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The UK Blues Federation proudly present
the 'Virtual 2020 FORM UK Blues Awards'
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak the Awards Event
was a virtual event held on Sunday 17th May
2020.
The event was compared by Paul Jones with
other prestigious guests
2020 FORM UKBlues Awards Presentation event
Sunday 17th May 2020 from 18.00 BST
on the UKBlues Federation’s YouTube
channel
Click here for full details
Click here for the winners!
STAY
SAFE
2020 FORM UKBlues Awards Presentation event
Sunday 17th May 2020 from 18.00 BST
on the UKBlues Federation’s YouTube
channel
Click here for full details
Click here for the winners!
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12th August
2019
New Board
Members
We
are very pleased to announce that Paul Long
and Oliver Carpenter have both accepted
invitations to join the Board of the UKBlues
Federation.
Both Paul and
Oliver bring considerable experience to the
Board with both being working musicians as well
as having a deep and lengthy involvement in the
management and organisation of successful large
scale events, talents and experience which will
be invaluable to the UKBF.
Paul was recently
elected Chair of the Independent Blues
Broadcasters Association where he replaced the
late Dave Raven, also a UKBF Board member until
his untimely death. Paul is looking to build
upon the natural synergy between the IBBA & the
UKBF to see the two organisations working
together to support and promote blues in the UK.
Oliver is well
known and respected for his work with blues
festivals over the years including, latterly,
the very successful Upton Blues Festival.
We are also very
pleased to announce that later in the year,
Nick Westgarth will be joining the UKBF
Board, bringing with him his skills and
experience as the organiser, manager, promoter
and almost everything else of the Carlisle Rock
& Blues Festival.
We believe that
these three additions to the Board will help the
UKBF grow and will give us a much stronger
management team, especially in the areas of the
UKBlues Challenge and the UKBlues Awards, as
well as giving more capacity and relieving the
existing Board members of a massive workload.
We very much
welcome Paul, Oliver and Nick ‘on board’ and
look forward to working with them as part of the
team.
You
can read more about Paul & Oliver as
well as the other members of the Board at
https://www.ukblues.org/the-board/
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19th March
2019
DAVE
RAVEN - Book of Condolences
On
Thursday 14th March 2019 our dear friend Dave
Raven, sadly lost his battle with cancer.
The
UKBlues Federation has been deeply touched by
the hundreds of tributes to and memories of Dave
that have appeared across Facebook.
To acknowledge Dave’s
greatly varied work supporting and promoting the
Blues in UK and Europe, the UKBlues Federation
has set up a digital book of condolences at
https://www.forevermissed.com/dave-raven/#about
where you can share your memories and stories
about Dave so that we can create an archive
dedicated to Dave and his work.
If
you have already posted on Facebook, perhaps you
could take time to visit this book of
condolences and share your post there.
Thank
you.
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10th February
2019
UKBlues
Challenge 2019
Saturday 14th
September 2019
BlueFunk Rhythm
& Blues Club
Poynton
Cheshire
Details here:
https://www.ukblues.org/our-work/uk-blues-challenge/
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15th January
2019
Because it has not been possible to conclude an
acceptable hire contract with the management of
Preston Guild Hall, the UKBlues Federation has
been left with no option but to cancel the
UKBlues Awards weekend which was to have been
held on 26th/27th April
2019.
In
addition, the response to our invitation to put
forward nominations for the various categories
in the 2019 FORM UKBlues Awards has been so
disappointingly low that we do not feel we can
run an Awards this year which would meet the
required standards of integrity and validity
upon which we have sought to base the process.
Accordingly we are left with no option but to
cancel the 2019 FORM UKBlues Awards. We plan to
be back in 2020.
To read more and to learn of the adverse impact
this will have on the UKBlues Federation’s work
with and for blues in the UK, please visit our
website
www.ukbluesawards.com
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6th
December 2018
Be part of the selection process for the 2019
FORM UKBlues Awards
In less than a couple
of weeks’ time the nomination process for the
2019 FORM UKBlues Awards will commence.
This will involve a
panel of more than 700 people from across the UK
blues spectrum being invited to submit their
nominations for artists etc. in over half of the
categories in the 2019 edition of the Awards.
