Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Elles BaileyGig reviewsHenry GraceJamie Lawson

We do like the Lafayette in London’s Kings Cross, and it was the perfect setting for this musical evening in aid of Music Minds Matter from Help Musicians.

The fact that the 10th October was also World Mental Health Day made the evening even more poignant, as crowds of fans poured into the Lafayette for what was to be a night of fantastic music and awareness.

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Joanne Shaw TaylorNew Music

Just in time for the season and with a nod to Friday the 13th’s mystical charm, British blues-rock prodigy Joanne Shaw Taylor unveils her spellbinding new single “Black Magic,” a blues gem perfect for whimsical nights. Crafted alongside Kevin Shirley, the iconic producer, at the legendary RCA Studio A in Nashville, this new track is the fruit of a collaboration with stellar artists such as Rob McNelly, Doug Lancio, Alison Prestwood, Jimmy Wallace, and Anton Fig.

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Album reviewsRival SonsRock Tours Gig Guide

Hot on the heels of June’s Darkfighter comes the latest album from Long Beach / Nashville rockers Rival Sons, and it picks up right where its predecessor left off.

Lightbringer (see what they did there?) serves as a companion album to Darkfighter and gives us 6 songs of hard-rocking, blues infused songs that get the feet tapping and the head banging.

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Jesse DaytonRock Tours Gig GuideSamantha Fish

Following the release of their critically acclaimed album “Death Wish Blues,” Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton are pleased to announce the release of their new single “Lover On The Side.”

The single and music video are released ahead of the duo’s “Death Wish Blues” October 2023 UK Tour. The highly anticipated UK tour teams two wild talents together onstage, an uncommon and fiery pairing of two bandleader guitar heroes trading lead vocal and guitar duties.

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