This week Benoit Felten has republished an interview with French harmonica genius Jean-Jacques Milteau.  The interview was originally recorded in 1999 and published in 2000. Harmonica Ramblings: Jean-Jacques Milteau (1999)

A country look and a country guitar – I do love a Telecaster. I’m not sure that this guy is looking after his as well as he could. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c3OVhyg2M8

Phil Bates is playing at 35 in Oswestry this Thursday 01 March, it’s at 35 Willow Street, Oswestry. Start at 9pm. Call 01691 661114. Doug MacLeod is playing at Worthenbury on Friday 09 March at 9pm. Call Pete Evans for tickets or information on 01948 770215

Bad news from Ray in Warrington. Because of poor ticket sales The Mike Sanchez gig on March 10th at Alford Hall Warrington has been cancelled. If you have already got tickets email me & I will refund your money. All the other gigs at the football club are going ahead as normal. Cheers Ray & [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Connie Lush has announced that the 15 years of the current BluesShouter line up are over. John and Carl don’t want to travel anymore. However there is good news for lovers [...]

  PRESS RELEASE Doug MacLeod at the Harbourside Club, Liverpool Marina Thursday 8th March 2007 (doors open at 8pm) Rightly acknowledged as a torchbearer of the acoustic blues, Doug MacLeod, from St Louis, Missouri, is one of the last remaining bluesmen who learned from the old masters. He is highly respected for his superb songwriting, [...]

These gigs are still quite a long way away, however you may have to get in there early for tickets. Thursday 31st May – Gary Moore at the Philharmonic Hall (with Otis Taylor support) Friday 1st June – Seasick Steve at Carling Academy

Today we celabrate the following blues birthdays CASH, JOHNNY born 1932 in KINGSLAND, AR DOMINO, ANTOINE “FATS” born 1928 in NEW ORLEANS, LA OSCHER, PAUL born 1947-0226 in BROOKLYN, NY

Continuing the outstandingly high standard of blues gigs at The Harbourside Club, the John O’Leary Band delivered two sets of superlative quality. Supplementing the trio of founder members (O’Leary on vocals and harp, Jules Fothergill on guitar and Joachim Greve on drums), Roger Innis on bass guitar and Julian ‘Mr Jools’ Grudgings on keys completed [...]

I would like to announce the bluesinthenorthwest.com forum as open. You can access the forum by hitting the new menu tab at the top of the main page or by using the following link http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/forum/ The forum should be easy enough to use. So give it a try – let’s see if there’s an online [...]

  THE STUMBLE Warrington R&B Club, at Warrington Town FC: 23 Feb 2007 The second gig of the year at Warrington R&B Club saw a visit from the fast-rising North West band, The Stumble – now a force to be reckoned with nationally, following on from the release of their fine “The World Is Tough” [...]

Like last year, I would like to celebrate a birthday. The man who nurtured my love of the blues in the early days can claim his pension from today. Paul Jones – Born 24 Feb 1942 in Portsmouth, UK Without Paul Jones I would probably not have begun to play the harmonica and maybe I [...]

It’s ages since I have been out to see a live band; there are a couple of reasons for this, I have been very busy with my day job shuffling around trying to make a living, plus there hasn’t been a huge amount for me to see within easy striking distance of Chester. So it [...]

I love a bit of earthy funky blues and The Greyhounds have tons of it. Check them out on CD Baby and listen to the samples. They will be backing American Idol winner (and pretty good harmonica player) Taylor Hicks on his nationwide US tour.

What a great singer! I always loved this song by Little Milton, shame it looks like a mimed performance. I don’t have the original handy but, to me, the main vocal and band sound like the original but maybe the backing vocals and the trumpet solo are different. Maybe it was a recorded performance that [...]

I know that there are a lot of Little Toby Walker fans here in the North West of the UK after his successful show at the Harbourside in Liverpool. Toby writes to let us know his recent news…… I’m very happy to say that my concert at The Boulton Center was a complete success. To [...]