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Judith Owen reveals her Top Ten Songs 62 FESTIVAL FEVER

Burnley Festival, Guisborough Festival. Festival. 68 BOOK REVIEWS

Home of the Blues, Blues Before Sunrise, Independence Days, Give My Poor Heart Ease. 70 DVD REVIEWS

Rick Estrin, Geoff Mulaur, Joe Bonamassa, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, John Fogerty, Soul Power etc... 116 GOT LIVE

Eddie Martin, Elephant Shelf, Joe Bonamassa, Aynsley Lister, Jethro Tull, Hamilton Loomis, Gary Moore, Bare Bones

Boogie Band, Rob Tognoni, Lisa Mills, Jon Amor & Chantel McGregor. 122 HAPPENIN NEWS Find out news on the scene

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Candye Kane, Stephen Dale Petit, Cherry Lee Mewis, Bassekou Kouyate, Blues Power Band, Wildon T King, Chantel McGregor, Henrik Frieschlaer, Scott McKeon, Lalla Zoe & Glenn Patrik

Peter Green. 66 BLUE BLOOD

Lucy Zirins. 128 NOW BEFORE WE

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74 CD REVIEWS MICHAEL BURKS, MAGIC SLIM &THE TEARDROPS,THE HOLMES BROTH- ERS, AL COOK, HARRIET LEWIS & GREGORY HILDEN BAND, THE MUSTANGS,BLUES POWER BAND, PETE MOLINARI featuring THE JORDANAIRES, SANDI THOM, JOE BONAMASSA, ERIC McFADDEN, COREY HARRIS, JEFF BECK, GUITAR SHORTY, PHILIP SAYCE, MICHAEL LANDAU, ROBBEN FORD, JIMMY HASLIP & GARY NOVAK, FEED ME, MITCH LADDIE, COCO MONTOYA, RORY BLOCK, DARRELL NULISCH, SCOTT MCKEON, SHAWN PITTMAN, ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIA- BETE.....

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Candye Kane, big beautiful, bbw singer and sex activist rocks the world! Kanes’ live shows are the stuff of legend. She honors the bold blues women of the past with both feet firmly planted in the present. She belts - growls - shouts - croons and moans from a lifetime of suffering and overcoming obstacles.

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