by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Blues Matters Remembers the Great Lead Belly Huddie William Ledbetter (January 20, 1889 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer, musician and songwriter notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the...
by BMmanager | Jan 20, 2021 | News
A decade ago, a small group of friends in Brighton UK decided to share their love and enthusiasm for the harmonica by putting together a day of workshops, a blues jam and a live show. The event quickly sold out. Wind the clock forward ten years and Harpin’ By The Sea...
by BMmanager | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Watch Joe in a special livestream performance on 1/20/2021 at 6PM EST only on Bandsintown PLUS. Joe is playing live from The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville and streaming to your homes in this exclusive performance and interview. Sign up now for a FREE 7-day...
by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews Various Artists, News, Reviews
This is not really a review, but an urging to you all to go to your nearest Sainsburys and search the shelves for this album while its still there!. Why? Because it is a 3 CD set of 60 songs, that I am sure most of you will have several already, but for £4.00, yes...
by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews, Album Reviews T, News, Reviews
Following up on his highly regarded first album, here we have a quick taster of things to come with a three track EP featuring Fran Wood on vocals on track 3, which with track 1 is the second original on the EP, the second track being Marks take on Bob Dylan’s George...
by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews, Album Reviews B, News, Reviews
Perhaps my favourite blues track of all time is Have You Ever Loved A Woman, first recorded by Freddie King in 1960 and subsequently taken to the next level by Slowhand. It’s usually credited to songwriter Billy Myles. So, I was taken aback to hear Charles Brown’s...