This years Colne Festival features an all Northwest lineup for the Friday night on the British stage.  This event is being sponsored by BBC Radio Lancashire and for those of us not able to go will be broadcast live on the station. 8.00pm  -  Forty4 9.00pm  -  Tipitina 10.00pm  -  Junkhouse Dog Blues Band 11.00pm  [...]

BARE BONES BOOGIE BAND (self-titled – BBBBCD1) Released at the turn of this year, comes the debut from the rocking Southern-based Bare Bones Boogie Band – a four-piece comprising of Helen Turner (vocals), Iain Black (guitar), Trev Turley (bass) and Andy Jones (drums). The band deal in a hybrid of classic British rock with blues [...]

Three northwest bands have been confirmed for the British Stage at the Colne Festival over the Aug Bank Hol period. Forty 4 – Friday 9pm Atlanta Roots -Friday midnight Tommy Allen Band – Sunday 9.30pm Friday shows to be broadcasted live by BBC Radio Lancashire.

The lineup has been released for The 21st Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival  in Colne. Fri 27 Aug to Mon 30 Aug 2010 The International Stage Friday 27 August 2010 7.00pm    The Hamsters 8.45pm    Dr Feelgood 10.30pm    Nine Below Zero 12.00 midnight    Eddie & The Hot Rods Saturday 28 August 2010 2.00pm    Chicago Acoustic [...]

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.

20 Years . . . .  still got the Blues 20th Anniversary of the Great British R & B Festival Colne in East Lancashire will once again be the centre of the Blues Universe this August Bank Holiday weekend with The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival now celebrating its 20th year. Presented by Pendle [...]

Aug. 21st 2009 The Old Post Office, Shrewsbury SY1 1SZ Aug. 28th 2009 The Great British R&B Festival, Colne, Lancashire. 10pm. Aug. 29th 2009 The Two Henrys, Beer and Blues Festival, Shrewsbury. SY4 3EQ. Sep. 11th 2009 The Ironworks, Oswestry. Tickets £5. Sep. 26th 2009 The Vine, Shavington, Crewe, CW2 5DT Oct. 2nd 2009 The [...]

DAVE ARCARI FORTHCOMING GIGS Dave as ever is one of the hardest working guys around and his autumn gig list is pretty far-reaching – all over the UK, Finland, France, Germany and Estonia.  Only a couple in our region though.  Both tomorrow. Sat 23 August – Colne Blues Festival: The Queens (1.30pm) Sat 23 August [...]

I have just got back from my holidays and have a mountain of email to catch up on. This weekend is of course the Great British RnB Festival.  You can see the programme here. I will not be going so please email me with any photographs and/or reviews that you would like me to publish.

The line up for this year’s Colne Festival is complete. I have pasted the international stage below, for all the line-up please visit the website. http://www.bluesfestival.co.uk/index.asp FRIDAY 22nd MC Chris Powers 7:00 pm Supercharge 8:30 pm Dr Feelgood 10:15 pm Nine Below Zero 12:00 am Eddie and the Hot Rods SATURDAY 23rd MC Chris Powers [...]