If you are already on
that panel you will have received an e-mail
telling you so and, of course, if you are a
member of the UKBlues Federation you are also
automatically included on the panel.
But
for those of you who do not fall into either of
those categories and feel that you would like to
be considered for the nomination panel just drop
us an e-mail at
panel@ukbluesawards.com
giving us your name, address and telephone
number together with a few words explaining why
you would like to be part of the nomination
process. Please note that to join the nomination
panel you must be resident in the UK.
Although we do not
undertake to accept every application, we very
much hope to welcome you to the nomination panel
so that the finalists in the various categories
in the 2019 FORM UKBlues Awards are even more
varied than in this year’s Awards.
We look forward to
hearing from you.
Find
out more about the 2019 FORM UKBlues Awards at
www.ukbluesawards.com
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3rd December
2018
UKBLUES
FEDERATION CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN
The crowd funding
campaign organised by the UKBlues Federation to
help with the substantial costs that Kyla Brox
and her band face getting to and competing in
the International and European Blues Challenges
closed on 5th
November 2018.
Taking into account
the £2,000 donated by UKBlues and private
donations, the target of £8,000 was just about
achieved and our thanks go to everyone for their
generosity.
The
Blue Funk Blues Club in Poynton is staging a
fund raiser gig featuring Kyla and her superb
band on Friday 28th
December 2018 and you can find more details at
http://bluefunkclub.wixsite.com/blues
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8th October 2018
UKBLUES
FEDERATION LAUNCHES CROWD FUND CAMPAIGN
A month ago today, Kyla Brox was declared the
hugely popular winner of the 5th UKBlues
Challenge held in Worthing on September 8th and,
as a result, she has been invited to go to
represent the UK at both the International Blues
Challenge in Memphis in January 2019 and the
European Blues Challenge in The Azores in April
2019, an invitation she has accepted readily!
The UKBlues Federation has already donated
£2,000 to Kyla to help with the
significant initial outlay in booking air
tickets, hotel accommodation etc.
As in
previous years, the UKBlues Federation has also
set up a crowd funding campaign so that you can
do your bit! So now you can show your support
for Kyla and her band as they continue on this
fantastic journey to Memphis and The Azores by
clicking the
ink below which will take you straight to the
crowd funding page.
https://crowdfunder.co.uk/help-kyla-get-to-memphis-the-azores
When you visit the page you will find that there
are loads of rewards which you can receive in
return for pledging your financial support.
These range from a special wristband through to
a full band house concert and include exclusive
downloads, unique mementos, tickets for the 2nd
UKBlues Awards, one of Kyla's dresses, a photo
session with Kyla's favourite photographer and
much, much more.
Here's a
special invite from Kyla to join in with the
crowd funding
https://youtu.be/IBfNUh_fyhU
The
campaign will run for just four weeks from
midday today, 8th October 2018 so don't delay,
get pledging today!
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10th September 2018
5TH UKBLUES CHALLENGE - THE
WINNER
KYLA
BROX
What a fabulous evening we had at Worthing Pier's Southern Pavilion on Saturday
8th September where a great and enthusiastic audience cheered to the rafters
when the magnificent Kyla Brox was declared the winner of the 5th UKBlues
Challenge and invited to go to represent the UK at both the International Blues
Challenge in Memphis in January 2019 and the European Blues Challenge in The
Azores in April 2019.
All five contestants - Greg
Coulson Band,
Carl North & the Lonely Hearts,
Kyla Brox Band,
Catfish and
Tom C Walker Band -
treated us to a fabulously varied evening of top flight music and all proved
that they were worthy of taking part in the Challenge. Congratulations go to all
of them on making the event so very special.
But special congratulations to Kyla Brox and her band who we are both proud and
pleased to have as the UK's representative at the International and European
Blues Challenges next year.
Photo courtesy Richard Dunning
This great photo from Richard Dunning sums it up
as four of the five contestants jam in the
evening's finale.
But don't take my word for it,
read the full story
and some great comments from those who were
there.
