Connie Lush and Blueshouter at the Golden Lion Hotel Maryport on Saturday Feb 4th, Starts 7.30pm Tickets £7.50 from The Golden Lion 01900819715 and the Fruit Bowl 01900817243

Friday, February 3, 8pm PRESTON REED Tickets: £10 / £8 concession / £8 members Venue: Studio Theatre Preston Reed is a New York visionary credited with reinventing the acoustic guitar. He fuses chord-based grooves, soaring melodic runs and polyrhythmic percussion with his breathtaking two-handed style. Unlike many instrumentalists, the power and depth of Reed’s original [...]

I have just added five gigs to the gig guide for The Swarm from North Yorkshire Jan 27th     Stonewell Tavern, Lancaster March 1st    John O’ Gaunt, Lancaster March 9th   Dalton Rooms, Lancaster, One Voice March 31st   Golden Lion, Lancaster April 12th    John O’Gaunt, Lancaster When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer.mp3 by The Swarm

Big Pete Blues Band at Garston Royal British Legion Friday 3rd February 2012 (doors: 8pm, show starts at 8.45pm) Singer/harmonica player Pieter ‘Big Pete’ van der Pluijm’s rise to prominence started when, at the age of 23, he was hand-picked to fill the giant shoes of the late Lester Butler, the legendary leader of The [...]

Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club at Worthenbury Village Hall “the village hall that rocks” as featured in The Guardian June 5th 2010 “one of Britain’s finest blues venues” Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2, Dec 6th 2010 For tickets and info please ring 01948 770215  OR MAIL pete@hookerblues.co.uk www.hookerblues.co.uk Unless stated, entry is [...]

A couple of January dates for one of my favourite northwest bands. Sat Jan 14 – Sun Inn, Llangollen Sun Jan 29 – Alexander’s, Chester

From the company that brought you Vintage Trouble at The Ironworks WORLDS BIGGEST EVENTS are proud to Present Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes, Live at The Ironworks, 14th February 2012 In support of his latest solo album, Through a Crooked Sun, this is Rich’s most intimate gig of the UK tour, and with such [...]

Britain’s best blues harp player and bottleneck guitarist together in concert. Great vocals, harmonica and guitar, delivered with wit, panache and a deep respect for the roots of the music. They will be playing classic songs from the blues giants of the past with lots of conversation explaining from where the songs come.

North West blues acts through to heat of New Brunswick Battle of the Blues A great night out for live music lovers at the True Blues Club, Newton-le-Willows, 13 January – all welcome! A fantastic night is in store for blues fans at Newton-le-Willows’ True Blues Club on 13 January as six blues acts across [...]

Thursday 12 January Paul Jones and Dave Kelly £16 / £15 advance The combination of arguably the greatest British blues harp player and bottleneck guitar player entertain with an amazing evening of acoustic blues. They will be playing classic songs from the blues giants of the past with lots of conversation explaining where the songs [...]

OLI BROWN APRIL 2012 UK TOUR After winning ‘Best Band’ and ‘Best Album’ at the prestigious British Blues Awards 2011, 22 year old British guitar sensation Oli Brown will return to the UK in April 2012 for his biggest headline tour to date. Tickets for Oli Brown’s solo tour, which kicks off at the Manchester [...]

The  Prince Arthur is a Victorian town centre pub in Fleetwood, Lancs. They are promoting blues music at least once a month on Fridays which is their live music night. This supplements the excellent work of Alan Pearson and means live blues can be heard in Fleetwood at least twice a month. The Prince Arthur [...]

You know how it is, you spend ages waiting for a bus and all of a sudden four come along. Well that’s what’s happening at Appleton Thorn Village Hall next year! They have managed to line up four tremendously varied nights, with one theme in common, music of the highest quality presented in an intimate [...]

03 Dec – The Loving Cup http://www.telfordswarehousechester.com/2011/12/03/the-loving-cup-10/ THE LOVING CUP have developed their own brand of rockin country and blues Americana, drawing together influences such as Gram Parsons, Delaney and Bonnie, Ry Cooder and The Band. Very much a ‘live act’, The Loving Cup’s sound was described by Mike Davidson of Gigwise in a review [...]