This was the fifth Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival, building on the wonderful heritage of the Dragon Blues Festivals that graced Wrexham Rugby Club for many memorable years. The venue for the open-air festival is farmland kindly made available by Michael and Elizabeth Brownrigg at the village that lies between Malpas and Bangor-on-Dee in North [...]

Today should have been the first day of the two part review of the excellent Worthenbury Festival from last Saturday however I didn’t do my part.  Grahame and Lionel both worked very hard to get the reviews to me to publish along with some photos but I spent the whole night last night watching the [...]

Ry Cooder is playing at The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Saturday, 11th July. If you want tickets to see be quick because it will be a sell-out.

This was the third appearance of the John O’Leary Band at Liverpool Marina, which speaks volumes for their popularity at the city’s premier blues venue. There were a couple of changes to the previous line-up of the band: Wayne Proctor replaced Joachim Greve on drums and singer/guitarist Dave Day was added to the core membership. [...]

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I had a great time at Worthenbury yesterday.  I enjoyed playing the spot with Down at Antone’s and I enjoyed all the music and the good friends that I met. There will be a review shared between regular bluesinthenorthwest.com writers Lionel Ross and my partner in crime Grahame Rhodes.  Watch this space for details. Thanks [...]

I’m looking forward to the Worthenbury Festival today.  A chance to see some old friends and make some new ones.  It’s a great event and is highly recommended. The weather forecast is not perfect but it is not bad, a bit of drizzle early on then fine later. http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/06/12/gig-worthenbury-festival-sat-27-june-2009/ See you later.

    THE STUMBLE “The Houngan” (Star Jam Music: STU 475986-4) As promised here’s a review of one we missed out on at release time – the second album from The Stumble – currently riding high as one of these shores finest bands, with their explosive live shows putting them on equal footing with anyone [...]

Here’s the latest press release from Fruteland Jackson who recently played at the Worthenbury “Goin’ Up The Country” Club. Chicago, Illinois- . Three time Blues Music Award nominee, and KBA recipient, Fruteland Jackson recently completed a three week , twenty venue tour throughout the United Kingdom including a trip to Belgium to perform at the [...]

FRIDAY JULY 17th  LISA MILLS & IAN JENNINGS   £10 Mississippi born Lisa, our favourite American female blues singer makes a welcome return with Big Town Playboys double bass player Ian. Likened to a mix of Bonnie Raitt, Etta James and Janis Joplin, Lisa has actually played with Big Brother and The Holding Company. She has [...]

Amazing Fox Chase from Madcat Ruth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEhApQmsozc

 Michael Roach Gary Fletcher Band (feat Bernie Marsden) Southport Arts Centre 4 July 2009 There is a late, and rather exciting, change to the date with Michael Roach, at the Southport Arts Centre on Saturday 4 July… Rock Legends Step Into the Breach A last minute hitch, followed by frantic round of phone calls, has [...]

 Marji Curran Trio and Adam Hole at the Broadbeach Blues Festival 2009. Plenty of slide in evidence – Dave Hole’s lad by any chance? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZB0ndR-5U

Thursday 25th June -  at BJ’s  Blues Club – TOMORROW the Hop Pocket, Carr lane, Chorley  www.hoppocket.co.uk The Boozie Woozie Band And now for something completely different! The Boozie Woozies are a ‘splinter band’ from The Winchesters fronted by the irrepressible Andy Stones on Keyboards. The name of this band really gives you more than [...]

Press release from his agency…. Sorry to have to let you know that Tony McPhee has had a stroke. He is doing well in recovery, but has lost the ability to speak…. We are working on this and he is already starting to show some improvement. It is typical that he waited until Dave Anderson [...]

The Producers The Royal Hotel, Crewe Sunday, 28 June 2009 Yes, after several years’ absence, the boys are back in business – or, more graphically, in the words of promoter Ray Bruchez, ‘the Prods are prodding again’. Before their break-up, The Producers were undoubtedly one of the best and most popular blues bands in the [...]