May 31, 2018 | Leave a comment
In this month’s magazine Joe Flip writes to tell us about his company making guitars from Vintage Oil Cans and he hopes to be over here next year to play you some blues. Oli Brown is back with his blues to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his debut album and Guy Bennett introduces himself. Our […]
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April 30, 2018 | Leave a comment
We have an update on the Edinburgh Blues scene this month while Plunger takes a wry look at the phrase ‘Raw & Dirty’. We missed getting Angel Forrest into the magazine last month while she was on tour here from Canada, but thought we should feature her, so that she’ll get plenty of bookings for […]
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March 29, 2018 | Leave a comment
In the magazine this month we have a chat with Eric Gales who is making a few appearances here in the UK. Our other interviews are with home-grown artists: Errol Linton and Kris Barras who both have new albums to play to you as they gig around the country. Catfish had a successful run of […]
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February 26, 2018 | Leave a comment
In our News section this month we report on a new venue in Surrey, we wish them well, but sadly this month we also have three obituaries of members of the blues fraternity. Previously we’ve brought to your attention the antics of northerners George Shovlin and this month we find him and George Lamb playing […]
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January 30, 2018 | Leave a comment
In February’s issue we continue our feature on Spotify, bring you reviews of the gigs that you’ve been to up and down the country, and we review many of the new album releases. Overseas artists are starting to visit the UK for a tour and promote their new albums, so we find out the details […]
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December 28, 2017 | Leave a comment
A happy and prosperous new year to you all. We look forward to bringing you all the latest news, reviews and interviews in the coming year. To start the year we continue our feature on Spotify, bring you reviews, from the highest number of contributors we’ve ever had, of the gigs that you went to late […]
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November 28, 2017 | Leave a comment
In this month’s issue we catch up with Gwyn Ashton and find out about his latest album and a very technical and detailed account of how he gets his ‘sound’ on stage. Bad Day Blues Band are preparing for a busy 2018 and we catch them in conversation, whilst Bruce Mississippi Johnson tells us about his […]
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October 29, 2017 | Leave a comment
In this month’s issue there are some big names on tour and a final farewell tour from Kaz Hawkins. Get along to see them, you’ll find all the details listed in our extensive Gig Guide starting on page 34 and don’t forget there are some good savings to be had on Early Bird festival tickets for […]
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August 31, 2017 | Leave a comment
In September’s issue: Now that you and the bands are back from festivals and holidays the gig guide is bulging. As usual we have your festival, gig and album reviews. We chat to Rockers Black Stone Cherry about their Blues EP and hear from UK tourers; Thorbjørn Risager, Stacie Collins and Henrik Freischlader about his […]
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July 30, 2017 | Leave a comment
As this month there are more artists are over here and on tour we chat to Eric Bibb, but couldn’t make contact with Lucky Peterson in Dallas, so Steve Morphew has written up a few notes to fill you in on what to expect. We mentioned last month in our news section that Clare Free […]
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