The King Blues

This month In Blues Legends 12/12

John Mayall, Albert King, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Hubert Sumlin, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, Freddie King, Joe Louis Walker, Muddy Waters, Gary Moore, Willie Dixon,...

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In ‘The Blues Is Alive And Well,’ Buddy Guy invites some famous friends, adds some melancholy and pours a lot of booze in his blues

Buddy Guy' s 'The Blues Is Alive And Well' is his eighteenth studio album produced by Tom Hambridge, featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, James Bay and The McCrary...

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‘The Art of Making It’ is our post-Valentine Day playlist

From 'Let's Make More Love' to 'Feel Like Makin Love', we have mixed 17 tunes around the theme of 'Making Love'. It has Big Bill Broonzy, Jo Stafford, Joe Tex,...

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Jose James – Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday

Released on March 31, 2015, "Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday" is an album-tribute to the legendary singer by José James, backed by Jason Moran, John...

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FRE:SH KIND OF BLUES 01 (361 minutes – 5 Albums)

More than six hours of newly released blues electric and acoustic, mostly guitar. : Toronzo Cannon . Preacher Boy . Boo Boo Davis . Hot Tuna . Yuta Tanaka ....

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(from walkin’ to runnin’) Blues on two feet

From 'Walkin' This Highway' to 'You Got Me Running', we have mixed 18 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Run & Walk'. It has Magic Slim, John Lee Hooker, B.B....

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Booze In Blues

From 'Beer drinkin' woman' to 'Youll Never Miss The Water Till the Wells Gone Dry' , we have mixed 15 'Blues Only' tunes around the theme of 'Beverages'. It has...

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Cry Me A Blues River

From 'Is You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry' to 'Keep Yourself From Crying Too' , we have mixed 17 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Crying Time'. It has...

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Ten Hours Of Blues

Albert King . Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated . Aretha Franklin . Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup . B.B. King . Big Bill Broonzy . Big Mama Thornton . Blind Willie Johnson...

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The Blues of House

From 'One Room Country Shak' to 'Red House' , we have mixed 18 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'The House and Other Rooms'. It has Bessie Smith, John Lee...

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Enough is Enough (but not Enough Blues)

From 'Stop Talking' to 'I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton' , we have mixed 20 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Enough, Stop, No More, etc.'. It has Willie...

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Thinking Is Just An Idea

From 'I Think It Was A Dream' to 'I Think I'll Call It Morning' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Thinking'. It has Chick Corea,...

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Blues, Sweat and Tears

From 'Sweat & Tears' to 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry' , we have mixed 20 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Crying and...

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Nile, Danube. Blues Are The Rivers

From 'Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River' to 'Watching The River Flow', we have mixed 19 'Mostly Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Rivers'. It has...

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Jazzin’Around My Mojo Working

From 'I Got My Mojo Working' to 'Got My Mojo Working' , we have mixed 18 'linked together by a clue' tunes around the theme of 'Muddy Waters'. It has...

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Colour Me Blues

From 'White summer' to 'One Black Rat', we have mixed 19 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Colours'. It has Ray Charles, Taj Mahal , Memphis Minnie, The Yardbirds and...

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Jive Talking

From 'I Want To Rock' to 'Dont jive me', we have mixed 18 'Swing Music' tunes around the theme of 'Jive'. It has Sarah Vaughan, June Richmond, Louis Prima, Memphis...

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Blues Menagerie

From 'Crawlin' Black Spider' to 'Bear Cat', we have mixed 20 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Animals'. It has Sam Cooke, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker and...

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A Match Made In Blues Heaven

From 'God don't like it' to 'Devil Is Watching You', we have mixed 16 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'God vs Devil, Good vs Evil'. It has Blind Gary...

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Boys Get The Blues, Girls Too

From 'Blues Boy s Tone' to 'Little Girl Won't Quit', we have mixed 18 'Strictly Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Boys & Girls'. It has Johnnie Taylor, Roosevelt Sykes,...

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