May 29, 2021 | Leave a comment
We report on the U.K. Blues Awards and news of the U.S. Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Awards on June 6th. Amongst the nominees, across twenty five categories is Curtis Salgado, who features in this very issue. Up for Best Emerging Artist is ‘King’ Solomon Hicks. Provogue/Mascot released his wonderful second album Harlem in 2020 and […]
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April 29, 2021 | Leave a comment
In this May’s edition:NewsOpening Gambit: The 1992 Big City Blues SummitRound About Midnight: Fran McGillivray & Mike BurkeBlues Heritage: Robert ForsythPower Of The Blues: Bob DaisleyBlues Confidential: Dust RadioFace To Face: Brave RivalNow Or Nowhere: The Damn TruthDigital Blues: ArielleIn His Own Words: Kai StraussFamily Ties: Will JohnsBlues For Sale: Album ReviewsBook Review10 of the […]
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March 29, 2021 | Leave a comment
One thing I’m pretty darn proud of is that Blues In Britain has survived, possibly even prospered, as a print magazine during the past twelve months. My predecessor, Paul Stiles, steered the magazine through the choppy waters of early lockdowns and fast-disappearing tours and festivals until the end of October and I’ve been delighted (and […]
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February 25, 2021 | Leave a comment
Rather than fixating on the lack of gigs and tours, most musicians have got down to it, whether via Zoomed gigs, or streaming and suchlike, or releasing videos and singles online. We now publish an Album Reviews section that runs to nigh-on ten pages every month, with new releases coming in faster than we can […]
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February 2, 2021 | Leave a comment
As I write this month’s introductory piece, we’re sunk deep in another national lockdown. Tours and festivals are being planned and promoted as we look forward to the summer and autumn, but we still don’t know for sure how the next few months will pan out and whether any of us will feel ready and […]
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December 30, 2020 | Leave a comment
“There’s just a little light shining at the very end of the tunnel,” is how Stephen Stanley of Solid Entertainments described the current state of play, when I chatted on the phone with him recently about the live music scene and how we should view it as we enter a new year.After without doubt, the […]
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November 29, 2020 | Leave a comment
Like so many of you, I’ve never endured such a long time (since March 2020) without seeing live music or having gigs in the diary. In this issue, we talk to Paul and Matt Long of Catfish about how the lockdown has affected them and what the prospect for next year holds. As Paul says, […]
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October 31, 2020 | Leave a comment
Welcome to this first edition from your new Editor – Nicholas John.In this month’s edition we talk to Ruth Patterson, Sylvie Simmons and Scott Ellison. We have Long Distance Information from Samantha Martin Our cover artists King King have a new album released this month, we’re Flyin’ High with Connor Bracken and check out those […]
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September 30, 2020 | Leave a comment
This is my last edition as Editor of Blues in Britain and coincidently this is the 400th issue of the magazine. 174 issues of BluePrint were printed between June 1988 and January 2002, when the title changed, and then 226 under the Blues In Britain banner.This month we talk to Rag Mama Rag, Studebaker John, […]
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August 31, 2020 | Leave a comment
This month we continue with masses of album reviews. We talk to Johnny Bird, Mike Wheeler, Jim Kirkpatrick, Félix Rabin, John Németh, Kim Simmonds and Malaya Blue most of whom have new album releases and should have been touring this month. We look back on John Verity’s 50 years in the business. The Washboard Resonators […]
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