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JOE BONAMASSA LIVE AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM NASHVILLE
Seeing Joe Bonamassa performing a live gig is one of life’s great pleasures. But this is the year 2020. Things are not normal anymore. A live gig without an audience seems something of a damp squib. WORDS: Stephen Harrison IMAGES: Chris Wood GIG DATE: 20.09.20...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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