2ND
UKBLUES AWARDS
We are delighted to announce that next year's
UKBlues Awards will take place at the Preston
Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire on Saturday
27th April 2019 with MC Mike Vernon
in charge !!
Preston Guild Hall
But
keep the whole weekend free as there will be
three days of blues gigs and other activities
running from Friday 26th through to Sunday 28th
including a UKBlues Market on the Saturday
afternoon featuring a great networking
opportunity and the chance for members of the
UKBlues Federation to promote their activities
and meet potential contacts/clients/customers
etc.
More details to follow.
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10th July 2018
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Yes. It is now
less than two months until the 5th
UKBlues Challenge takes place in the
wonderful Worthing Pier's Southern
Pavilion and if you have not got
your tickets yet, don't delay, get
them today!
There is a very limited number f
reserved tables for 4 available on
SeeTickets.com where
you can also buy admission only
tickets. We are going to try to make
sure that there is seating at tables
for everyone who buys a ticket but
you will have to take pot luck as to
where this is and it will be on a
first come, first served basis.
The evening will see five bands each
playing a thirty minute set before a
panel of judges drawn from across
the UK blues scene with the winner
being offered the opportunity to
represent the UK at the 35th
International Blues Challenge (IBC)
in Memphis between 22nd & 25th
January 2019 and the 9th European
Blues Challenge (EBC) which will
take place in Ponta Delgada in the
Azores on 4th, 5th and 6th April
2019.
Four of the five bands have already
been selected through a nomination
process run by the UKBlues
Federation and, as already
announced, they are, in alphabetical
order:
KYLA BROX
CATFISH
GREG COULSON BAND
TOM C WALKER BAND
In addition, one of the four bands
selected by the Jessica Foxley
Unsigned Project to play at the
Great British Rhythm & Blues
Festival in Colne on the 24th to
26th August 2018 will be chosen by
the Project's representatives to
participate in the UKBlues
Challenge, a fantastic opportunity
for one of these great up and coming
young bands. |
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20th MAY 2018
THE RESULTS
https://mailchi.mp/132d54158a0e/ukbluesawards-results-20may2018-1612457
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22nd JANUARY 2018
THE FORM UKBLUES AWARDS – A PROGRESS REPORT
Very
soon the nominees in the FORM UKBlues Awards
will be announced and there will a hubbub
‘across the social media platforms about ‘why
wasn’t my band chosen? ‘and ’who decides these
names anyway?’
The
UKBlues Federation created a panel of 361
musicians, reviewers, promoters, broadcasters,
bloggers, festival organisers and UKBlues
Federation members. We also invited anybody who
wanted to be part of this panel to apply to be
included and received more than 30 applications.
In mid-December they were all contacted and
asked to make their three choices in all the
awards categories.
Of
course, just as in a General Election, not all
do and so we send two reminders to jog their
memory.
We
also asked the gig going public to vote for
their favourite blues venue and this engendered
a good response from 81 blues fans and this
could be something we look at expanding in the
future.
At
midnight on 15th January the polls closed and we
then had the task of going through the 288
responses, awarding 5 points to the first
choice, 3 for the second and one for the third.
There is also the task of cleaning up all the
spelling and typing errors. To a computer
Dave-space-Raven is totally different to
Dave-space-space-Raven. There was also lots of
creative license in names like Jablonski,
Bassford and even Siegal.
478
different artists were nominated, many with only
one or two nominations. In every category there
were clear leaders in the top 3 or 4 names. But
obviously many really great musicians will not
be featured as they were outside the top 5.
The
data analytics have been inspected by an
external non blues-loving Partner in KPMG and
verified as correct.
As
Winston Churchill said about democracy, ‘It’s
not perfect but it’s the best we’ve got’
Registration and voting begins in February.
Dave
Raven
UKBlues Federation Treasurer and Data Analyst
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YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE IN
THE FORM UKBLUES AWARDS
Voting in the FORM UKBlues Awards opens in just
9 days on 1st February 2018.
There are 17 categories in which you will be
able to vote and you can see the details of
these on the Categories page of the Awards
website –
www.ukbluesawards.com/categories
As a security and management measure, you will
not be able to vote in the FORM UKBlues Awards
unless you have first gone through a simple
registration process.
