Interviews

Vulnerable Things' G.P.Benntt
"As for seeing us as a Blues band, well that’s the million-dollar question, isn't it? It comes down to what people deem to be Blues."

Reverend Beatman
"Buy a guitar trow away youe eyepot!"

Kid Ramos
"... But then I got the call to be in the Thunderbirds - Kim Wilson called and asked me - and that was one of those things that I knew that if I didn't do it I'd regret it forever."

Wade Schuman - Hazmat Modine
"Nothing you have heard before can prepare for Hazmat Modine" writes Garth Cartwright for BBC Radio 3, and he might have a point. You could do worse than start with this interview though...

Bob Meyer
He plays a mixed up folk-blues style that's all it's own...

Nathan James & Ben Hernandez
"... the very future of the blues, that is the real living blues now!" say's James Harman, and that's a good enough recommendation for us!

James Hunter
It's been a lively couple of years for James since we last interviewed him. Sharnalee Foster caught up with him for and update before the recent 100 club gig.

Bob Log III - Dec 2007
"I think they think the blues is a Fender Stratocaster played through a Twin Reverb and it's like, look man, that's not how anybody did it at the beginning."

Little George Sueref - Nov 2007
"I found Blues by accident, I started playing the Harmonica because it was the first thing that was available..."

Steve James - Nov 2007
"... I like to pass on aspects of the music. That's the way it's always been done."

Bob Brozman - Nov 2007
"The blues had always been at the base of my aesthetic senses..."

Robert Belfour - May 2007
"...there was just something about the guitar, I couldn't let it alone - I just had to keep messing with it."

Heavy Trash - Jon Spencer's Rockabilly Explosion - March 2007
"Me personally? Yeah, I think that I've done something for the Blues."

Steve Weston - Feb 2007
"You should think about doing your own thing. That’s the way forward!"

Honkeyfinger - Dec 2006
"...picking up an instrument and finding your own way of playing it - that for me is the spirit of the blues."

Bob Brozman - Nov 2006
"I am very respectful and humbled by great musicians..."

Catfish Keith - Nov 2006
"This is our 32nd tour of the UK since 1992"

Duck Baker - Sept 2006
"What I get proud about is things like Memphis Minnie singing What's The Matter With The Mill?"

Clarence Fountain - The Blind Boys of Alabama - July 2006
"...it'll still be here when I'm gone"

James Hunter - June 2005
"...it's just a load of pop songs really."

John Hammond - May 2006
"Blues will always be - It's life"

Charlie Musselwhite - May 2006
Mr. Christo Redemptor talks about his new CD and what keeps him on the road.

Wilko Johnson - April 2006
The Godfather of Punk Rock Blues, and a national treasure to boot. Arise sir Wilko of Southend!

Seasick Steve - Mar 2006
"There's not too many people just sitting with a guitar and making a record anymore."

Son Of Dave - Feb 2006
"I'm the next Stevie Ray Vaughan!"

IN THE ARCHIVE:

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Black Diamond Heavies US New Bluesers - Sept 2005

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The Immortal Lee County Killers III US New Bluesers - Sept 2005

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Paul Lamb UK Harmonica legend - Jan 2005
Big Joe Louis London blues royalty - Jan 2006

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Zach Parrish An American in London - Nov 2005

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Ian Seigal Highly regarded younger player - Sept 2005