This new recording features the rare combination of guitarist Lil Ed and bassist Willie Kent, both renowned on the Chicago blues scene for the energy, tightness, and durability of their distinctive... more

THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS CHRISTMAS COLLECTION features holiday songs by artists like Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Charles Brown, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials and many more.

GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' CHRISTMAS features over an hours' worth of brand new holiday recordings by the brightest namesin blues and American roots music like: Marcia Ball, Koko Taylor, Michael Burks.

Get Wild! Signals the return of one of best loved blues bands around, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials. Over the course of three previous studio releases, Lil'Ed Williams and the boys developed a... more

Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials are the proud torchbearers of slide guitar-fueled gutbucket blues. Heads Up! Is a refreshing blast of raucous, no-hold-sbarred slide boogie from the undisputed masters... more

Here are generations of slide-guitar masters creating the earthshaking sound that made Chicago the home of the blues: "Long Distance Call" Muddy Waters, "Moon Is Rising" Eddie Taylor, "Sweet Home... more

All these years later, it's still Ed's half-brother Pookie, Kelly Littleton and Mike Garrett on the bandstand with Ed every night, rocking stages in Chicago and around the world. Here they are back... more

For 20 years, Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials have been the undisputed kings of hard-charging, slide-fuled blues. On their latest effort, RATTLESHAKE overflows with great, greasy grooves and deep-down... more

Two acoustic guitars strummin and two feet tappin' open Lil Ed and Dave Weld's Keep on Walkin'. The song, Ed's North Carolina Bound, sets the tone for half of this magnificent album. The other half... more

This second Earwig blues collection celebrates the 20th anniversary since producer and CEO Michael Frank began the label by taking Frank Frost, Sam Carr, and Jack Johnson -The Jelly Roll Kings-into a... more