The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will return to the UK in April as part of the ‘Trouble Is…25‘ World Tour. The band will be playing their iconic, platinum selling ‘Trouble Is…‘ album in full along with live favoirites. The tour will begin on 18 April at the Parr Hall, Warrington and call through Queens Hall, Edinburgh on 19 April, Tyne Theatre, Newcastle on 20 April, Picturedrome, Holmfirth on 21 April, De La War Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea on 22 April and finishing at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire […]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s landmark 1997 release ‘Trouble Is…’ contains plenty of technical dazzle and old-soul touches, but what truly set the album apart was the mature song writing that it featured from Shepherd, an indication that he was shaking off the tedious “teenage sensation” tag that had followed him previously. ‘Blue On Black‘, the album’s rootsy fan favorite, hit #1 on […]

Review: Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Trouble Is…25 Provogue/Mascot Label Group (December 2nd 2022) Reviewer: Colm Banville Some things never get old. This 25th anniversary edition of blues guitarist wizard Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s album ‘Trouble Is…‘ is well rebooted and still holds its magic right up to. . . tomorrow. The opener, ‘Slow Ride‘, is a […]

On December 2nd, the five-time-Grammy-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd will release ‘The Trouble Is…25’, a top-to-bottom reinterpretation of his seminal album ‘Trouble Is…’, which struck the match that reignited modern blues upon its release 25 years ago. And while the tracklist is almost the same, there is one outlier that fans will notice – a […]

To celebrate the announcement of the release of ‘Trouble Is…25’, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band have revealed a run of six special UK shows for April 2023 as part of their ‘The Trouble Is… 25th Anniversary World Tour’, where they will be playing songs from their iconic album, ‘Trouble Is…’ They will play Parr Hall in Warrington, Queens Hall in Edinburgh, Tyne Theatre in Newcastle, the De La War Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea and Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London. Tickets are available from here. ‘Trouble Is…25’, a top-to-bottom reinterpretation of his seminal album ‘Trouble […]

Today, the five-time-Grammy-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd announces ‘Trouble Is…25’, a top-to-bottom reinterpretation of his seminal album ‘Trouble Is…’, which struck the match that reignited modern blues upon its release 25 years ago. Slated for release on December 2nd via Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group, the album (which includes a bonus track of an unreleased version […]