Registration will open on 1st February 2018 and
will be via the relevant page on the Awards
website.
We know that most people have a phobia of
reading rules etc. but we do urge you to visit
the Rules page of the Awards website and note,
in particular, those applicable to the voting
process -
http://ukbluesawards.com/rules
Whilst it is appreciated that voters may not
wish to vote in every category, voters are
requested to cast votes in as many categories as
possible. To avoid the possibility of the voting
being ‘hijacked’ or unduly biased, the UKBlues
Federation reserves the right to disallow votes
from voters who have not voted in at least six
of the nine main categories (1 to 9 inclusive).
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4th JANUARY 2018
The
UKBlues Awards Presentation Event
The
UKBlues Awards will be presented at an exclusive
event being organised by the UKBlues Federation
at the magnificent Southern Pavilion of Worthing
Pier on Saturday 19th May 2018.
Beautifully restored to its 1930s splendour, the
last few years has seen Worthing Pier’s Southern
Pavilion become a ‘must play’ venue for both
national and international blues artists and the
UKBlues Federation is honoured that Worthing
Council’s Southern Pavilion have agreed to host
the Awards event at this unique and very special
venue.
Tickets now available
from:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/ukblues-awards-ceremony-2018/worthing-piers-southern-pavilion/1184762
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18th DECEMBER 2017
UKBLUES
AWARDS - Blues Club/Venue of the Year Award
The nomination period for the inaugural UKBlues
Awards opened today – 18th December 2017 and
runs through to midnight on 15th January 2018.
Invitations have been sent to the members of our
nomination panels.
The Blues
Club/Venue of the Year Award is open to
nominations from anybody – and this is your
chance to nominate your favourite place that you
visit to see and hear great blues for a UKBlues
Award.
Nominations for this award are being invited
from blues lovers at large and must be
accompanied by a summary, not exceeding 150
words, describing why you are nominating the
club/venue, the contribution it makes to the
blues in the UK, the people that run it, the
exceptional ambience, etc.
Before submitting your nomination, please ensure
that you read the following notes:
1. The submission must also be accompanied by
the name, address, telephone number and e-mail
address of the person making the submission.
2. All nominees must be within the UK
For fuller details and to
make sure that your nominations meet the
eligibility criteria of the UKBlues Awards,
please visit the Rules page of the Awards
website -
www.ukbluesawards.com/rules
- where you can also check out the full rules
etc.
You should submit your
nomination to us at
venue@ukbluesawards.com
and if you have any queries or difficulties,
please do not hesitate to contact us at the same
address.
Your
nomination can only be submitted during the
nomination period 18th December 2017 to midnight
15th January 2018. Any nominations submitted
outside this period will not be considered.
You may only
submit one nomination for this category. Any
attempt to submit nominations more than once
will lead to your nomination being disallowed
and you being excluded from nominating for the
UKBlues Awards.
Find out more about the
UKBlues Awards at
www.ukbluesawards.com
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9TH DECEMBER 2017
UKBLUES AWARDS – LATEST NEWS
As we suggested in our news release on 30th
November 2017, we have some more great news
about the inaugural UKBlues Awards presentation
event taking place at Worthing Pier Southern
Pavilion on Saturday 19th May 2018, tickets for
which will be available from 1st January 2018.
We are thrilled and very honoured to announce
that Ian Siegal has agreed to take on the
role of Master of Ceremonies at the event.
Ian is considered by many to be the most
compelling British blues artiste since the great
names of the sixties.
Classic Rock tags Siegal “a national treasure,”
America’s blues bible says “vast talent” and
MOJO magazine ranks him “the cleverest writer
and most magnetic blues performer in the UK.” In
a career that spans more than 25 years he has
taken his music to 45 countries and presided
over a trophy haul that includes 14 Awards in
various categories and two Mojo Blues Albums of
The Year not to mention three US Blues Music
Awards nominations - an unprecedented nod for a
non-American.
