TMPB Recordings

TMPB Recordings is proud to offer a diverse variety of music. Music is what TMPB Recordings is all about, so we take it very seriously. We strive to make the best music with the best artists. So far, we feel we have done this and pledge to continue.

Take some time to read about the various genres of music we've released and listen to some samples in eith Real Audio (RA) or MP3 formats. (Listening to samples requires a music player, which can be downloaded from our resources page if necessary.) If you enjoy what you hear, click on the artists' links and learn more about the musicians that created this great music, or proceed directly to our store and support our artists by purchasing their albums and other merchandise.

TMPB Blues Music
Music Clips: "Hard Working Woman" "A Man to Die for" from the album Out of the Blue by the KGB Blues Band	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.

About the Blues

With almost no links to Western music traditions, the blues came from Negro spiritual/folk music with its roots in Africa. Blues got their name because they consisted of mostly sad songs and the term 'blue' was associated with feeling depressed. These songs could be about anything ranging from being homesick, to being heartbroken, to losing a friend--whatever the author was feeling. Generally, the themes of the blues are relationships between men and women. As blues music matured, lyric themes broadened from mere expression of frustration and fatigue and, despite being called the blues, the songs could express uplifting feelings and thoughts. The blues introduced a realism into American music as its subjects were everyday life and problems. Today's blues are still rooted in everyday life, and TMPB Recordings captures the best of it.

TMPB Country Music
Music Clips: "Goldie Locks" "What It Means to be a Dad" from the album The Silence Says It All by Kevin & The Kickers	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.

About Country Music

Country music generally refers to the rural folk music of Appalachia and the US south, as popularized by such groups as the Carter Family or the Delmore Brothers. In the 40s and 50s, country underwent a change with the music of people like Hank Williams and Bob Wills and the Nashville sound was on its way. Today's country music, although it began with roots in traditional folk music, owes little to it today. Country music now refers to the successful mass-marketed output that has developed into its own unmistakable style. The Nashville sound is now popular all over the world, and TMPB Recordings captures the best of it.

TMPB Folk Music
Music Clips: "One Sky" from the album One Sky, Many Moons by Micheal Barry	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.
Music Clips: "The Rising of the Moon" from the album celtic origins by KAIRNE	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.

About Folk Music

Folk music is intensely loved by its fans and practitioners, so much so that it forms a subculture with a particular lifestyle, especially in English-speaking countries. Originating as songs about local areas, familiar people, and common beliefs, the term "folk music" eventually came to mean whatever the speaker wanted it to mean - usually any performer using an acoustic guitar. Thus, the term "roots music" was coined after the 1970s in an attempt to find a word that expressed more clearly what "folk" music was all about. Artists such as Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, and Peter, Paul, and Mary popularized folk music in the 1960s, and artists today continue to carry the folk music banner, further diversifying the music without losing its "folky" simplicity. TMPB Recordings captures the best of it.

TMPB Rock Music
Music Clips: "One Guitar" "What Will It Take?" from the album Won't You Leave Me Alone? by Paul Benshoof	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.
Music Clips: "Search Engine" "Last One Out" from the album Lend a Hand! by The Donors	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.
Music Clips: "Colors of Love" "Raleigha" from the album Definitely Moore by Jane Hair	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.
Music Clips: "Still Crazy for You" "Once Upon a Time" from the album Still Crazy for You by Nikki Wright	Buy this album. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist. Vote for this album.

About Rock Music

Originally known as rockabilly, and later as rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley's sound combined elements of African-American rhythm and blues with white, hillbilly country music. This marked the birth of rock 'n' roll popular music. As did its rhythm and blues relatives, rock 'n' roll played to the high spirits of young people and played heavily on sexual feelings, making it the first white popular music to do so. Of course many parents were upset by this, and swore that rock 'n' roll would ruin their teenage kids. The kids loved it then and still do today. The rock 'n' roll industry shifted from Memphis to New York and Los Angeles in the late 1950s. Around 1963, the British invasion of groups, like the Beatles and Rolling Stones, brought a fresh sound to the music, though they also based their style on American, southern music forms and urban-based blues. Today there are many splinter sounds of rock 'n' roll -- from Light Rock, to Heavy Metal, to Fusion, to Tech Rock. The vitality of youth that fueled the early music is still very much alive, and TMPB Recordings captures the best of it.

TMPB Tex-Mex Music
Music Clips: "Hola" from the album Jimmy G & The Boyz by Jimmy G & The Boyz	This album is not for sale. Check this artist's tour dates. Read artist news and reviews. Vote for this artist.

About Tex-Mex Music

Tex-Mex Music has been around longer than even most avid fans realize. Growing out of norte�o music and conjunto bands, Tex-Mex also incorporated the popular music found around its birthplace in Latino communities in Texas. An infectious dance music, it combines the contemporary with the traditional and mixes up Mexican with American cultures just like the neighborhoods in which it thrives. Its current growing popularity not only draws fans from other widely popular styles--American pop, country, Mexican folk and pop musics--but also continues to evolve and add compatible influences. TMPB Recordings captures the best of it.