ROBIN TROWER Time and Emotion
Robin Trower by Rob Blackham The New Studio Album – Time and Emotion – Released Friday 4th August 2017 – Via Manhaton Records Robin Trower is back with perhaps his best solo album since he was in his 40s. Considering Robin is 72, that’s saying a lot! It is not that Trower’s recent efforts are not […]
LISA LYSTAM FAMILY BAND Give You Everything
Well, we have featured the band in an interview and on the cover of issue 94 already and it would appear that the review was missed for which we must apologise because this is a terrific CD. Jefferson magazine called her; “the new Swedish sensation” and on hearing, you certainly understand why. For a first […]
KAZ HAWKINS BAND TO END TOURING IN NOVEMBER 2017
***Breaking News*** Kaz Hawkins Band will end touring when they finish their 2017 schedule. Ending in Lucerne, Switzerland on the 18th November 2017, the band will not be taking bookings for the foreseeable future. Kaz, Nick, Peter and Jan, KHB as they are known in band format have all agreed that they cannot continue to […]
CARLISLE BLUES & ROCK FESTIVAL 2017
Carlisle Blues and Rock Festival – 29th – 30th September 2017 – The Return! The highly acclaimed Carlisle Blues Festival first began in 2007 and celebrated five incredibly exciting and successful years with a weekend event in November 2011 regarded by many as the best UK blues festival of the year. 2012 even surpassed that, lifting […]
SAMANTHA FISH Chills & Fever
Samantha Fish has built up a solid reputation with steady touring and a series of blues-rock albums. Last time out she explored the North Mississippi Hill Country style; this time around she has gone for a selection of soul and Rn’B tunes from the 60’s and 70’s recorded with members of The Detroit Cobras and […]
RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS Groovin’ In Greaseland
Wildly fun, musically fearless blues masters Rick Estrin & The Nightcats will release their new Alligator Records CD, Groovin’ In Greaseland, on Friday, August 18. Overflowing with talent and bursting with bravado, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats have created one of the blues’ most instantly recognisable sounds and no-holds-barred styles. Rick Estrin & the Nightcats […]
CHUCK BERRY’s New & Final Record CHUCK
Chuck Berry – Chuck Chuck Berry’s new and final record, CHUCK, has entered the Official Albums Chart at No. 9 – his first UK Top 10 album in 40 years. Released last week on Dualtone/Decca Records, it fought off competition from the likes of Dua Lipa, Hank Marvin and Harry Styles. It is his first UK Top 10 since 1977’s Motorvatin’. A moving new music […]
King King’s new single (She Don’t) Gimme No Lovin’ & UK Tour Dates
King King (She Don’t) Gimme No Lovin’ UK band King King is pleased to announce the release of their highly anticipated new single (She Don’t) Gimme No Lovin’ The single is taken from the band’s forthcoming fourth studio album “Exile & Grace” (the album is released by Manhaton Records on Friday 6th October). The new single […]
JOE BONAMASSA performs Mountain Climbing on CONAN
Joe Bonamassa by Marty Moffatt One of the world’s greatest and hardest working guitar players of his time Joe Bonamassa was invited back to play on the Team Coco: Conan O’Brien show again this week (19th June) and he performed a track from his solo album Blues of Desperation. Joe Bonamassa now in his 26th year as a professional musician, […]
KING KING at the Tivoli Theatre with BAD TOUCH as support – Gig Review
King King King King gig review from the Tivoli Theater, Wimborne, 16th June 2017 – with support from Bad Touch For the first time since I’ve been coming here, there was a full house for this rescheduled show, postponed from October due to Alan Nimmo’s throat problems. Norfolk’s Bad Touch opened to a great reception. […]
