Fundraiser for Ukraine at The Harrington, Fleet

The blues and roots community are coming together to hold a fundraiser for Ukraine at The Harrington, Fleet, (Surrey/Hampshire borders) on Sunday afternoon of the 10th April, featuring many of the best known acts within the community. Organiser, and local promoter, Alan Bates explained ‘we all wanted to do something, however modest, to show support for […]

LARRY McCRAY UNLEASHES BLUES WITHOUT YOU

LEGENDARY BLUES SINGER AND GUITARIST LARRY McCRAY UNLEASHES BLUES WITHOUT YOU Poised to become a genre-shaping staple early in his career performing alongside the greats B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Albert King and more, rustbelt singer and guitarist Larry McCray’s life has imitated the rags-to-riches stories of the blues throughout his musical career Eager to demonstrate […]

Cry Baby and The Hoochie Coochie Boys

Friday 18th March-Eleven Club, Stoke-On-Trent This was a first in a couple of ways on Friday night. Even though both bands are quite local in my area, I’m sad to say that I’d never seen either of them before, although I’ve been friends with a couple of members for quite a long time. So, I […]

New music video from Joe Bonamassa – Mind’s Eye

Watch the animated music video for “Mind’s Eye” here “Joe wanted this video to emulate the great prog rock videos of the past using cool custom illustrations and psychedelic scenes,” says Roy Weisman, the CEO of Joe’ U.S. label J&R Adventures. Continues Weisman, “The song has a very Pink Floyd feel so the video needed […]

Elles Bailey to join Don and his American Pie

Elles Bailey Announces That She’ll be joining the Legendary Don McLean on his 50th Anniversary ‘American Pie’ UK Tour This Autumn. For multi-award-winning, chart-topping singer-songwriter, Elles Bailey 2022 has been a year already. Not only has this talented UK artist earned great critical acclaim, topped genre charts and even appeared on the RADAR of the […]

Beth Hart Rescheduled Dates

Beth Hart has added four new dates to her rescheduled March 2023 UK tour dates. New dates include Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Tuesday 7 March), Sheffield City Hall (Saturday 11 March), Manchester Bridgwater Hall (Monday 13 March) and Brighton Dome (Tuesday 21 March). Tickets for the previous rescheduled March 2023 concerts remain valid. Tickets are available from: www.alttickets.com/beth-hart-tickets and www.gigsinscitland.com/artist/beth-hart For her most recent album, the Grammy-nominated […]

2022 WATERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL TICKETS ARE ON SALE!

Early Bird Pricing and Ticket Tiers You know what they say about the Early Bird? They get the best pricing on Waterfront Blues Festival tickets! All 4-Day passes will be offered in limited quantities at each of the three ticket tiers — Early Bird, Tier 1 and Tier 2. The earlier you buy, the better […]

Sun House LIVE at The 100 Club

‘With a Classic Blues guitar, tight drum backbone and a singer full of grit; Sun House are shaping their beloved Blues into a 21st Century genre, with great success. This band bring soul and raw emotion to every stage they play. Taking inspiration from Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and Gary Clark Jr, they merge their roots […]

Sitting In with… Nelson McFarlane

Recently got the chance to chat with bass player Nelson McFarlane, he has a few musical projects in prospect, one of these is playing in Greig Taylor’s new band. He talks about how this evolved and his back story. It went something like this…. IMAGES: SuppliedWORDS: Colin Campbell How did you get involved with Greig […]

Alan Pearce, funeral live stream details

Alan Pearce, RIP

Our founder, Alan Pearce, sadly passed away suddenly not too long ago. The family have been kind enough to share the live stream details for the service should anyone that knew him want to join in. LOGIN PIN: 262-8917 The Service The stream will be available on Tuesday 15th February 2022 at 14.30 (GMT) Donations […]