http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com blues news - blues reviews - blues gig guide Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bob Koester of Delmark Records and Jazz Record Mart in the NY Times. "Happily Seduced by the Blues" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/arts/music/28roht.html?pagewanted=all With great picturess and full song streams of Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Eddie C. Campbell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Big Joe Williams, Roscoe Mitchell and Sleepy John Estes. Quotations from Buddy Guy, Charlie ... http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/07/03/bob-koester-of-delmark-records-and-jazz-record-mart-in-the-ny-times/ The Roots & Fusion Radio Show on Stockport's Pure 107.8FM has now been playing Blues and all kinds of Roots music for 6 months now (Fridays for two hours from 11pm - www.pureradio.org.uk - livestream). I would love to play demos from Stockport based artists / bands and/or advertise up and ... http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/07/03/roots-fusion-radio-show/ From the Worthenbury Festival last Saturday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rJ0rUmh8SI http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/07/02/youtube-rory-ellis/ I'm off to Sevilla for a couple of days.  It's really hot there, none of this 30 degree nonsense.  Back late on Friday; the site is on automatic mode until then.  See ya..... http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/07/01/away-for-a-few-days-2/ The evening session got under way on the main stage with a rousing uptempo RnB blast from The Dirty Robbers, led by ex-Cadillac Kings guitarist Oliver Darling - also to be seen in Mike Sanchez's band, and in the absence of keyboards, the superb Paul Garner on second guitar - ... http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/07/01/review-worthenbury-blues-and-roots-festival-27-june-2009-part2/ 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 ... http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/06/30/review-worthenbury-blues-and-roots-festival-27-june-2009-part1/ 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 ... http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/06/30/worthenbury-review/ 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. http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/06/30/gig-ry-cooder-the-philharmonic-liverpool-11-july-2009/ 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 ... http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/06/29/review-john-oleary-band-at-liverpool-marina-25th-june-2009/   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXzruDAC-ks http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/06/29/youtube-t-birds-promo/