Live From The Blues Matters Stage at Jaks, Skegness 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] FRIDAY 18TH JANUARY 8pm – 9.30pm – Gerry Jablonski & The Electric Band Gerry Jablonski and The Electric Band are a high energy outfit from Scotland that blend blues roots with influences of classic rock. They are also the UKBlues Artist of the Year winner in 2018. To read a previous article featured here […]
DAN PATLANSKY
In a recent feature, Blues Matters did the biz on South African guitarist, Dan Patlansky and his cracking new album, Perfection Kills. So, from Weather Report to Danny Gatton and his UK tour in November, we delved a little deeper. Hi Dan, good to talk to you. Now I’ve just been ploughing through the Weather […]
JON ALLEN’S Top 10 Blues Picks
Jon Allen is an English singer-songwriter born in Winchester, and currently living in London. His debut album Dead Man’s Suit was released in 2009 and his fourth studio album Blue Flame has amassed five million plays on Spotify. Writer Pete Sargeant recently caught up with Jon to talk Top 10’s. Is there such a thing as dark honey? It’s sure to be […]
SAM LEWIS Loversity
Sam Lewis – LOVERSITY. Released on Loversity Records. Nashville based singer, songwriter guitarist Lewis has been dubbed ‘a modern Townes Van Zandt’, and this latest project heralded as ‘the place where feel-good music meets vital social commentary.’ Sam’s third album comprises 12 original songs and one apiece written by John Mann and Loudon Wainwright. A country groove […]
DAVID LUMSDEN & FRIENDS Hues of Blues
Album Review – David Lumsden & Friends – Hues Of Blues. Release – Independent From the explosive opening track, Earl Hooker’s You Got To Lose with its scorching guitar work its clear that this is going to be a barnstorming romp through blues and rock classics reinterpreted by experienced journeyman and now bandleader, David Lumsden. You […]
R.I.P. EDDIE C. CAMPLBELL
Eddie C. Campbell – May 6th, 1939 – November 20th, 2018. Eddie C. Campbell’s passing has left a huge hole within the West Side blues community. However, fans around the world will mourn more than just Eddie’s music. Eddie was loyal almost to a fault. Once met, you had a friend for life. Unique is […]
JOCK’S JUKE JOINT Various Artists
Jock’s Juke Joint – Various Artists – Independent Release. Jock’s Juke Joint Volume 4 along with the previous three albums in the series further highlights the quality, richness and diversity of contemporary blues in Scotland. Most of the 18 artists showcased here, whether relative novices, veterans or somewhere in between, compare favourably with the finest blues […]
SUGARAY RAYFORD Somebody Save Me
Sugaray Rayford Brings Vintage Soul Vibe To New Album. On March 1st, Forty Below Records will release Somebody Save Me, the new studio album from soul-blues singer, Sugaray Rayford. On the album’s opening track, “The Revelator”, Rayford forcefully sings, “I’m a freak of nature / I ain’t no honey bee / I’m an unknown creature / The like you’ve never […]
ISSUE 105 OUT NOW!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dfd_single_image image=”4257″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Highlights in Issue 105 are… Paul Rodgers, our cover artist, has one of the most iconic and influential voices in British blues-rock history and we caught up with him to discuss his new album Free Spirit which celebrates the music of Free. Scottish artist Andy Gunn talks about his recently sold-out T-Bone […]
JARED JAMES NICHOLS Interview
On his recent UK tour, American guitarist, Jared James Nichols talked to Blues Matters writer Nicholas John. YOU DO A LOT OF TOURING IN THE UK AND YOU’RE CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH L.A.GUNS, THEN DOING SOME HEADLINE SHOWS ON YOUR OWN. YOU OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE IN THE HARD WORK ETHIC! Absolutely! I believe that it’s more […]