And yet, for all the dizzying achievements in
the rear-view mirror, the most important part of
any Siegal chronology is always the next show,
the next song and the next great record.
Talking about his involvement with the event Ian
said: "I’m delighted to be asked to help the
UKBlues Federation present the first edition of
the UK Blues Awards. This is an important step
towards making the awards an internationally
recognised standard of excellence. I will see
you in Worthing in May to celebrate the UK’s
diverse blues talents.”
We are very pleased that Ian has agreed to come
on board and his involvement can only help to
make this event all the more special and one not
to miss.
SPONSORSHIP UPDATE
Earlier this week the UKBlues Federation
launched a sponsorship campaign for the Awards
and we are very pleased with the response with 7
of the 17 categories already having been snapped
up by sponsors.
Details of all the categories in the Awards can
be seen at
www.ukbluesawards.com/categories
and the UKBlues Federation is keen to hear from
anybody who is interested in becoming involved
with the sponsorship of an individual award or
of the event itself, there are a number of
options available. To find out more, simply drop
us a line at
sponsorship@ukbluesawards.com
and we will send you our sponsorship prospectus
which gives you full details.
CLOSING DATE TO APPLY TO JOIN UKBLUES AWARDS
NOMINATION PANEL DRAWS NEAR
The initial nomination process for the first
UKBlues Awards starts in just over a week on
18th December 2017 and will run until 15th
January 2018.
Whilst all members of the UKBlues Federation are
automatically enrolled in the nomination panel,
for non-members, it is not quite too late to
seek to be included although the closing date is
midnight 15th December 2017.
If anyone would like to be included in the
extensive panel of people from across the blues
spectrum in the UK involved in the initial
nomination stage of the Awards process, they
should e-mail us at panel@ukbluesawards.com giving
us their name, full postal address, telephone
number and the e-mail address with which
they wish to register plus a brief outline (no
more than 50 words) describing why they wish to
join the panel and your background in the blues
in the UK.
You don’t have to be a musician, a promoter, a
writer, a radio presenter etc. If you love your
blues and get out to see bands play whenever you
can and buy CDs or downloads of bands’ albums
etc. then that means you could be on the panel!
The UKBlues Federation does not undertake to
accept every application and their decision will
be final and they will not disclose our reasons
for accepting or not accepting applications. All
applications will be treated as confidential
and all members of the nomination panel are
required to keep their involvement in the panel
confidential.
VOTING PROCESS AUDIT
Finally, as you will see from the Eligibility
criteria and Rules that have been drafted to
apply to the UKBlues Awards –
www.ukbluesawards.com/rules
- the UKBlues Federation has gone to great
lengths to make sure the voting process for the
Awards is robust, open, secure and having
integrity.
It has already been advised that the process
will be overseen and audited by a completely
independent external scrutineer and we are very
pleased to announce that a partner in KPMG,
a major international professional service
company and one of the Big Four auditors, has
agreed to take on this role.
The UKBlues Federation would like to thank the
partner concerned, whose identity must, for
obvious reasons, remain confidential, for
agreeing to take on this role.
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30TH
NOVEMBER 2017
UKBLUES FEDERATION ANNOUNCE IBC YOUTH SHOWCASE
INVOLVEMENT AND MORE DETAILS ABOUT UKBLUES
AWARDS EVENT
IBC YOUTH SHOWCASE
The
UKBlues Federation is excited to announce that,
for the first time ever, the UK will have a
representative taking part in the Youth Showcase
at the 34th International Blues Challenge
between 16th & 20th January 2018.
The
Youth Showcase takes place on the afternoon of
Friday 19th January 2018 in the Beale Street
entertainment district in Memphis, Tennessee and
will see some of the finest in developing blues
talent perform in a variety of clubs along the
world famous Beale Street. This is described by
the organisers, the Blues Foundation, as a
‘chance to hear the next generation of great
blues artists as they hone their talents in
order to take the bigger world stage of the
future’.
Participants are also involved in workshops,
master classes and other events over the 5 day
period of the IBC as well as having the
opportunity to mix with musicians and others
involved with the blues from around the world.
The
Youth Showcase is not judged, however all
competition rules, regulations and restrictions
apply. A panel will offer comments and feedback
on performances.
