WEEK COMMENCING 31ST MAY 2026

WEEK COMMENCING 31ST MAY 2026

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues features 14 tracks all connected, some loosely, with the European Union and demonstrating what cracking music is emanating from Europe. Tune in for tracks from Boogie Beasts feat. Duwayne Burnside, Big Dave & the Dutchmen, Ghalia Volt, The Dibs, Robbert Duijf, Mary Stokes Band, Hubert Dorigatti with Greg Zlap, Guy Verlinde, Steven Troch Band, Neal Black & the Healers, The Badrock Blues Band, They Call Me Rico, Manon Werner Band and Stef Paglia. ARTIST TRACK SOURCE LABEL Boogie Beasts feat. Duwayne Burnside Fireman Ring the Bell Don't Be So Mean - A Tribute to R.L. Burnside Naked Records [https://www.boogiebeasts.com/] Big Dave & the Dutchmen Lonesome Big Dave & the Dutchmen Naked Records [https://www.facebook.com/BigDaveAndTheDutchmen/] Ghalia Volt Burn the House Down Burn the House Down Ruf Records [http://www.ghaliavolt.com/] The Dibs Sick and Tired Just For You Naked Records [https://thedibsband.com/home] Robbert Duijf Those Days Silver Spoon Naked Records [https://robbertduijf.com/] Mary Stokes Band Leave This Place Hometown Blues Independent [http://www.themarystokesband.bandcamp.com/] Hubert Dorigatti with Greg Zlap The Ocean Poor Boy Apaloosa Records [http://www.mountainblues.it/] Guy Verlinde Heaven Inside My Head Best of Blues BandR Music [http://www.guyverlnde.com/] Steven Troch Band Wonder Why The Dawning Donor Productions [https://www.steventroch.com/] Neal Black & the Healers No Way to Get Along Number 3 Monkey Gel Productions - Pias [http://www.nealblack.net/] The Badrock Blues Band Dying Delta Blues Shadows Kofferradio [http://www.badrock.blues.band.com/] T hey Call Me Rico Please Don't Go Wheel of Love Voxtone Records [https://www.theycallmerico.com/] Manon Werner Band Echec et Mat Wild Navoukil Productions [https://www.manonwernerband.com/] Stef Paglia Warmth Instead of Cold Stef Paglia Live Independent [http://www.stefpaglia.com/]

WEEK COMMENCING 24TH MAY 2026 - BMA 2026 SPECIAL

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues features 11 tracks, 10 of which are from bands/artists who were winers at the recent 2026 Blues Music Awards staged in Memphis earlier this month. Tune in for tracks from Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Buddy Guy, D K Harrell, Doug Macleod, John Primer, Johnny Rawls, J.T. Lauritsen & the Buckshot Hunters with Friends, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Mike Finnigan and Blood Brothers. Artist Track Source Label Tommy Castro & the Painkillers Can't Catch a Break Closer to the Bone Alligator Records [http://www.tommycastro.com/] Ronnie Baker Brooks Blues in my DNA Blues in my DNA Alligator Records [https://ronniebakerbrooks.com/] Buddy Guy Swamp Poker Ain't Done With The Blues RCA Silvertone [http://www.buddyguy.net/] D K Harrell Talkin' Heavy Talkin' Heavy Alligator Records [https://dkblues.com/] Doug Macleod Roll Like a River 2025 Between Somewhere and Goodbye Reference Recordings [http://www.doug-macleod.com/] John Primer Blues Before Sunrise Grown In Mississippi Blues House Productions [http://www.johnprimerblues.com/] Johnny Rawls Move In My Direction Make Them Dance Catfood Records [http://www.johnnyrawlsblues.com/] J.T. Lauritsen & the Buckshot Hunters with Friends Friction Still Be Friends Hunter Records [http://www.jtlauritsen.com/] Tedeschi Trucks Band Devil Be Gone Future Soul Fantasy Records [http://www.tedeschitrucksband.com/] Mike Finnigan Fool For You Mike Finnigan Forty Below Records [https://fortybelowrecords.com/] Blood Brothers Soulard Serenade Help Yourself Gulf Coast Records [https://www.gulfcoastrecords.net/]

WEEK COMMENCING 17TH MAY 2026

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues again sees us traveling far and wide with tracks from Australia, Austria, Finland, the UK & the USA. Around the world in 58 minutes! Join me and Mark Easton, Eddie 9 Volt, Matthew Curry, The CD Woodbury Trio, Bobby Charles, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Christina Crofts, The Badrock Blues Band, Zac Harmon & the Drive, Reverend Freakchild, Pontchartrain Shakers, Long John McDonald, Bob Corritore and Friends feat Teeny Tucker and Chris Corcoran. Artist Track Source Label Mark Easton Cyclone (See See Sahli) Dark Horse Independent [http://www.markeaston.net/] Eddie 9 Volt Saratoga Saratoga Ruf Records [http://www.eddie9volt.com/] Matthew Curry Barely Livin' One for the Ride Ruf Records [http://www.matthewcurry.com/] The CD Woodbury Trio Wicked Grin Bulldog Lightning in a Bottle Records [http://www.cdwoodbury.com/] Bobby Charles I Don't Want to Know Last Train to Memphis The Last Music Co [http://www.lastmusic.co.uk/] Joanne Shaw Taylor This Is Who I Am The Trouble with Love Journeyman Records [https://www.joanneshawtaylor.com/] Christina Crofts See You Stumble The Best of Bottleneck Independent [http://www.christinacrofts.com/] The Badrock Blues Band Caught by Rock 'n' Roll Shadows Kofferradio [http://www.badrock.blues.band.com/] Zac Harmon & the Drive Mississippi Bar B Q Zac Harmon & The Drive Live Independent [http://www.zacharmon.com/] Reverend Freakchild A Day Late and a $ Short Blues & Spirituals/Hymn Hustler Treated and Released Records [http://www.treatedandreleasedrecords.com/] P ontchartrain Shakers Going to Kentucky Love, Peace & Chicken Southland Records [https://pontchartrainshakers.com/] Long John McDonald Hard Working Man Fly Free Rootman Music [https://www.facebook.com/juha.ahvenainen.33] Bob Corritore and Friends feat Teeny Tucker Shoes Ernestine Blues VizzTone Label Group [http://www.bobcorritore.com/] Chris Corcoran Back Chat The Burner For the Road Records [https://www.chriscorcoranmusic.com/]

