York Blues Festival 2022 Review

YORK BLUES FESTIVAL – 2nd April 2022   The Crescent Community Centre, York Words & Pictures: Colin Campbell Well, it was time again to go to the wonderful city of York for a Blues Festival, second time in a year. Last one being in July due to rescheduling through the dreaded pandemic. April is a better […]

Live review: DAN PATLANSKY – Norwich, The Waterfront

South African based Dan Patlansky has just hit the UK launching his European tour to promote the cracking new album Shelter Of Bones. Like many internationally touring artists it’s been a case of riding out the pandemic and patiently waiting to get the timing right between release and tour. Words: STEVE YOURGLIVCH    Pictures: Laurence […]

TERRI’ THOUARS BLUES FESTIVAL, THOUARS, FRANCE

17 – 21 March 2022 By Iain Patience. Photos: Claude Adam Usually the opening festival of the season, Terri’ Thouars, is always a welcome event, no more so than this year. Following two years of Covid lockdowns and cancellation, the festival kicked-off with its usual mix of local, French and international blues artists. About fifty […]

Cry Baby and The Hoochie Coochie Boys

Friday 18th March-Eleven Club, Stoke-On-Trent This was a first in a couple of ways on Friday night. Even though both bands are quite local in my area, I’m sad to say that I’d never seen either of them before, although I’ve been friends with a couple of members for quite a long time. So, I […]

BAD TOUCH AT THE WATERFRONT, NORWICH

SWAGGERINGLY GOOD ROCK N ROLL ! If you have tickets for the remainder of the Bad Touch, Better Late Than Never tour you are in for a treat, if you haven’t got tickets get them if you can. I have seen Bad Touch live a few times now and they’ve always been high energy, good […]