Blues – British Bluescasting Corporation

Only s’posed to Blues the doors off!

The doors and windows of Bletchingley Village Hall seemed to be rattling away to a foot stomping blues performance by the British Bluescasting Corporation at Bletchfest’s Blues Night …. and the walls and ceilings reverberated along with them. In the fourth of this year’s Bletchfest arts events an appreciative crowd were on their feet dancingContinue reading “Only s’posed to Blues the doors off!”

A (VERY) BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLUES

What most of us think of as blues today bears little or no relationship to the original music. Its roots are set firmly in the American South and the slave labour brought over from the African continent to work in the fields. These slaves had brought with them the rhythms and musical sensibilities of WestContinue reading “A (VERY) BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLUES”