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Chantel McGregor was in full glow at her Christmas solo acoustic gig at Temperance
Chantel McGregor Excites Temperance Café
Bradford’s Chantel McGregor has had a spectacular 2025 including the release of her latest studio album ‘The Healing’ to critical success at the iconic 100 Club in Oxford Street, London, as well as to...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Chantel McGregor was in full glow at her Christmas solo acoustic gig at Temperance
Great homecoming gig from @bluenationmusic.bsky.social at The Crossing, Digbeth and my review and images is linked below
Blue Nation Triumphant at The Crossing, Digbeth
Birmingham band Blue Nation have had a spectacular 2025 including winning Emerging Act of the Year at the UK Blues Federation awards night at The Stables venue in Milton Keynes.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Great homecoming gig from @bluenationmusic.bsky.social at The Crossing, Digbeth and my review and images is linked below
Great debut at Temperance in Leamington Spa for Saint Senara and here is my gig review with images
Saint Senara Thrilled on Debut at Temperance
The Saint Senara duo of Chloe Gorman (vocals) & Andrew Bate (guitar & vocals), are based in Cheltenham, but from Chatham & Cornwall respectively originally.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Great debut at Temperance in Leamington Spa for Saint Senara and here is my gig review with images
Excellent gig at The International in Leicester from Laurence Jones and his band and here is my review and images #bluesrock
Laurence Jones Gives His All to The International Crowds
Laurence Jones and his band rocked up to The International in Leicester for a Sunday afternoon gig, to a room filled with his expectant fans, including Colin Shotter on his 75th Laurence gig!
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November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Excellent gig at The International in Leicester from Laurence Jones and his band and here is my review and images #bluesrock
Great debut gig from True Strays at Temperance in Leamington Spa, supported by Demi Marriner and below is my gig review
True Strays Thrill Temperance Crowds
Bristol’s True Strays thrilled the sell out audience, on their debut appearance, at Temperance in Leamington Spa on their Never Ending Sunset album tour.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great debut gig from True Strays at Temperance in Leamington Spa, supported by Demi Marriner and below is my gig review
Great set of Soul & Blues from Chloe Josephine live at Temperance cafe in Leamington Spa
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Chloe Josephine wows Temperance Crowds
Portsmouth’s Chloe Josephine returned to Temperance in Leamington Spas with her soul/blues review with support from Southampton’s Jonny Moody. Now nearly 1 year since she left Brave Rival, she has bee...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Great set of Soul & Blues from Chloe Josephine live at Temperance cafe in Leamington Spa
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Great set from Chloe Mogg Band at Copper Beech Brewery Company in Worcester for Worcester Music Festival and here is my review
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Chloe Mogg Band Thrills Copper Beech Brewery Crowds in Worcester
Stourport’s Chloe Mogg and her band thrilled the Copper Beech Brewery & Taproom crowds with her set at the Worcester Music Festival 2025.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Great set from Chloe Mogg Band at Copper Beech Brewery Company in Worcester for Worcester Music Festival and here is my review
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Great to see my @bluenationmusic.bsky.social gig review from The Greystones, Sheffield in the July 2025 edition of Blues in Britain magazine
July 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Great to see my @bluenationmusic.bsky.social gig review from The Greystones, Sheffield in the July 2025 edition of Blues in Britain magazine
It was great album launch for Chantel McGregor at the iconic 100 Club supported by award winning @bluenationmusic.bsky.social
Here is my review
Here is my review
Chantel McGregor in Majestic Form at Album Launch
Bradford’s Chantel McGregor thrilled the packed crowds at the iconic 100 Club in London at her album launch party for her new album ‘The Healing’. This is her 3rd studio album, which her fans had been...
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May 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It was great album launch for Chantel McGregor at the iconic 100 Club supported by award winning @bluenationmusic.bsky.social
Here is my review
Here is my review
It was a great headline gig from @bluenationmusic.bsky.social in Sheffield supported by MeMe Detroit at The Greystones pub
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Blue Nation are Triumphant at Greystones, Sheffield
Birmingham band Blue Nation gains some more fans after their headline gig at The Greystones pub in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. They were supported by MeMe Detroit and her band.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It was a great headline gig from @bluenationmusic.bsky.social in Sheffield supported by MeMe Detroit at The Greystones pub
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It was a great night at UK Blues Awards 2025 and Brum band @bluenationmusic.bsky.social won Emerging Blues Artist of the year category.
