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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February 20, 2010 | Leave a comment
Blues in Britain editor Fran Leslie joins Martin Clarke for the Blues Session on Radio Wey.
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September 29, 2009 | 5 Comments
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 [...]
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April 6, 2009 | Leave a comment
Scott Duncan caught up with Ruthie Foster for a brief chat after her gig at London’s Borderline on January 20th.
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January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
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 [...]
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September 3, 2008 | 10 Comments
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 [...]
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September 3, 2008 | 5 Comments
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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September 2, 2008 | Leave a comment
Roger Lewis, saxophonist and founder member of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, was interviewed by Jon Taylor for Blues in Britain (issue 41). Here, in an unprinted extract from the same interview, he talks about some of his musical experiences before the band formed in 1976.
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