BLUES Records from New Note

Release date: 27 August TELARC BLUES

COREY HARRIS Zion Crossroads CD CD83656
Zion Crossroads, the debut recording on Telarc by the blues/roots musician Corey Harris is inspired and informed by his travels to various parts of Africa over the past decade. The album captures some of the most enduring elements of African-American music - blues, reggae, soul - and infuses them with a sense of history, social consciousness and spirituality. The marriage of Harris's socially conscious lyrics and the revolutionary sounds of reggae make for a potent musical cocktail that speaks to the body, mind, and spirit.

Release date: 25 June TELARC BLUES (Full Price)

JIMMY THACKERY Solid Ice CD CD83661
One of the finest blues guitarists and performers of his generation, Jimmy Thackery is back with another hair-raising nod to Roadhouse blues with driving backing from his regular rhythm section.

Release date: 25 June TELARC - DISCOVER BLUES (Budget Price)

PINETOP PERKINS/HUBERT SUMLIN Legends CD CD83446
Reissue of a 1998 session by two of the biggest names in blues, Pinetop Perkins on piano and vocals and Hubert Sumlin on acoustic and electric guitars and vocals. They deliver a set that blends the traditional delta blues sound with modern electric blues rock.

TAB BENOIT/DEBBIE DAVIES/KENNY NEAL Homesick For The Road CD CD83454
Reissue of a 1998 session by three of the leading lights of contemporary blues, Kenny Neal, Tab Benoit, and Debbie Davies. They have each learned from the masters, and on Homesick for the Road they combine the traditional sounds of the Delta with modern electric blues.

TERRY EVANS Walk That Walk CD CD83486
Reissue of a 1999 session by Terry Evans who has one of the most identifiable voices in blues and roots music. In the past he’s provided vocal support for the likes of John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder and John Fogerty. On this solo effort he’s joined on all nine tracks guitar master Ry Cooder and the great session drummer Jim Keltner.

MARIA MULDAUR Music For Lovers CD CD83512
Reissue of a compilation from vocalist Maria Muldaur who is best known for her seductive 1974 hit "Midnight at the Oasis." Music for Lovers explores Maria’s romantic side and it features her distinctive voice – a gumbo of New Orleans-flavoured blues and R&B.

VARIOUS ARTISTS Hellhound On My Trail: The Songs of Robert Johnson CD CD83521
Displaying different approaches to Robert Johnson’s material, the all star cast of Hellhound on My Trail pays tribute to the Mississippi-born bluesman. Special guests include Carey Bell, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, James Cotton, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Alvin "Youngblood" Hart, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Taj Mahal, Bob Margolin, Reggie McBride, Robert Palmer, Pinetop Perkins, Lucky Peterson, Susan Tedeschi, Joe Louis Walker, and many others.

Release date: 28 May TELARC - DISCOVER BLUES (BUDGET PRICE)

MUDDY WATERS TRIBUTE BAND You're Going To Miss Me When I'm Gone CD CD83335
Reissue of a 1996 album an all-star line-up of bluesmen who pay tribute to the legendary Muddy Waters. They perform a collection of fourteen blues classics and original songs by the influential father of post-World War II Chicago blues. Featured musicians include Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Jerry Portnoy, Gregg Allman, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Levon Helm, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, Peter Wolf and others.

MEMPHIS HORNS Memphis Horns CD CD83344
Reissue of a 1994 session by the legendary Memphis Horns, Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone) and Andrew Love (tenor saxophone), who are joined by an all-star group of friends, to perfrorm a rousing collection of tunes, reminiscent of the classic soul sessions of the 1950s and ‘60s. Featured musicians include Etta James, Robert Cray, Isaac Hayes, Leon Russell, Mavis Staples, and Bobby Womack.

JUNIOR WELLS Everybody's Getting' Some CD CD83360
Reissue of a 1995 album by the Memphis-born blues harpist Junior Wells who first gained noticed with the Muddy Waters band in the 1950s. He’s joined by an all-star line-up of guest artists including Brian Jones, Sonny Landreth, Rico McFarland, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Dave Torkanowsky, Willie Weeks, and The Legendary White Trash Horns.

LUTHER "GUITAR JUNIOR" JOHNSON Got To Find A Way CD CD83445
Reissue of a 1998 session by the leading purveyor of the bluesy "West Side Soul" sound. Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson delivers his own brand of Chicago Blues with an all-star assemblage of current and former Magic Rockers cutting loose on twelve songs including a plaintive tribute to the late Luther Allison.

JOE LOUIS WALKER In The Morning CD CD83541
Reissue of a 2002 session by the West Coast bluesman Joe Louis Walker. Walker fuses electric and acoustic blues, R&B, soul, gospel and funk into a whole that’s broad enough to appeal to blues traditionalists and progressives alike.

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ERIC BIBB Diamond Days CD CD83660
The new album by the leading contemporary blues musician Eric Bibb represents a return to the more rootsy style of his earlier albums. With an impressive line-up of musicians including Martin Simpson one of Britain’s leading contemporary folk artists on acoustic guitar, Bibb keeps the overall sound very simple, enabling him to bring out his own astonishing musicianship, on the acoustic 12 string guitar, and focussing on the moving, meaningful lyrics.
Bonus feature: eleven minute enhanced video footage featuring Eric Bibb in Paris.