As the only UK Affiliate to the Blues
Foundation, the UKBlues Federation is delighted
to have been able to offer the opportunity of
appearing at and participating in this event to
12 year old Toby Lee, a young man who has
already built a huge world-wide following on
social media as well as having played on stage
with a number of great names including Ronnie
Baker Brooks, John Nemeth and Walter Trout.
In
October this year, Toby took the renowned Blues
Heaven Festival in Denmark by storm drawing a
glowing review from Elmore Magazine.
‘The
phenomenon of this festival had to be the little
12-year-old guitar whirlwind, Toby Lee. Cute as
a button, he dressed in Mick Jagger duds and
held a solid body Gibson Firebird that was just
about as big as he was. This little dude stood
firm beside the big players in the festival like
John Nemeth, Mike Ledbetter, Sugaray Rayford and
Ronnie Baker Brooks and matched their riffs
blow-for-blow, managed to be as cool as ice.
Video taken of him and Ronnie Baker Brooks with
duelling guitars have hit the 50-million view
mark and has been shared more than 1.4 million
times. Yes, that happened at Blues Heaven.’
Toby
has been playing guitar since he was 6 and was
dubbed a future superstar of the blues by Joe
Bonamassa. He is associated with Gibson Brands
and Hamstead Soundworks amplification
He
was cast as the original Zack Mooneyham in
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical School of Rock
in the West End, a part which he played for a
year. With School of Rock he performed in Hyde
Park and on shows including Comic Relief,
Michael McIntyre and The X Factor. Earlier this
year Toby won an Olivier Award along with the
other band members of School of Rock for playing
live at every show.
He
released his first EP “Ten”, produced by
Laurence Jones, another of Toby’s admirers, when
he was 10.
The
UKBlues Federation is proud that, following on
from the success of last year when the UK’s
first ever IBC entrant, the Kaz Hawkins Band,
progressed to the competition’s semi-finals. The
UK will, this year not only be represented at
the International Blues Challenge by LaVendore
Rogue who won the 4th UKBlues Challenge but also
in the Youth Showcase by one of the youngest
artists to take part in this event.
Ashwyn Smyth, Chair of the UKBlues Federation
commented: ‘We are both excited and very happy
that we have been able to facilitate Toby’s
participation at the INC Youth Showcase and see
this as an important step in achieving one of
our stated aims, supporting and promoting the
next generation of blues players and bringing
the blues to the younger generations. We wish
Toby every success and are proud to have him
flying the flag for blues in the UK & the
UKBlues Federation.’
You can find out more
about Toby at www.facebook.com/tobyleeguitar
where you can also see and hear Toby in action.
CATFISH TO PLAY AT THE UKBLUES AWARDS
Following on from our announcement of the
inaugural UKBlues Awards the presentation of
which will take place on Saturday 19th May 2018
at the magnificent Worthing Pier’s Southern
Pavilion, we are delighted to announce that
providing live music at the event will be
British Blues Award winners Catfish who have
carved a reputation for themselves as an
excellent live band with a phenomenal frontman
in 23 year old guitarist/vocalist Matt Long who
plays with a real passion for the blues.
Over
a two year period they have received no less
than 5 nominations in the British Blues Awards
and both their albums have reached no 1 in the
Independent Blues Broadcasters Association’s
Blues Airplay Charts They have three European
tours already booked for 2018.
Recently Blues Matters! said of the band:
'Catfish are one of the finest live bands in
Britain today. The quality of musicianship is
outstanding and in Matt Long, they have one of
the greatest young guitarists on the scene
today... ‘
We
are delighted that we have secured the services
of such an excellent band for the inaugural
UKBlues Awards presentation event and know that
their presence can only enhance what already
promises to be a special event.
www.catfishbluesband.co.uk
And we have more great news about who will be
our MC for this event, news which will be
announced soon!
