October 2, 2011 | Leave a comment
Blues is a world music that has no boundaries and travels back and forth around the world. Europeans revere UK blues much as we Brits respect American blues men. The mutual admiration between French guitarist Charlie Fabert and UK soul singer Paul Cox should be no surprise.
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October 2, 2011 | Leave a comment
Blues in Britain editor Fran Leslie sits down with Issue 118 cover star Paul Cox for a video interview. Recorded by Blake Powell of Note Music.
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September 30, 2011 | Leave a comment
A review we couldn’t fit in the magazine! By Kate Pieroudis. Allen Toussaint thrilled the crowd at the Jazz Café on a lilting Tuesday summer evening in Camden. His background as singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and supreme bearer of musical piano-playing gifts was more than apparent during this mesmerising solo show. Kicking off with a [...]
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September 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
Jamie Knight and Ben Church are duo Wooden Horse, based in Worcester. They use a variety of acoustic instruments and classic vocal harmony to give a beautiful rich rootsy sound. The duo only got together this year (after respective years of experience playing different music with various lineups) and..
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September 12, 2011 | 10 Comments
The winners of the 2011 British Blues Awards were announced at Newark Blues Festival on Sunday September 11th. All artists and bands were nominated, and voted for, by blues fans..
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August 27, 2011 | Leave a comment
As most people are back from holiday in September, the party season starts and there are lots of reasons to go out and see live blues. More festivals are coming up, in Scotland, Darlington, Swanage and Beer and many world class musicians are on tour. Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges, originally from Louisiana and now a citizen [...]
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August 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Paul Jones’ Hour of Rhythm & Blues on BBC Radio 2. The presenter Paul Jones has also had a long career as a singer and harmonica player with The Manfreds and The Blues Band and in a duo with Dave Kelly. He has played Sky Masterson in the [...]
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July 26, 2011 | Leave a comment
The blues is on fire in the UK at the moment. There are lots of festivals, visiting artists, anniversaries to mark and album launches to enjoy. Paddy Milner’s new album, The Curious Case Of Paddy Milner, is something out of the ordinary to celebrate. Paddy came into Blues In Britain to talk about it. Paul [...]
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June 30, 2011 | Leave a comment
There is an East-side theme to the two major articles this month. Gerry Jablonski and the Electric Band are based in Aberdeen on the East Coast of Scotland. The band has a new, rather good album out, called Life At Captain Tom’s. I phoned Gerry to ask him about the making of it, about the [...]
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June 12, 2011 | Leave a comment
Here’s a track from a new album from respected UK boogie pianist Ben Waters, who teamed up with a cornucopia of like-minded souls to make Boogie 4 Stu, a lovely tribute to the Rolling Stones’ former road manager and piano player Ian Stewart, who passed away nigh on 25 years ago. Our highlight is an [...]
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