http://tinyurl.com/av67x6 “To conclude the service, an impromptu all-star band replaced a no-show church choir. It featured Toussaint on keyboards, Michael White on clarinet, Deacon John on guitar, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. on tambourine, Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe on tuba, Reggie Hall on organ and Charmaine Neville and Clarence “Frogman” Henry on vocals. “Toussaint and Neville started [...]

The Groanbox Boys appearing at Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club, Worthenbury Village Hall, Saturday March 7th As part of their extensive UK tour, multi instrumentalists The Groanbox Boys comprissing of Franco- American Cory Seznec, American Michael Ward bergeman and Canadian Paul Clifford will be appearing at Worthenbury Village Hall on Saturday March [...]

2009 Hall of Fame Inductees The Blues Foundation has announced the inductees for the Blues Hall of Fame in 2009, including “Soul Queen of New Orleans” Irma Thomas and multiple GRAMMY Award winner Taj Mahal, as well as late Chicago bluesman Son Seals and the Reverend Gary Davis. Austin club owner Clifford Antone, discographer Mike [...]

Hope to see some of you at Warrington Blues Club later tonight. If I don’t know you come and say hello, please introduce yourself.

Not blues but very bluesy.  Here are the details on a gig coming up in Liverpool later this spring. MADELEINE PEYROUX The Philharmonic, Liverpool Wednesday 29 April, 7.30pm £20, £25 Before breaking through with the million-selling Careless Love, the smoky-voiced contender for the Billie Holliday crown, Peyroux, paid her dues on the hallowed streets of [...]

East Anglian rockin’ blues band Smokin’ Hogs are doing a short Cumbrian tour in April.  I’m sure that you will make them very welcome. Friday, April 17, 2009 9:30pm – John Paul Jones Tavern, Whitehaven, Cumbria Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:30pm – The Central, Egremont, Cumbria Sunday, April 19, 2009 4:00pm – Fletcher Christian Tavern, [...]

Tropical Music have released Legends of the Lippmann series of DVDs one of which should be very interesting to blues fans. The three DVD set Americal Folk Blues Festival contains never before released footage of the big american legends on tour in Europe in the late 1960s. There is some excitement in the harmonica community [...]

I have been a fan of JJ Grey for quite a while ever since Chuck Nevitt tipped me off to the original Cheap Ass Funk of Mofro.  Grey has a great voice and all the Mofro albums are worth a listen.  He has recently done a session for the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour that [...]

For over a year I have been resisting the temptation to tweet but finally gave in the ghost and set up my Twitter account.  You can follow my Twitter here… http://twitter.com/kenpeace

This was the first gig presented by John and Lorraine Welsh at Haig House, the home of Garston Royal British Legion. The venue is spacious and comfortable and ideally suited to the large attendance that was attracted by the appearance of The Stumble. The atmosphere was excellent: a perfect match for a superb performance from [...]

This looks great for budding blues players.  A great European band have made a whole CD of classic blues backing tracks. As a harp player I know that the grooves and the keys are good for my instrument but I am sure that guitarists, keyboard players and others will enjoy the experience.  Check out the [...]

I recently posted an article on the new blues nights at Chameleon in Liverpool. http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/02/07/venue-chameleon-bar-liverpool/ One of the regular featured artists is Merseyside solo act Naomi Mather and I thought that I would do a quick feature on Naomi as I strongly believe in supporting young up and coming artists. Here is Naomi’s biography. You [...]

You will watch this more than once.  Simply stunning! I have posted before but I am not apologising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su-O9X1E8sA

Thanks to Paul Farmer for tipping me off to this.  As well as Paul Jones tomorrow at 7pm there is more blues at 11.30pm. As part of the series Wish You Were There? in which presenters journey back to a performance by the artist that inspired them to make their own music, exploring how it [...]

Karac Langollen Arts Pavilion 28 Feb 2009 Karac (www.myspace.com/karacmusic) are a 4 piece Blues outfit based in Wales / North West (Guitarist Glynn Porrino hails from Warrington), They are:- Colin Roberts, Bass / Vocals, Steve ‘ Pablo’ Jones, Rhythm Guitar/Vocals/mandolin , Glynn Porrino, Lead Guitar and Chris ‘Monkey boy’ Jones on Drums. Glynn and Steve [...]

This is great.  Shemekia Copeland and B.B. King live on Letterman. Once B.B. found the Bb he was fabulous and they both belt out the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXrRtqZr39E If you want to see more Shemekia on Letterman then take a look here.  A great song, a great vocal and a great goldtop. http://www.3030fm.com/2009/02/21/shemekia-copeland-david-letterman-show-22009/ For me.  I [...]