TOMAS DONCKER Releases EVIL

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“EVIL,” the first video from Tomas Doncker’s new album, Moanin’ At Midnight – The Howlin’ Wolf Project (Deluxe Edition), spins a searing new take on the Willie Dixon penned Chester Burnett classic. Visually, “EVIL” is as dark as the song itself. Keying in on the blood-boiling passions in the lyrics, Doncker and director/cinematographer William Murray […]

JENNIFER NOBLE’s Top 10 Blues

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While I found this to be a nearly impossible task and almost didn’t think I could narrow it down to 10 since I have spent a lifetime supporting live blues so I listed the first 10 songs that popped into my head that were favourites. About me…I have been photographing legendary blues artists for almost […]

GWYN ASHTON’s Top 10 Blues

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The first time I met the blues was in the 1970s and I was taken to see a blues band play in the Adelaide Hills. It changed my whole outlook on music and the next day I bought the Bluesbreakers album and Clapton blew my mind. I’d never heard anything so deep and powerful. After […]

IAIN DONALD by Colin Campbell

Hope At a Desperate Time by Colin Campbell An interview with Iain “The Gator” Donald of Scottish band, Blind Lemon Gators, whose recent album, Gatorville has gained a lot of plaudits. He joined forces with Scottish singer Greig Taylor to form the initial duo and recruited Rod McKay on bass and Dave Cantwell on drums […]

Fight The Isolation Blues with Wang Dang Doodle Tees

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Wang Dang Doodle Tees is a new online business that sells custom-designed blues merchandise and is offering a wonderful opportunity to blues musicians that are struggling to make ends meet. Fight The Isolation Blues is a new program where they are designing custom t-shirts and merchandise at no cost to the musicians and helping to […]

REBECCA DOWNES Top 10 Blues

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Birmingham, UK-based Rebecca Downes and her band are described as a ‘must-see’ live act that can often leave newcomers simply blown away by the sheer power of their performance. Rebecca and her co-writer/guitarist Steve Birkett perform as part of a 5-piece outfit who play original rock/blues tracks from their EP Real Life, their highly-acclaimed debut […]

JED POTTS Talkin’ Apollo 13 Blues

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TALKIN’ APOLLO 13 BLUES LAUNCHES TODAY! Scottish blues musician Jed Potts releases his tribute song, Talkin’ Apollo 13 Blues to mark the 50th anniversary of the USA’s third mission to land on the moon, a near-fatal event which NASA deemed to be ‘a successful failure’. When not performing solo, Jed is lead singer and guitarist […]

ALAN PEARCE’s Top 10 Blues

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Our Editor-In-Chief Alan Pearce has shared with us his Top 10 favourites blues tracks although he did admit that like everyone else it was so hard to choose just 10. He says this list is in no particular order but hopes you enjoy listening. 1 – Savoy Brown – Bad Shape From The Blues Keep […]

Beth Hart Collaborates With Fans

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Beth Hart Reveals Heartwarming Video for ‘No Place Like Home’ Uniting Fans Across The World. Stay Safe. Stay Home. Love Music “There’s a place that’s meant for us Full of faith, hope, love and trust” The world is going through a difficult time at the moment and it affects us all greatly with a number […]

STEVIE SMITH’s Top 10 Blues

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London based Stevie Smith is a Rock/Blues vocalist and Harp tart of some fifty years standing. Twenty-odd years of that was spent as a frontman for Ruthless Blues, in the ’80s & ’90s, and before that with SALT in the mid-’70s and early ’80s. In between times, some myriad other bands, and well, anyone really. […]