John Lee Hooker

The Best Box Sets Of 2017

From The Beatles to The Rolling Stones, Queen to Sex Pistols, Billie Holiday to Bob Marley – and more – uDiscover Music looks at the best box sets of 2017.

News4 years ago

John Lee Hooker’s Duets Album ‘The Best Of Friends’ To Be Reissued

John Lee Hooker's much-acclaimed blues duets album The Best Of Friends is to be reissued on CD in November 2017 through Concord and USM

John Lee Hooker King Of The Boogie Packshot

News4 years ago

Career-Spanning Box Set Crowns John Lee Hooker ‘King Of The Boogie’

A new career-spanning multi-disc box set released to celebrate his 100th birthday shows that John Lee Hooker remains King Of The Boogie.

Van Morrison New Album Roll With The Punches

News4 years ago

Van Morrison Announces New Album ‘Roll With The Punches’, UK Tour Dates

Van Morrison has announced the release of his new, 15-track studio album 'Roll With The Punches' and a UK tour for November, December 2017

New Releases4 years ago

‘Party Of One’ For Blues-Rock Guitar Hero George Thorogood

Blues-rock guitar stalwart George Thorogood is to mark his return to Rounder Records with the 4 August 2017 release of Party Of One.

News4 years ago

Concord Launches Craft Recordings With John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk’s Vinyl Collection

Concord Bicycle launches new reissue label Craft Recordings with vinyl edition of John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk's Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings.

News4 years ago

55 Years, 60 Members: Savoy Brown Keep Rocking

British blues-rock staples Savoy Brown have continued as bastions of the live music scene across a six-decade career.

New Releases5 years ago

John Lee Hooker’s Heritage Hailed With ‘Whiskey & Wimmen’

To kick off the centennial celebrations of a blues titan's birth, the compilation Whiskey & Wimmen: John Lee Hooker’s Finest will be released on 31 March.

Features5 years ago

reDiscover John Lee Hooker’s ‘Chill Out’

Chill Out from 1995 is boogie, it's blues, it's classic John Lee Hooker

Features5 years ago

reDiscover John Lee Hooker’s ‘Boom Boom’

Boom Boom came out in 1992 and reaffirmed John Lee Hooker's position as the master of boogie blues

In-Depth5 years ago

Dreaming Of The Delta – The Transatlantic Blues Revolution

The Blues played a pivotal role in the creation of what we have come to call rock music. As Muddy Waters famously said, “The Blues had a baby and they named it...

Features5 years ago

reDiscover John Lee Hooker’s ‘Jealous’

John Lee Hooker's classic 1987 studio album, his first in 8 years was well worth the wait; Jealous is classic Hooker

News6 years ago

Mick Fleetwood Recalls His Early Years With John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

Mick Fleetwood has been reminiscing about his days on the UK blues circuit with John Mayall, and early Fleetwood Mac, of whom Steven Tyler was a big fan.