Blues In The City
After the success of Blues in Town last year Nick Garner has decided to take the event to the next level now re-named Blues In the City after Chelmsford gaining City status in the Queen’s Jubilee Awards. This year the event will run over four days, from 27th to 30th September, at different venues in […]
Yellowfish Music Group
We were alerted to the fact that Yellowfish Music Group in Sussex – an organization with a fine blues and blues rock pedigree, Led Zeppelin, Arthur Brown, Pretty Things included – have founded a charity foundation supporting three tremendous charities: Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice Drop4Drop – clean water charity The Clock Tower Sanctuary – […]
Viva La Wilde Diva
Dani Wilde will shortly be featuring as a Blues Diva at the Boisdale Viva La Divas Festival being launched on 12 September by Jools Holland. Blues Matters asked Dani a few questions ahead of the Festival: How do you feel about being one of the very select group of Divas for the Viva La Divas Festival? […]
Clare Free on her new album Dust and Bones
Back in November, Clare Free kindly wrote one of the first blogs for the Blog of the Blues. So her return is very welcome, and this time she comes armed with her new album, Dust and Bones. The Blues Blogger asked Clare a few questions:Blues Blogger: “What was the highlight of making the album?” Clare: “For me, the highlight of making […]
Saxman of the Blues: Richie Taz
The Blog of the Blues caught up with Richie Taz, saxaphone player with The Billy Walton Band, during the band’s current tour of England. The band are not to be missed. They are terrific live and their new album “Crank It Up” is current favourite for the Blog of the Blues album of the year. Though […]
Paul Lamb and the King Snakes – The Games People Play
The Blues Matters Blogger recently asked some questions of a band praised by Otis Grand in the upcoming July issue of Blues Matters magazine (sneak preview moment there, as is this – Otis doesn’t hand out praise lightly), namely Paul Lamb and the King Snakes. The band have a new album out on 28th May 2012, […]
Mud Morganfield – Hoochie Coochie Boy
Interviewing Mud Morganfield is a singular and special experience. It in doing so, the interviewer is talking to the beating heart of the Blues. Mud is a great Bluesman, but he also happens to be son of the late and very great Muddy Waters. That makes Mud a Hoochie Coochie Boy, as he says in […]
Otis Grand: Blues ’65
Blogger asked Otis a few questions ahead of his rare, lengthy interview in the July 2012 issue of Blues Matters magazine. His new album “Blues ‘65” is on release Sept 17th on the Manhaton Label. How do you write your songs? “Everyone has his own method of writing songs. I usually start off with an […]
