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Mercy Street Blues Band Returns to Bangkok Blues Scene

Mercy Street Blues Band is a rough and tumble collection of competent blues musicians who play rough and tumble blues whenever they gets together.  Mercy Street Blues Band is described as a tight, high energy blues band usually no more than four-piece band, once fronted by Californian Blues legend Greg Carroll – who played with [...]

February 17, 2012 by Write a Comment
Under: Bands, Blog, Thailand

Glenn Patrik Performs At Tokyo Joe’s

  Glenn Patrik is no stranger to playing the blues in Bangkok. Matter of fact, he has headlined the Bangkok Blues Festival two years in a row. Glenn has also brought his particular brand of the blues and style to Tokyo Joe’s and several other venues in Bangkok through numerous appearances with locally based Soi [...]

February 8, 2012 by Write a Comment

BLUES ASIA TV: International Blues Challenge – 1

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, musicians from Asia and the Pacific have been participating in the prestigious International Blues Challenge [IBC], sponsored by the Blues Foundation and held each year during the first week of February on historic Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.  The 24th IBC is coming up 31 January through 4 February 2012.  [...]

January 3, 2012 by 1 Comment

FULL LINE-UP announced for Australian Blues Music Festival 2012

The Artist line-up for the 2012 Australian Blues Music Festival has been announced with over 30 artists and bands to feature at the event in Goulburn, NSW next February. The Australian Blues Music Festival is four days of Blues & Roots Music held annually in the Southern-NSW city of Goulburn. In 2012 the festival runs [...]

December 14, 2011 by 1 Comment
Under: Australia, Blog, Events

BLUES ASIA TV 5.2: Spotlight on Japan

SPOTLIGHT on JAPAN, plus a glimpse into the Himalayan Blues Festival. Again, we feature some video shot only within the past few weeks.  And we’ve made yet more new friends.  I particularly enjoyed online communication with “Weeping Harp” Senoh of Japan, who has been a major figure in the Japanese blues scene for over 40 [...]

November 27, 2011 by 1 Comment

BLUES ASIA TV 5.1: Spotlight on Australia

IN OUR FIRST EIGHT MINUTES, we discuss blues news from Bangkok, Jakarta, India, Singapore and the Philippines.  Blues is thriving.  We put the spotlight on AUSTRALIA in this segment, particularly featuring videos contributed by Matt “Harpdog” Dunn, our newest content partner.  And in our YOUTH SPOTLIGHT, we watch a 12-year-old Aussie boy bang out the [...]

November 23, 2011 by Write a Comment

BLUES ASIA TV 4.2: Making Videos, Brendan Power’s Asian Tour and more…

YouTube videos of live band gigs flood the internet.  But are they good advertising for bands?  Mostly, the poor quality does not show off a band in a good light.  BLUES ASIA TV addresses this problem in Episode 4.2.  Dom Turner of Australia’s Backsliders plans a drop-in appearance at Crazy Elephant in Singapore.  Brendan Power, [...]

November 11, 2011 by 5 Comments

Bangkok: Adhere the 13th Blues Bar

Adhere the 13th Blues Bar, owned by musician Pong, is one of Bangkok’s blues secrets.  Our correspondent Ron McMillan rather brashly declares it “the best blues bar in the world.”  Ron has graciously provided us with directions on how to find the obscure music gem. ***** Address:  13 Samsen Rd., Banglumpoo (opposite Samsen Soi 2; tell [...]

November 10, 2011 by Write a Comment

A Tip of the Hat from the Blues Foundation

The mother-ship of blues, the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee, is currently running on the front page of its website a very nice article about blues in the Philippines, including a paragraph about Blues Asia TV.  Here it is: BLUES IN THE PHILIPPINES The Philippine Blues Society is sponsoring an act for the Youth Showcase. [...]

November 9, 2011 by Write a Comment
Under: Blog, Philippines

BLUES ASIA TV Episode 4.1: Spotlight on Thailand

Did you know that you can jump around easily within our TV show, moving instantly to any portion that you wish to see.  Bet you can’t do that easily with cable TV.  Just open this post to see the video contents, with timings.  Then hover your mouse over the bottom of the video, right click [...]

November 8, 2011 by Write a Comment