Arthur 'Blind' Blake was a blues and ragtime guitarist, singer and songwriter who was a leading pioneer and member of what became known as the Piedmont school of bluesmen, performing in a style that... more

Eugene "Buddy" Moss, one of 12 children of a family of sharecroppers, was a blues singer guitarist and harmonica player from Georgia, and was one of what became known as the Piedmont school of... more

Snooks Eaglin was a blind blues singer and guitarist from New Orleans who played a highly accessible brand of blues, sometimes ranging into folk or rock 'n' roll styles, often re-working other... more

Hudson Whittaker, better known as Tampa Red, was a hugely prolific and influential blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, an innovative slide guitarist and the first black musician to play a... more

Ray Charles was one of the most iconic and influential artists in the annals of pop as a singer, songwriter and pianist, and while he is considered one of the godfathers and great innovators of soul... more

The guitar-playing right-hand man of Leroy Carr also recorded a lot under his own name, and that's the focus here: 43 tracks that take us from Blackwell's 1928–35 original prime on Vocalion, Gennett,... more

Armed with guitar, jug, kazoo, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, washboard and percussion, the Memphis Jug Band were a tremendously entertaining unit, mixing blues with infectious humor and an... more

Himself a Chicago bootlegger during the Prohibition, this Georgia native made a name for himself as a Windy City bluesman after the Prohibition ended, making Decca recordings of his own songs that... more

After cutting his teeth with Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland, Little Junior broke out on his own and developed his own signature style blending downhome blues and a smoother uptown... more

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Lightnin' Slim (real name Otis Hicks) was born in Louisiana in 1913 and was a pioneer and first prominent exponent of the "Swamp Blues" style, coming relatively late... more

Papa Charlie Jackson was one of the first country blues artists to emerge from the minstrel, vaudeville and medicine shows to become a successful recording artist during the 1920s. Born in New... more

Alger "Texas" Alexander, born around 1900, was a blues singer, who played no musical instruments, but whose deep impressive voice and his highly personal way with blues songs encouraged many... more

He was born in Georia, but Jesse Fuller didn't become a known musician until his California years, when he vaulted from street performer to blues-revival/folk-festival favorite in the '50s and '60s.... more

Hits, classics, overlooked B-sides…30 Imperial, J-B, Specialty and Atco sides by the New Orleans bluesman whose crunchy guitar tones showed future rockers the way: "The Things That I Used to Do,"... more

Along with Bessie Smith, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey has come to be recognised as one of the towering figures of early blues, pioneering the recording of blues by female artists during the earliest years of... more

Big Joe Turner was one of the most prominent, distinctive and successful of the "blues shouters" who were very much a key part of the blues and R&B scene during the 1940s and '50s, helping to lay the... more

Man oh man, did this great pianist and legendary personality get around. This 52-track set features Jack in a wide array of configurations including small bands featuring the likes of Sonny Terry,... more

Eddie Boyd was a blues pianist, singer and songwriter who made his primary impact on the Chicago scene during the 1940s and '50s, before becoming a popular figure in the American Folk Blues tours of... more

No blues-harmonica collection—really, no blues collection—is complete without these prime Rice Miller recordings. This is some value for 51 classics and rarely compiled cuts: "Eyesight to the Blind,"... more

Robert Nighthawk, also known during the early years of his career by the name of Robert Lee McCoy, as well as other pseudonyms like Ramblin' Bob and Peetie's Boy, was a blues slide guitarist, singer... more

Etta James is widely regarded as one of the finest female blues, R&B and soul singers of the modern era, second only in some eyes to Aretha Franklin - Atlantic's Jerry Wexler called her "the greatest... more

One of the greatest stories in the blues was Alberta Hunter's amazing comeback in the 1970s. This low-priced 4-CD set, though, turns back the clock to the 1921–40 sides that built her legend in the... more

The rockin', up-tempo R&B numbers, the smooth, seductive ballads…every A- and B-side by Harvey Fuqua and his Moonglows, one of the most influential doo-wop groups of 'em all. Their biggest smash,... more