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Connie Lush has been recognised
as one of the finest Blues singers in the UK, winning
five times, “Best Female Vocalist Uk” earning a place in
the gallery of greats, alongside Alexis Corner and Eric
Clapton to name just two. Twice voted “European Blues
Vocalist of the year” by the French Blues Trophies
Awards” and nominated again “Best UK Blues Vocalist”
2011-2012.
In recent years, Connie has
performed in over 30 countries. She has played at some
of Europe’s largest and most prestigious festivals,
including Glastonbury Festival 2011 and wowing audiences
in Moscow, New York and LA , recording in “The Cotton
Row Studios” in Memphis and of course singing at BB
Kings, Beale St....Connie also toured with BB King
through the Uk, finishing at The Royal Albert Hall
London.
Connie is also a known
songwriter, writing for TV and featuring at Jazz FM and
other radio stations as a DJ. She continues her love
affair with audiences everywhere, bringing her enormous
“Gusto” for life and music wherever she goes. As BB King
said “That woman makes my heart sing!”
Blues is her first love.
Connie and the Band are
currently recording songs for their forthcoming album,
which is due for release, early Spring 2015
http://www.connielush.com/
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“The Graveltones
live are a phenomenal experience. Watching them
bulldozes any presumption of a new White Stripes or
Black Keys thanks to their Bonham-esque thunder drumming
and cocooning vocals.”
The Graveltones return with their brand new album ‘Love
Lies Dying’ which is set for release on 31st May 2015
through Lagoon Dog Records.
UK
based Australian duo the Graveltones formed in late
2011, after the two members met in London’s Tin Pan
Alley, brought together by a mutual love of artists as
diverse as Captain Beefheart, Howlin Wolf, John Lee
Hooker and QOTSA. They announced their arrival on the
scene with ballsy 2013 debut album ”Don’t Wait Down”.
Critically acclaimed the album spawned a host of
playlisted songs and saw the band tour extensively with
the likes of Rival Sons, The Temperance Movement. Boss
Hoss, Monster Truck, Cadillac Three and a stunning set
at Download Festival 2013. They also landed sync deals
with the Irish Lottery and cosmetic giants Rimmel who
took advantage of their phenomenal studio sound using
the bands 1st single ‘I Want Your Love’ to front their
national TV advertising campaign against the face of
Kate Moss. They also had the track “Forget about the
trouble” featured on the national hockey league 2015
video game. band ended the year nominated for the ‘Best
New Band’ award at the Classic Rock Awards.
“Love Lies Dying” sees The Graveltones come of age. They
have delivered a stunning collection of songs, bristling
with aggression and crackling with energy. From the
laconic album opener “World On A String” to the
swaggering riff fest of “Big Money”. From the surf punk
of “I’m A Ghost” to the instant groove of “This Love’s
Gonna Break”, this is an album that merges the
piledriver drums of Mikey Sorbello with the dirty
guitars and powerful vocals of Jimmy O. The album was
produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost) at Orgone
Studios in London.
Vocalist Jimmy O’s thoughts on the record ”It’s one of
those things, when you record a bunch of songs and send
them out there to play ball you hope you’ve raised them
up good enough to take care of themselves, and all these
songs seem to get along with each other real well. They
make a good team. I think they’re gonna be alright.”
Drummer Mikey adds “Recording this album felt so right,
we had the right producer and engineer and the sounds
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Europe’s leading Blues & Rock
publication, Classic Rock Blues, recently called Danny
Bryant a
“National Blues Treasure“, a title that he has worked
tirelessly and passionately to earn. Riding high on the
European blues scene for over a decade, yet still only
32, Danny has carved a name for himself the
old-fashioned way having played over 2000 club and
festival shows to his many fans around the world and is
acknowledged by those in the business as one of the
cream of the crop.
