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THE DAMN TRUTH @THEDAMNTRUTH1 Summer UK Dates #TourNews #UKShows #LiveGigs + @SteelhouseFest

Prior to their upcoming guest slot with Glenn Hughes in the UK this October, the celebrated Montreal rock’n’roll revivalist flower-powersters THE DAMN TRUTH have announced an exciting 8-date UK Tour starting in July and continuing to August 2023. The tour will include a special performance at the Welsh International Classic Rock Steelhouse Festival, on Saturday 29th July (see tour poster below,…

JIM KIRKPATRICK Announces #NewAlbum #deadmanwalking #UKBlues #Americana #BluesRock

JIM KIRKPATRICK is perhaps best known for his work with the celebrated British AOR band FM. The guitarman released his wizardly blues solo album, “Ballad of a Prodigal Son” — a twelve-track “blues-rock outing” — in September 2021, via US One Records. We’ve previously described Jim’s singing-voice as “demon-filled” and his guitar-play as the “hottest [you’ll find] this side of the Mason-Dixon…

JOE BONAMASSA announces new #LiveAlbum Tales of Time

JOE BONAMASSA, the three-time GRAMMY-nominated guitarist and 25-time Billboard chart-topper, has announced Tales Of Time, a sweeping and comprehensive live concert film and album record containing material from his most recent #1 studio album, Time Clocks which we described as: “a magnificent dishing-out of righteous blues and uncompromising proclamation….” Read our Time Clocks album review…

Interview with Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters @KyHeads #southernrock #headhunters

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FÉLIX RABIN #FélixRabin #BluesRock #FrenchBlues #BluesGuitar #LiveShows

The sensational French guitarist & singer-songwriter FÉLIX RABIN — picked as one of our Twenty Faces To Watch 2020 — will be returning to the U.K. next month for a tour. All dates (below) on poster. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter  takes inspiration from musicians such as: Jimi Hendrix, Gary Clark Jr. and Pink Floyd. His style embodies these influences with inventive riffs, moody melodies and…

How to Order Your Novel's Hierarchy #PrepTober #NaNoWriMo #Prepping #NovelHierarchy Don't start world building until you've read this!

What is the hierarchy of a novel and why is it necessary to get it properly organized before your start typing? Without an underlying theme, all hope is lost! I remind new authors of this over and over, but my words often fall on deaf ears. Why? Because, I suppose “finding” a theme is demanding. But without a theme, the words in your novel won’t mean much at all, your audience won’t be able to…

KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE @KTBAOfficial @BluesAliveAtSea Announce STEVE WINWOOD @SteveWinwood + Full Lineup #NorwegianJade

Blues maestro JOE BONAMASSA has confirmed the elder statesman of rock ‘n’ soul, the one-and-only Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith vocalist, guitarist and songwriter/producer STEVE WINWOOD will join him aboard the Keeping the Blues Alive Mediterranean Cruise II, departing Athens, Greece on August 23, 2022. Birmingham (England) based Winwood began his musical career in “pick-up”…

The Orange County country-soul quintet ROBERT JON & THE WRECK release their new single “Everyday” today Friday September 3rd. The band have also released a music video for the song (shared below.) The number comes from the studio album “Shine A Light On Me Brother” which we reviewed on these pages. We described it as a: “stout-hearted album of joy and compassion, with much distinguished…