May 29, 2017 | Leave a comment
The festival season is now coming into full bloom. It’s nice to see some new names and you can find the UK’s most comprehensive Blues Festival listings starting on Page 39. Our Club this month is the Hope Tavern pub. We thought we’d interview three Chrises for this edition. Chris Antonik is from Canada, has a new […]
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April 27, 2017 | Leave a comment
This month we talk to Matt Andersen and Little Hurricane who are both visiting the UK, we catch up with Ruby Tiger as she and the Revelators release their new album and talk to Gerry Jablonski. He and the band will be appearing at clubs up and down the country as well as at festivals. […]
Continue ReadingMarch 26, 2017 | 3 Comments
The North are getting more than their fair share of attention in this month’s edition as we get an update on the live music scene (with the emphasis on blues) in Sunderland, we hear from Newcastle based band Broken Levee and Salford based Norman Beaker about being inducted into the American Blues Hall of Fame. […]
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February 27, 2017 | Leave a comment
Welcome to our new readers who signed up at the stand at the Skegness Festival back in January, we’ve put our review in the centre pages this month. We think our gig guide is the biggest we’ve ever had, so do check it out (starting page 34) and see who’s on where you’re going to be. […]
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January 31, 2017 | Leave a comment
This month, we have so many interviews we’ve had to drop the Big Picture and use the space. We talk to new album releasers Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke, Troy Redfern, Jack J Hutchinson and Catfish. We find out about two clubs and hear about the new arrangements for Colne in August. Blue Touch introduce themselves and Bad […]
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December 25, 2016 | Leave a comment
We start the year in this issue by chatting to our cover artist Dave Kelly, Ronnie Greer from Northern Ireland, Dom Pipkin, who must feel he lives in New Orleans sometimes and Toronzo Cannon who will be playing at Skegness. Jam sessions and Open Mic Nights are discussed in depth by Trevor Turley and Tanya […]
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December 1, 2016 | Leave a comment
In December’s magazine we talk to Howlin’ Mat, The Voodoo Sheiks and catch Aynsley Lister as he comes back to the UK after a successful European tour. Boris ‘The Blade’ is working frantically to introduce many UK blues artists to the people of Russia and we find out who’s been and what they thought of […]
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October 30, 2016 | Leave a comment
In November’s magazine, we hear about the Limelight Theatre in Aylesbury. We talk to Guy Davis who is over on tour and to Beth Hart, find out about pianist Tom Seals and catch up with Cherry Lee Mewis’s latest escapades in the southern states of America, talking of which, Keith Thompson has a blues dilemma. We’ve […]
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October 1, 2016 | Leave a comment
We were especially proud to be able to sponsor The Barry Middleton Memorial Award for Emerging Artist of the Year at the British Blues Awards. This month we chat to runners up The Della Grants and to Alan Nimmo as King King go back on the road in support of their new Live album release. Red Butler’s long […]
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September 2, 2016 | Leave a comment
It was nice to hear about a follow up to a recent article and our thanks to Kirk Lothian for updating us on the Glasgow Blues Dancers. I know there are many groups of blues dancers around the country. This month we talk to touring artists, Robin Trower and Sari Schorr and find out how […]
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