New Blues

I Am The Moon — Tedeschi Trucks Band

The latest project of the Tedeschi Trucks Band is as ambitious as any you will find in the world of the blues. In fact, its approach is unusual and nearly unheard of for any musical project regardless of genre. The origin of the 24-song set/movie series released between early June and late August dates back…

Kat & Co.

The Blues is like a virus, constantly regenerating and mutating into new forms, and virtually impossible to kill! Kat & Co is a distinctive collection of unlikely elements that blend to give today’s insight into a music that is 100 years old, centred around the confident, statuesque figure of Kat, who manages to combine the…

SANDI THOM

Some amazingly talented people never get the chance to get their music heard, because being a great writer or performer means very little if no-one knows your work. Some people get a break by accident or design, but unless they have the talent to follow it through, they will be a one-hit-wonder or a ‘flash…

LAURENCE JONES

“I can’t do an encore- it’s a schoolnight and it’s way past my bed-time!” Baby-faced Laurence Jones might look a bit like a schoolboy, but when he cranks up his Strat, he sounds just like a veteran Blues player and his songwriting has a maturity way beyond his years. With his third album out on…

King King

The King King was a famous LA Blues Club that burned to the ground, and a fine album by their house-band The Red Devils, but King King is also the name of a British Blues Rock band that has been building a big reputation on the European club and Festival scene. After taking the Best…

Chantel McGregor

Chantel is a sweet girl’s name, of French origin, which is associated with ‘song’ but an older meaning links it to a mountainous area and means ‘rock’, so the omens are good for Chantel McGregor, because that is just what she does. With her long blonde hair and a taste for evening dresses, it’s hard…

SID WHELAN

Sid Whelan was born and bred in New York City, and after a lifetime of playing Blues, Country and World music, he has recorded the first part of his Americana Trilogy, ‘Flood Waters Rising’. Sid was introduced to the Blues by his Dad, a passionate devotee of New Orleans jazz and traditional Blues, who took…