June 1, 2011 | 1 Comment
The touring bands are busy on the road and among them is the Warren Haynes Band. The guitarist, singer and songwriter, from Ashville in North Carolina, is best known to us through his work with Gov’t Mule, The Allman Brothers and The Dead. He plays one date in the UK, on 5th July at Shepherd’s [...]
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May 3, 2011 | Leave a comment
The band Bad Influence celebrates twenty-five years of music. Singer Val Cowell and her husband, slide guitarist Richard Hayes, came into Blues In Britain to tell me about their experiences and their album Carousel. They work together, write together and have raised two children as well. Guitarist, singer and band leader, Krissy Matthews celebrates his [...]
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April 24, 2011 | 2 Comments
Giles Robson and The Dirty Aces have been getting some serious attention on the British music scene of late. Sure, we love ‘em.. Giles has featured in Blues in Britain a couple of times in the last year.. but you’d perhaps not expect the likes of Tom Robinson and Chris Evans to be singing their [...]
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April 11, 2011 | Leave a comment
The unexpurgated interview, from Issue 107. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Todd Sharpville is a key figure in the history of modern UK blues. With vocalist Earl Green he hosted the Monday night blues jam at The Weavers Arms in Stoke Newington, which was a hub for all aspiring young blues musicians and singers and a [...]
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March 31, 2011 | Leave a comment
The blues comes from far and wide and is played all over the world. As if to demonstrate this we have interviews with musicians from opposite ends of the country and abroad. Our cover artist Alan Nimmo is a Scot. He and his brother Stevie have delighted us with their band, The Nimmo Brothers. When [...]
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February 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
Spring is nearly here. News of lots of tours and festivals has been coming, so I hope the weather will continue to be fair. There is also an early crop of new albums coming out. Our cover artist, Eddie Martin has a new album. Eddie is a wonderful musician, whether playing with his big band, [...]
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February 1, 2011 | Leave a comment
Our cover star this month is Pete Brown, a colossus who bestrides an ocean of genres. Once a beat poet, he worked as lyricist with musician Jack Bruce, creating the Cream songbook. He has since developed as a percussionist, as a singer and a bandleader. Recently, Pete wrote his biography entitled White Rooms & Imaginary [...]
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January 12, 2011 | Leave a comment
T-Model Ford has a new release for 2011, called ‘Taledragger’. Backed by his regular touring band GravelRoad, the tracks were recorded during a 14 show US tour last year. Despite suffering health setbacks, at 90 years of age (or thereabouts!) he’s still cranking out some ferocious sounds. He was a wildman in his early years [...]
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January 2, 2011 | Leave a comment
Who says that the blues is ‘old man’s music’? We start the New Year celebrating young blues in the UK with an interview with Matt Schofield by Moray Stuart. Matt is typical of the new generation of guitarists who have honed their skills since they were very young. His career has taken off and rightly [...]
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November 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
This issue highlights some excellent artists. Our cover features Bobby Tench and Papa George who, apart from their busy personal careers, get together once a month to play on the last Sunday of the month in The Barnes Blues Band at the legendary Bull’s Head at Barnes. Like many unsung British blues bands, this band [...]
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