Showing posts with label blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blues. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Putumayo Presents A Putumayo Christmas - World, Folk, Blues, Jazz and Soul

 


1 John Gorka– Christmas Bells

2 Ottmar Liebert– We 3 Kings (Of Orient R)/Santa Fe X'Mas

3 Margie Joseph– Christmas Gift

4 Machel Montano– Soca Santa

5 Michael Doucet– Bonne Annee

6 Dan Crary– What Child Is This

7 Otis Redding– Merry Christmas

8 Mason Williams– The Virgin Mary

9 Koko Taylor– Merry, Merry Christmas

10 Son Seals– Lonesome Christmas

11 Maggie Sansone– The Holly And The Ivy

12 Loreena McKennitt– Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)

A Putumayo Christmas

Monday, August 19, 2024

Putumayo Presents Louisiana Gumbo

 


1 Charles Sheffield– It's Your Voo Doo Working 1:48

2 Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon– Door Poppin' 3:25

3 James Booker– African Gumbo 2:44

4 Clifton Chenier– Ti Na Na 3:10

5 Johnny Adams– It Ain't The Same Thing 4:10

6 Lynn August– Lead Me On 3:46

7 The Neville Brothers– Voo Doo 4:26

8 Eddie Bo– Piano Roll 5:42

9 Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters– I'm Coming Home 5:16

10 Rockie Charles– Festis Believe In Justice 2:05

11 Percy Mayfield– Louisiana 2:02

12 Snooks Eaglin– Nine Pound Steel 5:30


Putumayo Presents Louisiana Gumbo

Saturday, March 30, 2024

The Rough Guide To Delta Blues

 


1 R.L. Burnside– Jumper On The Line 2:46

2 Robert Johnson– Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) 2:50

3 Mississippi Fred McDowell – Done Left Here 3:24

4 Charley Patton– High Water Everywhere Part One 3:01

5 Son House– Walkin' Blues 2:54

6 Mississippi Sheiks– Sitting On The Top Of The World 3:16

7 Muddy Waters– Country Blues 3:24

8 Asie Payton– Goin' Back To The Bridge 3:06

9 Geechie Wiley & Elvie Thomas– Last Kind Words Blues 3:02

10 Robert Petway– Catfish Blues 2:49

11 Tommy Johnson– Cool Drink Of Water Blues 3:25

12 Robert Belfour– Black Mattie 4:46

13 Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds – Outside Woman Blues 2:56

14 Willie Brown – Future Blues 3:00

15 Louise Johnson– On The Wall 3:02

16 Mississippi John Hurt– Stack O'Lee Blues 2:55

17 Alfred Lewis– Mississippi Swamp Moan 3:22

18 Bukka White– Aberdeen Mississippi Blues 2:33

19 Junior Kimbrough– Meet Me In The City 3:09

20 Robert Wilkins– That's No Way To Get Along 2:51

21 Big Bill Broonzy– The Banker's Blues 2:33

22 Bo Carter– Don't Mash My Digger So Deep 2:55

23 Big Joe Williams– Baby Please Don't Go 2:41

24 Skip James– I'm So Glad 2:49


The Rough Guide To Delta Blues

Monday, March 11, 2024

Sweet Honey In The Rock – Twenty-Five

 


1 We Are The Ones 2:51

2 Chant 3:58

3 Battered Earth 4:05

4 Motherless Chil' 5:46

5 Redemption Song 5:19

6 Greed 5:20

7 Sound-bite From Beijing 3:48

8 Sometime 5:45

9 Run 5:53

10 Anybody Here? 7:40

11 Forever Love 7:18

12 I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor 3:30

13 Hope 2:35


Sweet Honey In The Rock – Twenty-Five

Thursday, November 16, 2023

The Rough Guide To Hokum Blues (Reborn And Remastered)

 


1 Bo Carter– Cigarette Blues 3:16

2 Blind Boy Fuller– Truckin' My Blues Away No. 2 (Take 2) 2:49

3 Big Bill Broonzy– Hokum Stomp 2:50

4 Bessie Smith– Need A Little Sure In My Bowl 2:49

5 Blind Blake– Too Tight Blues No. 2 2:54

6 Rufus & Ben Quillian– Satisfaction Blues 3:20

7 Charley Jordan– Keep It Clean 2:44

8 Lucille Bogan– Barbecue Bess 3:14

9 Allen Brothers*– Bow Wow Blues 3:14

10 Dallas String Band With Coley Jones– Hokum Blues 3:11

11 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie– What's The Matter With The Mill? 2:48

12 Bogus Ben Covington– Adam And Eve In The Garden 2:40

13 Barbecue Bob– Honey Your Going Too Fast 2:59

14 Papa Charlie Jackson– Shake That Thing 2:56

15 Lil Johnson– Sam The Hot Dog Man 2:58

16 Charley Patton– Shake It And Break (But Don't Let It Fall Mama) 3:05

17 Noah Lewis' Jug Band*– Selling The Jelly 2:53

18 Ma Rainey– Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 3:08

19 Casey Bill Weldon– Your Wagin's Worn Out 2:50

20 Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon*– Can't Wait Till You Get Hom 2:13

21 Mississippi John Hurt– Candy Man Blues 2:44

22 Blind Willie McTell– Warm It Up To Me 2:53

23 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Black Snake Moan 3:00

24 Tampa Red & Georgia Tom– It's Tight Like That 3:01

25 Walter Coleman– Mama Let Me Lay It On You 3:00


The Rough Guide To Hokum Blues

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Ali Farka Touré...Niafunké...West African blues..a traditional album concerning Mali



Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese's often quoted characterization of Touré's tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".


As the first African blues man to achieve widespread popularity on his home continent, Touré was often known as "the African John Lee Hooker". Musically, the many superpositions of guitars and rhythms in his music were similar to John Lee Hooker's hypnotic blues style. He usually sang in one of several African languages, mostly Songhay, Fulfulde, Tamasheq or Bambara as on his breakthrough album, Ali Farka Touré, which established his reputation in the world music community.

Niafunké was released in 1999. The title reflects the name of the village in Mali where it was recorded. It is largely a traditional album concerning Mali.




Within the album liner notes Touré discusses his motivation for creating the album and how the music might relate to its audience. "This record is more real, more authentic. It was recorded in the place where the music belongs - deep Mali. We were in the middle of the landscape which inspired the music and that in turn inspired myself and the musicians. My music is about where I come from and our way of life and it is full of important messages for Africans. In the West perhaps this music is just entertainment and I don't expect people to understand. But I hope some might take the time to listen and learn." — Ali Farka Touré,

Niafunké marked the first of a series of albums he recorded towards the end of his career in his home town. The album was released around the same time he retired to his farm in a remote region of Mali.



find out more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Farka_Touré

official website: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure