It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison's love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he'd hear early 20th century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton.

'Moving On Skiffle' finds him taking a homemade style that exploded across Britain in the mid-1950s and infusing it with a level of sophistication and soulfulness that it didn't always possess the first time around. The 23-track album goes to the heart of the music Van Morrison has inhabited ever since he was six years old, hanging out in the smoky confines of Belfast's Atlantic Records.

It also contains songs that underline, in their messages on the importance of freedom and living on your own terms, his lifetime philosophy.

'Dog House Music' is the second album from American bluesman Seasick Steve. A collection of off-kilter blues tracks with a warm sense of humour and lots of heart, sung in Steve's own inimitable style. Include the tracks 'Yellow Dog', 'Cut My Wings' and 'Dog House Boogie'.

Legendary blues icon Joe Louis Walker performs live in Istanbul in 1995. Songs performed in the show include 'You Got to Lose', 'I Didn't Know' and 'Funkin' Blues'.

Live performance by the American blues/soul musician recorded at The 100 Club in London in 1998. Songs featured in the concert include 'Man Is Under Pressure', 'Going Back to the Juke Joint' and 'Every Man Needs a Good Woman'.

John Mayalls Bluesbreakers classic album from 1968 has been digitally remastered and now boasts an extra six bonus tracks including the A & B sides of the single 'Picture On The Wall' and the songs 'Knockers Step Forward' and 'Hide and Seek' only previously available on the Decca compilation, Thru The Years. Also included are two songs, 'Look At The Girl' and 'Start Walkin' recorded live at Brightons Falmer College in May 1968. Decca. 2007.