John Verity began his music career in the early 1960’s, playing guitar in various local groups around his hometown of Bradford, Yorkshire. He was spotted by Rod Argent to fill the band’s lead vocalist/guitarist vacancy following the departure of Russ…
Albert Castiglia released his seventh album, Up All Night late last year. Apologies to him and our dear readers for the delay in reviewing it, but somehow it slipped through Othello’s paws. If you don’t know Albert, he has a…
Cambridgeshire-based rock band Hollowstar, building on the success of their debut EP Some Things Matter More have released a single. The band have deep and brooding rocking melodic guitar underlying the searing vocals then the Rhythm section kicks in. The song takes off this…
“Bringing solid sounds to South Wales this Summer” Arriving in Newport on the 2nd June are the holders of not one, not two but THREE FORM UKBlues Awards King King. Having toured the U.K.and Europe with a phalanx of loyal…
BD: Delighted to be interviewing Loreena McKennitt today. I found her lovely vocals and interpretation of poems with Book of Secrets, when browsing HMV listening to music on the headphones it was a ‘must buy now’ moment. With the opportunity…
The Apocalypse Blues Revue (Tony Rombola/Shannon Larkin of Godsmack) The Shape Of Blues To Come – Provogue/Mascot Label Group – 20 July 2018 Watch the lyric video for ‘Hell To Pay’: The forthcoming album, The Shape of Blues To Come is the follow up…
Stone Broken Headlines at Last in Pontypridd
What is it about the North East of England that keeps throwing out blues biased talent? I mean, we have Eric Burdon and Mark Knopfler from the Tyne end, and Paul Rodgers and Micky Moody from the Tees end, to…
Bluesdoodles’ Liz Aiken is delighted to be actively involved with UKBlues Federation. From being on the board, a judge at the first UKBlues Challenge and now part of the inaugural FORMUKBlues Awards. Blues fans, musicians, PR and media were all…
This is a recording of Joe Bonamassa paying homage to the British Blues Explosion. The music was recorded at Greenwich Music Time at The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London on July 7, 2016. This is a collection of…
