“He’ll Drive You Crazy” is the third single from When Rivers Meet sophomore album “Saving Grace.” The new single coincides with the news of six October headline concerts for the band in Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach (Oct 13), Gloucester Guildhall (Oct 16), Huddersfield Parish (Oct 21), York Crescent (Oct 23), Liverpool Arts (Oct 29), and Milton Keynes Stables (Oct 30). The band …
Read More »Planet Rock launches Rocktober concerts with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, King King and When Rivers Meet
Planet Rock, the UK’s number one rock station is bringing Kenny Wayne Shepherd, King King and When Rivers Meet to the UK in 2022 for three special concerts at Bristol O2 Academy (Saturday 15 October), London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire (Tuesday 18 October), and Sheffield O2 Academy (Saturday 22 October). Tickets are available from www.planetrock.com, www.thegigcartel.com, and the 24 hour-box office – …
Read More »Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Straight to you Live
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will release their first live DVD at the end of November. There was a live album released a decade ago but not a DVD, and even if you prefer albums to DVDs, a new live release is definitely long overdue Kenny Wayne Shepherd says “People …
Read More »Ramblin’ Man Fair – Announce Final Stage Headliner
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Outlaw Country Stage Headliner) – There are few artists whose names are synonymous with one instrument and how it’s played in service to an entire genre. Utter the phrase “young country blues rock guitarist” within earshot of anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the modern musical vanguard and …
Read More »The Kenny Wayne Shepherd band – The Traveler
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd band release their new album, “The Traveler” at the end of May. UK readers will probably query the spelling of the album title as we’d write “The traveller” but as is so often the case, in the US they have a different spelling, so it’s not …
Read More »Reese Wynans and friends – Sweet release
Keyboard player Reece Wynans has a career that’s already spanned over 50 years. He was a member of Second Coming in the late 60s, he joined Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in 1985 and remained with them till Stevie Ray Vaughan’s death. In more recent years he’s played with …
Read More »Walter Trout – We’re All In This Together
Walter Trout’s We’re All In This Together really should have one of those health warning stickers attached to its front because this is an album consisting of 14 tracks clearly engineered to blow your mind! Why? Well not only are all of the cuts exquisitely produced by Eric Corne and …
Read More »Ramblin Man 2017 – Saturday
First up after heading onto the festival site, it was a nice start but grey clouds were quickly approaching. The first band on for the day, in fact the only band on at that moment were rock and rollers The Nile Deltas. A great band to kick off day two …
Read More »Kenny Wayne Shepherd releases first track from new album ‘Lay it on down’
On 21st July the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will release their new album Lay It On Down on Provogue (Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Walter Trout, Eric Gales) It’s 2017, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd is reaching unstoppable momentum – the proof is all over his eighth solo album, Lay It On …
Read More »Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London – 15/04/15
Ben Poole was a name that had crossed my ears recently and so I was looking forward to catching him tonight at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. He sings with a smooth caramel vocal and plays mellow songs with that trusty blues nod of the head. He dedicated ‘Time Might Never Come’ …
Read More »Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Goin’ home
Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s new album, “Goin’ home” is an album of cover versions. That’s something that always divides opinion – some critics will say it’s lazy and a way to release an album without going to the trouble of writing new material, while others will argue that albums like this …
Read More »The Rides – Can’t get enough
The Rides are a blues-rock “supergroup” whose three members are well known musicians. For a start you have Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). Joining him is guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and keyboard player Barry Goldberg (Electric flag). With The Rides first album we have …
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