Never have I laughed as much at a YouTube clip.  Incredible Talent!  Eddie Van Halen shreds……. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXbCt_1mrak

Worthenbury Blues Festival this Saturday 30 June – £20 all day – good bands + beer tent + free camping (all we need now is a bit of sunshine!!). Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival Glandeg Farm, Worthenbury, near Wrexham. SY14 7AZ – www.hookerblues.co.uk With Big George Brock (USA) Bill Abel (USA) Lisa Mills (USA) Michael [...]

The British summer has conspired against the Worthenbury organisers and a contingency plan is now in operation. Pete says…. Due to the anticipated bad weather on Saturday, a contingency plan is now in operation and our festival is now taking place in a large barn at Glandeg farm. We can’t thank the farmer enough. Health [...]

Hey blueslovers – Sorry for the lack of posts over the last few days: I’ve been in Madrid again all week, it’s end of quarter and I have just been too damn busy to contribute.  Pesky day job – getting in the way of all that blues. What I view to be normal service will [...]

This was the Yorkshire-based band’s first appearance at the Warrington club, but one which promoter, Ray O’Hare, had long been seeking after seeing Paul Judge perform on the acoustic stage a couple of years ago at the Colne Blues Festival. Paul opened the show in solo mode, delivering a mix of mainly original vocals and [...]

This one has a sweet jazz flavour. It’s right in the middle of jazz and blues – somewhere where I really like to be. You will have to decide for yourself if this is jazzy blues or bluesy jazz. Whatever you decide, one thing for sure Johnny Hartman has a great voice. If you stick [...]

Here’s a reminder from Lionel about this week’s gig at the Harbourside. Why not treat yourselves to a superb evening out this Thursday (28th) at The Harbourside Club? You know you deserve it. We have the marvellous Australian bluesman, Geoff Achison, lined up for your entertainment. Geoff is an outrageously talented guitarist with a gritty, bluesy [...]

Well done lads…… Flickr photo The Stumble at Buddy Guy’s Legends Club in Chicago Originally uploaded by The Stumble Blues Band.

Madeleine Peyroux singing Careless Love live in Vitoria 2005. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQKata2M2Es

The previous edition of Hardline Blues, features a lengthy and fascinating interview with Delmark Records founder Bob Koester. It’s at: http://www.hardlineblues.com

I include the following as I know that we have many lovers of high energy rocking blues in the fold and these gigs are barely out of the region – easily driveable if you are in the east of the bluesinthenorthwest.com area. I have been contacted by the King Bz who are acting as the [...]

HARPER – “Day By Day” Blind Pig Records (BPCD 5512) The second Blind Pig offering from Australian musician Harper offers a heady mix of roots music – from funk to blues to rock – with the 12 original tracks all beautifully sung and performed, featuring his own harmonica and didgeridoo, together with the odd sample [...]

Raised in the beautiful coastal city of Perth, Western Australia, Harper is known for his soulful vocals, unique harmonica performances and his innovative song writing style. He also includes the intensely spiritual didgeridoo (Australian indigenous instrument) . Harper grew up listening to folk, soul and blues music and surfing Western Australia’s incredible coast line. Harper [...]

Here’s a press release from Pete Evans one of the organisers of the Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival – the festival looks fabulous but I am afraid that I will not be able to go as I am at a wedding on that day. I am hoping that some bluesinthenorthwest.com readers will take some pictures [...]

Yesterday there was a short blues festival at the Hotel California venue in Birkenhead. My old friend Neil Partington’s band “Band of Thieves” played a short set ahead of the latest hot young guitarist Olli Brown. There were also three other bands on the bill with a wide range of talent and style. Here’s “Band [...]

Not just Muddy and George but an array of blues talent from what looks very much to be the late 1960s or early 1970s. Fabulous! Here’s “Walking through the park” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z05S3fAuAzY Bonus YouTube is “Got my mojo working“