DIGITAL BLUES

With Christmas rapidly approaching, I have resisted the temptation and can guarantee this week's edition is seasonal music free! But I have got 13 great tracks crammed into this week’s offering including tracks from all three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month and a load of other new releases! Tune in to hear tracks from Ruthless Blues, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Phil Vermont (feat. Nei...

With Christmas rapidly approaching, I have resisted the temptation and can guarantee this week's edition is seasonal music free! But I have got 13 great tracks crammed into this week’s offering including tracks from all three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month and a load of other new releases! Tune in to hear tracks from Ruthless Blues, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Phil Vermont (feat. Nei...

No less than 14 tracks crammed into this week’s edition including tracks from all three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month! Tune in to hear tracks The Too Bad Jims, The Hitman Blues Band, FreeWorld, The Dennis Spencer Group with Bobby Warren, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Walk That Walk, Mick Pini, Leavin' Trunk, Kiko and the Blues Refugees, The James Oliver Band, Dom Martin, Nothing In Rambling, Vero...

As we begin the final month of 2024, an as ever eclectic selection of tracks from new and recent releases including all three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month. Tune in to hear tracks from Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Leavin' Trunk, The Terraplanes Blues Band, The Hitman Blues Band, Dom Martin, Sister Suzie & the Right Band, Eva Carboni, Beth Hart, Kat Riggins & Her Blues Revival...

After a disastrous week of digital blues, this week’s edition of Digital Blues brings you 13 very varied tracks from no less than seven countries on three continents including two of the IBBA’s Picks of the Month and one from Digital Blues’ Album of the Month. Tune in to hear tracks from The BluesBones, Nothing In Rambling, Mississippi MacDonald, Eric Bibb, Amaury Faivre, Leyla McCalla, Rhiannon G...

This week’s edition has tracks from one Digital Blues’ album of the month, two IBBA Picks of the Month, three live albums, four wonderful ladies of the blues and five other new or recent albums! Its OK, no partridges in a pear tree! Yet! Tune in to hear tracks from Dennis Herrera, The BluesBones, Jimmy Regal and The Royals, King Bee & the Stingers, Beth Hart, Vanessa Collier, Eva Carboni, Kat...

When this show first aired, the UK was commemorating with Remembrance Sunday and the 11th November was Armistice Day in Europe and Veterans Day in the USA so I open with seven tracks marking this. Tune in to hear tracks from Motorhead, Larry Miller, Larry Garner, Liz Mandeville, Ian Siegal, Eric Bibb, Shakin Stevens, Kaz Hawkins, Sister Susie and The Right Band, Bobby Hurricane Spencer and Jeff Da...

This week a distinctly European flavour with 11 tracks from new and recent releases featuring artists from 6 European countries plus four tracks from ladies from across the pond! Tune in to hear tracks from The James Oliver Band, Little Steve & the Big Beat, The BluesBones, Winter Blues Band, Phil Vermont, Kiko and the Blues Refugees, Shemekia Copeland, Beth Hart, Vanessa Collier, Amanda Fish...

This week a bit of self-indulgence – OK even more than usual! I open with a track from Robert Hokum (Bob Salmons) who left us on 17th October 2024 and then it is eclecticism in extremis with some great piano players, some ‘Jamaican blues’, some new & recent releases, a track featuring music from Mali, where will it all stop? Tune in to hear tracks from The Guv'nors, Bruce Katz Band, Anthony Ge...

This week 12 tracks from new or very recent releases from right across the blues spectrum assuring an eclectic mix the like of which you will be hard pressed to find elsewhere! Tune in to hear tracks from Armellino, King Bee & the Stingers, Jimmy Regal and The Royals, The Tas Cru Band, Eric Bibb, Amaury Faivre, Gary Nicholson, Benny Turner, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Blues People, Javin Webb and Joc...

R.I.P. Matthew Long. This week a selection of tracks from 10 new or very recent releases as well as a very special tracks from Catfish in memory of Matt Long, guitarist and singer, who lost his battle with cancer on 6th October 2024. Tune in to hear tracks from Southside Denny, Little Steve & the Big Beat, Mitch Woods, Khalif Wailin' Walter, Shemekia Copeland, Vaneese Thomas, Misty Blues, Kell...

This week another bounty comprising 11 tracks from new or very recent releases and, as ever, the emphasis is on an eclectic variety! Tune in to hear tracks from Layla Zoe, Bruce Katz Band, Stefan Hillesheim Band, Jochen Volpert Carola Thieme, Muddy Gurdy, The Bad Week, Gary Nicholson, Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra, Chris Daniels and the Kings with Freddi Gowdy, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Jimmy C...

