The amazing guitar virtuoso Nick Charles is returning from Australia to Roomfulla Blues for the third time….. check out his music on his website http://www.charlesguitar.com
Winning album of the year and song of the year (Australia 2014), His latest album ‘Into the Blues’ is available from www.blackmarketmusic.com.au
‘Dazzling finesse….a mastery of country blues (Al Hensley, Rhythms Magazine)
Superb, sweet and inspiring (Ian Dearden, Trad and Now Magazine)
An obvious keeper of the flame… incandescent (Tony Hillier, The Weekend Australia)
8 Ball Aitken is a Nashville based Australian musician…. He gonn electrify your soul. Backed by Moondogs Gypsy Blues Band, who are two amazing people, Moondog-guitar, harps, vocals; Kate Le Jam- stand up drum kit.
The divine Emma Davey and ‘Stax of Soul’ are booked in to Roomfulla Blues for Thursday night, January 23rd, the first night for Roomfulla blues 2014. …. a great line up, a great night of music. inspired by Stax, Mowtown, and the sounds of New Orleans are Emma Davey- vocals; Chris Armour- guitar/telecaster; Vance Anderson- drums; Martin Robertson – bass
With Bullfrog at the wheel, The Tokomaru Express is rolling down the track straight at ya! It’s a mighty fine line up and makes for a perfect Christmas party night out for you and your mates. Bullfrog– guitar, harp, bass, vocals; Chris Gain– guitar, vocals; Matt Soong– keyboards; Shayn Wills– guitar, harp, vocals; Ted Frickleton– drums; Paul Dredge– bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
One of Wellington’s favourite and finest blues/soul/jazz fusion band takes to the stage for a mid-December gig. It’s the perfect time to come in for your Christmas Party~! The delightful soul jazz blues fusion of Shaken not Stirred are gonna swing your thang til it hurts! Steph ‘Honey Tones’ Paris– vocals; Andre ‘The Champ’ Paris– on knock out saxophone; Miss Jacqui ‘The Knife’ Nyman– Fender telecaster and 1948 Gibson guitars; Damian ‘Chainsaw’ Forlong– trombone; Rob ‘The Assassin’ Henderson– bass; Rueben ‘Minnie the Moocher’ Bradley– drums. “Be prepared to be slapped then tickled as we give you the swing, the blues, the knife, the honey, the champ, the assassin, the chainsaw and the thrill of your life!”
The blues club is into its 17th year and we’re celebrating the close of 2013 with our very own club VP, Del Thomas playing songs from his album ‘Driving Home Alone’. His band will be driving home the blues in style.
Del Thomas– guitars /vocals; Phil McLaughlin– guitar; George Barris– bass; Mo Phillips– drums
The Flaming Mudcats http://www.theflamingmudcats.com/
This hard rockin’ Auckland blues band has just returned from playing in the USA, mainly Chicago, the Windy City where the blues went electric. The Mudcats were invited to open the inaugural Field of Blues Festival in Rockford, Illinois. “It doesn’t get any better than that… on our first night in town we visited Buddy Guy’s Legends. No sleep till Sunday was the rallying cry. A good deal of shopping in the city’s mind-blowing instrument and record shops occupied our only free day in town. That evening we went to two of the iconic blues clubs, B.L.U.E.S. Chicago and Kingston Mines. We were invited up to play at both these clubs, which was unplanned, totally amazing and a moving experience for us all. To be up on the stages where our heroes have stood, playing with some of Chicago’s older hands and regulars watching on is an experience that money can’t buy”. This story just gets better. Chase it on: http://www.theflamingmudcats.com/latest-news/
Craig Bracken– harmonica/vox; Doug Bygrave– guitar; Sean McCarthy– bass guitar; Ian Thomson– drums
“Sheffield’s answer to Lightnin’ Hopkins,” – NME. “You don’t hear that anymore. Beautiful groove, beautiful tunes!” – Derek Trucks.
Rodwell’s music is based in hard blues minimalism, but filtered through an improvisatory, no-fixed-arrangements approach. His internationally acclaimed debut album Live Humble is a “…manifesto of electrified country-blues, based on slave-era spirituals, work-songs and low-tech blues music”… with the foot stomp thing going on! Photo by Liz Clarkson.
