Alligator Records rightfully won raves for this series, arguably the greatest modern blues collections out there. Volume four features Detroit Junior ("Some Nerve," "I Got Money"), Luther "Guitar... more

Rolling Stone called these Alligator collections "definitive," and they are. Here are "Don't Answer the Door," "Two Headed Man," "Cold, Lonely Nights" Lonnie Brooks, "Worry, Worry," "Sunnyland Blues"... more

The blues boasts a remarkable legacy of harmonica recordings, and so does Alligator. Here are 12 essentials: "One More Mile to Go" Sugar Blue, "Broke and Hungry" Junior Wells/Billy Branch, "Shake the... more

Volume three of this internationally acclaimed Alligator series includes "Hard Times," "Going to New York," "She's Fine" A.C. Reed, "Poison Ivy," "Road Block" Scott & the Rib Tips, "I Dare You,"... more