ALLMAN BETTS BAND Down To The River
Album Review for Allman Betts Band – Down To The River – out on BMG. It was always a matter of time before the children of the Allman Brothers Band members joined forces. Here we have Devon Allman and Duane Betts on guitars and Berry Duane Oakley on bass, together with slide specialist Johnny Stachela, […]
TERRY HANCK I Still Get Excited
Album Review for Terry Hanck’s I Still Get Excited. Released via Vizztone Label. Terry Hanck is a three-time BMA winner for his sax playing and on his latest disc, he demonstrates what a versatile player he is, as the music includes elements of New Orleans, Rn’B, blues and jazz. Recorded at Kid Anderson’s Greaseland Studio, […]
GRACIE CURRAN Come Undone
Album Review for Gracie Curran’s Come Undone. Released via Vizztone. This is Gracie Curran’s second album but follows a five-year hiatus since her debut which garnered a BMA nomination for Best Debut. Now based in Memphis, Gracie wrote all the material and recorded in Memphis and Florida, involving several local musicians such as Memphians, Victor […]
IRON KYTE
Introducing Jamaican band, Iron Kyte by Brendon Wesley. In 2013, rhythm guitarist and singer/songwriter, Brendon Wesley, formed one of only two alternative rock bands in Jamaica by reaching out to talented individuals through social media, friends of friends and lovers of rock and roll. After a few member changes and many long nights in rehearsal, […]
MARK SOMERS Restless Poetry
Album Review; Mark Somers – Restless Poetry – Released Independently. Do you remember when the US Delta Force blasted Van Halen and AC/DC for three days to force Manuel Noriega to leave the Vatican Embassy? That wouldn’t work for me. If I’m ever a dictator that the Americans take umbrage at then all they need […]
ISSUE 110 OUT NOW!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dfd_single_image image=”16031″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Highlights in Issue 110 are… Queen of blues-rock guitar Samantha Fish caught up with us to discuss her new album Kill Or Be Kind, plus guitars & cigar box guitars. Chris Youlden is one of the venerable men of blues music and we talk about a career that is ever-green. Danny […]
SWEDISH BLUES CHALLENGE 2019 Malmö
Brian Kramer discusses the Swedish Blues Challenge. I was asked by Bert Deivert, mandolin ace and fellow US expat to accompany him for the Swedish Blues Challenge 2019, and I was sceptical and not even sure we would be considered, but somehow we got in and made the grade as one of the three finalists […]
R.I.P. JULIAN PIPER
OBITUARY: JULIAN PIPER. Respected musician and writer JULIAN PIPER sadly and unexpectedly passed away on 14th September, he will be greatly missed throughout the blues world. Julian Piper lived in Exeter and developed an early interest in the blues and when all his friends were mainlining on the Beatles, he was thrilling to the sounds […]
THE ACHIEVERS Win 6th UK Blues Challenge
Press Release from UKBlues Federation. Following on from previous winners Kaz Hawkins and Kyla Brox, the winners of the 6th UK Blues Challenge on Saturday night would certainly have fine boots to fill. Four top bands all did their ‘thing’ at the Challenge representing the breadth of blues in all its glory, and it was […]
CARLISLE BLUES & ROCK FESTIVAL IS NOW SOLD OUT!
It has been announced that the Carlisle Blues/Rock Festival 2019 is now completely SOLD-OUT!! In the midst of a difficult financial climate in the UK, the 11th Carlisle festival seems to have captured the imagination of the UK Blues and Rock world and we are delighted to share this news with you. The festival has […]
