July 4, 2010 | Leave a comment
Here are a couple of gig reviews that we didn’t have room for in the magazine: Tommy Castro Band - Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 16/5/10 – by John Mitchell Fresh from his four awards at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis the previous week – Band of the Year, B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year, Contemporary [...]
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June 30, 2010 | Leave a comment
June has been really exciting at Blues In Britain. Firstly Sandi Thom came in to talk about her new album Merchants and Thieves, for this issue. You could win one of three copies, which are prizes in this month’s magazine competition. Then slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer was in London so I took him and his [...]
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June 2, 2010 | 2 Comments
Due to popular demand, and straight off the back of a sold-out London Hammersmith Apollo concert in front of 5,000 people, critically acclaimed blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa will embark on a nationwide UK tour in October.
Here’s an online exclusive – an archive interview with Joe from issue #83 in November 2008. Asking the questions – Trevor Hodgett.
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June 1, 2010 | Leave a comment
A Blues In Britain reader told me that Larry Miller, our featured artist this month, is very entertaining live. When I heard he was bringing out a new album, called Unfinished Business, it was a good opportunity to invite him in to Blues In Britain for interview. He turns out to be a very determined [...]
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April 28, 2010 | Leave a comment
Now that Spring is finally with us, visiting blues artists are here again, weather and volcanic ash permitting. Eric Bibb is touring in Europe and will be in the UK and Ireland throughout May. He is promoting his new album Booker’s Guitar, which has him playing solo and with harmonica player Grant Dermody. Eric was [...]
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March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
This is the one-hundredth issue under the title Blues In Britain, which would have been more obvious if the last issue, number 99, had not been erroneously numbered 98! The magazine, first published in 1989, was originally called Blueprint and reached 80 issues by December 1996.
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March 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
One of our favourite line-ups is Earl Thomas with Paddy Milner & the Big Sounds, comprising nine very talented musicians. Two of them, Paddy Milner and Marcus Bonfanti, came in to Blues In Britain to talk to Fran Leslie and made her day.
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March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
Lord Clement-Jones, Tim to his friends, is a Liberal Democrat peer with responsibility for Culture, Media & Sport. He is championing a new bill through Parliament, which aims to restore music to small venues without the need for an expensive and punitive licence.
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