INTERVIEW: Sitting in with… Katie Bradley

INTERVIEW: Sitting in with… Katie Bradley

Kent vocalist, blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter Katie Bradley came into the spotlight with her 2012 debut album She’s Ready. The song I Hear The River, was nominated for Best Original Song in the British Blues Awards. Her career has been peppered with...
Catching up with… Ally Venable

Catching up with… Ally Venable

Words: Colin Campbell Pictures: Lindsay Steele I got the chance to talk to Ally Venable at her home in Texas, via Skype for blues matters magazine. She has a new album out on Ruf records on February 26th 2021. It’s called Heart Of Fire and follows on from her...
Sitting in with… Kerry Kearney

Sitting in with… Kerry Kearney

I got the chance to chat to Kerry Kearney frontman with the Kerry Kearney Band from New York. He is a consummate guitarist and especially known for his intense slide guitar work. He has been a musician for many decades and has opened for many acts, BB King and ZZ Top...
Layla Zoe Interview by Adam Kennedy

Layla Zoe Interview by Adam Kennedy

Faced with a year like no other, full of struggle and turbulence, in a career she had dedicated the last twenty years to, award winning Canadian vocalist Layla Zoe wasn’t ready to give up yet. Pulling together friends, colleagues and fans from around the world...
Bettye LaVette Interview

Bettye LaVette Interview

Bettye LaVette’s a US treasure, a blues-soul singer with a truly remarkable background and heritage. Now approaching seventy-five years of age – “I’ll be 75 in January,” she tells me – she has weathered countless twists and turns in her own personal...