BLUES NEWS from ENGLAND-02/2008 by Norman Darwen

www.myspace.com/sponzamusic

Mike you are GREAT with all your WORK for the BLUES in Europe !!!
(Freddie Snack, BluesArt-Journal)

Here’s some news from England to start the New Year!

Planned for release around the end of January is a two CD set ‘Preaching The Blues’, featuring the complete recordings of Cyril Davies, the influential British blues harmonica player who died in January 1964.
(www.cyrildavies.com)

Italian guitarist Mike Sponza has now released his excellent CD ‘Kakanic Blues 2.0’ , which features an appearance by the up-and-coming star of the UK blues scene Ian Siegal. Ian also has a short tour with Mike through Italy, Austria and Croatia in January.
(www.mikesponza.com)

Rounder Europe will be releasing British outfit Danny Bryant’s Redeye Band‘s sixth CD, ‘Black And White’ in 2008 and they will be touring the United Kingdom in April.

Former Savoy Brown vocalist Chris Youlden has been seriously ill but Graham Vickery (aka Shakey Vick) reports that he is now on the mend. Our best wishes to you, Chris.

Upcoming from reggae reissue label Pressure Sounds is the debut album of Bob Marley mentor, the late Jamaican singer Joe Higgs. Life Of Contradiction (Pressure Sounds PSCD 58) was originally released in 1975 and is a reggae set of course. However, American jazz guitar ace Eric Gale is among the backing musicians and his influence is sometimes pronounced both in his own breaks and the arrangements.
(www.pressure.co.uk)

----- Norman Darwen

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www.myspace.com/sponzamusic Mike you are GREAT with all your WORK for the BLUES in Europe !!! (Freddie Snack, BluesArt-Journal)		Here’s some news from England to start the New Year! Planned for release around the end of January is a two CD set ‘Preaching The Blues’, featuring the complete recordings of Cyril Davies, the influential British blues harmonica player who died in January 1964. (www.cyrildavies.com) Italian guitarist Mike Sponza has now released his excellent CD *‘Kakanic Blues 2.0’* , which features an appearance by the up-and-coming star of the UK blues scene Ian Siegal. Ian also has a short tour with Mike through Italy, Austria and Croatia in January. (www.mikesponza.com) Rounder Europe will be releasing British outfit Danny Bryant’s Redeye Band‘s sixth CD, ‘Black And White’ in 2008 and they will be touring the United Kingdom in April. Former Savoy Brown vocalist Chris Youlden has been seriously ill but Graham Vickery (aka Shakey Vick) reports that he is now on the mend. Our best wishes to you, Chris. Upcoming from reggae reissue label Pressure Sounds is the debut album of Bob Marley mentor, the late Jamaican singer Joe Higgs. Life Of Contradiction (Pressure Sounds PSCD 58) was originally released in 1975 and is a reggae set of course. However, American jazz guitar ace Eric Gale is among the backing musicians and his influence is sometimes pronounced both in his own breaks and the arrangements. (www.pressure.co.uk) ----- Norman Darwen

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