May 6, 2009 | Leave a comment
There is so much happening blues-wise it is hard to keep up! I went to the 21st Burnley Blues Festival, at Easter, which had its best ever line-up. Congratulations to Barbara Hood and her staff at The Mechanics. For once the sun shone the whole weekend, which made the canal cruise with Eddie Martin particularly [...]
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April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments
This issue features interview with two artists who have new albums coming out. Veteran blues and Gospel singer, harmonica player, actor, radio presenter and musicologist Paul Jones has made his first solo album in thirty-seven years. In that time, he has been busy, notably touring with The Blues Band and The Manfreds. He has made [...]
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March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Groanbox Boys are more than a bunch of folk musicians. Their act encompasses a world of roots music. Cory Seznec excels on a whole range of stringed instruments. Michael Ward-Bergman, who has studied Gypsy music, really rocks on the accordion (I never thought I would say that!). Paul Clifford has mastery of a range [...]
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February 4, 2009 | 2 Comments
The festival season starts early this year with the 1st North London Blues Festival, in N13, and the 1st Broadstairs Blues Bash, in Kent, first off the blocks. The Banbury and Swanage festivals are in March and the Burnley Festival is over the Easter Weekend. We could do with some relief from the credit crunch [...]
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January 7, 2009 | Leave a comment
By chance, the major articles in this month’s magazine feature three musicians who were born in Jamaica. Being ‘near’ the United States, they were all immersed in American musical culture before they arrived here. Big Joe Louis, our cover artist, plays and sings the blues in a style that predates the vogue for blues-rock. His [...]
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December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
The Animals has always been a dynamic blues-rock band, ever since it was formed in the nineteen-sixties. It has been through many changes but John Steel has always been driving the pace from the drum stool. John has had an interesting life and he talked about it to Trevor Hodgett, who interviewed him for this [...]
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November 4, 2008 | Leave a comment
A rising star in the blues-rock world, guitarist and singer Joe Bonamassa is back in the UK, playing at large venues. His latest album is called Live From Nowhere In Particular and is rather good. Trevor Hodgett has interviewed Joe and written about it for Blues In Britain. Ian McLagan knows a thing about stardom. [...]
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October 6, 2008 | Leave a comment
As the Autumn draws in, the number of tours and album releases increase. Two of the tours are by James Hunter and Walter Trout, who are featured this month. London R&B singer and guitarist, James Hunter has had mainly the same band for twenty years and has recently begun to gain fame in the US. [...]
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