As a teenager in the sixties when the popular music of the day was based on r&b, I became a born-again blues fan after I saw the light at one of Eric Clapton’s 24 Nights shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Many of the people I interview have been blues men who have, as Chris [...]
More..Our cover artist Ray Gelato, unusually for Blues In Britain, is at the jazz end of rhythm and blues. His band Ray Gelato’s Giant reflects the time when every American r & b and rock and roll band had a saxophonist. I went to see Ray and he told me all about his influences and [...]
More..To start the year we have two major articles on UK artists who excel at different ends of the blues. Justin Adams has gone from being a major mainstream musician to working in the World music genre with African musicians. He has a 2009 album out, Tell No Lies, which he recorded with Gambian, Juldeh [...]
More..The last issue of the year gives us a chance to look back and a tour by The Hoax has Scott Duncan looking back over the past twenty years. I recall this band when it was composed, mostly, of teenagers. They grew in talent and status and then were gone before they fulfilled the band’s [...]
More..In this issue there are articles on two touring US musicians. The much-celebrated Boston based guitarist, singer and bandleader Tom Principato is visiting the UK, briefly, for the first time, as part of a European tour. He is playing at Carlisle Blues Festival and at Famous Monday Blues in Oxford. He will be coming back [...]
More..Our cover artist, Bobby Tench, is a musician who has played and recorded with so many people that his biography reads like a Who’s Who of British blues. He began his career as a bass player and was a noted singer. He has since developed as a formidable guitarist. And the beat goes on because [...]
More..When Blues In Britain staffers see familiar people at blues festivals, we ask each other, ‘Is that Bob or Dave?’ Well a couple of articles this month are about two Daves and their fellow musicians. Guitarist Dave Peabody, a long-time member of the UK blues fraternity, has now made a solo album with his fellow [...]
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