NEW SINGLE & album “WAITING FOR THE DAYLIGHT” out now – Erja Lyytinen

Erja Lyytinen is pleased to release the third single and title track from her ninth studio album Waiting For The Daylight. The single is released the same day as her highly anticipated new album Waiting For The Daylight, which is available in the link below. The music video for the Waiting For The Daylight single […]

The Damn Truth release new single “Look Innocent” ahead of UK tour

Celebrated Montreal rock’n’roll band The Damn Truth are pleased to announce the release of their new single “Look Innocent” on Friday October 7th. The single is accompanied by a music video that can be seen today on YouTube. The new single is released a week before the band return to the UK for an 11-date UK […]

ORKNEY BLUES FESTIVAL 2022 – review

Well, I am sitting here in Stromness situated on Orkney Mainland at the end of what has been a wonderful weekend of music. Due to the storms have had to wait another night to get back to Scotland but that is another tale all together. Suffice to say all involved with the festival had an […]

Joanne Shaw Taylor Releases New Heart-Wrenching Single and Music Video, “Fade Away”

Today, Joanne Shaw Taylor releases “Fade Away,” the next breath-taking single taken from her forthcoming breakthrough studio album Nobody’s Fool.  The single can be streamed here. The new single also features cellist Tina Guo (Hans Zimmer). Blues Matters Magazine describes “Fade Away” as “another gorgeous ballad lamenting lost love, with the unexpected addition of heart wrenching […]

Norman Beaker Trio, De Korenbloem, Zingem (BE), 23 April 2022

IMAGES: PETER HEYNEMAN WORDS: Eddy Bonte ‘When punk came along, I was too old. Now that I’m old …’, was Norman Beaker’s typically ambiguous way to announce he was about to let loose a pure punk version of his song ‘Take Me to Your Pleasure Dome’. We are now nearing the end of the show […]

Malaya Blue – Blue Credentials (new album)

MALAYA BLUE BLUE CREDENTIALS Blue Heart Records Guided by the legendary Dennis Walker and with bassist Richard Cousins on board beefing up the Robert Cray connections, Norfolk’s Malaya Blue has recorded her most significant album to date. The sassily sung “Another grey morning and you stumble in”, on the opening track Your Act Has Worn […]

Joe Bonamassa announces Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea III featuring Blackberry Smoke, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jimmy Vivino, and Kirk Fletcher

3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa and Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than a decade, are proud to announce Keeping the Blues Alive At Sea Mediterranean III, the third European voyage of Bonamassa’s world-famous floating blues-rock party at sea. Keeping the Blues Alive At Sea Mediterranean III sails August 17-22, 2023, traveling from Athens, Greece […]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd “Trouble Is…25” Out: 2nd December

Kenny Wayne Shepherd announces ‘Trouble Is…25,’ Out December 2nd via Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group. The complete re-record of Kenny’s most successful album will be accompanied by a documentary about the making of the original ‘Trouble Is…’ and a live DVD filmed at The Strand Theatre in Shepherd’s hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. The five-time-Grammy-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne […]

BONHAM-BULLICK GIG REVIEW

I have never been to a gig at Huntingdon Hall before, so you could say that I’m a Worcester virgin. This will not be the last time at this magnificent venue either. Huntingdon Hall is a Grade II listed building that was built in 1804. It was the Countess Of Huntingdon’s church. IMAGES: Netty GWORDS: […]