Smoky Joe Combo (FRANCE)
Swing Brother Swing
(hot swing, jazz, acoustic)

CD PRICE: £10.99

With their second album "Swing Brother Swing" the french vocal swing quartet SMOKY JOE COMBO dives into the 40's repertoire of the great King Cole Trio, Fats Waller and also vocals groups like the Mills Brothers, The Cats and the Fiddle etc.. The incredible voice of the talented David Costa Coehlo brings a rockin' energy in this jazz context. With some fine french jazzmen guests this album has a lot of different moods and atmospheres.. A MUST HAVE for early swing lovers!

"Solid swinging gems and very danceable stuff for an intimate rendezvous that could have happened 65 years ago in a small club!

Smoky Joe Combo (FRANCE)
Diga Diga Doo
(hot swing, jazz, acoustic)

CD PRICE: £10.99

A selection of fine swinging songs from 1918 to 1939. The first trio's release in 2005 , a vintage vocal mix of american swing influences like the cats and the fiddle, the ink spots, the mills brothers and the music of the french great guitarist Django Reinhardt.

"Solid swinging gems and very danceable stuff for an intimate rendezvous that could have happened 65 years ago in a small club!"

Jill's Cocktail Band (SWITZERLAND)
Jill's Cocktail Band
(1920's, 1930's jazz/swing)

CD PRICE: £5.99

Let's take a trip down memory lane and listen to the music of the 20's and 30's ! That's what you get with this mini album, presenting popular songs of that era in an authentic style true to the times.

The heart of our band is the accordion. Although the honky-tonk piano is certainly the most dominant key instrument used in jazz, the accordion was widely used in popular “Jazz” music, particularly in Europe in the 20’s and 30’s. As the accordion is rarely used in Jazz music today, it gives the band a special, rather distinctive touch.

Rob Ryan (USA)
Highway Man
(Country, Rockabilly)

CD PRICE: £11.99

Every so often an artist appears who radiates a timeless quality and inexhaustable energy that reminds us of what listening to music is all about. For years now, Rob Ryan has exhilarated audiences with his brand of up-tempo, hard driving honky-tonk, leaving his fans electrified and making converts of anyone within earshot.

Rob Ryan's original hard country songs contain the down-to-earth truthfulness and skillfully crafted hooks that leave a tune branded in our minds ("straight ahead infectious country" College Music Journal). His resonant baritone voice can stretch from a yodel to a growl and has a dynamic timbre reminiscent of the great country voices who have preceeded him ("After hearing him sing, I knew he was a dedicated follower of root American forms" NY Daily News).

Joel Paterson (USA)
Feat. Beau Sample and Alex Hall
Steel Is Real
(western swing, blues, rockabilly, jazz)

CD PRICE: £9.99

Steel is Real! A session of western swing, blues, rockabilly, and jazz featuring the pedal steel and lap steel guitar of Joel paterson.

When Chicago’s music scene comes up in conversation, you are not likely to hear the words “steel guitar.” If Joel Paterson has his way that will all change soon. Paterson is the Windy City’s champion of the steel guitar.

The Big Four (BELGIUM)
Congregation Sessions
(Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, Roots)

CD PRICE: £10.99

The new Big Four album –The Congregation Sessions– is finally available. Fourteen songs of high quality and varying styles are presented on this disc. From New Orleans based second line songs to down home nitty gritty blues, from soul-jazz originals to loungey club grooves, everything is included on this magnificently produced CD.

These five musicians love playing music just for the sake of it. The variety of styles and songs is almost too much for the listener to grasp. From New Orleans based second line songs, to down home nitty gritty blues to lounge jazz themes.

Craig Shaw & Illuminators (UK)
Find My Way
(rocknroll/dub/garage blues)

CD PRICE: £9.99

12 blistering tracks showcasing the band’s versatile musicianship and Craig’s song-writing prowess.
The music itself moves right across the soundboard style wise. From guitar and vocal led roots rock’n’roll, to funked-out, jazzed-up psychedelic rock, skabilly, dub, garage blues with the added texture of a trumpet & percussion. Stirred, shaken and then blasted out of a rocket launcher!

Produced by and featuring Boz Boorer of The Polecats and Morrissey!

Tokela & Hoedown (FINLAND)
Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round
(country/western swing)

CD PRICE: £9.99

For five years Hoedown, a band that gathers together the royalty of Finnish country scene, has drawn crowds to clubs and wonderful guests to join them on stage. Late 2007 they were joined by Tokela, the legendary singer/songwriter of Melrose, and from the first song on it was evident that this combination should be recorded and released asap! January 7th and 8th they recorded the 15 songs on this album live in studio. A delightful package of country, rockabilly and western swing!

Les Generals Jack (Belgium)
Mrs Hippy
(roots/blues)

CD PRICE: £10.99

Second album of this 1/3rd Walloons (Marc Bodart ex-Buttnaked) and 2/3rd Flemmish (Bart Ieven, Toon Derison ex El Fish) group. Still an obstinate mix of boogie, blues and world music.

Les Générals Jack is a trio, two guitars & drums, who bring an original mix of Rock, Funk, Reggae & Roots all songs larded with a fat layer of BLUES! The members of the band met each other on a Jamsession at the port festival of Leuven (Belgium) in 1999. This Jam appeared rapidly a windfall of format which made the idea grow forming a band. The first rehearsels started on the boat of drummer, Toon Derison, the boat was called 'Jack'. Floated by the inspiration "A chacun son Blues" a first demo with 5 own numbers arose in 2001, and in 2004, they released their first CD "Small talk, Space Message" on the label Naked Productions.

Buttnaked (BELGIUM)
The Big Splash

CD PRICE: £10.99

Buttnaked is about all the colours of todays music universe, at the same time always connecting with where it all started: traditional blues music. On their second album Buttnaked has become fullgrown, presenting a cocktail of styles both explosive and varied: funk, soul, pop, rock, african rhythms, reggae, flamenco... going all the way for an identity of their own, rather than copying what has been done before.