December 21, 2011 | Leave a comment
Kenny Wayne Shepherd returned to the UK after a long absence to play a one-off show at Camden’s KoKo. He spoke to Blues In Britain before the show about the making of his latest album How I Go, his chart success and his critics.
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December 1, 2011 | Leave a comment
The band featured on this month’s cover is Earl Green & The Right Time, a fusion of musicians who have nurtured their talents over the years in other bands. Vocalist Earl Green and saxophonist and harmonica player Mike Paice have been favourites of Blues In Britain for two decades at least. Most of the band [...]
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November 12, 2011 | Leave a comment
Joanne Shaw Taylor, a leading member of the young British blues scene, begins a 10-date UK tour on 15th November. She took time out of her preparations to speak to Moray Stuart for Blues In Britain. Photos by Lee Millward.
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November 1, 2011 | 2 Comments
Here’s the unexpurgated extended version of the interview with Beth Hart from this month’s magazine: Platinum-selling singer Beth Hart was in London to promote Don’t Explain, her album of soul covers with Joe Bonamassa. She spoke to Moray Stuart of Blues In Britain about that, her career so far and her forthcoming UK shows in [...]
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November 1, 2011 | Leave a comment
There is no sign of any slowing down on the blues circuit now Autumn is here. There are major festivals in November, at Torquay and Carlisle, and a good number of blues men and women are on tour in the UK and releasing new albums. Ramon Goose, who has been working on world music, has [...]
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October 10, 2011 | Leave a comment
A couple of capsule reviews we didn’t have space for in the magazine. Jon Taylor reports from the Thames Festival and the Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival.
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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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