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. Blues in Britain editor Fran Leslie asked the questions:
What does your bill [...]
Blues in Britain editor Fran Leslie joins Martin Clarke for the Blues Session on Radio Wey.
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More..The unexpurgated version of the interview that appears in Issue 90!
Asking the questions: editor Fran Leslie.
You have been invited to play at the Chicago Blues Festival and I see that you are doing a workshop entitled The Art of Slide. How did that come about?
In July of last year (2008), I was playing with the [...]
Scott Duncan caught up with Ruthie Foster for a brief chat after her gig at London’s Borderline on January 20th.
So this is your first show in London?
This is my very first show on my own. I travelled over here with Eric Bibb. So this is a real privilege to get a chance to bring my [...]
The unexpurgated version of the interview that appears in Issue 85!
Singer, guitarist, songwriter and musicologist Big Joe Louis is a veteran of the UK blues scene. He plays in the UK and Europe both solo and with His Blues Kings. He also tours with many American artists, who value his style of playing. In 2007, [...]
Here’s an excerpt from an interview called ‘Back In History – The Inmates’ that we ran in Issue 53 of Blueprint in 2001.
With two albums out and following a barnstorming gig at the Borderline in September, 70s R&B giants The Inmates are back on the loose again. Keith Shackleton talked to lead singer Bill Hurley [...]
Back in Issue 39 we did an interview with the Elevators frontman, the late John Whippy. Here it is online, by way of tribute..
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