For the seventh edition, Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival will be taking over St George’s, Anson Rooms, and O2 Academy Bristol with a programme of jazz and blues from

Old School Blues With A Very Italian Flavour! Egidio Ingala is a frontman and virtuoso harmonica player with his band The Jackknives they mix Chicago and West Coast blues styles

George Benson gets back to Americana basics on ‘Walking to New Orleans‘, the legendary jazz guitarist’s double-barreled tribute to both piano-pounding Crescent City hit machine Fats Domino and the original

Canterbury’s acclaimed three-day festival of blues and rock returns this year to Woolton Farm, the home of Kentish Pip, boasting a remarkable array of British and international stars of the

Legendary Texan roots-rocker Rosie Flores has released a Charlie Sexton produced album on 15th February through The Last Music Company record label. It’s telling that Rosie Flores’ e-mail handle begins “chickwpick…”

King King have confirmed their new bass player is Zander Greenshields (photo by Kirk Lothian). Zander replaces King King’s original bass player Lindsay Coulson, who was with the band for 10

London based Curse Of Lono band scooped The Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award at the 4th annual Americana Music Association UK’s award show, held in the ornate surroundings of the

There are few musicians who genuinely merit the description ‘legendary,’ maybe a handful at most. But with the octogenarian, UK bluesman, John Mayall, we have the real deal. Nobody could

Nine Below Zero’s founding members, Dennis Greaves and Mark Feltham have gone back to their blues roots and are performing a series of intimate, acoustic concerts as a duo. These

24th January 2019 – 100 Club, London. Stepping out into the cold January night air from the Oxford Circus Underground subway, I started to follow the well-worn path trodden by

STAN WEBB’S CHICKEN SHACK join SAVOY BROWN for an essential double bill! One of the earliest of British Blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, was a major part

No ordinary artist. No ordinary covers album. From the day he conceived the project to the moment he counted off the first song in the studio, Walter Trout had a

Elles Bailey releases a brand new single, from her second album Road I Call Home, which will be released on 8th March 2019. To celebrate, Elles also announces that she is confirmed

The winners of the 35th International Blues Challenge, Memphis, TN – photos by Laura Carbone. The International Blues Challenge represents the worldwide search for those Blues Bands and Solo/Duo Blues Acts ready

Scottish drummer Ted McKenna sadly passed away on Saturday 19th January after suffering from a haemorrhage during elective hernia surgery. Ted McKenna had a long and illustrious career spanning 50

Mike Ledbetter a true ‘powerhouse of a performer’ sadly passed away at his home in Elgin, Illinois early on 21st January 2019, aged 33. Blues fans and people all over

Described memorably as “Exile On Main Street meets William Faulkner”, Curse Of Lono’s cinematic combination of harmony-laden Americana and atmospheric, driving alt-rock has brought critical acclaim for 2017’s debut, ‘Severed’

In a recent feature, Blues Matters did the biz on South African guitarist, Dan Patlansky and his cracking new album, Perfection Kills. So, from Weather Report to Danny Gatton and

Jon Allen is an English singer-songwriter born in Winchester, and currently living in London. His debut album Dead Man’s Suit was released in 2009 and his fourth studio album Blue Flame has amassed five million plays on

Eddie C. Campbell – May 6th, 1939 – November 20th, 2018. Eddie C. Campbell’s passing has left a huge hole within the West Side blues community. However, fans around the

Sugaray Rayford Brings Vintage Soul Vibe To New Album. On March 1st, Forty Below Records will release Somebody Save Me, the new studio album from soul-blues singer, Sugaray Rayford. On the album’s opening track,

On his recent UK tour, American guitarist, Jared James Nichols talked to Blues Matters writer Nicholas John. YOU DO A LOT OF TOURING IN THE UK AND YOU’RE CURRENTLY ON

Yet again, in the blink of an eye, Christmas is almost upon us and the year’s end is nigh. At Edinburgh Blues Club, we have two fantastic shows left before

Geraint Watkins – Keys To The Highway. Geraint Watkins – ‘Geraint Watkins & the Dominators’ (1979), ‘Watkins Bold As Love’(1997) – the first two, quite different albums of his lengthy career have been reissued.

The Blues Foundation announces the recipients of 2019’s prestigious “KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE” Awards. On Friday, January 25, 2019, The Blues Foundation will honour 11 individuals and organizations at its Keeping the Blues Alive

They don’t come any more authoritative or authentic than Tony Joe White. I found him a fascinating conversationalist – never in a hurry to say anything glib, he would ruminate

Austin Gold – Our Top Ten Blues Choices Writer Pete Sargeant asked English blues-rockers AUSTIN GOLD to tell Blues Matters which recordings really turned them on, so here are their

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you of the passing of much-loved blues aficionado Tony Chilcott, of Red Lick Records in Cardiff, Wales. Tony Chilcott was the Managing Director

Catching up with ZZ Top’s legendary frontman, Billy F Gibbons, as he passes through London was the easy part. Pinning him down for interview time is always tricky with a

French media company Zicazic to present an award for: ‘International Festival of the Year’ to Danish Blues Heaven Festival at this year’s event in November. Each year world-renowned photographer and writer, Fred

Lee Green talks about BluesFest 2018 to writer Pete Sargeant. We had been fishing for a while for a quick chat with BluesFest director and musician Leo Green and as the

UK artist Kyla Brox was recently declared the winner of the 5th UKBlues Challenge which took place at Worthing Pier’s Southern Pavilion on Saturday 8th September 2018. Kyla Brox and her band will now go

Bryan Lee – Sanctuary Released on Ear Relevant Records “This is the Blues/Gospel record I always wanted to make,” says the Braille Blues Daddy. “Sanctuary” first came to Bryan Lee

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Edinburgh Blues And Rock Festival – Edinburgh Corn Exchange – Saturday 22nd September 2018 This was the third of its kind, but the first, fully run by UKBlues Award-winning Edinburgh Blues