MEMPHIS MINNIE Killer Driller Blues
MEMPHIS MINNIE KILLER DILLER BLUES [Her Best 24 Songs] Led Zeppelin famously loved Memphis Minnie’s When The Levee Breaks so much that they thought they had written it themselves. Astoundingly that track isn’t on this compilation, which features tracks recorded between 1929 and 1953, but other Memphis Minnie classics like Bumble Bee, In My Girlish […]
RICHARD KOECHLI Parcours
Richard Koechli is an independent roots artist (guitarist, singer-songwriter and author) from Switzerland. He has played with well known artists such as Larry Garner (I‘ll never forget your slide-guitar!), Greg Koch (Koechli plays great and he‘s a very nice guy), Philipp Fankhauser (he‘s the only one of the roots & blues guys in Switzerland able […]
Denmark’s Hoochie Coochie Man Of The Year 2018
Hoochie Coochie Man 2018 announced in Blues Awards! A new category in the Danish Blues Awards honours the work of BluesHeaven.dk‘s Peter Astrup from Blues Productions! Peter is known for bringing the finest International blues artists to Scandinavia and for hosting one of Europe’s best Blues Festivals. On Wednesday 15th August the Danish Blues Music Awards took […]
ISSUE 103 OUT NOW!!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dfd_single_image enable_link=”yes” image=”3706″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Highlights in Issue 103 are… Bobby Rush on winning a Grammy at 83! Carlos Santana talks about playing with drummer wife Cindy and the European tour. Newbie Ally Venable from the Lone Star State is igniting excitement on the modern blues scene and we catch up with her to talk mentors […]
ROCKWELL AVENUE BLUES BAND Back To Chicago
ROCKWELL AVENUE BLUES BAND BACK TO CHICAGO When five of America’s best and most prolific blues journeymen are brought back to Chicago for a reunion, including Steve Freund and Tad Robinson, you have the ingredients for an exciting, innovative CD that brings it all back home which is exactly what happens on Back To Chicago. […]
DANA FUCHS Love Lives On
Dana Fuchs Love Lives On Dana is interviewed in Issue 103 of Blues Matters! Available from 25th July 2018 The career of Dana Fuchs began in her late teens when she ignited Manhattan’s blues-rock circuit with her burnt-honey vocal and bruisingly honest songwriting. With a voice acclaimed by Classic Rock magazine in a Blues album of the month review […]
JOE BONAMASSA to release REDEMPTION
Two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa returns with a brand new studio album, ‘Redemption’, which will be released on 21st September 2018 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group in Europe and J&R Adventures in North America. Redemption, Bonamassa’s 13th solo studio album and third in a row of all original material sees him at his most ambitious and […]
THE DEVON ALLMAN PROJECT UK Tour September 2018
Duane Betts & Devon Allman The Devon Allman Project with special guest Duane Betts will tour the UK in September 2018 The new six-piece band, The Devon Allman Project, will embark on a world tour with special guest Duane Betts, the son of Allman Brothers co-founder Dickey Betts. The two men have known each other since […]
ELISE LEGROW – My Top 10 Favourite Blues Tracks
Canadian songstress Elise LeGrow’s Top 10 favourite blues songs compiled below for your listening pleasure. 1. Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind – from the album Tell Mama Etta sounds like she’s on the verge of tears throughout this performance, pleading that her lover stays despite evidence that he’s already gone. 2. Booker T and […]
VICTOR WAINWRIGHT – Victor Wainwright & The Train
Wainwright is a US bluesman, a recognised and admired producer and performer with a string of US blues awards to his name, and a presence that comes across as big, big, big, here. Wainwright’s voice is truly excellent, like a male version of Janis Joplin, at times raw, powerful, strong and stellar. He hammers the […]
