Joel and Ethan Coen have long established themselves as film stylists without peer: from Blood Simple to Fargo, their movies have never been less than fascinating, and there has never been any question that their films could not have been made by anyone else. In T-Bone Burnett, the producer of the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, they have finally met their match: ...

Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London)

Manufacturer: Commercial Marketing

When this collection was first released, back in 1961, it soon became the bible of that decade's folk-blues revival, a set of songs which had scorched deep lines in the blues psyche, subsequently modified, electrified and boogie-fied. This reissue also includes a freshly exhumed alternative take of "Travelling Riverside Blues", as good an excuse as any to upgrade from old vinyl. The original ...

Manufacturer: Legacy

Manufacturer: Complete Blues

Manufacturer: Nascente

This two-CD box contains all 41 recordings Johnson made, including 12 alternate takes, and each cut remains a classic. This set's release in 1990 caused quite a stir, selling more than 500,000 copies and, on the basis of endorsements from Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, introduced a great number of rock fans to Delta blues. Amazingly, Johnson built his enormous legacy on the strength of just two ...

Manufacturer: Columbia

Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways

Muddy Waters should need no introduction. Not only did he provide a name for the world's greatest rock & roll band, but he also created the Chicago electric blues sound that's dominated the genre since he first hit the windy city in the late 1940s. His bands also featured what would become a who's who of electric blues: Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Buddy ...

Manufacturer: Universal / Island

Manufacturer: New West

When these atmospheric songs were recorded between 1932 and 1942, the unsophisticated Broonzy couldn't have dreamed of the fame he was to find in Europe for the six years until his death in 1958. But these tracks are from the early part of his career and were made for mainly black American audiences. They are full of charm and, taken within the context of the music, skilful and appealing ...

Manufacturer: Indigo