Andy Fairweather Low – Southport Arts Centre Fri 04 September 2009 Here’s a top gig for later this week.  Andy Fairweather Low is an under recognised and under appreciated name on the blues scene.  I was talking to Grahame this afternoon and Grahame was telling me that the gig Grahame attended last year was stunning.  [...]

I have just done some calendar maintenance and additions.  I have reduced the size of the active database and increased the archive. http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/calendar/ New gig lists for Snakewater, Atlanta Roots, Cry Baby and the Hootchie Cootchie Boys and many others.

Grahame Rhodes has a new scanner and he has given permission to publish a few of his scanned vintage (mainly 1990s) publicity shots of well loved bands. Here’s The Hoax

… and one of the friends is bluesinthenorthwest.com favourite Alex Schultz. I saw Hook Herrera in a small club called La Boite in Barcelona nearly ten years ago.  Great night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VzHIhI5JXk

Thanks to Ian Zirins for posting the following link on Facebook. Friday Night at The British Stage – The Carbs, The Blues Blasters, The Mark Thornley Band, Fuschi3 and LUCY ZIRINS – enjoy all 4 hours, a seriously good night… http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0045md8/Colne_Blues_Festival_28_08_2009/

WYRE BLUES The monthly blues night at the Wyre Bar, Marine Hall, Fleetwood Thursdays at 9.00pm          £2.50 ———————————————————- THURS AUG 27TH NICK DOW & BLUES ROOTS THURS SEP 24TH TONY DOWLERS HELLHOUNDS ——————————————————– ON THE MAIN STAGE THURS OCT 8TH FROM THE USA SHERMAN ROBERTSON + MARK THORNLEY BAND TICKETS £15 ON SALE NOW Fleetwood’s [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9qPcYC7NPw

STUDIO BLUES AT THE GRAND THEATRE BLACKPOOL FRI AUG 28TH – BULLFROG BROWN Combining contemporary, dylanesque lyrics with funky, slide-driven Delta Blues themes and a Jim Morrison-meets-Tom Waits delivery. their busy live schedule has taken the little band from Tartu, Estonia to festivals and clubs in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, France and [...]

16 year old blues guitarist Luke Heague from Liverpool is looking for jamming opportunities to cement his guitar skills and get some stage experience. Are there any bands in the bluesinthenorthwest.com region that are willing to invite Luke to sit in for a song on stage? Please contact Luke directly if you have anything that [...]

Here’s a clip of the Mark Thornley Band from a recent gig at BJ’s Blues Club at the Hop Pocket in Chorley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xueThLnlOfE Mark and the boys will be playing the British Stage at the Colne Festival this coming weekend their spot is tomorrow night.

HILL COUNTRY REVUE “Make A Move” (Razor & Tie: 7930183024-2) Here’s a great new band from North Mississippi Allstars members Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew – while Luther Dickinson is working with The Black Crowes his fellow band mates have launched Hill Country Revue – with this debut delivering ten tracks that cross over from [...]

+ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/08/review-it-might-get-loud.html When it’s nearing midnight and some amazing maniac is shredding through a guitar solo on stage, eyes closed, sweat flying, vibrations rumbling through the house like a northbound freight train, it’s easy to forget just how much art and craft and science is involved in creating that sound. Director Davis Guggenheim, who brought [...]

Great band.  Great video.  Here’s Booker T and a killer MG’s from the 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival. Can anyone spot the give-away tats and low slung bass of the great ex T-Bird Ronnie James on the Fender Bass. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/cambridgefolkfestival/2009/artists/booker-t/

Grahame Rhodes has a new scanner and he has given permission to publish a few of his scanned vintage (mainly 1990s) publicity shots of well loved bands. Starting off the show is Cold Shot.

Merseysiders will almost certainly know about the Mathew Street Festival this coming weekend in Liverpool City Centre. The majority of bands seem to be tributes but there are acts that could have some interest for bluesinthenorthwest.com readers.  For example Albert Lee and Hogan’s Heroes and Rory Gallagher tribute Sinnerboy. 30 to 31 August 2009 http://www.mathewstreetfestival.org

THE SOUL OF JOHN BLACK “The Good Girl Blues” (Yellow Dog Records: YDR 1576) Without doubt one of this year’s finest releases has been the “Black John” album from The Soul Of John Black, on Eclecto Groove Records – therefore it’s a pleasure to report this, his 2007 offering on Yellow Dog Records of Memphis, [...]