Soul Doctor is an exciting new studio album from saxophonist/singer-songwriter Jimmy Carpenter and its out on Gulf Coast Records. Jimmy was excited to be invited to record on Gulf Coast

Calling all Blues lovers – The Achievers need your help! Crowdfunding is now at the halfway mark for this year’s winners of the 6th UKBlues Challenge – The Achievers and

Writer Colin Campbell recently got the chance to talk with Ally Venable before she played with the Blues Caravan at the wonderful Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was a

Austin, Texas – Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield’s Life in the Blues will be published on the 15th October by the University of Texas Press. This first comprehensive biography of the

The Band’s self-titled masterpiece celebrated with remixed and expanded 50th Anniversary Edition. To Be Released On 15th November on UMG. When The Band’s seminal eponymous second album was released fifty years ago

Introducing Jamaican band, Iron Kyte by Brendon Wesley. In 2013, rhythm guitarist and singer/songwriter, Brendon Wesley, formed one of only two alternative rock bands in Jamaica by reaching out to

Brian Kramer discusses the Swedish Blues Challenge. I was asked by Bert Deivert, mandolin ace and fellow US expat to accompany him for the Swedish Blues Challenge 2019, and I

OBITUARY: JULIAN PIPER. Respected musician and writer JULIAN PIPER sadly and unexpectedly passed away on 14th September, he will be greatly missed throughout the blues world. Julian Piper lived in

Press Release from UKBlues Federation. Following on from previous winners Kaz Hawkins and Kyla Brox, the winners of the 6th UK Blues Challenge on Saturday night would certainly have fine

It has been announced that the Carlisle Blues/Rock Festival 2019 is now completely SOLD-OUT!! In the midst of a difficult financial climate in the UK, the 11th Carlisle festival seems

Award-winning San Francisco Bay-area blues band Rick Estrin & The Nightcats will release their 5th Alligator Records album, Contemporary, on Friday, September 20th, 2019. With Estrin’s harmonica virtuosity and sly soulful

The Multi-Award-Winning Blues Heaven Festival in Frederikshavn, Denmark is now in its 14th year and will once again blow your blues away with this truly spectacular lineup. Held annually, and

The finalists for the 2019 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards have been announced. The Great British Entrepreneur Awards celebrate the incredible stories that have taken entrepreneurs to where they are

Chris Barber retires after 65 years as a top Bandleader and Pioneer of the blues In Britain. “Without Chris Barber, the sum total of Britain’s contribution to popular music would

Giles Robson is considered by blues fans and the blues music industry as one of the world’s most exciting blues harmonica players. In 2019, he was nominated for a Blues

The Achievers are one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed new bands on the UK Blues and Roots music scene. With a reputation for innovation and originality, they prove

Album Review: Harpdog Brown – For Love & Money – Released on Doghouse Records. Harpdog Brown is a seasoned performer with almost 40 years as a professional musician under his

The highly acclaimed Carlisle Blues/Rock Festival began in 2007 and celebrated five incredibly exciting and successful years with a weekend event in November 2011 which many regarded as the best

From a humble gathering, Radford Mill R&B Festival has swiftly become a challenger to more established similar events! Eight great Rhythm & Blues acts spearhead our next extraordinary music festival

On her recent UK tour, Kansas City hotshot guitarist, Samantha Fish, took time out to talk to Blues Matters about her music and soon-to-be-released album, Kill Or Be Kind. Kill

Introducing Wicked Rumble – blues metal orchestra from Moscow, Russia. Wicked Rumble – blues metal orchestra is a 12-piece band comprising of Egor KalinA guitars;    Ekaterina Vatolina – tenor sax;

Moulin Blues Festival Review – Friday 3rd – Saturday 4th May 2019. This long-running festival in the deep south of the Netherlands gives 10,000 fans a breath of country air

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the world’s most famous rock festival at Silverstone! Live music concerts are now firmly established as one of the major attractions at the famously ‘Rocking

Duluth, MN: CHARLIE PARR is the eponymous new album by the Minnesota-based folk-blues artist of the same name. The album is a collection of new songs and new studio versions of classics/audience

The sons of blues legends Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts have joined forces to form The Allman Betts Band and they have released a stunning new album called Down To The River and its

After the phenomenal success of Cut and Run by the Chris Bevington Organisation and gigs up and down the country I had chance to catch up with Chris to chat

Laurence Jones is back and is ready to tear up Europe with a new self-titled album Laurence Jones Band. The accomplished new album, recorded in Miami, and produced by Gregory

Alabama blues-lady Debbie Bond returns to the UK for an extensive tour with dates from early July through September already in the bag and gigs that take her from Billericay

Danny Bryant, the critically acclaimed British blues-rock guitarist, is pleased to announce the release of his 11th studio album, “Means of Escape”. The album will be released by Jazzhaus Records

Obituary By Dom Pipkin. Malcolm John Rebennack – November 20th, 1941 – June 6th, 2019. Farewell then, Mac Rebennack, better known to the world as Dr John, who passed away

Album Review for The Seamus McGarvey Band – Seamus O’Boogie – Released On – Johnny Rock Records When a 72-year old amateur musician and his family based group from Northern

Hollis Brown reveal their new song ‘She Don’t Love Me Now,’ taken from their upcoming album Ozone Park, which is released on 7th June via their new home at Cool