In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, 12 more hugely varied tracks from across the blues spectrum and beyond. If you don’t like them all, there’s bound to be something you do like! Join me for tracks from Alastair Greene, Krissy Matthews & Friends, Rick Vito, Brad 'Guitar' Wilson, Deb Ryder, Carola Thieme, Katie Henry, Sue Foley, Cedar Country Cobras, Steve Howell & the Mighty Men, Jo Carley & The Old Dry Skulls and 11 Guys Quartet. ARTIST TRACK SOURCE LABEL Alastair Greene Slow Burn Standing Out Loud Ruf Records Krissy Matthews & Friends Learn to Live With the Blues Krissy ..read more

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, 13 hugely varied tracks from across the blues spectrum and beyond. Expand your horizons! They may not all be to your taste, but I love them. Join me for tracks from Bywater Call, Mike Zito, Cryin' Out Loud, The Wicked Lo-Down, Eric Bibb, Sean Riley & The Water, Coles & Ward, Giulia Millanta, Federico Verteramo Blues Band, I Shot A Man, Katarine Pejak, John Primer & Bob Corritore and Frenchie Moe. ARTIST TRACK SOURCE LABEL Bywater Call Holler Single Gypsy Soul Records Mike Zito No One To Talk To (But The Blues) Life Is Hard Gulf Coast Records ..read more

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, 15 widely varied tracks from the UK, Europe & the USA, mostly from new or recent releases and including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month. Join me for tracks from Shawn Kellerman feat Bobby Rush, Jackson Sloan, Cecilya and The Candy Kings, KA & The Blue Devils, The Slimline Shufflers, Tinsley Ellis, Ma Polaine's Great Decline, Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective, Tom Mansi & The Icebreakers, Jools Waldron, The Cinelli Brothers, Lorenzo Sanchez Band, French Blues All Stars, Veronica Sbergia, Lady Va. Artist Track Source Label ..read more

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, 13 widely varied tracks, mostly from new or recent releases including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month. Join me for tracks from Mike Zito, JJ Grey & Mofro, Mississippi MacDonald featuring Benny Turner, Mitch Ryder, Altered Five Blues Band, The Cinelli Brothers, John Clifton, John Primer & Bob Corritore, Katie Henry, Sue Decker, Giulia Millanta, Tinsley Ellis and The Ron Kraemer Trio. Artist Track Source Label Mike Zito Lonely Man Life Is Hard Gulf Coast Records JJ Grey & Mofro Seminole Wind Olustee Alligator Records Mississippi Ma ..read more

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, I look ahead to this year’s European Blues Challenge which takes place in Braga, Portugal on the 4th, 5th and 6th of April 2024. I didn’t have space for all 22 entrants but I have no less than 14 tracks from a wildly eclectic selection of bands and artists from all over Europe. Join me for tracks from Errol Linton Band, Ben Prevo, Silesian Hammond Group feat Bruce Katz, Gringo’s Washboard Band, The Manic Blues, Charlie & Bell Blues Experience, Little Willie Mehto, Odin Landbakk Trio, Groove City & Daria Biancardi, Moritz Gamper, Tassos Skouras ..read more

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, 13 tracks from a wildly eclectic selection of new and recent releases including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month. Join me for tracks from Philip Sayce, Cassius King and the Downtown Rulers, Connolly Hayes Band, Diego Mongue Band, Katie Henry, Muireann Bradley, Vince Lee & Sophie Lord, Tinsley Ellis, Ma Polaine's Great Decline, The Cinelli Brothers, Brothers Brown, The Hitman Blues Band and Lorenzo Sanchez Band ..read more

It’s the last show of February and this week’s edition is something else! I remember Victor Brox who left us a year ago, I have four Dylan songs given a blues legend treatment, three soul blues tracks from the sixties, plus tracks from some more recent albums and an Incredible Blues Puppy just for Alan Glen! Join me for tracks from Victor Brox Blues Train, John Hammond, R L Burnside, Leon Russell, Mavis Staples, Doris Troy, Irma Thomas, Nina Simone, Emma Wilson, Bywater Call, B'ee, Richard Rozze, The Incredible Blues Puppies and Andres Roots. Artist Track Source Label  Victor Brox Blues T ..read more

No dalek voices, no swearing, no crackle and hum! I have finally got my mixer back after repair and it is so good to have it back!! On this week’s edition I have a plethora of tracks, mostly from new or recent releases and it’s a cracker even if I say so myself! Join me along with Kid Colling Cartel, Jennifer Porter, Patti Parks featuring Johnny Rawls, Cecilya and The Candy Kings, Frenchie Moe, KA & The Blue Devils, Mississippi MacDonald featuring The Reverend Shawn Amos, Lone Star Mojo, French Blues All Stars, Freddy Miller, Eva Carboni, Sue Decker, Alice Di Micele, Matthew Robb and 11 Gu ..read more

Big smiley face! I have finally managed to get to Limoges to collect my mixer and it is so good to have it back!! On this week’s edition I have a plethora of tracks, mostly from new or recent releases and it is a cracker even if I say so myself! Join me along with JJ Grey & Mofro, The Cadillac Kings, Jackson Sloan, Kit Packham's One Jump, Ahead, Muireann Bradley, Tinsley Ellis, Vince Lee & Sophie Lord, Michael Messer & Chaz Jankel, Session Americana, The Cinelli Brothers, Katie Henry, Mark Easton and Brothers Brown.. Artist Track Source Label JJ Grey & Mofro Wonderland Olustee ..read more

It’s back to what passes as normality this week with an old mixer pressed unwillingly into use because trying to collect my repaired mixer from Limoges, some 35 miles away, is proving problematic due to demonstrating farmers blocking roads and setting them on fire! This week’s edition has a track from the Best Self-Produced CD as declared at the 2024 IBC along with tracks from 12 other new and recent releases from around both sides of the Atlantic. Join me and Sister Lucille, KA & The Blue Devils, Diego Mongue Band, Cecilya and The Candy Kings, Kevin Burt & Big Medecine, Altered Five B ..read more