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Born and raised in Brooklyn, blues guitarist Steve Freund was reborn a Chicagoan when he relocated in 1976. The list of people he's played with reads like a Who's Who of Chicago blues legends... more

Guitarists Dave Specter and Steve Freund have been personal and musical friends for many years. Specter has always straddled the blues/jazz fence with a hip disregard for arbitrary restrictions, and... more

Special guests Boz Skaggs, Kim Wilson & David Maxwell join San Francisco Bay Area transplant/guitarist on this album of Chicago style blues, produced by Dave Specter.

In 1974, guitarist Steve Freund drove to Chicago non-stop from Brooklyn & proceeded to establish himself on the blues scene as he worked and/or recorded with a pantheon of the city's greatest... more

Taj Mahal, Pinetop Perkins and Alvin Youngblood Hart join Maria as she pays loving tribute to Memphis Minnie on this 2005 album. There's personality, playfulness and sultry singing to spare here: "I... more

For some, the harmonica is not much more than an inexpensive plaything, but as the artists featured here amply demonstrate, the expressive range of the harmonica is as deep and wide as any other... more

Bluesman Peloquin plays harmonica, saxophone & sings on this rip roarin' album with arrangements that echo the greats from Louis Jordan to Stax/Volt to Tower of Power; the horns add a punchy fullness... more

Al Miller has assembled a full house of Chicago talent for your listening pleasure on his first album. Not only does this stacked deck feature Miller's triple threat talent as harpist, guitarist and... more

Maria Muldaur produced this new tribute to her blues hero Memphis Minnie. Along with her own performances of Me and My Chauffeur Blues and Crazy Cryin' Blues; you'll hear new recordings (Ain't... more

Chicago music buffs eagerly anticipate the second weekend of June for the annual Chicago Blues Festival and if that weren't enough of an incentive to bring out-of-towners into our city, it's also... more

On this CD, RJ Mischo demonstrates that he is one of the premier harmonica players on the West Coast. Blues and Rhythm Magazine has stated RJ Mischo's "harp playing places him amongst the upper... more

This disc sucks and blows! Seriously, though, folks this stellar blues-harp anthology stretches from 1950-99: Red Headed Woman Little Walter; Hard-Hearted Woman (alternate take) Big Walter Horton;... more

For a man over 60, his fingers are still nimble, varying from the stomping shuffle of Wiggle Tail and inebriated joy of Sloppy Drunk to the cathartic moan of in the Evening and Whooping Cough. His... more

WRAPPED UP AND READY is the Mannish Boys' seventh recording and follows on the heels of their most wildly successful album DOUBLE DYNAMITE which took top honors in the 2013 Blues Music Awards for... more

The lustrous Chicago blues scene of the 1950s was predominated by great pianists, and Henry Gray was one of the finest. His rolling two-fisted keyboard work graced countless Chicago blues recordings... more

(2-CD set) 34 tracks on two CDs representing 15 years of west coast blues from Mountain Top Productions. Artists include: Carey Bell, Mark Hummel, Johnny Dyer, Fillmore Slim, Paris Slim & Johnny Ace,... more

(2-CD set) Volume 3 in the "Blues Harp Meltdown" series was recorded live at Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz, CA. "Legends" features all time harmonica greats Lazy Lester, Carey Bell, Cephas and Wiggans,... more

3rd album brings diverse American roots into solid blues focus with Johnnie Johnson on 7 cuts, writer on 3: The sublime moods of "Johnnie's Idea", "Headin' Home" and classic stroll of "Slow Drag".... more

Barkin' Bill didn't bark. He was stylistically similar to the smoother singers like Brook Benton, Joe Williams and Jimmy Witherspoon. In a review of this 1994 release Frank-John Hadley said Barkin'... more

Saffire are the most popular acoustic blues act in the world, with a diverse following that includes devotees of classic blues, folk and women's music. All four of their previous releases are among... more

This first Earwig blues sampler commemorates the 16th anniversary since label Producer and CEO Michael Frank began the label by taking Frank Frost, Sam Carr, and Jack Johnson - the Jelly Roll Kings -... more

Traditional blues vocalist (Texas native in Chicago), w. Steve Freund-guitar, Willie Kent-bass, Johnny B. Moore-guitar, Billy Branch-harmonica.

(CD + DVD set) Delmark's 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy's Legends on March 7, 2008 was suitably festive, with most of Delmark's local blues roster on hand and a Delmark Day proclamation... more