Blues

National Rock Review is more than just Rock; we cover BluesÂ Music, too! Get the latest news in the blues music industry covering both big names in country and up and coming artists from the US, Canada, and the UK.

Rhiannon Giddens at Sage Gateshead

Adam Kennedy

05-Dec-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

Kenny Wayne Shepherd at L’Alhambra in Paris

Adam Kennedy

08-Nov-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, US

War In My Mind by Beth Hart

Adam Kennedy

27-Sep-2019

Album Reviews, Blues, UK

Brighter Days by Robert Randolph and The Family Band

Adam Kennedy

23-Aug-2019

Album Reviews, Blues, UK

Madeleine Peyroux at Sage Gateshead

Adam Kennedy

27-Jul-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

A Few Moments With Davina and the Vagabonds

Adam Kennedy

27-Jul-2019

Blues, Interviews, UK

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A Few Moments with Kenny Wayne Shepherd – UK Tour Special

Adam Kennedy

15-Jul-2019

Blues, Interviews, UK

Grammy-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd has sold millions of albums worldwide (including the platinum-selling Ledbetter Heights Trouble Is and 10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads). (mor...

Keb Mo at The Union Chapel in London

Paul Davies

15-Jul-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

“My name is Junior, from Memphis Tennessee”, sings blues supremo Keb Mo on ‘I Remember You’. (more…)...

A Few Moments with Elles Bailey

Adam Kennedy

28-Jun-2019

Blues, Interviews, UK

Genre-defying British singer/songwriter Elles Bailey returns with arguably her best material to date in the shape of her new album Road I Call Home. (more…)...

A Few Moments With Nicole Atkins

Adam Kennedy

29-May-2019

Blues, Interviews, UK

US-based singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins recently finished recording a new studio album at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound in Alabama. The record, which is titled Forever, is presently tipped for a 2020 ...

Kamasi Washington at Sage Gateshead

Adam Kennedy

24-May-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

Groundbreaking American saxophonist Kamasi Washington makes his Tyneside debut as part of Sage Gateshead’s Summer Jazz programme. (more…)...

Jimmie Vaughan at Dingwalls, London

Paul Davies

23-May-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

Appearing box fresh from a main supporting slot at Eric Clapton’s Royal Albert Hall residency, a sharp-suited, slick greased hair Jimmie Vaughan presents himself onstage at Dingwalls tonight looking the real dapper deal as the relaxed band leader of legend. ...

Samantha Fish at The Garage, London

Paul Davies and Eric Duvet

19-May-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

There’s a scene in the 1959 classic movie Some Like It Hot where both a dragged-up Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are playing the saxophone and double bass with wild abandon and slap bang in the middle of these on...

Ana Popovic at The Borderline in London

Paul Davies

17-May-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

Armed with a name suggestive of being more familiar stringing a tennis racquet than a guitar and with an Amazonian figure of catwalk proportions, Belgrade born Ana Popovic is not your usual guitar goddess ...

Tedeschi Trucks Band at the London Palladium

Adam Kennedy

30-Apr-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

“Dreams” come true for British blues fans as the Tedeschi Trucks Band command a rare two-night audience at London’s iconic palladium theatre. (more…)...

Joe Bonamassa at the Royal Albert Hall

Adam Kennedy

30-Apr-2019

Blues, Concert Reviews, UK

The second night of a three night run at this most hallowed of halls saw this modern-day blues rock avenger at the peak of his considerable superpowers. (more…)...