Tommy Castro & Eric Bibb Reviews

July 4, 2010 | Leave a comment

Here are a couple of gig reviews that we didn’t have room for in the magazine: Tommy Castro Band - Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 16/5/10 – by John Mitchell Fresh from his four awards at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis the previous week – Band of the Year, B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year, Contemporary [...]

City Pulse Festival – Old Market Square, Nottingham 25/5/09

July 28, 2009 | Leave a comment

Online exclusive review by Martin Byrom

Nottingham’s Old Market Square is the largest urban public space in Britain (bar London’s Trafalgar Square) and provided the ideal arena for the main acts at this year’s free City Pulse Festival.

Sugar Ray Norcia at The Pavilion, Cork 5/12/08

March 21, 2009 | Leave a comment

Online exclusive review by Clive Sinclair-Poulton

Sugar Ray Norcia flew from Rhode Island to Cork for this one-off pre-Christmas charity gig. It was a treat for all.

The Stumble at The Hop Pocket, Chorley, 29/11/08

March 2, 2009 | 3 Comments

Online exclusive review by Dave Sawyer The Hop Pocket in Chorley is home to BJ’s Blues Club which holds regular gigs on Thursday and Saturday evenings throughout the year. The club was founded by Brian ‘BJ’ Jeffrey in February 2007 and has since become a firm fixture on the north west blues circuit. Sadly BJ [...]

Charlie Musselwhite & Dave Peabody at The 100 Club, London: 19/11/08

January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Online exclusive review by Darrell Parsons

It’s not often I’d go to the 100 Club on a Wednesday, especially with the prospect of an early start the next day, but this was a rare opportunity to see a blues legend in the flesh.

25th Chicago Blues Festival

September 26, 2008 | Leave a comment

Chris Simmonds reports on the 25th Chicago Blues Festival – online and exclusive!

2nd Mijas International Blues Festival

September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

Jane Spence reports on the 2nd Mijas International Blues Festival – online and exclusive!

Joss Stone – Soul Sessions

September 3, 2008 | Leave a comment

Archive CD review from 2003 Currently slippin’ and slidin out of your radio with her sly White Stripes cover ‘Fell In Love With A Boy’, its the end of the beginning for Joss Stone. Let’s see what we have here – just sixteen, ‘from that little English town of Devon’ as our American friends would [...]