Following many sold out club tours across Europe and
numerous major festival appearances that have seen the
power trio perform on the same bill as such names as Joe
Cocker, Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy and Peter Green to
mention a few; Danny and his band have steadily carved a
huge and loyal fan base around the world.
http://www.dannybryant.com/
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The sound of Albany
Down is
stripped-down-to-the-waist no nonsense rock and roll
with a bit of rhythm & blues and jazz-funk to mix it up,
with a vintage heartfelt sensitivity and contemporary
aggressive energy.
During 2012 the band have
performed on the main stage of some of the UK’s leading
Rock & Blues festivals including Burnley International
Rock and Blues Festival (supporting the legendary Jimmie
Vaughn) and Maryport Blues Festival. The band also
embarked on their first UK Tour supporting Chantel
McGregor. In February 2013 the band commenced their
second UK Tour supporting Henrik Freischlader and
further gigs supporting Chantel in preparation for the
much-anticipated launch of their second Album in March
2013. Later in the year the band will continue their UK
Tour playing some of the UK Festivals including a return
visit to Maryport.
http://www.albanydown.com/
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Matt Woosey’s refreshing
musical song writing and playing style combines acoustic
blues, folk and rock conveyed with an accomplished vocal
delivery which has been defined as The WooseyBlues. His
ability to combine originality with a broad musical
knowledge has gained him praise from sources as varied
as Paul Jones (BBC2), Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music) and
blues News.de who quote Matt as being “The Best British
bluesman since Rory Gallagher”.
http://www.mattwoosey.co.uk/
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With a burning desire to entertain and pursue a serious
music career, at the age of 18 Alex Butler decided to
form a band. April 2012 saw the beginning of the
blues/rock band emerge as Red
Butler with
Alex Butler (guitar), Charlie Simpson (drums), Jane
Pearce (vocals) and Steve Eveleigh (bass). July 2014 saw
Mike Topp replace Steve.
Drawing upon influences from SRV, Etta James, Joe
Bonamassa, Gary Moore, Free, King King, Santana and
Derek Trucks the band have developed their own style of
writing and have begun producing thoughtful, light
hearted and melodic compositions. The band have been
mentioned a number of times by the blues media
culminating in the award for ‘Best New UK Act’ 2014 via
the Writers Poll for Blues Matters!
Following the successful launch of their debut album
‘Freedom Bound’ in summer 2014 the band are working hard
on new material for a follow up album. Considerable
interest has been shown in this project, which should
come to fruition towards the latter part of 2015.
Heightened exposure has brought many rewards and Red
Butler are now receiving invitations to perform
throughout the country at forthcoming festivals and high
profile support slots.
http://www.redbutlermusic.co.uk/
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The Luke Doherty Band - Luke was born on 29th March
1994, in Newport, Gwent. He had an interest in music at
a very young age.
Although no one in his family play an instrument, he was
determined to learn to play something, and at the age of
5 he started playing piano, but didn’t like it. He then
asked to play the drums but was told by a drum teacher
he was way too young and to wait a couple of years. He
then settled on a 1/2 size acoustic guitar which he had
to give up after 3 months due to medical reasons. At
71/2 he was nagging his parents again to learn guitar,
so they bought him a second hand 1/2 size electric
guitar and a second hand amp and he has never looked
back. He instantly became hooked on blues, intently
watching any blues musicians he could find on TV or DVD.
Although being faced with a few serious medical problems
Luke has been determined to pursue his passion. He
visited Cheethams School of Music in Manchester and
Guitar X in London for some advice, but to be told that
he was way too young to proceed with his exams in
electric guitar, and they said that they had never come
across this situation before.
His parents took him to
jam sessions in local pubs so that he could play Blues
with other people and at the age of 12 he was asked to
open a 3 day Music Festival, on the main stage, with
some adults form local bands. In 2009 he supported Buddy
Whittington in the Globe in Cardiff and has since
supported Buddy on a few occasions. In 2012 he was very
fortunate to meet the ultimate man of Blues BB King.
Luke has now played at many Festivals and Blues Clubs,
and many more are planned in 2015
http://www.lukedoherty.com/newsite/
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