, club circuit, before settling in Chicago in 1954. Since the late 60s he recorded for many small local labels, and sometimes larger companies such as Checker.

In 1967 he received a three-year prison sentence for a drugs offence. He ran his own label recording studio and club from time to time and recorded blues, gospel (he was known for a time as Reverend Mac Simmons) and soul. Among his artists were Otis Clay and Sunnyland Slim. His version of ‘Rainy Night In Georgia’, performed as a harmonica instrumental, was a local hit in the early 70s. He made a comeback in the 90s with a series of classic blues albums on the Electro-Fi label. Simmons lost his battle with cancer in October 2000. /Biography by AllMusic

The stellar tracks included here from the P.M. and Simmons record labels appear on CD for the first time. They were recorded from 1971 to 1982 by Simmons at his studio on Chicago's South Side, and were originally released as 45s and LPs.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Faye Carol - Faye Sings The Blues (2 CD)

Album: Faye Sings The Blues
Size: 144,0 + 151,2 MB
Time: 62:25 + 65:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues, jazzy blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
1. Soulful Dress (4:12)
2. Let The Good Times Roll (Feat. Taj Mahal) (4:06)
3. Driving Wheel (Feat. Gerald Albright) (6:22)
4. Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss (Feat. Jubu Smith) (4:17)
5. Bad, Bad News (7:35)
6. Blow Top Blues (Feat. Wycliffe Gordon) (7:05)
7. The Thrill Is Gone (Feat. James Carter) (8:44)
8. He Wants To Sell My Monkey (5:27)
9. Black Nights (Feat. Eric Gales) (8:17)
10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon (Feat. Robert Randolph) (6:14)

CD 2:
1. Woke Up This Morning (Feat. Taj Mahal) (4:02)
2. Chill With You (Feat. Jubu Smith) (6:22)
3. How Long Blues (Feat. Kirk Whalum) (3:50)
4. The Way You Do The Things You Do (Feat. Russell Gunn) (6:57)
5. Driftin' Blues (Feat. Tia Fuller) (4:50)
6. After Hours (7:05)
7. Roll 'Em Pete (5:24)
8. Fine & Mellow (Feat. Jon Faddis) (11:01)
9. I'll Take Care Of You (10:38)
10. Blueberry Hill (Feat. Nicholas Payton) (5:19)

60 years into a remarkable career, The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol isn’t slowing down. The legendary Bay Area vocalist has announced her new double album, ‘Faye Sings the Blues’. The 20-song collection is the second of four double albums Carol plans to release over a 12-month span, reaffirming her lifelong commitment to preserving and celebrating traditional blues. Backed by a four-piece horn section and an all-star cast of musicians, the album blends timeless classics with original compositions, all delivered with the unmistakable style she’s spent six decades perfecting. “I wanted people to hear the real 12-bar blues with great horn arrangements, played by great musicians,” says Carol.

Joining her throughout the album are an extraordinary lineup of guests, including Taj Mahal, Robert Randolph, Eric Gales, James Carter, Wycliffe Gordon, Gerald Albright, Russell Gunn, Nicholas Payton, Kirk Whalum, Jon Faddis, Tia Fuller and Jubu Smith. The lead single pairs Carol’s rich, soulful voice with Randolph’s expressive pedal steel on a vibrant reimagining of the B.B. King classic. Born in Mississippi and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Carol built her reputation performing with Johnny Talbot & De Thangs before touring with Marvin Gaye and sharing stages with artists including Otis Redding, James Brown, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. She later became one of the first Black performers to earn widespread acclaim in cabaret, while mentoring generations of artists including Ledisi and Kehlani and founding community music education programs that continue to inspire young musicians today.

Recorded primarily live at Oakland’s 25th Street Recording, ‘Faye Sings the Blues’ features fresh interpretations of blues standards including “Let the Good Times Roll,” “Blow Top Blues,” “Soulful Dress” and “Fine & Mellow,” alongside new originals like “Bad, Bad News” and “Chill With You.” The album follows Carol’s acclaimed 2026 comeback release, ‘Forever Dynamic’, and will be followed by two more ambitious projects, ‘A Soulful Christmas’ and ‘Blues, Baroque, and Bars’. “These are songs that I’ve always loved,” says Carol. “I might put my own spin on it, ‘Carolize’ it up, but I never change the core of the song.”

