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Eagle Rock Entertainment has released a double-CD collection of Rory Gallagher songs for the North American market. The 24 tracks on Crest of a Wave span the late rock god and bluesman’s catalog. More about Rory Gallagher

Dunfanaghy is a small harbour village in the Sheephaven Bay area of Co. Donegal in the northwest of Ulster. Located between the hills and the Atlantic Ocean, Dunfanaghy boasts a Blue Flag beach, the spectacular Hornhead cliffs and much more… For example, the 2009 Dunfanaghy Jazz and Blues Festival taking place from Friday-Sunday, September 11-13. [...]

Kicking off with The Grainne Duffy Band and The Bluez Katz on Friday, May 23, Belfast local Rab McCullough will also perform among many others.

Gary Moore recently presented a BBC Radio 2 documentary tribute to the late blues guitarist Rory Gallagher. The programme inlcuded rare archive recordings of Gallagher and contributions from Queen guitarist Brian May, The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, English folker Martin Carthy, bassist Jack Bruce, Dubliners singer Ronnie Drew and musician Georgie Fame. The programme – [...]

With a programme top-heavy with blues and jazz, Belfast’s Big River International Blues and Jazz Festival runs August 21-25 in venues around downtown Belfast. Ulster jazz performers scheduled to perform include David Lyttle, Ken Haddock, Linley Hamilton, Julie Follis, The Metro Jazz Band, The Apex Jazz Band and The Panama Jazz Band. More: http://www.bigriverbluesandjazz.com

Belfast based singer-songwriter Lee Rogers is the newest signing to eclectic, boutique English label Zenith Cafe. His debut album, Drawing Clocks, is now available from a number of sources, including CD Baby and iTunes. Rogers is an accomplished guitarist and soulful singer who weaves his emotive lyrics around laid-back melodies to create a mellowy blues-rock [...]

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The Ulster blues scene is on the up. Blues Jam – starting Tuesday, May 6 – is a new monthly “come-all-ye” event, held on the first Tuesday of every month at The Imperial Bar, Bangor. [more about Bangor, Co Down - ed]. The five-piece house band play Chicago style – and warmly invite other guitarists [...]

Blues aficionados, lovers of good live music, and those who remember The Maritime, Club Rado, The Marquee, and the Astor Ballroom should set some time aside for the upcoming 12 Bar blues Festival @ the Spring and Airbrake (May 9-10). The festival is the brainchild of Rab Braniff, president of The Belfast Blues Society and [...]

Andrew Thompson interviews Co. Monaghan’s Gráinne Duffy for UlsterMusic.com; photographs by Robin Cordiner: Gráinne Louica Duffy may not be a name you are too familiar with, but – believe me – watch this space. I first heard the name late last year on a local radio station, and thought, mmm, sounds interesting. They played a [...]

Bluesman Rab McCulloch and friends headline “Singing the Blues” gig for charity – Habitat for Humanity – the The Lansdowne Hotel on the Antrim Road on Wednesday, April 23. Tickets at £10 from Simply Devine on the Antrim Road or phone Maria: 07716 724 078

Belfast-born Tony Kaluarachchi is a singer-songwriter and an accomplished jazz-blues guitarist who plays the music of his heroes – Hendrix and Ellington – with gusto. He’s done stints as frontman for the reformed Animals and Them and major festivals in Ireland. Tony Kal performs every Thursday
at McHughs Bar, Custom House Square, Belfast from 10pm til [...]

Ken Haddock, purveyor of fine cover versions at his long-running Sunday night “Ken Haddock’s Supper Club” at The Belfast Empire Music Hall (basement, free, from 9.30pm), has added another weekly gig to his busy schedule. Crowd-pleaser Ken now plays The Four Winds “gastro-pub” [Google map] on Friday nights between 10.30pm – 1.00am.

Soul man Sam Mahood – a legend of the Irish shownband era – sadly passed away on Sunday, December 23. Back in the day of the Belfast Beat (Maritime Blues) scene, Sam Mahood played with Just Five and later toured with the Big Soul Band [who made the Commitments look like Val Doonican - ed]. [...]