Category: News

Jake Shimabukuro Announces June 2022 UK Tour Dates

The acclaimed Hawai’i-born ‘ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro has announced a ten-date UK tour for June. He will play the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival in Huddersfield and headline performances in Brighton, Hebden Bridge, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, York, Leeds, and London. Shimabukuro’s incredible latest album Jake & Friends was released in November last year and featured a who’s who of music royalty. Willie Nelson was the first artist to take […]

Dereham Blues Festival News Update

After a two-year covid related absence, this year’s Dereham Blues Festival is returning on 6th July through to Sunday 10th July and will be bigger and better than ever. In addition to more venues and over 60 top blues acts the Festival will have a brand-new open air event sponsored by Norfolk Blues Society (NBS) […]

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM Adds UK dates to European Tour

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, whose current Alligator Records release 662 won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album, will perform live in the United Kingdom June 8, June 9, July 28 and July 31, 2022. Ingram’s headlining tour, entitled “Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Presents 662: Juke Joint Live,” has already taken the 23-year-old guitarist, vocalist and songwriter across the […]

The Hogtown Allstars set to Debut ‘HOG WILD’

A new band of multi-award-winning not-so-new blues players are set to make their musical mark: The Hogtown Allstars will release their debut album, Hog Wild, this May 6th, 2022 via Stony Plain Records. Featuring eight new all-original songs, and two covers, Hog Wild was recorded throughout 2021 once the group nailed their first challenge: coordinating […]

WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS COME TOGETHER FOR MALAYA BLUE RECORDING

A quiet Norwich recording studio is the unlikely setting for the gathering of some of the best musicians from around the globe to play on local based vocalist Malaya Blue’s new album. Having said that it’s further proof of the recognition this lady is building. Previous release Still received Grammy consideration status in no less […]

News from The UKBlues Federation

Time is moving fast and we’re getting close to one of the highlights of our year. The UKBlues Awards 2022 will be presented on 15th May at The Powerhaus (formerly Dingwalls) in Camden, London. The evening will be hosted by the legend that is Paul Jones, there’ll be live performances by no less than 4 of the […]

Legendary Bluesman David ‘GUITAR SHORTY’ Kearney passes away

Award-winning master bluesman David Kearney known and beloved by fans worldwide as ‘Guitar Shorty’ died on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, of natural causes. He was 87. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Shorty electrified audiences worldwide with his unpredictable, slashing guitar playing, gruff vocals and supercharged live shows, […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band announces ‘I Am The Moon’

We are thrilled to announce the fifth and most ambitious studio project of TTB’s storied career: I Am The Moon, an epic undertaking in four albums and 24 original songs. Inspired by a mythic Persian tale of star-crossed lovers and emotionally driven by the isolation and disconnection of the pandemic era, I Am The Moon totals more than two hours of new music and […]

Robert Jon & The Wreck announce Laura Evans as special guest on May 2022 UK Tour

Robert Jon & The Wreck are pleased to announce Welsh vocalist and singer songwriter Laura Evans as their special guest on their 12-date May UK Tour which runs from May 9–20th. The May 2022 UK tour follows Robert Jon & The Wreck’s triumphant September 2021 UK tour where the band sold out five concerts in London, Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh, and Sittingbourne. […]