June 30, 2011 | Leave a comment
There is an East-side theme to the two major articles this month. Gerry Jablonski and the Electric Band are based in Aberdeen on the East Coast of Scotland. The band has a new, rather good album out, called Life At Captain Tom’s. I phoned Gerry to ask him about the making of it, about the [...]
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June 1, 2011 | 1 Comment
The touring bands are busy on the road and among them is the Warren Haynes Band. The guitarist, singer and songwriter, from Ashville in North Carolina, is best known to us through his work with Gov’t Mule, The Allman Brothers and The Dead. He plays one date in the UK, on 5th July at Shepherd’s [...]
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May 3, 2011 | Leave a comment
The band Bad Influence celebrates twenty-five years of music. Singer Val Cowell and her husband, slide guitarist Richard Hayes, came into Blues In Britain to tell me about their experiences and their album Carousel. They work together, write together and have raised two children as well. Guitarist, singer and band leader, Krissy Matthews celebrates his [...]
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March 31, 2011 | Leave a comment
The blues comes from far and wide and is played all over the world. As if to demonstrate this we have interviews with musicians from opposite ends of the country and abroad. Our cover artist Alan Nimmo is a Scot. He and his brother Stevie have delighted us with their band, The Nimmo Brothers. When [...]
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February 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
Spring is nearly here. News of lots of tours and festivals has been coming, so I hope the weather will continue to be fair. There is also an early crop of new albums coming out. Our cover artist, Eddie Martin has a new album. Eddie is a wonderful musician, whether playing with his big band, [...]
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February 1, 2011 | Leave a comment
Our cover star this month is Pete Brown, a colossus who bestrides an ocean of genres. Once a beat poet, he worked as lyricist with musician Jack Bruce, creating the Cream songbook. He has since developed as a percussionist, as a singer and a bandleader. Recently, Pete wrote his biography entitled White Rooms & Imaginary [...]
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January 2, 2011 | Leave a comment
Who says that the blues is ‘old man’s music’? We start the New Year celebrating young blues in the UK with an interview with Matt Schofield by Moray Stuart. Matt is typical of the new generation of guitarists who have honed their skills since they were very young. His career has taken off and rightly [...]
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November 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
This issue highlights some excellent artists. Our cover features Bobby Tench and Papa George who, apart from their busy personal careers, get together once a month to play on the last Sunday of the month in The Barnes Blues Band at the legendary Bull’s Head at Barnes. Like many unsung British blues bands, this band [...]
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October 31, 2010 | Leave a comment
Three of the musicians who are featured in this issue are key figures in the UK blues scene and have a musical connection. Harmonica player Paul Lamb came to London from Newcastle and soon made a name for himself. When they were not touring, Paul and his band, The King Snakes, hosted a Sunday afternoon [...]
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September 30, 2010 | Leave a comment
This month we have Tim Aves, one of the movers and shakers in the UK blues scene, on the cover. A stalwart of the Essex scene as a bandleader, singer and harmonica player in many bands, he is also a radio presenter and a DJ and MC at many of the Boogaloo weekends. He recently [...]
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