After the popularity of Storyville's first best-selling boxed set of Chicago blues recordings, we're delighted to present another outstanding extensive collection from the vaults of MCM Records. As... more

Norman Davis and Thomas Ruf teamed to create this 2-CD set: the first anthology of the perennially overlooked heroines of the harmonica. Big Mama Thornton's "Down Home Shakedown" (did you know she... more

Here are 20 classic cuts from the blues kings of the Mississippi Delta, the land where the blues began: "C.C. Rider" Big Bill Broonzy, "Death Letter Blues," "Sun Goin' Down" Son House, "Married Woman... more

Lucinda Williams' take on Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor joins 21 more by these blues titans: Just a Dream Memphis Slim; Jelly Jelly Josh White; Tell Me, Baby Lightnin' Hopkins; When Things Go Wrong... more

Six decades of bending, blowing, wailing blues beauty—20 tracks including eight unissued performances at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Gillum Blues Jazz Gillum; Crow Jane Blues Sonny Terry;... more

The Arhoolie Records 50th-anniversary box squeezes 72 tracks (38 unissued) into 4 CDs. With those is a full-color, 136-page hardcover book full of photos that tells the story of Chris Strachwitz and... more

From N'awlins to Chicago, here are 20 vintage blues cuts full of famous flying fingers! Includes Hesitation Blues James P. Johnson; No Special Rider Blues Little Brother Montgomery; Pinetop's Boogie... more

This recording marks the third time Ronnie Cuber has visited Jazzhus Montmarte in Copenhagen, the first time being in 2015 where he played a beautiful concert with Nikolaj Bentzon. Cuber, born... more

Rural and urban, black and white, country and coastal—it all blended together in Piedmont blues. Here's a stellar set of classics in that fascinating blues style: "Mamie" John Cephas and Paul... more

This unique DVD/7 CD collection contains memorable performances by 29 blues artists including Sonny Boy Williamson, Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red, Robert Lockwood Jr.., James Caroll Booker III,... more

Forget everything you associate with the blues: Dark dives, endless guitar solos and sad, somber lyrics and moods. Here are the ultimate summer blues songs that will make you throw the top down on... more

The disappearing life on the range was memorialized by these cowboy odes composed from 1905–35. Bring these into your bunkhouse: Rain on the Range; The Moonshine Steer; The Strawberry Roan; When... more

This new comp brings together, for the first time, three generations (and dominant styles) of New Orleans brass bands. Traditional sounds give way to injections of funk, rap and "bounce" as you hear... more

This collection contains music from Maureen Gosling and Chris Simon's documentary about roots music producer Chris Strachwitz and his seminal independent label Arhoolie Records! Includes a 32-page... more

These 21 tracks span from Folkways' first recordings to riveting performances at the Folklife Festival. You'll hear Brownie McGhee (Pawn Shop Blues), Josh White (Outskirts of Town) Doc Watson... more

These artists formed the blues backbone of Folkways: Big Bill Broonzy (Mule-Ridin' Blues), Leadbelly (Leaving Blues), Rev. Gary Davis (Candy Man), Big Joe Williams (Don't Leave Me Here), Lightnin'... more

Before jets and a proliferation of festivals made European appearances by American jazz musicians commonplace, it was not unusual for a trans-Atlantic tour to be preceded by six months of publicity.... more

During the year of 1966 Duke Ellington was touring Europe. Duke Ellington's sacred concerts had many incarnations, more than the three on the commercial records: The First (1965), The Second (1968)... more