THE LEGENDARY DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND 50TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Featuring Very Special Guests Dan Aykroyd, Paul Shaffer, David Wilcox, Kenny Neal, Gene Taylor and More! Saturday 22nd June – 9:00 pm TORONTO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL – TD MAIN STAGE (FREE SHOW) “Canadian blues legends”, “one of the greatest blues bands in the world. Period”, “A Tribute to Canadian Music” – Toronto Star “There would […]
UK Bluesman Giles Robson Wins Blues Music Award in Memphis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 9th, 2019 many people from the blues world gathered to celebrate a night of music and awards at the esteemed annual Blues Music Awards ceremony in Memphis, Tennessee, and this year saw British blues harp virtuoso Giles Robson scooping the prestigious award for Acoustic Album of The Year for his collaboration with Bruce […]
THE B.B. KING BLUES BAND – The Soul Of The King
Album Review: The B.B. King Blues Band – The Soul Of The King Released through Ruf Records – 11th May 2019 An assemblage of The B.B. King Blues Band members and guests celebrating the great man and his music. The Hoax, of course, celebrated Riley King a few years back on a terrific album and […]
The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, Colne, 30th Anniversary
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, under the leadership of Colne Town Council, is proud to celebrate its 30th Anniversary, bringing together some of the prevailing blues acts of the present day. The festival takes place over the bank holiday weekend of 23rd – 25th August 2019 in Colne, Lancashire, in numerous town centre venues (from 750 […]
BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL Needs You!
On Tuesday 30th April, Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival launched a Crowdfunder to save the city’s well-loved jazz festival. Despite celebrating a fantastic 7th festival last month, minimum funding, a departure from Colston Hall (during its renovation), and door sales lost to 2018‘s ‘beast from the east‘ all mean that this much-loved event needs your […]
Chantel McGregor at The Stables Theatre, Wavendon
A catch up with Chantel McGregor at The Stables, Wavendon, UK, by Nicholas John. ‘Southern Belle, Northern Soul’ Back with a bang! Backstage at The Stables, Wavendon, Chantel McGregor talks to Blues Matters about the year ahead and her plans for a new studio album, an acoustic album and a live record. Chantel, how’s 2019 […]
JOE BONAMASSA at The Royal Albert Hall, London
Gig Review for Joe Bonamassa at The Royal Albert Hall, London by Pete Sargeant. Images as credited. Wednesday 24th April 2019 On a mild April evening after the Easter weekend, Joe Bonamassa and his first-class band rolled into the world-famous Royal Albert Hall for the first show in his three-night residency in the capital. Promptly […]
JOE BONAMASSA & TOBY LEE at The Royal Albert Hall, London
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The UK’s teenage guitar sensation Toby Lee performed with one of his hero’s Joe Bonamassa last night at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London. The following is a quote from Toby Lee’s Facebook page and all images are by Zoran Veselinovic. “Ever since I first picked up a guitar, I wanted to be Joe […]
SAVOY BROWN City Night
One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, helped launch the 1967 UK blues boom movement that brought blues music back to the USA invigorating the style forever. In the process, the band became part of the framework that launched the rock and roll music […]
JOHN PRIMER The Soul Of A Blues Man
The fans of John Primer’s brand of Chicago Blues should not be put off by the “Soul” part of the title of his new album “ The Soul Of A Blues Man”. There is plenty here to satisfy them and all but the most blinkered of purists will not question the inclusion of some great […]
