Resentment and despair leavened with wit and humor…isn't that the blues? It is here as you encounter 103 tracks that vent even as they entertain with dazzling musicianship: "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"... 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

The flipside to the black blues classics were these country blues sides by white artists. 25 classics and obscure gems: "Down South Blues" Dock Boggs, "Mule Skinner Blues" Jimmie Rodgers, "Black Dog... more

So much incredible blues came out in the '60s; this 2-CD set rounds up rare cuts by big stars plus ultra-obscurities that got lost in the (blues) shuffle. 50 tracks: "Ways of a Man" Guitar Shorty;... more

This second volume of rare and previously unissued live recordings features Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters & Otis Spann, Champion Jack Dupree and Louis Jordan. Precious little live... more

This third volume of rare and previously unissued live recordings features Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Witherspoon, Howlin' Wolf & Hubert Sumlin. Precious little live material from these artists has... more

This precious link to a lost rural past takes us from Georgia and Alabama up to Indiana and New York, where all-day singing conventions were as much a social gathering as a musical event. Hauntingly... more

Ragtime piano rhythms leap to the hands of the great early blues guitarists (and several artists shrouded in mystery) in this killer 25-track comp: "Beggin' Back" Blind Lemon Jefferson, "Guitar Rag"... more