BM Blues News
The Music: My Life – with Diane Hinds and Alan Pearce
In her popular series of interviews for “The Music: My Life” on chocolate-radio.com, Diane Hinds chats with Alan Pearce, editor of the multi-award winning magazine Blues Matters about the emotional engagement he has with certain artists and their music.“Music is a...
New album announced by Indiana Duo The Cold Stares
Indiana duo The Cold Stares will release their new album Heavy Shoes on 13th August via Mascot Records. Their story alone would be enough for a drama series – cancer, suicide, betrayal, divorce, loss, self-identity crisis, survival, and ancestral skeletons. Write...
SHEMEKIA COPELAND WINS UK BLUES AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR
On Sunday, May 9, award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland received the coveted UK Blues Award for International Blues Artist Of The Year
The winners of the 2021 UKBlues Awards announced
The winners of the 2021 UKBlues Awards were announced last night at a ceremony on Sunday 9th May: an event that, though virtual in form, proved as prestigious, star-studded and rich in talent as ever. The awarding body, the UKBlues Federation, streamed the event via...
Blues Birthday: A.C. Reed – May 9th 1926
Aaron Corthen, better known as A.C. Reed (May 9, 1926 – February 24, 2004) was an American blues saxophonist, closely associated with the Chicago blues scene from the 1940s into the 2000s. Reed was born in Wardell, Missouri, and grew up in southern Illinois. He took...
Blues Birthday: Robert Johnson May 8th 1911
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of...
Troy Redfern announces his new album “…The Fire Cosmic!”
Photo Credit: © Haluk GurerBritish slide guitarist and singer-songwriter, Troy Redfern, dubbed by the British press as “the King of slide guitar”, will release his new single Waiting For Your Love on May 21st. The single is taken from his forthcoming album …The Fire...
UK Blues Awards 2021 this weekend
The 2021 UKBlues Awards ceremony will take place on 9th May, hosted — once again – by blues legend and broadcaster Paul Jones.The prestigious ceremony was to have been staged at The Powerhaus, Camden (formerly Dingwalls). Sadly, circumstances have meant that that...
The Damn Truth special guests on King King’s February 2022 UK Tour
Celebrated Canadian rock and roll band The Damn Truth are pleased to announce they will be special guests on King King’s February 2022 UK Tour. Tickets are available from www.kingking.co.uk. The nine-date tour starts at York’s Grand Opera House on February 10, 2022 and ends at London’s The Electric Ballroom on February 24, 2022.
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny set to release Let’s Get Happy Together on May 7, 2021
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny set to release Let’s Get Happy Together on May 7, 2021
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