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Cracking Nuts Under The Apple Tree
Their music has an underlying groove combined with an earthy spirituality that makes you want to kick off your boots and dance around the nearest stone circle. (read more)
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Islington – Where The Alligators Grow So Mean
This wonderful intoxicating album of bluesy-cajun-jazzy mash unashamedly gargles with its influences from Irish, German, African and Native American. (read more)
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Chewing Up A Banjo Plucking Storm
The Dead South show a sold out O2 Forum they aint no punks (read more)
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‘Please Don’t Be Dead’ Bags It Up In Blues
Fantastic Negrito Wins Best Contemporary Blues Album For “Please Don’t Be Dead’ at 2019 GRAMMYs (read more)
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Making music: a Taxing process?
Blues and Rock-influenced unit Tax The Heat drop in to discuss new album ‘Change Your Position’ (read more)
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Ramblin’ Man Fair Announce Second Headliner!
Mott The Hoople added to an already stellar lineup for the 30th June/1st July event (read more)
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One More for the Road:The New Roses
Life ain’t easy when you’re cheesy. Happily, The New Roses (mostly) aren’t. (read more)
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Half Deaf Clatch Tells Tales… That Damage His Bank Account
Clatch’s music won’t make him rich, but it’d be a poorer world without it (read more)
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Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
As ever, outstanding in its field. (read more)
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Cambridge Folk Festival Twins With Newport
Two titans of the folk festival landscape team up across the Atlantic (read more)
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Genres: We’re Going to Need a Bigger Box
Searching for antidotes to the Genre-Box-Pox (read more)
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Loitered Lens: Dätcha Mandala
Supporting Hayseed Dixie on UK tour duties, Dätcha Mandala walk off with the show. Photos (read more)
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Oozy Bluesy Doom: Sacred (The Obsessed)
Doom metal with passion and refinement – The Obsessed are back after a brief 23-year break (read more)
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Sore Feet and Shambolic Frontmen at Womadelaide
The scale and extent of Womadelaide can be punishing. Happily, the entertainment is worth the pain. (read more)
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Records from the Road. BeLive (Rebecca Downes)
No filler. Rebecca Downes only has a couple of albums, but this live set sounds like a Greatest Hits (read more)
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Crackling Fuzz and Feelgood Soul: Blues Pills and Kadaver at Koko
Pop, blues, groove. Camden’s Koko samples all three with Kadaver and Blues Pills. (read more)
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Bringing in the New: Cambridge Rock Festival
Blues, classic and progressive rock at another of Cambridge’s fine festivals (read more)
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Loitered Lens: Greg Coulson
Live at the 100 Club, Greg Coulson raged rampant across the stage at the iconic London venue. Photos (read more)
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Believe in the Blues: Rebecca Downes Album Launch
Showcasing her new album, Believe, British blues-rock powerhouse Rebecca Downes threw it down hard at London’s 100 Club. Review (read more)
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Blues, But Well Beyond Niche. (Rebecca Downes)
Walking the line between classic and contemporary, Believe by Rebecca Downes brings a fresh voice to the blues mileu. Review (read more)
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Tous Ensemble, Melody Gardot at the Southbank
Uncancelled and unbowed. A review of Melody Gardot at London’s Southbank the night after the Bataclan (read more)
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Loitered Lens: Simo
Photos of Simo at St Moritz Club London 23.11.15 (read more)
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Transcending the Pitfalls of Pop. Nicole Atkins, Oval Space, London
Tickets for Nicole Atkins’ at London’s Oval Space on November 24th (with Mercury Rev) are now available. (read more)
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Everyone Needs a Music Mentor
Celebrating those hand-waving friends who are always drumming on tables (read more)
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Vintage Trouble European Tour
Vintage Trouble are pleased to announce a full European headline tour through November and December 2015 (read more)
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Don’t Get Your Cock Out. Good Gig Etiquette (Reeves Gabrels)
Suspiciously sticky floors and fingers at The Horn, St Albans (read more)
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Back Behind Your Guitars, Boys! The Sistas are Spreading the Blues
Britain’s got some great blues talent, but you have to look closely to locate the stand-up-all-by-yourself vocal guys (read more)
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Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends: The Black Heart, Camden
When Reeves Gabrels launches into a solo you never quite know what to expect. (read more)
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Consult your doctor: Dorian Sorriaux talks Blues Pills
Interview with guitarist Dorian Sorriaux from Blues Pills at Ramblin’ Man Fair 2015. (read more)
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Southern Gothic, Magic and Voodoo: Lose Control (Chantel McGregor)
On Lose Control, Chantel McGregor puts the emphasis on riffs, and takes a less-is-more approach when it comes to soloing (read more)