This week it’s a women in blues special to mark those wonderful ladies who give us such gloious music. I bring you 12 tracks featuring the ladies, mostly from new or recent releases and, as ever, variety is the watch word! Tune in to hear Larkin Poe, The Imagine If, Bywater Call, Shakura S'Aida, Katarina Pejak, Shemekia Copeland, Emma Wilson, Cecilya and The Candy Kings, Better Days, KA & The...

This week I bring you 14 tracks from new releases and some which are yet to be released. As ever we cross the spectrum of the blues and I include a track from one of my Albums of the month. Tune in to hear Thorbjørn Risager and The Black Tornado, Leavin' Trunk, Blues People, Southside Denny, The Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience, Shemekia Copeland, Vaneese Thomas, Kelly's Lot, Mark Harrison Band, Gary...

This week I bring you another track from one of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month and from both of the Digital Blues’ Albums of the Month plus eleven more from some new arrivals right across the blues spectrum. Tune in to hear Southern Avenue, The Tas Cru Band, Muddy Gurdy, Heather Pierson, The Imagine If, Anthony Geraci, Mick Kolassa, Dave Ferra, Amaury Faivre, Sean Taylor, Mark Harrison Band,...

This week I bring you another track from one of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month and from both of the Digital Blues’ Albums of the Month plus eleven more from some new arrivals right across the blues spectrum. Tune in to hear Muddy Gurdy, Mississippi MacDonald, Dave Werewolf, The Commoners, Misty Blues, Kelly's Lot, Jennifer Lyn & the Groove Revival, Kaz Hawkins, Dave Ferra, Mark Harrison...

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, I have a track from one of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month, tracks from both of the Digital Blues’ Albums of the Month plus eleven from some new arrivals from across the blues spectrum. Tune in to hear Bart Bryant, Layla Zoe, Armellino, Scott Weis Band, Dave Ferra, Sean Taylor, Mark Harrison Band, Piper & The Hard Times, The Trevor B Power Band, Za...

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues, I have tracks from two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month, three tracks from an excellent live album recorded at a recent Stand Together Against Cancer gig for Matt Long and eight from some new arrivals from across the blues spectrum. Tune in to hear Shemekia Copeland, True Strays, Greg Coulson, Alice Armstrong feat. Jess Hayes, Mark Harrison Band, Dan...

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues I have tracks from three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Montha and eleven more new arrivals from across the blues spectrum. Tune in to hear Muddy Gurdy, Christopher Wyze & the Tellers, Chris Cain, The Trevor B Power Band, Justine Blue, Bywater Call, Kaz Hawkins, The Mighty Howlers, The Pszenny Project, Doug Duffey and Badd, Misty Blues, Jennifer Lyn &...

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues I have tracks from three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Montha and ten new arrivals from across the blues spectrum. Tune in to hear Kaz Hawkins, Bywater Call, Chris Cain, Big Harp George, The Imagine If, Mick Kolassa, Gerald McClendon, Zac Harmon, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Reverend Freakchild, Blind Lemon Pledge, Pontchartrain Shakers and Andres Roots. Art...

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues I play a small tribute to the late John Mayall and bring you tracks from three of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Montha along with tracks from four more new releases wrapped up with a beautiful instrumental. Tune in to hear John Mayall with Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Chris Cain, Bywater Call, Kaz Hawkins, Albert Castiglia feat Kevin Burt, Amanda Fish, Anthon...

For this special edition of Digital Blues I am joined by Laurent Bourdier, the head honcho at the Le Buis Blues Festival to talk about the vent and play tracks from all the acts appearing. The festival runs from 21st to 24th August 2024 and you can find out more and buy your tickets at www.lebuisbluesfestival.com Artist Track Source Labe l Freddy Miller Give Me A Sign Just Be Yourself Inouie Distr...

This week’s edition of Digital Blues well and truly pushes the boundaries with 13 tracks from across the 2020s, with some blues, some roots and some world music in the mix making for a very tasty gumbo! Tune in to hear Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder, Hazmat Modine, Rhiannon Giddens, Amethyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Alison Russell, Heritage Blues Orchestra, Gaye Adegbalola, Moonlig...

This week’s edition of Digital Blues is dedicated to a dear friend, Ray Bartrip, who left us 14 years ago on the day this show first airs. Plus I have another exclusive and mammoth track from the wonderful Live in Brezoi (I) album from Kaz Hawkins along with 10 more tracks from new and recent releases including one of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month. Tune in for tracks from Bad Town Blues, Gi...

In this week’s edition of Digital Blues something very special as I bring you a World exclusive first play of the wonderful Live in Brezoi (I) album from Kaz Hawkins along with 12 more tracks from new and recent releases including two of this month’s IBBA Picks of the Month. Tune in for tracks from Errol Linton, Frank Bey, The Love Light Orchestra, Clarence Spady, Tom Mansi & The Icebreakers,...