Slide guitar and harmonica-playing blues veteran Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans wowed the Black Deer crowd with a cracking set of livewire blues. “I’m an old guy who used to drive trucks for a living and it’s a pleasure to come over to play for you guys.” Backed by […]
“How much damage can we do in a gigantic field?” asked Ben Nichols, frontman of Tennessee rockers Lucero, after recognising some faces in the crowd. “Enough” he joked. BOON reviewed Lucero six months ago and the crowd was lively then to say the least. The Black Deer faithful […]
Traditional American blues came to Black Deer in the form of multi-instrumentalist and inuendo raconteur Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton. Paxton is a talented young man keeping the songs of his heritage alive, playing ragtime, blues, reels and zydeco songs. “My name is Jerron and I’m from South Central […]
Before his show Paul Cauthen wandered into the bar of the Slaughtered Lamb in London’s Clerkenwell. A guy in a Stetson called him over saying “Hey Paul, I’m Texas Joe”. He then presented Cauthen with a demin jacket emblazoned with Big Velvet, his nickname due to his size […]
It is shameful for me to say that until 1st June 2019, I had never seen Holloway Road live before. I knew of them of course but it just never seemed to work out. A lot of their shows are London based which doesn’t help when you live […]
Memphis came to London when Southern Avenue opened the Future Juke 21st Century Blues Festival at Dingwalls in Camden. It’s not often you see a six-piece band as support but that’s what local blues singer Lynne Jackaman brought to the party. Accompanied by bass, guitar, sax, trumpet and […]
Megan McKenna’s headline acoustic tour was almost midway come Birmingham. We arrived at the venue just as her fan meet and greet was underway. It was interesting to watch the impact Megan has on her fans and quite moving seeing fans cry and how well Megan greeted each […]
Headlining the first night of the Reading blues festival at the Purple Turtle, the Urban Voodoo Machine took Reading by storm. “It’s the first time we’ve played Reading in 16 years” says frontman Paul-Ronney Angel. “What a superb venue – we’ll be back.” With copious amounts of beer, […]
AWESOME !! One of the best live bands around. Cornish trio William The Conqueror’s second album Bleeding On The Soundtrack was released in February and is frontrunner for album of 2019. This live show at the Lexington is a strong contender for gig of 2019. An excellent opening […]
Super talented US songstress Michaela Anne supported Mandolin Orange on their short European tour and wowed London’s Islington Assembly Hall audience with a classy solo set. Stark and simple lighting perfectly complemented Anne’s quality melodies and lyrics. Opening with I’m Not Her “but how I wish I was” she […]
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