ALBUM REVIEW: CONNOR BRACKEN AND THE MOTHER LEEDS BAND – NIGHTBIRD MOTEL
I’m just going to initialise CBATMLB and say that they hail from that hotbed of American rock and roll Asbury Park, New Jersey. So what we have here is a collection of ten tracks, roughly thematic, where a band and the creative driving force, Connor, are growing exponentially. The overall sound of the album is […]
Susan Santos releases new single ‘Somebody To Love’
Award-winning and critically acclaimed guitarist Susan Santos releases her new single ‘Somebody To Love’ on Friday 18th September. Taken from her upcoming 4-track EP ‘The L.A. Sessions’ on 7” inch vinyl and digital on Friday 6 November. Susan recorded ‘The L.A. Sessions’ during December 2019 in Los Angeles, California. All songs were by Susan […]
AWARD WINNING ROOTS AND BLUES SINGER SHEMEKIA COPELAND RELEASES NEW ALBUM, UNCIVIL WAR
Alligator Records is pleased to announce the October 23, 2020 release of Uncivil War, the riveting new album by recently-named 2020 Living Blues Female Artist Of The Year and multi-Grammy Award nominee Shemekia Copeland. Uncivil War builds on the musically and lyrically adventurous territory she’s been exploring for over a decade, blending blues, R&B and […]
Erja Lyytinen to release her ‘Lockdown Live 2020’ as a live album
European Blues Award winner Erja Lyytinen will release her ‘Lockdown Live 2020’ as a live album CD and DVD package on Friday 6th November 2020. The album brilliantly captures a historic moment in time, as it was filmed and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CD/DVD release can be pre-ordered HERE. “Lockdown Live 2020” comes out four months before Erja’s February […]
Kirk Fletcher releases new single “Aint no Cure for the Downhearted”
Fresh from the warm reception of “No Place To Go,” the first single from ‘My Blues Pathway’, Kirk Fletcher releases the follow-up single “Ain’t No Cure For The Downhearted” – another deeply soulful track that wears its passionate heart on its sleeve. Fletcher is one of the most revered blues guitarists in music today who […]
ISC IS OPEN AND ACCEPTING ENTRIES!
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has kicked off its 10 DAYS OF SUMMER special promotion, running July 20-29, 2020. Every song submitted between July 20-29 will automatically qualify for the special promotion and also be entered into the overall 2020 ISC competition. A winner will be selected from each day’s entries and awarded some cool […]
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 musical journey since first recording as a young sixteen-year-old teenager with Atlantic Records […]
Issue 115 OUT NOW!
INSIDE THIS EDITION OF BLUES MATTERS MAGAZINE… Featured artist Walter Trout talks to us about his latest album Ordinary Madness. GET YOUR COPY HERE FOR MORE INTERVIEWS… WALTER TROUT Featured cover artist Walter Trout gives us an in-depth talk about his latest album Ordinary Madness. “I can tell you this as honest as I can […]
New album from Kirk Fletcher out this September
Former guitarist with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and award-winning American blues guitarist Kirk Fletcher is very happy to release his sixth album “My Blues Pathway” via Cleopatra Records. The 10 tracks will be released on CD, vinyl and digital on Friday September 25th. The album is available to pre-order from https://orcd.co/kirk_fletcher_my_blues_pathway. “My Blues Pathway” follows hot […]
BOBBY RUSH Rawer Than Raw
JACKSON, Miss. — On August 28th, 2020, Grammy-winning blues icon Bobby Rush will release Rawer Than Raw, a stripped-down, acoustic tribute to the rich blues history of Mississippi featuring songs from a handful of blues greats from his adopted home state. The record, on the 86-year-old’s own Deep Rush Records label in partnership with Thirty […]