DIGITAL BLUES

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 12 tracks from artists from Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, the UK and the USA from new, recent and forthcoming releases ending with a track from 23 years ago by an artist whose profile should be way higher than it is! Tune in for tracks from Jon Cleary, Shaggy Dogs, One Rusty Band, Ady, Steve Marriner, Jessie Lee & The Alchem...

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 7 tracks featuring some of the recently announced winners at the 2025 Blues Music Awards plus a selection of tracks which I just fancied playing! So there!! Tune in for tracks from Ronnie Baker Brooks, Piper & The Hard Times, John Primer & Bob Corritore, John Primer, Sue Foley, Keb' Mo', Shemekia Copeland, The Blue Footed Bo...

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you another great selection of tracks, mostly from new or recent releases including two of this month’s IBBA’s Picks of the Month! Tune in for tracks from Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane, Tim Gartland, Bobby Rush Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Sean Chambers, Carolyn Wonderland, Emma Wilson, Rebecca Downes, Southern Avenue, L.R. Phoenix, Blin...

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 14 tracks from new and recent releases including two of this month’s IBBA’s Picks of the Month and some crackers from Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany and the Netherlands to name but a few! Tune in for tracks from Southern Avenue, Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival, Alison Joy Williams, Vanya Sky, Muddy What, John Prime...

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 13 very varied tracks from new and recent releases including two of this month’s IBBA’s Picks of the Month and tracks from the bands who came second and third in the 2025 European Blues Challenge last month. Tune in for tracks from Emma Wilson, The Ripcords, Andrew Duncanson featuring Michael Peloquin, Dudley Taft, Carolyn Wonderlan...

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 14 very eclectic tracks from new and recent releases all from Europe/Scandinavia and including all three of this month’s IBBA’s Picks of the Month. Tune in for tracks from Cecilya & The Candy Kings, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Catfish, King Kong Blues, Gianni Tbay's Blues Against Youth, L.R. Phoenix, Robbert Duijf, Micke &a...

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you 13 eclectic tracks from new and recent releases including all three of this month’s IBBA’s Picks of the Month. Tune in for tracks from Catfish, Muddy What, Micki Free, Tony Holiday, GopherBroke, Max Hightower, Cecilya & The Candy Kings, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Southern Avenue, Rebecca Downes, Drew & Ellie Holcomb, B...

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues brings you another 14 tracks from new and recent releases most of which are from Europe further showcasing how much great music there is coming out of Europe. Also included are tracks from all three of this months IBBA’s Picks of the Month. Tune in for tracks from Alice Armstrong feat Jess Hayes, Catfish, Sean Chambers, Bobby Rush Kenny Wayne...

This week’s edition of the award winning Digital Blues manages to pack in 14 tracks from new and recent releases with a definite emphasis on European blues. Tune in for tracks from Andy Fairweather Low, Shari Puorto, Larkin Poe, Janiva Magness feat Sue Foley, Cecilya & The Candy Kings, Robbert Duijf, Ronan One Man Band, Micke & Lefty Featuring Chef, Travellin' Blue, Thorbjorn Risager &...

This week’s packed show is definitely a bit different! I go back to a bit with tracks from the 70’s through to the 2020's featuring some great names, sometimes not playing blues as we know them! What I can promise you is an extremely eclectic selection of tracks which I loved playing. I hope you will love listening! Tune in for tracks from JJ Cale, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band, M...

This week’s packed show brings you 13 hugely varied tracks from across the blues spectrum and beyond including two from IBBA Picks of the Month for March. Tune in for tracks from Carolyn Wonderland, Janiva Magness featuring Joe Bonamassa, Andy Fairweather Low, Kissing The Flint, Melon Jelly, The Too Bad Jims, Will Wilde, Giles Robson & John Primer, Robbert Duijf, The Jake Leg Jug Band, Bob Cor...

This week’s packed show brings you 14 more excellent from across the blues spectrum and beyond from artists hailing from nine different countries including two from IBBA Picks of the Month for March. Tune in for tracks from The Too Bad Jims, Adama Janlo, Le Barda, Larkin Poe, Elli De Mon, Ben Tyzack, Guy Verlinde & Tom Eylenbosch, Giles Robson & John Primer, Rees Shad, Amaury Faivre, Steve...

This week’s show brings you fourteen great tracks from some new and recent releases including an excellent double CD released as a tribute to martin Bedford and two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month. Listen in for tracks from Cecilya & The Candy Kings, The 20ft Squid Blues Band, Slim Wilson & the Swamp Brothers, Crosscust Saw, The Tigermen, Ronan One Man Band, Heavydrunk & Waterm...

