Your latest copy of Blues Matters! delivers!

Regulars Features

8 TOP TEN

Sam Hare’s top 10

10 FEEDBACK

Find out news on the scene

12 HAPPENIN NEWS

Lots of Blues News

94 CD REVIEWS

Over 70 reviews

122 GOT LIVE

Imelda May, Joe Bonamassa, Black Country Communion, Dani Wilde Band, Ben Poole, The Producers, Dana Fuchs, Ainslies Vibes, Dago Red, Geoff Achison, Mama Rosin.

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22 INTERVIEWS

Gregg Allman, Matt Schofield, John O’Leary, The Dirty Aces, Bob Corritore, Clare Free Band, Deborah Bonham, Keith Thompson Band, King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boy, Norman Beaker, PP Arnold.

80 FESTIVAL FEVER

Skegness Rock and Blues.

84 FEATURES

84. Harvest Jazz & Blue. 88. The Blues in Canada. 130. Alexis Korner. 131. Jenny Bohman. 132. Blues Decay. 134. Blues Jive Anyone. 136. Robert Johnson. 138. Gary Moore. 140. Northern Fried Blues.

78 CD REVIEWS

GREGG ALLMAN, DAN WILDE. HENRIK FREISCHLADER, CHRIS FARLOWE, ZOOT MONEY, BILL WYMAN’S RHYTHM KINGS, THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION, JOE LOUIS WALKER’S BLUES CONSPIRACY, KING PLEASURE & THE BISCUIT BOYS, RUFUS THOMAS, KING KING , THE ANIMALS, FREEMAN DRE & THE KITCHEN PARTY, RUTH BROWN, HOWLIN’ WOLF, BOO BOO DAVIS, EARL GREY & THE LOOSE LEAVES, JUNIOR WELLS AND THE ACES , JOHN PRIMER, LUCKY PETERSON, JEZ HALL, JOE BONAMASSA, KETE BOWERS, LITTLE JOHN GUELFI & THE BLUES TRAIN, PERCY MAYFIELD, LOS FABULOCOS FEATURING KID RAMOS, MISS QUINCY, PEARL HANDLED REVOLVER, QUEEN EMILY, SLIM LIGHTFOOT & THE SOUTHDOWNERS, SAM HARE, SWAMP VOODOO, THE DELTA WIRES, TOMISLAV “LITTLE PIGEON” GOLUBAN, ZED MITCHELL, WILLIE McBLIND, VIVONE, BLUES BUSINESS, RICH DEL GROSSO & JONN DEL TORO RICHARDSON, SAM HARE, SS&ST, CASSIE TAYLOR.

Blues Matters! 6 Cover feature Gregg Allman- Best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, and personally received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

DeborahBonham ClareFree

Giles Robson

BobCorritore

JohnO’Leary

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NormanBeaker

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