Samantha Fish reschedules UK tour
Due to the pandemic, Samantha Fish has rescheduled her UK tour to January and February 2022. She’s also added a new date at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton on Tuesday 8th February. All tickets remain valid and are available via www.alttickets.com, www.gigantic.com and www.samanthafish.com. In September 2019, the genre-bending guitarist, singer, and songwriter released her critically acclaimed album “Kill […]
First release from Dave Arcari’s lockdown project recording collective
SCOTTISH alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari’s new single Cherry Wine – which gives listeners the first taste of his lockdown recording project with ‘the Faultlines’ – is set for release via all download/streaming services on Friday 19 March. Until then, it is available to pre-save/pre-order via Dave’s website at www.davearcari.com A video for Cherry Wine will accompany […]
Blues Birthday: Eddie “Son” House – March 21st 1902
Edward James “Son” House Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a preacher and for a few years also working as a church pastor, he turned […]
Ellis Mano Band release new album “Ambedo” and single “Keep It Simple”
Ellis Mano Band release new album “Ambedo” and single “Keep It Simple”
Blues Birthday: Godmother of Electric Blues : Sister Rosetta Tharpe – March 20th 1915
Photo Credit: James J. Kriegsmann 1938 Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. She attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic accompaniment that was extremely important to the origins […]
The Damn Truth release new album in May
New Album “Now Or Nowhere”: Released Friday 7th May 2021 New Single “This Is Who We Are Now”: Released on Friday 19th March 2021 Pre-save the single / Pre-order the album “Now or Nowhere” is the third album from Montreal’s The Damn Truth, a band that, in many ways, has been hiding in plain sight for the last nine years, […]
Blues Matters Keeping the Music Alive: Remembering Paul Kossoff – March 19th 1976
Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English blues rock guitarist. He was most notably a member of the band Free. In April 1968, Kossoff and Kirke teamed up with Paul Rodgers (vocals) and Andy Fraser (bass) to form Free. They toured for two years, during which they recorded two […]
Jed Potts and the Hillman Hunters – IT WON’T BE LONG
Photo by Harrison Reid On Saturday the 20th of March Jed Potts & the Hillman Hunters will release the single It Won’t Be Long – number 3 in a series of singles focusing exclusively on original material. Reassembling the same team responsible for the band’s self-titled 2018 debut album, “It Won’t Be Long” was recorded […]
JOE BONAMASSA ANNOUNCES ONE-NIGHT-ONLY LIVESTREAM
Joe Bonamassa is known for being “always on the road”. This time he is bringing the concert into the homes of fans around the world in an epic pay-per-view performance from the live music capital of the world – Austin, Texas. On April 1st at 9PM ET, he will perform a specially curated set from […]
BOBBY RUSH WINS GRAMMY
WORDS: Colin Campbell | PIC: Bill Steber BOBBY RUSH WINS GRAMMY IN BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES FOR HIS ALBUM RAWER THAN RAW In the recent Recording Academy’s 63rd Grammy Awards for 2021, legendary bluesman singer songwriter and guitarist Bobby Rush has won his second Grammy Award. The Blues Hall Of Fame inductee won this […]
