I am thrilled to be able to announce that the wonderful EDDIE MARTIN will be appearing as my special guest in the studio – one of the most talented musicians on the scene, definitely well worth tuning in for. http://www.eddiemartin.com/home.htm is his website with news on his new album, Looking Forward, Looking Back, which is superb! [...]

Seeing as though at least some of the nominated artists are now plugging the voting form, I thought it best to post it here! http://www.britishbluesawards.co.uk/fromefm.htm Please visit and vote – I am abstaining as I love them all! But they all deserve as many votes as possible, so all you have to do is include [...]

As mentioned previously, Blues Train is taking part in the British Blues Awards this year by nominating four songs in the Kevin Thorpe Award for Best Original UK Blues Song. I will be playing the songs in full on my show on April 8th but as of Sunday 1st, the artists involved are able to [...]

Its starting to get very exciting now! My first year of participation in the BBAs for 2012 and soon you will be able to vote for one of four top tracks from UK artists for Original British Blues Song. My show on April 8th on FromeFM.co.uk 4.30-5.30pm will have the four songs played in full [...]

Don’t forget that the new LIVE show goes out this weekend on FromeFM.co.uk between 4.30-5.30pm UK time [ or your relevant time zone! ]. On the last show, I concentrated on the new talent from around the world and although I have a few more of those for you, the other main focus will be [...]

I just wanted to brief you all on what is happening in the background with this years British Blues Awards. The weekend of September 8/9 has been set aside for the event at Newark Castle, with the Newark Festival weekend, of which the BBA results ceremony will be on the Sunday. ( I hope to [...]

I am very pleased to announce another station will be taking Blues Train as part of their schedules! Acoustic Spectrum Radio is due to launch online on April 1st and aims to be a platform for Indie artists mainly in the areas of blues, roots, folk, acoustic and singer/songwriter. Backed by Red Dragon Records [ [...]

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Blues Train will now also be part of the roster at RAG-FM 107.7FM in New Zealand! The station is snuggled in the heart of Raglan on the West Coast of the North Island in New Zealand. It is a small but perfectly formed radio station owned and [...]

My live show for February 12th is a themed special concentrating on blues and roots from New Zealand – I’ve played plenty of artists from Australia in the last year and through that, found that there are loads of great musicians over in NZ too. Most of them have a hugely interesting background and as [...]

FYI – I have now added another category at the top of the page, titled ‘News!’ – as and when I am sent news on artists, I will post it there so it is all included in the one place. Please keep checking the page!