April 28, 2010 | Leave a comment
Now that Spring is finally with us, visiting blues artists are here again, weather and volcanic ash permitting. Eric Bibb is touring in Europe and will be in the UK and Ireland throughout May. He is promoting his new album Booker’s Guitar, which has him playing solo and with harmonica player Grant Dermody. Eric was [...]
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March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
This is the one-hundredth issue under the title Blues In Britain, which would have been more obvious if the last issue, number 99, had not been erroneously numbered 98! The magazine, first published in 1989, was originally called Blueprint and reached 80 issues by December 1996.
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March 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
One of our favourite line-ups is Earl Thomas with Paddy Milner & the Big Sounds, comprising nine very talented musicians. Two of them, Paddy Milner and Marcus Bonfanti, came in to Blues In Britain to talk to Fran Leslie and made her day.
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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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March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
As a teenager in the sixties when the popular music of the day was based on r&b, I became a born-again blues fan after I saw the light at one of Eric Clapton’s 24 Nights shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Many of the people I interview have been blues men who have, as Chris [...]
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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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February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
Our cover artist Ray Gelato, unusually for Blues In Britain, is at the jazz end of rhythm and blues. His band Ray Gelato’s Giant reflects the time when every American r & b and rock and roll band had a saxophonist. I went to see Ray and he told me all about his influences and [...]
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January 22, 2010 | Leave a comment
Blues in Britain has just launched a Group on the social networking site Facebook. More news, views and comments, and the chance to make Friends with a whole lot of British blues artists and fans. If you’re a venue owner, promoter or band, it’s also a great place to let people know about your gigs.
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