Personnel: Faye Carol (vocals); Joe Warner (piano); Tarus Mateen (upright bass); Dante Roberson (drums); Russell Gunn (trumpet); Charles McNeal (alto saxophone); James Carter (tenor saxophone); Wycliffe Gordon (trombone).

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Harrison Kennedy - Old Fashion Plain

Album: Old Fashion Plain
Size: 80,5 MB
Time: 34:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Roots
Art: Front

1. Can't Get No Grindin' (3:06)
2. King Of The Backroads (2:53)
3. I'll Take Care Of You (3:07)
4. Rollin' Blues (3:34)
5. Cruise Control Working (3:31)
6. Everybody Goes To Heaven (3:26)
7. Mystery Train (2:29)
8. Black Dog Blues (5:34)
9. Mountain Stomp (2:45)
10. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (4:08)

The blues is a generational artform, the good stuff gets better with age and exploration, the other stuff, gets left at the curb. Harrison Kennedy has been exploring the full spectrum of blues and soul music since the early 1960's. From the hotbead of Hamilton, Ontario music scene, to touring the world as a founding member of 1970's soul super group: "Chairmen of the Board", to becoming a JUNO award winning and multiple BMA nominated singer/songwriter in the 21st century. Always creating and interpreting.

In a meeting of the generations, Harrison is joined on this album by an exceptionally talented musical line-up, featuring the current generation of top Canadian blues artists: Jim Bowskill, Jesse O'Brien and Steve Marriner.

Personnel: Harrison Kennedy (vocals, banjo, harmonica); Jim Bowskill (guitar, bass, percussion); Jesse O'Brien (piano, Wurlitzer); Steve Marriner (guitar, harmonica); Kyler Tapscott (guitar track 10).

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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Orb Mellon - Love Above

Size: 328 MB
Time: 48:12
File: Flac
Released: 2007
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Love Above (4:38)
2. Heavy Water (3:51)
3. Rolling River (4:05)
4. Crazy Love (4:35)
5. Aberdeen (6:09)
6. What I'm Going To Do With You (3:41)
7. I Think Of You (2:37)
8. My Lover (2:49)
9. Looking For Trouble (2:53)
10. If I Knew (2:36)
11. Coochie Coo Blues (2:30)
12. Long Way Home (4:53)
13. Cellophane Girl (2:49)

Orb Mellon is the blues moniker of Mike Malone, founder and guitarist of the seminal 1990s indie rock band and Sony/Epic recording artists Dirt Merchants.

Orb Mellon mines the raw energy of 20th Century American roots music, particularly whiskey fueled house party delta blues. Influenced by the likes of Bukka White, Junior Kimbrough, and John Fahey, Orb Mellon performs pure, sonically aggressive, and ever transforming original folk blues, free from any quaintness or historicism, prompting one early reviewer to identify Orb Mellon’s work simply as "blues in all its primeval glory." He has performed extensively around the eastern United States and Canada sharing the stage with such diverse acts as David Johansen (NY Dolls), Daddy Long Legs, Charlie Parr, R.L.Boyce and Brownbird Rudy Relic. In 2018, Orb Mellon was a feature performer at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. In 2019, Orb Mellon was a New England Music Awards nominee in the best blues act category.

Orb Mellon has released 3 full length albums and 3 EPs and his work has been featured in regional, national, and international press. Orb Mellon’s music has been included in feature films and television shows including the FX network hit crime drama "Justified," the feature film "Kill For Me," the HBO drama "True Blood," the CBS / Spielberg produced Sci-Fi drama "Extant" staring Oscar winner Halle Berry, the CBS drama "The Good Wife," the BBC America drama "The Intruders," and the AT&T network drama "Mr. Mercedes."

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

Robin Banks - Honestly

Album: Honestly
Size: 130,2 MB
Time: 56:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Don't Ya Love Me Like That? (3:44)
2. The Whiskey Song (4:35)
3. Thinkin' 'Bout You (4:40)
4. Work It Out (2:51)
5. I'm In Love With Another Man (3:11)
6. I Need A Lovin' Man (3:46)
7. Honestly (3:38)
8. None 'A Nothin' (5:36)
9. My Kinda Lover (4:46)
10. Hold On To My Baby Tonight (3:32)
11. I'd Be Everything To You (4:57)
12. Evil Things (2:59)
13. Thunder And Lightnin' (3:21)
14. I Say A Little Prayer (4:31)

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