This week’s show is a celebration of those wonderful ladies in blues and of International Women’s Day on 8th March 2025. 14 excellent tracks featuring the ladies from mainly recent releases. A real feast of great music! Listen in for tracks from Kaz Hawkins, Kyla Brox, Sister Suzie & the Right Band, Secondhand Dreamcar, Bywater Call, Cat Wells Blues Band, Beth Hart, Kat Riggins & Her Blues...

This week’s show features 13 tracks including four singes from forthcoming albums, cuts from all three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month and Digital Blues' Album of the Month, along with eight other new releases and closes with a wonderful instrumental from Jimmy Thackery You will hear tracks from Joanne Shaw Taylor, Samantha Fish, Frenchie Moe with Tiffany Pollack, Steven Troch Band, Ben Ty...

This week’s show is rammed with 14 excellent tracks from new and recent releases including all three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month and Digital Blues’ Album of the Month. Listen in for tracks from Thorbjorn Risager & the Black Tornado, Backbone Blues Band, Travellin' Blue, Secondhand Dreamcar, Andres Roots, Ben Tyzack, Trevor Babajack Steger, Heavydrunk & Watermelon Slim, Bob Corr...

This week’s show features a small ‘in memoriam’ for Marianne Faithfull who left us at the end of last month plus tracks from two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month and six other new releases and closes with a wonderful instrumental from JJ Cale. You will hear tracks from Thorbjorn Risager & the Black Tornado, Marianne Faithfull, Ben Tyzack, Andres Roots, Grey DeLisle, Ed Alstrom, Sunny Bl...

This week’s show brings you 13 tracks from new and recent albums, sic of which are not yet released. We continue our globetrotting with artists from 8 countries – all in all a cosmopolitan feast for your aural delectation! Join me for tracks from FreeWorld, Secondhand Dreamcar, Southern Avenue, Beth Hart, Andres Roots, Robert Duijf, Guy Verlinde & Tom Eylenbosch, Richie Lawrence, Blues Engine,...

This week’s show continues in a cosmopolitan vein with tracks from 13 albums, some not even released yet, from around the world. And boy, will the blues purists hate some of them! You will hear tracks from Big Al and the Heavyweights, Tony O'Malley, The Too Bad Jims, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Le Barda, Vanesa Harbek, Mary Lee and Caesar's Cowboys, Eva Carboni, Nikki O'Neill, Sylvie Lewis...

This week’s show opens with a track marking the birthday in January 1888 of Leadbelly and then has a real European flavour with tracks from 13 more albums, some released last year and some yet to be released, featuring artists from no less than 8 different European countries as well as some from across the pond. You will hear tracks from The Lonnigans with Odetta, Walk That Walk, Ruthless Blues, D...

This week’s edition brings you 14 tracks from some yet to be released albums as well as some that are recent releases. A truly varied and eclectic bunch featuring songs both ancient and modern – it has to be the award-winning Digital Blues! You will hear tracks from The James Oliver Band, Phil Vermont, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Greg Nagy, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Kat Riggins & Her Blues Rev...

This week’s edition brings you 14 tracks from some yet to be released albums as well as some that are recent releases. A truly varied and eclectic bunch featuring songs both ancient and modern – it has to be the award-winning Digital Blues! You will hear tracks from The James Oliver Band, Phil Vermont, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Greg Nagy, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Kat Riggins & Her Blues Rev...

This week’s show brings you 15 more tracks from just some of my favourite albums that arrived at Digital Blues in 2024. You will hear tracks from Southside Denny, The Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience, Rick Vito, Mississippi MacDonald, Freddy Miller, Justine Blue, KA & The Blue Devils, Cecilya and The Candy Kings, C.W. Ayon, Cedar County Cobras, Christopher Wyze & The Tellers, Michael Messer &a...

As is my wont at this time of year, I play tracks from 14 of my favourite albums that arrived in 2024. You will hear tracks from Mark Easton, Muddy Gurdy, Sue Decker, Bywater Call, Kaz Hawkins, Katerina Pejak, Sue Foley, Dom Martin, Eric Bibb, Mark Harrison Band, The Cinelli Brothers, Errol Linton, The Too Bad Jims and Jochen Volpert. Artist Track Source Label Mark Easton Smokestack Lightning Noth...

ITS CHRISTMAS!!!! For the penultimate edition of Digital Blues for 2024, it is time for our renowned and reviled Christmas Special! Yes, fifty-eight minutes of festive frolics and fun with no less than 16 seasonal tracks from Europe and across the Atlantic. Whether you are wrapping, stuffing, carolling, travelling, shopping or just recovering, tune in for your yuletide yomp! You will hear tracks f...