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On Valentine’s Day, UK-based rhythm and blues band Redfish release ‘Songs from the Fire Station,’ their new EP comprising four fan favorites, recorded live from their popular monthly residency at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle.

“I don’t want to get up on stage and rehash what somebody else has already recorded. I want to get up on stage and tell my story. I feel that this new record is able to do that.”

The list of artists and the backstories of their involvement with the Carter administration, plus the performance footage, makes the two hours of this show pass in a flash

‘Kaleidoscope Christmas’ is perfect for the veteran music aficionado who wants their seasonal cheer a little deeper than the usual kitsch

‘Guitar Man’ tells the incredible rise of legendary bluesman Joe Bonamassa, whose hard work and determination have made him the top-selling blues artist of all time

Recorded between 2017 and 2019 in Biram’s own Austin studio, he covers a lot of different musical genres, lending each one his intense focus.

A shot in the arm as therapeutic as a COVID-19 vaccination, Live In Europe 2020 (Pink Lane Records) is a scorching, Christmas cracker of an album to celebrate what will hopefully be the pandemic blues finale

The capital’s young guns Jed Potts & the Hillman Hunters played their set of original material at Car Cave, appropriately a vintage car showroom. Blues royalty, King King’s Alan Nimmo, joined celebrated blues rockers Gerry Jablonski and the Electric Band on stage at Edinburgh’s iconic La Belle Angele

“I dedicate this album to the victims of coronavirus. Wear a mask, socially distance and look after each other.”

Johnson’s not breaking too much soul/rhythm and blues ground on her debut, but that’s the point. This is a classic, familiar form and she’s respectfully working within it.