Stephen Foster’s Top Gigs of 2022
Foz Pays Tribute to Hot Tramp’s Tom Williams
The Suffolk music scene is reeling from the news that one of its most popular figures – Tom Williams – has died at the age of 29. Tom was drummer […]
Suffolk’s Annual Blues Festival Takes Shape
The line-up for June’s StowBlues in Stowmarket is coming together rather nicely. As ever, the event is being held at The Museum Of East Anglian Life and this year it […]
Derek Nash – Some Kinda Wonderful
Later this Spring the American music legend Stevie Wonder is celebrating his 70th birthday. I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you just how much great music he has […]
Ipswich Jazz Club
This month sees the annual Ipswich Jazz Club blues night which is run in conjunction with BBC Radio Suffolk. The event has a rich history stretching back to the days […]
Birthday Feelgood Factor
They (whoever they may be) say that 60 is the new 40 and having recently reached 60 I’m not going to argue with them. It certainly doesn’t seem 39 years […]
Barrie Masters
As the old blues song put it so succinctly – another man done gone. The Southend music scene has lost one of its best known characters – Barrie Masters, lead […]
Mari Wilson – Queen of Neasden Soul
I’m going to show my age here, but I reckon when it comes to pop music, the 1980s is up there with the very best decades. For many people it […]
Martin McNeill
It’s always good to hear a British-made blues album that stands up against recordings made on the other side of the pond. That in itself is not unusual. After all, […]
Built For Comfort Reunion
They say nostalgia isn’t what it used to be but let me assure you that in the case of Suffolk blues band Built For Comfort it most certainly is. Back […]