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23RD NOVEMBER 2017
UKBLUES FEDERATION ANNOUNCE DATE & VENUE FOR
AWARDS EVENT
photo courtesy of Sarah Reeve Photography UK
Following on from their announcement of the
inaugural UKBlues Awards, the UKBlues Federation
is very pleased to announce that the Awards
presentation event will take place on Saturday
19th May 2018 at the magnificent Worthing Pier’s
Southern Pavilion, a venue that has become a
fixture on the UK blues circuit for both
national and international artists.
More details of the event will be announced in
the near future.
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JOIN THE UKBLUES AWARDS NOMINATION PANEL
There
is still time for you to be a part of the
process of helping to select the nominees for
the UKBlues Awards.
If you would like to be included in the
extensive panel of people from across the blues
spectrum in the UK involved in the initial
nomination stage of the Awards process, then
e-mail us at
panel@ukbluesawards.com
giving us your name, full postal address,
telephone number and the e-mail address with
which you wish to register plus a brief outline
(no more than 50 words) describing why you wish
to join the panel and your background in the
blues in the UK.
You don’t have to be a musician, a promoter, a
writer, a radio presenter etc. If you love your
blues and get out to see bands play whenever you
can and buy CDs or downloads of bands’ albums
etc. then that means you could be on the panel!
We do not undertake to accept every application
and UKBlues’ decision will be final and we will
not disclose our reasons for accepting or not
accepting applications. All applications will be
treated as confidential and
all members of the nomination panel are required
to keep their involvement in the panel
confidential.
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UKBLUES AWARDS RULES PUBLISHED
The
rules governing the UKBlues Awards have been
published on the Awards website –
www.ukbluesawards.com/rules
- and this page also gives details of and
eligibility criteria for each of the Award
categories.
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LAVENDORE ROGUE CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN UPDATE
With the
campaign having passed the halfway mark in terms
of time a few days ago, it has reached a
wonderful total of nearly £5,000 or just over
55% funded. Add in the £1,500 donated direct to
LaVendore Rogue by the UKBlues Federation and
they guys are just a smidgin over £2,000.00 from
their target of £8,000.
This is a great result to date and we at the
UKBlues Federation and the Rogues themselves are
all very grateful to everyone who has pledged.
Thank you!
There are still loads of great and exclusive
rewards waiting to be picked up so if you have
not already contributed, why not give yourself
and the Rogues an early Christmas present and go
to
the crowd funding
page so you can make a pledge to help them get
to Memphis and Hell!!
If you have already pledged, spread the word to
your friends, get them to get you an early
Christmas present!
Here
is a very special message from the Rogues
themselves!
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Raising funds to contribute towards the
costs of LaVendore Rogue representing the UK at the 2018
International and European Blues Challenges
LaVendore Rogue will be representing the UK when they join
more than 250 other acts from all over the world at the 34th
International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, USA
organised by the Blues Foundation between 16th and 20th January 2018.
They will also compete in the 8th European Blues Challenge (EBC)
in Hell, Norway organised by the European Blues Union on
15th, 16th and 17th March 2018 in which 21 bands from across
Europe will take part.
As part of
the UKBlues Federation’s mission to support the Blues in the UK we have set
up this
crowd funding
campaign to raise
funds towards the considerable costs which will be incurred
by the LaVendore Rogue representing the UK at the 2018 IBC &
EBC.
As
well as providing financial support to LaVendore
Rogue the crowd funding page also offers a huge
range of rewards which you can get in return for
your pledge.
So don't delay, visit the
crowd
funding page today!
Click here for full details
Visit the UKBlues Federation's website-
www.ukblues.org
which contains a wealth of information which is regularly
updated.
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Tickets
for the 3rd UK Blues Challenge at the
Robin 2, Bilston priced £10.00 (plus booking
fee) can be booked online at
The
UK Blues Foundation (UKBlues) is delighted to announce that
the 3rd UK
Blues Challenge will be held at the
MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE February 16, 2016. On May 4, 2016 five legendary
blues performers, two individuals who were instrumental in
the creation of blues music, five single blues recordings,
one blues album and an important piece of blues literature
will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
The
6th EBC will be held on 8th-9th April 2016 in Torrita di
Siena in Tuscany, Italy and will see 20 European bands
competing. Previous UK representatives at the EBC have been