Here is my detailed article
Here is my detailed article
UK Blues Awards 2025 Exceeds Expectations
The UK Blues Federation awards nights took place on 16th April 2025 at The Stables Milton Keynes and was sponsored by Marshall Amplification. Support had also been given with ticket sales by Stephen S...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It was a great night at UK Blues Awards 2025 and Brum band @bluenationmusic.bsky.social won Emerging Blues Artist of the year category.
Here is my detailed article
Here is my detailed article
Great gig from Félix Rabin at Temperance Café and here is my review #bluesrock
Félix Rabin Excites the Packed Temperance Crowds
Swiss born French blues rock guitarist & singer (30) Félix Rabin stormed Temperance Café’s sold-out audience on his 10th tour, and his 3rd time at Temperance. He was joined on stage by Swiss Fantin Mo...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Great gig from Félix Rabin at Temperance Café and here is my review #bluesrock
For those still thinking about @bluenationmusic.bsky.social ‘s gig at The Crossing, Digbeth here is my review from the 2024 gig at that venue. #blues
Blue Nation’s Triumphant Homecoming at The Crossing, Digbeth
Blue Nation had been planning this homecoming gig for several months, which was the last on their first headline tour, with lots of attention to detail which all came off to the sold-out audience at T...
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April 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For those still thinking about @bluenationmusic.bsky.social ‘s gig at The Crossing, Digbeth here is my review from the 2024 gig at that venue. #blues
It was a great first gig for Greg Brice Duo at Weston-sub-Edge and here is my article #blues @hotmusiclive.bsky.social
Greg Brice Duo Excite the Weston-sub-Edge Packed House
The Greg Brice Duo started their Village Hall tour to great acclaim in Weston-sub-Edge Village Hall in the Cotswolds where Greg lived. This was before going to University of Aberdeen and then moving t...
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April 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It was a great first gig for Greg Brice Duo at Weston-sub-Edge and here is my article #blues @hotmusiclive.bsky.social
Greg Coulson thrilled the Maroto Brazilian cafe in London and here is my article
Greg Coulson Entertains the Maroto Crowds
Northampton’s Greg Coulson (but Sunderland born) kicked off the evening with a bit of jazz & blues style piano for the early London diners at Maroto before starting with his own song ‘Stitch Me Up’ wi...
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January 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Greg Coulson thrilled the Maroto Brazilian cafe in London and here is my article
A great Blues and Soul evening with Chloe Josephine at Temperance in Leamington Spa and here is my review.
Chloe Josephine Amazes Temperance Crowds with New Musical Chapter
This gig at Temperance was Chloe Josephine’s first since she left Brave Rival at the end of 2024, and as she commented this was a rebirth and start to the new musical chapter in her life. In this she ...
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January 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A great Blues and Soul evening with Chloe Josephine at Temperance in Leamington Spa and here is my review.
Nice if cold day in London on Friday with lots of Sunshine.
View from London Charing Cross station
View from London Charing Cross station
January 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nice if cold day in London on Friday with lots of Sunshine.
View from London Charing Cross station
View from London Charing Cross station
Busy weekend in Lübeck, Germany helping my son in his new flat (putting up curtain rails and curtains). Went to their Christmas market at the same time sadly as the atrocity in Magdeburg
December 22, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Busy weekend in Lübeck, Germany helping my son in his new flat (putting up curtain rails and curtains). Went to their Christmas market at the same time sadly as the atrocity in Magdeburg
Great evening of Opera & Christmas songs with Shipston Proms and @annapatalong.bsky.social and Ben Nelson and here is my article
Sparkling Night of Opera for Shipston Proms
The Shipston Proms Music Festival was proud to put on ‘A Night at the Opera’ at St Edmunds Church, Shipston-on-Stour. It featured Shipston’s own Opera singers, Soprano Anna Patalong and Baritone Bened...
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December 10, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Great evening of Opera & Christmas songs with Shipston Proms and @annapatalong.bsky.social and Ben Nelson and here is my article
The end of a family trip to Melbourne so back to a cold UK and frost overnight tomorrow!
November 18, 2024 at 3:58 AM
The end of a family trip to Melbourne so back to a cold UK and frost overnight tomorrow!