WEEK COMMENCING 10TH MAY 2026

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues is crammed with musical gorgeousness including a number of albums which could well end up on my list of favourites for 2026! Join me and 13 bands/artists for a musical moment (58 of them in fact) - Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, GA 20 with Charlie Musselwhite, McKnight & Bogdal, Anders Damås & The Acres Of Corn, Bison Hip, JP Soars feat. Anne Harris, Jennifer Lyn & the Groove Revival, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Lexie Blue, Mike Guldin, Seth James, The James Hunter Six and Tom Principato. Artist Track Source Label Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar Them Changes A Beautiful Buzz Gypsy Soul Records [https://samanthamartinmusic.com/] GA 20 with Charlie Musselwhite Crazy Love Blues Now New West Records [https://ga20band.com/] McKnight & Bogdal Pojo's Place Pojo's Place Big Black Hand Records [https://bigblackhand.com/] Anders Damås & The Acres Of Corn Rum Boogie Café Single AD Records [andersdamas.com/anders-dam-s-the-acres-of-corn-bandsite/] Bison Hip This Time Everything That Came Before Was Just Leading Up To This Independent [https://www.bisonhip.com/] JP Soars feat. Anne Harris Old Silver Bridge Gypsy Blue Revue Forty Below Records [http://www.fortybelowrecords.com/] Jennifer Lyn & the Groove Revival Light the Fire/When the Levee Breaks Electric Eden J&R Collective Music [http://www.jlynandthegroovecollective.com/] Tedeschi Trucks Band Under the Knife Future Soul Fantasy Records [http://www.tedeschitrucksband.com/] Lexie Blue Break Up Kiss Too Glam to Give a Damn Independent [http://www.lexieblue.com/] Mike Guldin Luck Runs Dry While I Can Blue Sky Tunes [http://www.mikeguldin.com/] Seth James Why Should I Suffer Motormouth Qualified Records [http://www.sethjamesmusic.com/] The James Hunter Six Let Me Out of This Love Off The Fence Easy Eye Sound [https://www.jameshuntermusic.com/] Tom Principato Smoky Blue Twangin'! Powerhouse Records [http://www.tomprincipato.powerhouserecords.com/]

WEEK COMMENCING 3RD MAY 2026

This week’s edition of the award-winning Digital Blues opens with a track from the wonderful and much missed Earl Green who died on 6th May 2020. We then go on another musical road trip visiting sees us visiting Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Norway, the UK & the USA. Join me and my guests Earl Green, Long John McDonald, The Badrock Blues Band, Krissy Matthews & the Vikings feat. Ida Mae & Will Wilde, Mark Easton, Elise Frank, Ghalia Volt, Dana Fuchs, Christina Crofts, Bob Corritore and Friends feat Tia Carroll, Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective, Ma Polaine's Great Decline, Bernard Sellam & the Boyz from the Hood and Laura Chavez. Artist Track Source Label Earl Green Take My Advice Feel The Fire Abacabe Records Long John McDonald Thunderstorm Fly Free Rootman Music [https://www.facebook.com/juha.ahvenainen.33] The Badrock Blues Band GulfCoast Sunset Shadows Kofferradio [http://www.badrock.blues.band.com/] Krissy Matthews & the Vikings feat./ Ida Mae & Will Wilde 44 Blues Rock and Roll Soldier Ruf Records [http://www.krissymatthews.com/] Mark Easton Road House Blues Dark Horse Independent [http://www.markeaston.net/] Elise Frank I'm Smoking I Didn't Pay For It Ruf Records [http://www.elise-frank.com/] Ghalia Volt Mine Burn the House Down Ruf Records [http://www.ghaliavolt.com/] Dana Fuchs Superman Live In Denmark Ruf Records [http://www.danafuchs.com/] Christina Crofts Someone Younger The Best of Bottleneck Independent [http://www.christinacrofts.com/] Bob Corritore and Friends feat Tia Carroll Ernestine Ernestine Blues VizzTone Label Group [http://www.bobcorritore.com/] Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective Every Broken Man In The Moment Independent [http://www.jwroots.co.uk/] Ma Polaine's Great Decline An Ugky Taste Monster Swan OMH Records [http://www.mapolaine.com/] Bernard Sellam & the Boyz from the Hood Shy Pretty Woman Barnyard Boogie Bluz-Track Productions [http://www.bernardsellam.fr/] Laura Chavez Napa Street My Voice Ruf Records [http://www.rufrecords.de/]