Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2021 Blues Programme
This July, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival present a stellar blues programme with a cast list that includes American stars and the best homegrown talent. With ten online blues concerts, the programme covers all shades of the blues, from Mississippi to New Orleans, Memphis to Chicago, and from well-known faces to new names. Grainne Duffy […]
Alligator To Reissue Hound Dog Taylor And The HouseRockers’ NATURAL BOOGIE On Vinyl July 2
Alligator To Reissue Hound Dog Taylor And The HouseRockers’ NATURAL BOOGIE On Vinyl July 2
ROBERT JON and THE WRECK LAUNCH NEW MUSIC VIDEO
To coincide with the today’s release of their new single “Shine A Light On Me Brother,” Robert Jon & The Wreck have launched the official music video of the single on YouTube. The band’s new album can be pre-ordered from https://ffm.to/rjtwshine. The single is the title track taken from the Californian southern rock band’s forthcoming […]
STEVE MARRINER MAKES THE MOVE TO SOLO ARTIST PLUS NEW VIDEO
Ottawa, ON-based bluesman Steve Marriner is ushering a decidedly more roots-rock Americana sound to the forefront with the release of his new solo album, Hope Dies Last. Crafted through COVID — and inspired by years on the road, and back — the 10-track full-length is available this July 2 via Stony Plain Records. It explores […]
Exciting News from Elles Bailey including festival appearances
Elles Bailey Signs to peermusic Via Bob Harris’ UTAT label & Announces Forthcoming U.K. Festival Appearances Elles Bailey — multi-award-winning, smoky-voiced, genre-crossing chanteuse and committed tourer and champion of live music – continues her ever-upward arc. Elles is the very first artist to be signed to peermusic (the largest independent music publisher in the world) […]
DOWNCHILD READY TO HIT THE ROAD AGAIN WITH NEW LINE UP
Like a cat with nine lives, The Legendary Downchild Blues Band keeps on rolling and doing what they do best – playing the blues, with co-founder Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh leading the charge, as he’s done for over 52 years. When Downchild kicked off their 50th Anniversary Tour in Canada on June 22, 2019 at […]
WIN the John Mayall box set worth £285
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Tour and New Video
Today, Monday, June 21, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram announced the dates for his upcoming tour to promote his dynamic new Alligator Records album, 662, set for July 23 release. Entitled Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Presents 662: Juke Joint Live, the tour will take the 22-year-old guitarist, vocalist and songwriter across the U.S. and Europe beginning July 2021 […]
Crichton Central Live Event Dumfries
Was nearly at my first live event since March 2020 which was the wonderful Dumfries Rock Rhythm and Blues Festival at Dumfries, South West Scotland. Ironically had been asked as a guest to attend a test event at Dumfries out of the blue, at the Crichton Central, alas logistics got in the way and was […]
Top 5 Blues Songs – Rebecca Downes
British blues singer/songwriter Rebecca Downes has topped the IBBA charts two months in a row with her excellent Stripped Back acoustic album. But we poised the question to Rebecca what are her top five blues songs of all time? And what a great list of choices we’ve received from the award-winning artist. 1) Bonnie Raitt […]
