by Bman | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I recently received a cd of piano boogie and blues by Andrew D. Gordon called Boogie-Woogie and the Blues. This is a straight up piano cd with 9 original tracks. The cd opens with the title track and is a stark contrast to the overproduced recordings that I sometimes...
by Bman | Mar 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
My name is Ian Goodsman but known widely as Lil' Ian (that's Lil' as in 'little', Lilian is my mother's name and that's another story). I am an acoustic roots musician spending time between the UK, where I was born, and New Zealand where I have a home. I am known...
by Bman | Mar 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Clare Free is an artist who is redefining the blues for the modern world. Her roots lie in the blues but her influences go way beyond the genre making her one of the most exciting new artists writing and performing in the blues world today. A passionate, award...
by Bman | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
'His material was great, quite bluesy and dirty and performed with real gusto, manically stamping on the box to start and stop loops, frantically picking up different microphones and instruments like a magician pulling props out of a trunk to create some amazing...
by Bman | Mar 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Amateur bluesman ; freelance journalist for Blues In Britain mag. I run a monthly acoustic blues night at the Cellar Bar, Foregate street, in Worcester, third Tuesday every month. Anyone who lives locally could do worse ; since I started running it in June, it has...