Blues guitarist, singer & songwriter Todd Sharpville declared his arrival on the UK blues scene in no uncertain terms when his first album, 1994’s “Touch of Your Love” bested both Eric Clapton

When UK blueslady Dani Wilde was a kid she kicked off as a drummer, rattling along to her elder brother’s guitar work. Then, aged around ten or eleven, she was

John Mayall will be bringing his 85th Anniversary Tour to the UK this November with special guest Connor Selby! For over 50 years, John Mayall has served as a pioneer

WIN TICKETS TO LINTON FESTIVAL, HEREFORDSHIRE. We have a pair of tickets to give away from our friends at Linton Festival The Manfreds and The Amy Winehouse Experience are set

Featuring Very Special Guests Dan Aykroyd, Paul Shaffer, David Wilcox, Kenny Neal, Gene Taylor and More! Saturday 22nd June  – 9:00 pm TORONTO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL – TD MAIN STAGE

On Tuesday 30th April, Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival launched a Crowdfunder to save the city’s well-loved jazz festival. Despite celebrating a fantastic 7th festival last month, minimum funding, a

A catch up with Chantel McGregor at The Stables, Wavendon, UK, by Nicholas John. ‘Southern Belle, Northern Soul’ Back with a bang! Backstage at The Stables, Wavendon, Chantel McGregor talks

Gig Review for Joe Bonamassa at The Royal Albert Hall, London by Pete Sargeant. Images as credited. Wednesday 24th April 2019 On a mild April evening after the Easter weekend,

One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, helped launch the 1967 UK blues boom movement that brought blues music

The fans of John Primer’s brand of Chicago Blues should not be put off by the “Soul” part of the title of his new album “ The Soul Of A

The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will be releasing their brand new album ‘The Traveler’ on 31st May via Provogue/Mascot Label Group, which will be accompanied by a series of European shows through the summer. Gone is

Abb Locke was born  Aug. 25th, 1934,  in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, to Abb Locke Sr. and Rubi Locke. Locke’s father and his three sons owned and work their own fields, which

Café Rene, in Gloucester, is celebrating its 17th annual Rhythm and Blues Festival offering an acclaimed musical line-up featuring 20 brilliant acts across seven days. Monday 29th July to Sunday

The 9th European Blues Challenge took place during the 4th-6th April, in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal and saw 22 countries perform for the winning spot, but it was our very

British Blues Legend Robin Trower has released a new album Coming Closer to The Day on the Provogue/Mascot Label Group. It’s rare to find a ’60s legend still on trailblazing

Guitarist Big Dez (Phil Fernandez) has just released his 8th album, ‘Last Train’ and, he comes to the UK for 4 dates in April. He is heavily influenced by Albert

New York’s hottest blues club The Iridium will now be featuring Blues Matters!  We have proudly sent over to the US, 400 magazines, fliers, pens, and pop up banner (pictured

Paul Cox – We Remember Joe Cocker Gig Review from the Tropic At Ruislip, London, March 15th. One of Rock’s most enduring voices, Joe Cocker, was gloriously celebrated this evening.

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