Canned Heat

Global Rock will be Waltari’s first album for their new home of Metalville, and will be released worldwide on March 20th. Global Rock shows a fresh, diverse view of modern metal, including a cover of Canned Heat’s “Going Up The Country.” As always with this band, expect the unexpected!. Vocalist and mastermind Kartsy Hatakka sums up the philosophy of Waltari: “Rock is an attitude, an unquenched thirst to remain playful with life – ’til the very end! It’s the world Waltari was born into. I still find it cool to put on my make-up and be an outcast. Our goal is to create music that will blow the minds of our listeners.”

Janiva Magness has gained a strong reputation as a fine blues singer who appears in clubs around the Los Angeles area. On this CD, she often stretches beyond the blues into folk music, pop and light R&B while retaining her blues roots. Jeff Turmes, who contributed all 13 songs (Magness co-wrote the opening "Good Car")……

Javier Vargas from Spain has long been one of the blues/rock world's best kept secrets. He has produced 8 very fine recordings, with a ninth being a greatest hits collection, but has never seemed quite able to gain the attention of a lot of North American fans. That was, until now…

A Very Cool Christmas volume 2 is the right follow-up to the first volume of the wonderful collection of some very cool Christmas songs. This volume consists of 32 Christmas tracks, recorded by some of the best musicians from the rock, soul, blues, folk, and country scene.

The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different blues sub-genres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over time. In 2004, the box set won two Grammy Awards for "Best Historical Album" and "Best Album Notes." That same year it was #2 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart.

2 CD collection from classic rock genre themed by the title "Born To Be Wild" containing a collection of songs under this theme performed by various artists such as Steppenwolf, The Kinks, Rod Stewart, Nazareth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Alice Kooper and many more..

Walter Trout's eponymous debut for Ruf finds the former Canned Heat and John Mayall guitarist at the top of his game, tearing through a number of original contemporary blues songs. The songwriting occasionally is a little undistinguished, but Trout sounds dynamic throughout the album, capable of fiery leads and sensitive, lyrical solos. It was made for aficionados of blues guitar, and it won't disappoint anyone looking for that kind of record.