Candice Ivory
Candice Ivory Friday 29 March Known as the Queen of Avant Soul, Candice Ivory released three albums with jazz, soul and R&B songs before submerging into the blues on her latest album When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie (2023). Raised in Memphis, Ivory stems from a musical family: her great-uncle was the […]
D.K. Harrell
D.K. Harrell Friday 29 March American blues singer and guitarist D.K. Harrell was a remarkable child: his mother heard him trying to sing along to a B.B. King song at 18 months. It turned to be a precursor for his future, as the blues legend would play a big part in it – and still […]
Jo Harman
Jo Harman Thursday 28 March “Jo mines pop, soul and gritty blues with conviction”, the press in her native United Kingdom once wrote about singer Jo Harman. Comparisons with legends like Carole King and Joni Mitchell were even made. After graduating from Brighton Institute of Modern Music, Harman set out in the music world and […]
Kat Riggins
Kat Riggins & Her Blues Revival Saturday 30 March She may be petite, but her voice certainly is not: Kat Riggins will blow you away with her vocal power. A blues woman through and through, she nonetheless mixes up the genre with soul, rock, gospel and more. Her eclectic taste in music is a result […]
Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro and the Painkillers Friday 29 March Over the course of his career, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tommy Castro has played thousands of shows to hundreds of thousands of fans. A six-time Blues Music Award-winner, Castro always brings along his band, The Painkillers, consisting of bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown and keyboardist Michael […]
Kai Strauss
Kai Strauss & The Electric Blues Allstars Saturday 30 March Kai Strauss is a German blues singer and guitarist. Growing up in Osnabrück, he developed a passion for the work of Albert King, Buddy Guy, and the Vaughan brothers, Jimmie and Stevie Ray, through listening to his parents’ record collection. He formed the Bluecasters in […]
Danielle Nicole
Danielle Nicole Saturday 30 March Having grown up playing the blues, singer and bassist Danielle Nicole first found fame as a founding member of Trampled Under Foot, the band she started with her two brothers, Kris and Nick. Although she only picked up the bass to keep it a family band, Nicole took to it […]
Chris Cain
Chris Cain Band Friday 29 March With both Joe Bonamassa and the late, great B.B. King singing your praises, you must be doing something right. American blues guitarist Chris Cain has both legendary musicians firmly in his corner. Raised on stories of his father’s childhood upbringing on Memphis’ Beale Street Cain attended his first B.B. […]
Harlem Lake
Harlem Lake Thursday 6 April & Friday 7 April Take contemporary blues rock, mix it with a heavy dose of Americana and add some raw 70s soul. That’s how Dutch band Harlem Lake got their sound, which has already gained the young quintet a steady following in Europe. Fusing together influences of Joe Bonamassa, Dire […]