Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is proud to present Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection the first in-depth, career-spanning box set of songs, photos, and essays dedicated to one of America s most treasured 20th-century icons.A companion to 2012 s GRAMMY-winning Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection, Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection chronicles the recordings of Huddie …
Smither s cosmic blues are on full display in Hundred Dollar Valentine, a brilliant amalgam made of equal parts past, present and future. It is music that traces its roots back deep intotradition, anchors its rhythms and textures in today, and reaches forward into the future, asking the Big Questions – why am I here? Is there purpose …
While carrying the blues around the world, from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, Guy Davis came back with some fresh inspiration and new stories to tell. Kokomo Kidd, Guy’s follow-up album to the hugely successful Juba Dance from 2013, finds the blues ambassador visiting fresh territory. It s a new beginning for me, he says, The first …
Grammy nominated R.L. Burnside is one of the most important bluesman in American history. His live performances, whether stripped-down acoustic or with a band, are legendary. After several classic blues records & scanning over 300,000 units, R.L. has firmly established himself as an intense force within the blues world. But R.L. Burnside is not just a great bluesman. …
Live at Legends features Guy s last live recordings from his now-shuttered original Legends blues club in Chicago, captured during his January residency there in 2010. The album features a number of Buddy Guy live favorites including two amazing medleys: John Lee Hooker s Boom Boom into Cream s Strange Brew; and Jimi Hendrix s Voodoo Child into …
This a landmark Bessie Smith release. In that it is the first to concentrate purely on her 49 most popular recordings and to assume that if there where a chart then she would, as one of the most influential recording artists in History, without doubt have topped the charts. These recordings made between 70 and 80 years ago …
American Folk-Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966 [DVD]
Recorded live for TV broadcast throughout Britain, these historic performances have been unseen for nearly 40 years. Filmed with superb camera work and pristine sound, 14 complete performances and 4 bonus performances are included by Sonny Boy Williamson, …