NorthernBlues Music
NorthernBlues Music is a Canadian independent record label, which specializes in blues music. The label was established in 2001, 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.
Also recorded as Northern Blues Records
NorthernBlues Music
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- Canada
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NorthernBlues Music is a Canadian independent record label, which specializes in blues music. The label was established in 2001, 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.
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Key facts
• Founded — 2001 • Founder — Fred Litwin • Genre — Blues • Country — Canada • Location — Toronto, Ontario • Url — NorthernBlues Music official website
Artists
Artists
• Carlos del Junco • Doug Cox • Eddie Turner • Homemade Jamz Blues Band • JW-Jones Blues Band • Mem Shannon • Moreland and Arbuckle • Paul Reddick • Samuel James • The Twisters • Watermelon Slim • Zac Harmon
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Releases by NorthernBlues Music • Date — No. — Artist — Title — Remarks • |6 March 2001 — |NBM0001 — |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 — |The Toronto Sessions • |2 April 2002 — |NBM0007 — |Otis Taylor — |Respect The Dead • |18 June 2002 — |NBM0010 — |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 — |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 • |14 February 2006 — |NBM0032 — |Watermelon Slim And The Workers — |Untitled • |7 March 2006 — |NBM0033 — |Janiva Magness — |Do I Move You? • |17 April 2006 — |NBM0031 — |Glamourpuss — |Bluesman's Prayer • |15 August 2006 — |NBM0034 — |The Sisters Euclid (Kevin Breit) — |Run Neil Run • |18 April 2006 — |NBM0035 — |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 — |SugarBird • |April 2009 — |NBM0052 — |Zac Harmon — |From the Root • |March 2009 — |NBM0053 — |Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt — |Slide to Freedom 2 • |9 June 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
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