JOHN LEE HOOKER JR. Cold as Ice CD CD83642
John Lee Hooker, Jr., heir to one of the most prestigious names in the history of blues and a leader in ushering this deeply rooted American art form into the new century, makes his Telarc debut with a rollicking, straight-to-the gut recording, “Cold As Ice”

JEFF LANG Prepare Me Well CD CD83636
Australian singer-songwriter and bluesman Jeff Lang is critically acclaimed as a truly great guitar player and he has built up a reputation for his startlingly original live performances. “Prepare Me Well”, an introduction to Jeff Lang, brings together 15 tracks, all original compositions, from his substantial catalogue of recordings that have only previously been available in Australia.

TAB BENOIT Brother To The Blues CD CD83639
Tab Benoit, the blues guitarist whose fifteen-year career has embraced virtually every shade of American roots music, reconnects to his earliest and most profound influences – country and Cajun – with the help of some old friends. Special guests include Jim Lauderdale, Billy Joe Shaver, fiddler Waylon Thibodeaux and Louisiana’s
LeRoux.

JIMMY THACKERY      Healin' Ground       CD       CD83624
For more than three decades, Jimmy Thackery has carved a unique niche in the blues landscape by developing a style that’s equal parts traditional blues and electrified blues-rock. With backing from the Drivers, Thackery plays 11 tracks that mix gut-wrenching blues and high-octane rock

TAB BENOIT             Bayou Fever         CD         CD83622
Guitarist Tab Benoit, born and bred in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, is one of the hottest names in contemporary blues. His latest Telarc release, Fever for the Bayou, embodies the rich history and multicultural spirit of the Louisiana Delta and it features special guests Cyril Neville and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux on vocals and percussion..

RORY BLOCK          From The Dust            CD          CD83614
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Rory Block, one of the great acoustic blues guitarists and musical preservationists of her generation, digs deep into the blues tradition on her latest release. Driven by Block’s soulful and fiery guitar and vocal attack the album seamlessly merges distinctive original material from her own pen with timeless classics from some of the great bluesmen of the early and mid-20th century..

ERIC BIBB, RORY BLOCK & MARIA MULDAUR
             Sisters and Brothers                     SACD63588
Leading members of the blues scene, Eric Bibb, Rory Block and Maria come together to celebrate their common interests. “Brothers & Sisters” features familiar blues and folk classics – Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me,” Bob Dylan’s “Gotta Serve Somebody” and Jimmy Reed’s “Little Rain” – as well as some original contributions from all three artists in the project. Now available on SACD.

VARIOUS ARTISTS
           A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins         SACD63496
This Grammy award-winning album, that celebrates the music of the Brazilian composer, Ivan Lins, is now available for the first time on SACD. The album was produced and arranged by Jason Miles who brought together a stellar cast of backing musicians which includes Bob Berg, Michael Brecker, Dave Koz, Marcus Miller, Joe Sample and many more. Each track features different star performers, including Sting, Vanessa Williams, Grover Washington Jr., Chaka Khan, Peter White, Dianne Reeves and Ivan Lins himself.

LITTLE MILTON                         Think Of Me                                   CD83618
Since his earliest recordings on Sam Phillips’ legendary Sun Records in the 1950s, “Little Milton” Campbell has been an innovator. A half-century after those early recordings, Little Milton is still exploring new combinations and coming up with fresh sounds. He makes his debut on the Telarc label with a dozen tracks that distill a lifetime of rich guitar skills, compelling vocals and deft songwriting into a single, high-powered package.

OTIS TAYLOR                          Below The Fold                               CD83627
Bluesman Otis Taylor’s mix of socially conscious themes and lyrics, haunting vocals and rhythmic drive are back in full force on this new recording that features stirring backup vocals by daughter (and bassist) Cassie Taylor, along with sparse but powerful string, horn and percussion accents.
“Taylor is destined to be one of the blues greats” Mojo. “one of the most innovative, thought-provoking blues artists to emerge in the last 20 years” Billboard

DEBBIE DAVIES      All I Found                             CD              CD83626
Debbie Davies’ debut Telarc release All I Found is a gutsy, guitar-drivenblues tour de force. Honing her chops in the legendary Albert Collins’ band,Debbie has been fronting her own powerful blues units over the course of seven critically-acclaimed releases

ERIC BIBB                Ship Called Love                      CD                CD83629
Guitarist Eric Bibb has spent more than three decades developing a reputation as one of the finest folk-blues balladeers of his generation. Steeped in various shades of blues, folk, gospel and reggae, A Ship Called Love is a reflective fourteen-song set that reaches out across boundaries with simple yet straightforward messages of love, unity and peace.

JUNIOR BROWN                                   Live At The Continental Club                      CD           CD83637
Live recording from the multi-dimensional Americana/honkytonk artist, Junior Brown. Armed with his unique Guit-steel—a double-necked guitar that marries the six-stringed guitar with its steel counterpart—Junior Brown blasts through twelve tracks that mix the best of country, blues, Tex-Mex, Western swing, rock and roll and roots.