Looking good so far… http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0461

A triplet of great gigs in the Towerblues region coming up in October.  Here’s the news from Alan Pearson. Three great rockin’ blues nights in store this month. So good I can’t wait to see them all!!! This Friday Oct 3rd at The Marine Hall, Fleetwood, the marvellous Ian Siegal Band headline the first night [...]

There’s a Kim Wilson interview in the Ventura Star. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/aug/14/hangin-tuff/

The text says that the band are from Benelux but on checking out the band’s website.  I can tell you that they are Belgian.  Pretty tight.  Good stuff! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoYqoyB9E3Y http://www.rhythmbombs.com

CLASSIC CLAPTON Mart Theatre, Skipton – Saturday 4th October CLASSIC CLAPTON The World’s No1 Eric Clapton Tribute Band, featuring front-man Mike Hall will be making their first ever appearance in Skipton in October. The band will be performing at The Mart Theatre, Cargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire on Saturday 4th October.  Doors open at 7.00pm.  [...]

You have probably noticed that I post quite a few Freddie King videos.  There’s a reason for this – they are damn good.  This one is no exception – in fact it’s damn damn good. An absolute lesson in blues guitar from Freddie and after the guitar intro he slays us with his spine tingling [...]

BIG BOY BLOATER The Academy, Buckley: 27/09/08 The first gig of a new venture from Ray and Barbara O’Hare of the Warrington Blues Club, saw the excellent Big Boy Bloater and his fine band rock the house at The Academy in Buckley – a lovely-looking retro dance hall, which attracted a good turnout of local [...]

MORELAND & ARBUCKLE “1861″ (NorthernBlues Music: NBM0044) Here’s another gem from the good folk at NorthernBlues Music, some raw, ass-kicking hill-country blues from Kansas! Aaron Moreland and Dustin Arbuckle’s debut for the Canadian label is a treat from start to finish – the title, “1861″, coming from the year their home state joined the Union. [...]

¡TRACTOR SOLO! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU

Here’s the late Nappy Brown in great form. Note also the late Sean Costello http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH7N6urQZko

Ian Siegal has a new CD called The Dust. It’s a collection of solo and duo recordings prompted by the many fans who come to Ian’s solo shows and ask for a CD of solo material. It’s kinda below the radar. You wont find this in the shops (except in Benelux), nor at web retailers, [...]

Today I received an email from organiser Barry Townsend telling us that due to circumstances beyond his control he is postponing the 2009 Colwyn Bay Blues Festival that was planned for February. Barry hopes to re-schedule for May 2009. Watch this space for news.

All-new Delta Blues Documentary Set For Premiere in Clarksdale, Mississippi (CLARKSDALE, MS) – A hotly anticipated new film celebrating the raw, raucous spirit of Mississippi’s surviving blues scene will have its worldwide premiere at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Delta Cinema at #11 Third Street in downtown Clarksdale, Miss. The film, M [...]

“Reefer Smokin’ Man” – Morgan Davis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qzqeQnXQ

Well well well!  Who would have thought that bluesinthenorthwest was three years old, but it’s true.  We celebrate our third birthday today 24 September.  During that time we have moved from a small hobby site hosted on the blogger site to a fully hosted WordPress driven site. The vintage blogger site is still up and [...]

One of the finest blues outfits in the UK will be making a rare trip up north this Friday.  It’s the first time north of Birmingham with the new regular line-up featuring Mal Barclay on guitar (wait til you hear THIS guy!!!) plus the 23 year old boogie-woogie sensation that is Henri Herbert on piano, (the fire [...]