STEPHEN HARRISON’S Top 10 Blues
I started listening to the Blues through listening to Led Zeppelin when I started High School. Its what they had based their music on by re-working some old Blues tunes and keeping the Blues as a base for their own material. As an impressionable teenager I was immediately hooked on Zeppelin and through this began […]
Coronavirus And The Impact On Musicians
HOW THE PANDEMIC IS AFFECTING MUSICIANS With loads of musicians losing huge incomes from cancelled tours and gigs, Blues Matters contacted several well-known names from the world of blues to assess the impact of this awful virus on their livelihoods. We also asked them what steps they had taken to continue promoting their music and […]
THE BISHOP’s Top 10 Blues
Longtime BM writer Mr Dave Scott AKA The Bishop gives us his Top 10 Blues. 1 – John Lee Hooker: Boogie Chillen My love of the blues started with this 1962 classic vinyl EP, The Blues Of John Lee Hooker by the greatest all-time blues superstar. Listening to the 1948 recording changed everything forever and […]
