EDINBURGH BLUES CLUB – Liz Jones & Broken Windows/Sean Webster Band
EDINBURGH BLUES CLUBTHE CAVES, EDINBURGHSunday 15th August 2021Liz Jones & Broken Windows/Sean Webster Band Sunday 15th August saw the return of live blues music to Edinburgh Blues Club. This was particularly special as it was a member-only event. A new venue for the Club, saw the event take place at an unusual venue called the […]
Robert Jackson – Lichfield Guildhall – Saturday 21st August 2021 – live review
Robert Jackson – Lichfield Guildhall – Saturday 21st August 2021 – live review
Some Kinda Wonderful with Derek Nash and Noel McCalla – George Hotel – 18th August 2021
Concert Review: Some Kinda Wonderful with Derek Nash and Noel McCalla – George Hotel – 18th August 2021
BORDERS BLUES CLUB ON TOUR
It’s a Scottish summer, we’re all allowed to go to an event outdoors so time to look out the waterproofs and get to the Scottish Borders. The setting for this event could not have been more beautiful. Borders Blues Club based in Innerleithen got the chance to pitch up some tents in the Walled Garden […]
YORK BLUES FESTIVAL, THE CRESCENT COMMUNITY VENUE, YORK
Nearly two years in the planning and many rescheduled dates made it seem this was not going ahead but for the perseverance of the Management team including organisers Paul Winn and Ben Darwin, ably assisted by Angie Howe and Emma Darwin, after 477 days planning the York Blues Festival got underway at 1pm. Unfortunately, due […]
No Direction, Le Mustang Bar, Confolens, France – July 24th
EDINBURGH JAZZ and BLUES FESTIVAL 2021 – Assembly Roxy
Nicole Smit, a regular chanteuse on the Edinburgh music scene with previous performances at this Festival notably her Queens Of The Blues shows in 2019 came together for the first time with Irish blues singer songwriter and guitarist Grainne Duffy to showcase their musical talents with a set combining original material, some especially commissioned for […]
Dana Gillespie & The London Blues Band – live at the Temple of Arts and Music, London
Live July 17th, 2021. Few British blues artists have enjoyed the longevity of Dana Gillespie, who has been gigging and recording in the genre since the 1970s and was around as a folkie even in the decade prior to that. There seems to be some controversy over whether her latest album, Deep Pockets, is her 72nd or her 73rd. But if the evidence of the launch party was anything to go by, it matters little either way.
Sandy Tweeddale Band with guest Lyndon Anderson at Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2021
This year’s Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has a bit of a necessary twist to it owing to the ongoing Covid pandemic. A lot of musicians have been doing Live Stream events during lockdown, with this in mind, the decision was taken to still put on a Festival but putting live events in front of […]
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2021 Blues Afternoon – REVIEW
The second day of this prestigious Festival saw the return of Blues Afternoon section. Again, there was a twist to this one as the three bands had previously recorded their sets at the venue, alas to no audience this time around. This did not take away anything from the performances from the bands and after […]
