Competition Time – win the Rory Gallagher 50th Anniversary Box Set
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Rory Gallagher’s eponymous 1971 debut solo album, UMC/UMe is giving one lucky reader of Blues Matters an opportunity to win a a five-disc deluxe box set of the album. This amazing prize includes the Rory Gallagher 50th Anniversary Edition 5-Disc Box Set includes 4 CDs and 1 DVD. The […]
JOE BONAMASSA announces April – May 2022 UK Tour
Celebrated blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa will return to tour the UK for the first time in three years, when he performs five concerts in April and May 2022, including two nights at the legendary Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 5 May and Friday 6 May. Joe will also perform concerts at Glasgow SECC on Wednesday 20 April, Cardiff Motorpoint Arena on Friday 22 April, and Brighton Centre on Saturday […]
EDINBURGH BLUES CLUB – Liz Jones & Broken Windows/Sean Webster Band
EDINBURGH BLUES CLUBTHE CAVES, EDINBURGHSunday 15th August 2021Liz Jones & Broken Windows/Sean Webster Band Sunday 15th August saw the return of live blues music to Edinburgh Blues Club. This was particularly special as it was a member-only event. A new venue for the Club, saw the event take place at an unusual venue called the […]
Five Points Gang release ‘Wanted’
Elles Bailey Announces New Album & Releases First Single Cheats and Liars
Elles Bailey Announces New Album & Releases First Single Cheats and Liars
Davy Knowles announces new album What Happens Next
Guitarist Davy Knowles has announced that his new album What Happens Next will be out on October 22nd via Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group. The Isle-Of-Man born singer-songwriter burst onto the scene aged 20 with his band Back Door Slam, making national US TV appearances on shows such as Jimmy Kimmel and Good Morning America. He […]
BORDERS BLUES CLUB ON TOUR
It’s a Scottish summer, we’re all allowed to go to an event outdoors so time to look out the waterproofs and get to the Scottish Borders. The setting for this event could not have been more beautiful. Borders Blues Club based in Innerleithen got the chance to pitch up some tents in the Walled Garden […]
John Fiddler/Medicine Head interview
Ten years gone and Medicine Head return with an album of new songs on Warriors Of Love. It’s an album of big-hearted songs that provides a panacea for the pandemic blues with its message of love, peace, and perfect harmonies. Two have become one for some time as John Fiddler carries the radiant flame of […]
Top 5 Blues Albums – The Cold Stares
We’ve been asking some of our favourite blues artists what their top 5 blues songs are – this week we’ve got Chris from The Cold Stares! 1) King of the Delta Blues Singers Robert Johnson – “Ramblin’ On My Mind” I heard this album I think when I was 15 or 16 years old and […]
YORK BLUES FESTIVAL, THE CRESCENT COMMUNITY VENUE, YORK
Nearly two years in the planning and many rescheduled dates made it seem this was not going ahead but for the perseverance of the Management team including organisers Paul Winn and Ben Darwin, ably assisted by Angie Howe and Emma Darwin, after 477 days planning the York Blues Festival got underway at 1pm. Unfortunately, due […]
