Festival of Blues Returns

SPELLBOUND MUSIC will present the 3RD ANNUAL BLUES FESTIVAL NEWCASTLE at the MAYFIELD HOTEL from February 6 to 8. The event will feature a huge array of blues, rockabilly and western swing bands and soloists across two stages, with a line-up that proves the event is growing bigger each year. It ...

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Blues Veteran Takes to an Original Road

FOR more than four decades ALICE STUART has been a quiet achiever. Since she first picked up the guitar in 1961 and ``didn't do anything else except eat for about a year'', Stuart has been at the forefront of American blues. JOAN BAEZ, MUDDY WATERS and FRANK ZAPPA are among the ...

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