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Multi-award winning and multi-nominated Northern Irish blues guitarist Dom Martin is special guest on Eric Gales’ UK tour from June 2-8. Tickets are available from http://www.dommart.in/tour Dom just won two UK Blues Awards including Blues Instrumentalist of the Year and Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year (the latter for the third year in a row thus placing him in the UK Blues Hall of Fame). The tour features two guitarists who have been honoured with instrumental guitarist awards on both sides of the pond. Eric Gales is the proud recipient of Blues Instrumentalist of the Year at the BMAs in Memphis (Blues Music Awards). Dom’s support slot on Eric Gales’ UK tour follows the release of his current album ‘A Savage Life‘ which has received rave reviews including Classic Rock’s “Blues Album of the Month.” Dom is featured on […]

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Supersonic Blues Machine will be releasing their band-new studio album ‘Voodoo Nation‘ on 24 June via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. The album once again features another coming together of icons along with some of the most exciting names in blues; Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Eric Gales, Joe Louis Walker, Ana Popovic, Kirk Fletcher, King Solomon Hicks, Josh Smith & […]

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On his new album ‘Crown’ (review here), out today via Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group, the legendary guitarist Eric Gales opens like never before, sharing his struggles with substance abuse, his hopes about a new era of sobriety, and his personal reflections on racism. With sessions that began the day after George Floyd’s murder, the album […]

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Review: Eric Gales – Crown Provogue/Mascot Label Group (January 28th 2022) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor ‘My Name Is Eric Gales … Any Questions?’ – that’s the spoken opening for an album, the words said with quiet authority, and with a sure-footed confidence knowing what is to follow. Co-produced with the one and only Joe Bonamassa, ‘Crown’ […]

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Critically acclaimed blues rock guitarist Eric Gales will tour the UK in March and April 2022. Tickets for all dates are available from www.thegigcartel.com. The tour follows the release of Gales’ forthcoming album ‘Crown‘ produced by and featuring Joe Bonamassa. The album is released by Provogue on Friday 28 January 2022 and is now available to pre-order. Special guest on all shows is British Blues rock guitarist Danny Bryant. Hailed as the UK’s […]

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Eric Gales announces his brand-new album ‘Crown‘ which will be released via Provogue/Mascot Label Group on 28th January. The career-defining new album sees Gales take his rightful place at the head of the blues-rock table. Check out his brand-new video featuring a guitar duel with Joe Bonamassa on ‘I Want My Crown‘. Eric Gales will be coming back to the UK for an 11 date tour next year, starting in Brighton on 23 March through Dover, London, Southampton, Bristol, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Glasgow, Whitley Bay and finishing in Leeds on 3 April. Produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith, ‘Crown’ finds Eric opening up like never before, sharing his struggles with substance abuse, his […]

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Blues veteran Eric Bibb has never addressed the United States – or shone a light on himself – with such focused eloquence as he does on ‘Dear America’, his powerful new album out September 10th, featuring guest appearances by Ron Carter, Eric Gales, Shaneeka Simon, and more. On the wistful ‘Emmett’s Ghost‘ with Ron Carter, Bibb revisits the appalling murder of Emmett Till, whose incendiary lynching in 1955 galvanized the civil rights movement. “At the age of 10, I was […]