Friday, September 10, 8pm SPIDER JOHN KOERNER Presented by fRoots Magazine Tickets: £12 / £10 concession / £10 members Venue: Main Theatre Spider John Koerner is a traditional American folk and country blues musician and rhythmic guitarist. His musical style stems from a solid foundation of the old blues masters, respect for the traditional song, [...]

Larry Garner UK Tour 2010 30-Apr – The Met, Bury 01-May – Big Wheel – Isle of Man 02-May – Alveston Hall Weekender 08-May – Brewery Arts, Kendal 14-May – Warrington Blues Club AMERICAN BLUESMAN LARRY GARNER with THE NORMAN BEAKER BAND With his wonderful expressive voice, Larry Garner’s songs are delivered with a sense [...]

Doctor Truth The Met in Bury Friday 13th March Doctor Truth are a relatively new band, formed from the ashes of the Salford Legends “The Roach Twins Band.”  Mike Bowden, the singer, Rick Lacey and Chris Roach have been joined by an internationally acclaimed keyboard player, Paul Ashton and an astonishing bass player, Dave Luvin [...]

Dave Arcari plays an all-too-rare northwest gig at The Met in Buryon Friday 17 July. http://themet.biz/ SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via five internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. In 2008 Arcari was invited to [...]

The Swing Commanders are one of the most original bands in the region.  You just don’t get to see Western Swing music played live these days.  Apart from at the following list of gigs that is….. Friday 19 December – The Grand, Clitheroe Sunday 28 December – Fort San Antone, Warton Thursday 15 January – [...]

Nope!  Not together!  Just a selection of the artists in the region tonight. Angela Brown and the Mighty 45s at The Met, Bury Wilko Johnson at Pacific Road, Birkenhead Also playing tonight but not featured Little Toby Walker – Grand, Blackpool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ_uKJOoBjE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=invISy0YYZI

ANGELA BROWN & THE MIGHTY 45s ? THE NEW LIVE CD ‘IN A DANGEROUS MOOD’ OUT NOW “Definitely my favourite CD this year”  Ashwyn Smyth Digital Blues/ Blues Matters FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Email :   Themighty45s@hotmail.co.uk     Tel :  -44 (0)77 0364 7187. SEPTEMBER. FRI 5 THE MET ARTS CENTRE MARKET STREET  BURY LANCS SAT 6  PRIVATE FUNCTION [...]