THE SEAMUS McGARVEY BAND Album Review
Album Review for The Seamus McGarvey Band – Seamus O’Boogie – Released On – Johnny Rock Records When a 72-year old amateur musician and his family based group from Northern Ireland recorded a debut album of greatest blues songs live in a basement studio over two days the outcomes were always likely to be unpredictable, […]
HOLLIS BROWN Reveal New Song From Ozone Park
Hollis Brown reveal their new song ‘She Don’t Love Me Now,’ taken from their upcoming album Ozone Park, which is released on 7th June via their new home at Cool Green Recordings/Mascot Label Group. Hailing from New York, the beginnings of the quartet was born out of a garage in the Ozone Park neighbourhood of Queens […]
SAFEHOUSE Absolutely Live II Album Review
Safehouse – Absolutely Live II – Released Independently This intriguing, mature, and popular band of Scottish troubadours was fermented in vintage blues, American southern rock, and 1960s psychedelia, then steeped in influences from Robert Johnson to The Rolling Stones. Their sound was subsequently distilled in a boiler of mercurial energy before the secret final ingredient […]
DOUG SEEGERS Interview
Anyone who has visited Nashville, Tennessee, the undisputed home of quality country music and birthplace of modern Americana, will know that it has long been a Mecca for aspiring young musicians, often dudes with attitude, aspiration and ambition; guitar pickers and singer-songwriters who play on street corners, bars and anywhere they can maybe panhandle a […]
ISSUE 108 OUT NOW!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dfd_single_image image=”15637″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Highlights in Issue 108 are… The unearthing of a splendid collection of live and studio recordings by the late great Irish blues star Rory Gallagher means that fans can, at last, enjoy dozens of unreleased tracks. In fact, three albums’ worth! Find out all about them here! Hollis Brown is a […]
New Rory Gallagher Collection, Blues, With New Unreleased Material
In what would have been the 50th year of Rory Gallagher’s recording career, Chess/UMC are pleased to announce the release of ‘BLUES’. From the vaults of the Gallagher estate’s tape archive comes this collection of rare and unreleased recordings of Rory playing his favourite blues material. Ranging from never heard before tracks to special guest sessions […]
TODD SHARPVILLE At The 606 Club, London, Monday 3rd June.
Blues guitarist, singer & songwriter Todd Sharpville declared his arrival on the UK blues scene in no uncertain terms when his first album, 1994’s “Touch of Your Love” bested both Eric Clapton and Gary Moore in the “best guitarist” category of the British Blues Awards (also winning “best album”). Todd’s second album featured such noted musicians as […]
DANI WILDE To Headline London’s 100 Club May 28th 2019
When UK blueslady Dani Wilde was a kid she kicked off as a drummer, rattling along to her elder brother’s guitar work. Then, aged around ten or eleven, she was already seemingly hooked into music. Soon afterwards, however, she became increasingly aware that what she most wanted to do was sing…and write songs of her […]
Godfather of British Blues John Mayall (OBE) announces a UK tour for 2019.
John Mayall will be bringing his 85th Anniversary Tour to the UK this November with special guest Connor Selby! For over 50 years, John Mayall has served as a pioneer of blues music, rightly earning him the title, “The Godfather of British Blues“. In 2013, John signed with producer Eric Corne’s label, Forty Below Records, […]
COMPETITION TIME – WIN TICKETS TO LINTON FESTIVAL via facebook
WIN TICKETS TO LINTON FESTIVAL, HEREFORDSHIRE. We have a pair of tickets to give away from our friends at Linton Festival The Manfreds and The Amy Winehouse Experience are set to play this Herefordshire 3 day music, real ale and cider event held in the grounds of The Alma Inn, Linton. Complete with its own […]
