NorthernBlues Music
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NorthernBlues Music is a Canadian
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 independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

, which specializes in blues music. The label was established in 2001
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....

, and a number of its artists and albums have since been nominated for and won Blues Music Awards. President Fred Litwin founded the company to "add substantially to the blues repertoire" with interesting, original music.

Artists

  • Carlos del Junco
    Carlos del Junco
    Carlos del Junco is a renowned Cuban-Canadian harmonica musician.Mr. del Junco immigrated with his family when he was one year old. He started to play the harmonica at 14 years old. He graduated from college with honors at the Ontario College of Art majoring in sculpture.He specializes in...

  • Doug Cox
    Doug Cox
    Doug Cox is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and music programmer, and is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music.He is well known for his skills on the dobro and slide guitar...

  • Eddie Turner
    Eddie Turner
    Eddie "Devil Boy" Turner is a blues guitarist born in Cuba and raised in Chicago. A former member of the Otis Taylor band, he is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music.Turner began to play the guitar when he was twelve...

  • Homemade Jamz Blues Band
    Homemade Jamz Blues Band
    Homemade Jamz Blues Band is an American, Tupelo, Mississippi based blues trio, consisting of siblings Ryan , Kyle and Taya Perry. In December 2007, the trio made music history as the youngest blues band to achieve a record deal: the Toronto-based NorthernBlues Music signed the band when Ryan was...

  • JW-Jones
    JW-Jones
    JW-Jones is a Canadian blues guitarist, singer and band leader. Jones is signed to the NorthernBlues Music label in Toronto, Canada, CrossCut Records in Europe, and Ruf Records in USA. In the last decade, he has released six albums and played in 17 countries, 4 continents, over 260 cities and...

     Blues Band
  • Mem Shannon
    Mem Shannon
    Mem Shannon is an American blues musician. He is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music. Shannon is a former taxi-cab driver turned bluesman.-Early life:...

  • Moreland and Arbuckle
    Moreland and Arbuckle
    Moreland & Arbuckle is a blues duo founded in Kansas, in 2002. The group, consisting of guitarist Aaron "Chainsaw" Moreland, and vocalist/blues harp player Dustin Arbuckle. They are signed to Telarc International Corporation a division of Concord Music Group and known for their combination of...

  • Paul Reddick
    Paul Reddick
    Paul Reddick is an award-winning Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player.-History:Paul Reddick began playing the harmonica at the age of twelve. In 1990, he formed The Sidemen, a blues band based out of Toronto, which toured and recorded until the early 2000s. The Sidemen's album...

  • Samuel James
    Samuel James
    Samuel James is an American musician who is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music. He currently works at Videoport in Portland, Maine. Lately he is touring with Efes Pilsen Blues Festival.-External links:*...

  • The Twisters
    The Twisters
    The Twisters are a Canadian blues band signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music.The band consists of 4 members:David "Hurricane" Hoerl ,Brandon Isaak ,Chip Hart Keith Picot ....

  • Watermelon Slim
    Watermelon Slim
    Bill Homans, professionally known as "Watermelon Slim", is an American blues musician. He plays both guitar and harmonica. He is currently signed to NorthernBlues Music, based in Toronto, Ontario.-Biography:...

  • Zac Harmon
    Zac Harmon
    Zac Harmon is an American blues musician from Jackson, Mississippi. Harmon is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music.Zac moved to Los Angeles in 1980 in the pursuit of a career in music. He worked as a studio musician, and later, built himself to become a writer/producer...


Releases

Date No. Artist Title Remarks
6 March 2001 NBM0001 The JW Jones Blues Band Defibrillatin
6 March 2001 NBM0002 Otis Taylor White African
31 July 2001 NBM0005 Paul Reddick and The Sidemen Rattlebag
6 November 2001 NBM0006 Archie Edwards
Archie Edwards
Archie Edwards was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning several decades, worked variously with Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and John Jackson. His best known tracks included "Saturday Night Hop", "The Road is Rough and Rocky", and "I Called My Baby Long...

The Toronto Sessions
2 April 2002 NBM0007 Otis Taylor Respect The Dead
18 June 2002 NBM0010 The JW Jones Blues Band Bogart's Bounce
4 June 2002 NBM0012 David Jacobs Strain Stuck On The Way Back
1 October 2002 NBM0013 NorthernBlues Gospel Allstars Saved!
4 February 2003 NBM0014 Harry Manx/Kevin Breit Jubilee
20 May 2003 NBM0015 James Cohen High Side of Lowdown
17 June 2003 NBM0016 Tony Lynn Washington Been So Long
15 July 2003 NBM0017 Various Artists Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
7 October 2003 NBM0500 Various Artists Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
2 September 2003 NBM0018 Glamourpuss Wine and Wood
2 March 2004 NBM0019 Taxi Chain Smarten Up
20 April 2004 NBM0020 John and The Sisters John and The Sisters
18 May 2004 NBM0021 The JW Jones Blues Band My Kind of Evil
7 September 2004 NBM0022 Janiva Magness Bury Him At The Crossroads
5 October 2004 NBM0023 Dan Treanor and Frankie Lee African Wind
7 September 2004 NBM0024 David Jacobs Strain Ocean Or A Teardrop
7 October 2004 NBM0025 Paul Reddick Villanelle
8 February 2005 NBM0026 Carlos del Junco Blues Mongrel
8 February 2005 NBM0027 Eddie Turner Rise
17 May 2005 NBM0028 Chris Beard Live Wire
19 April 2005 NBM0029 Mem Shannon I'm From Phunkville
13 September 2005 NBM0011 Brian Blain Overqualified For The Blues
12 July 2005 NBM0030 Doug Cox and Sam Hurrie Hungry Ghosts
NBM0031 Glamourpuss Bluesman's Prayer
14 February 2006 NBM0032 Watermelon Slim And The Workers Untitled
7 March 2006 NBM0033 Janiva Magness Do I Move You
15 August 2006 NBM0034 The Sisters Euclid (Kevin Breit) Run Neil Run
18 April 2006 NBM0035 The Jw Jones Blues Band Kissing In 29 Days
6 June 2006 NBM0036 Eddie Turner The Turner Diaries
October 2006 NBM0037 The Twisters After The Storm
17 April 2007 NBM0038 Watermelon Slim The Wheelman
17 April 2007 NBM0039 Dog Cox and Salil Bhatt Slide To Freedom
22 May 2007 NBM0040 Paul Reddick Revue
10 July 2007 NBM0041 Mem Shannon Live: A Night At Tipitina's
4 September 2007 NBM0042 Mason Casey Sofa King Badass
1 April 2008 NBM0043 Samuel James Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy
18 March 2008 NBM0044 Moreland And Arbuckle 1861
13 May 2008 NBM0046 JW Jones Blueslisted
24 June 2008 NBM0047 Watermelon Slim No Paid Holidays
10 June 2008 NBM0048 The Homemade Jamz Blues Band Pay Me No Mind
19 August 2008 NBM0300 Various Artists The Future Of The Blues: Volume III
2 September 2008 NBM0051 Carlos del Junco Steady Movin
14 October 2008 NBM0050 Paul Reddick Sugar Bird
April 2009 NBM0052 Zac Harmon From the Root
March 2009 NBM0053 Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt Slide to Freedom 2
June 9, 2009 NBM0055 Homemad Jamz Blues Band I Got Blues For You
July 2009 NBM0054 Watermelon Slim Escape from the Chicken Coop
September 2009 NBM0056 Samuel James For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
June 2010 NBM0059 Watermelon Slim Ringers
July 2010 NBM0057 Eddie Turner Miracles & Demons

Artists external links

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