Live Music Reviews 2018

Festivals and Gigs Bluesdoodles covered

Festivals

Inaugural HRH C.R.O.W.S. Sheffield 

5th UKBlues Challenge @Worthing Pier’s Southern Pavilion

Old Bush Blues 2018

Steelhouse, South Wales 2018

HRHBlues Sheffield 2018 

Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival – From Foyer to The Lantern, the highlight of the evening rare UK gig from Matt Schofield Trio

Butlins – Rock & Blues Weekend Skegness 19th – 21st Jan 2018

GIG REVIEWS 2018

Uli Jon Roth Entertains Reaching the Sky with his Guitar; with Kaleb McKane opening

The New Roses with Special Guest The Brink @ The Louisianna, Bristol

The Second Sons with guest The Jupiter Blues @ The Troubadour, London

Walter Trout with Special Guests Wille and The Bandits @ The Robin 2

Greta Van Fleet with Special Guests Morning June O2 Academy Manchester

Dan Reed Network with Special Guests Mason Hill and Hollowstar @Muni, Pontypridd

Erja Lyytinen Guitar Blues-rock the Borderline, London 

Broken Witt Rebels Special Guest for REEF Tramshed, Cardiff

Aynsley Lister Brings Blues to The Tunnels, Bristol

Bad Touch with Special Guest Daxx & Roxane plus Aaron Buchanan and the Cult Classics at The Flowerpot, Derby

Geno Washington & Ram Jam Band Live at The Half Moon. Putney 

Cinelli Brothers with Giles Robson  at Sixty Sixty Sound

Buck & Evans Live at The Kitchen, Hoxton 

Sari Schorr live at The Muni Pontypridd, September

Bad Flowers, Federal Charm Co-Headliners with support from Those Damn Crows – The Muni Pontypridd

Kris Barras live at The Tunnels, Bristol, September

Devon Allman Project @ The Fleece, Bristol, September

Husky Tones Album Launch @Louisiana, Bristol, July

Don Bronco @O2 Oxford June

Nils Lofgren @ St David’s Hall, Cardiff, May

Triple Delights – The Nectars – The Bad Flowers – Stone Broken – Read the Review Live Music @ The Muni, Pontypridd May

Manic Street Preachers @Motorpoint Cardiff May 2018

King King with Steve Hill As Special Guests @Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd May 2018

The Waterboys ‘St David’s Hall, Cardiff May 2018

Will Wilde @ Worthing Pier’s Southern Pavilion March 2018

Wayward Sons @ The Globe, Cardiff April 2018

G3 Tour 2018 – Joe Satriani – Uli Jon Roth – John Petrussco @Colston Hall April 2018

Federal Charm @The Louisianna, Bristol  – with Special Guests Flowerpot and Gabriella Jones

Beth Hart @St David’s Hall, Cardiff April 2018 – Special Guest Kriss Barras

Ian Siegal @The Tunnels Bristol April 2018 – with Special Guests – The Dawn Brothers

Ladies of The Blues @ The Tunnels Bristol March 2018 – Kyla Brox – Connie Lush – Erja Lyytinen

Myles Kennedy Solo – Thekla, Bristol March 2018

Bad Touch, Toseland opening for Skid Road in Cardiff March 2018

Joe Bonamassa Opening  March 2018 tour in Cardiff amazing show

Stone Broken Headlining with support from Jared James Nicholls and The Bad Flowers – The Fleece, Bristol

The Handsome Family @Tramshed 

Lost on the Road to Eternity Tour MAGNUM entertained Tramshed, Cardiff. Superb opening set from Rebecca Downes 

The Bad Flowers Album Launch Asylum, Birmingham with support from These Wicked Rivers and Those Damn Crows

RavenEye entertaining The Globe in Cardiff – Dynamic Rock. with the might SKAM as support. Read why live music is such a buzz!

First gig of 2018 – Black Country Communion @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Bluesdoodles thanks, Christie Goodwin for the wonderful photographs