Award-winning UK blues sensation Elles Bailey – crowned UK Blues Vocalist of the Year and a rising force far beyond the genre – has been announced as a special guest at Milkfest 2026
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Jared James Nichols returned to Nottingham with a point to prove. Trading the big stage for the intimacy of the Rescue Rooms, the “Gibson Global Ambassador” delivered a masterclass in high-voltage, fingerstyle blues-rock that left the audience reeling.
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As 2025 slams the door shut, the rock world has delivered an absolute avalanche of killer albums. From alt-rock reinventions and metal monstrosities to blues-soaked heartbreakers and country-rock road warriors, this year has been pure fire.
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Blues virtuoso Joe Bonamassa has unveiled Vol. III of the landmark tribute project B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100, celebrating what would have been the King of the Blues’ 100th birthday.
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Atlanta’s Parker Barrow arrives armed with their new EP, Hold The Mash, and a standout single, ‘The Healer’. This duo, Megan Mullins on vocals and Josh Watts on guitar, doesn’t reinvent the blues-rock wheel, but they spin it with enough fiery conviction and hard-hitting groove to command immediate attention.
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British blues guitar virtuoso Joanne Shaw Taylor is set to ignite stages across the UK with her January 2026 headline tour, fresh off the release of her critically acclaimed studio album Black & Gold via Journeyman Records.
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Sunday night crowds can sometimes be reserved, but the audience at the Waterfront Studio in Norwich on October 26th arrived ready for a serious dose of raw, high-gain energy.
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FINAL CALL! Laura Evans Headline Tour tickets are vanishing. With her new 10/10 album Out of the Dark, demand is massive. York is SOLD OUT, and Cardiff & Barnoldswick have low tickets. Book now!
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Our definitive Slash live album review for ‘Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival’ confirms it is an essential blues rock masterclass. With phenomenal production and raw, melodic playing, the album is a triumph, earning a perfect 10/10 score. This is the definitive statement from Slash’s Blues Ball.
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Right, let’s be clear: this isn’t some polite, acoustic strum-along. This is Kris Barras reclaiming his blues-rock heart. After diving headfirst into the heavy rock machine of KBB, Hollow Souls materialized not as a pivot, but as a necessary exorcism, a return to the smoky, high-gain roots that birthed the whole operation.
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