by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Led by Matt Palmer, the Backyard Music Boys are a four-piece acoustic band lining up with clarinet, trumpet, sousaphone and banjo and guaranteed to provide the excitement and verve of 1920s and 1930s hot jazz. Catch them at the following times and places:...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
B.D. Lenz returns to Birmingham as part of a month-long tour of the UK, Belgium and Germany to promote his 13th album, It’s Just a Dream. New Jersey native Lenz is a guitarist whose style fuses the music of Pat Metheny, Mike Stern and Stevie Ray Vaughan – or, to put...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Fronted by Big Jim Merris of the Red Lemons Blues Band, the Alabama Boogie Boys have become audience favourites at Henry’s Blueshouse, playing a mix of blues, boogie and rock and roll in a guaranteed crowd-pleasing show. Big Jim and The Alabama Boogie...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Bill Coleman is best known nationally for his years with the Kenny Ball, but for regular patrons of the Birmingham Festival his immaculate bass playing is a feature of many of the trios backing star soloists. Visiting musicians and the public alike will be relieved...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Billy Thompson is a classically trained improvising violinist from North Wales. His jazz career takes in Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia and such names as Mike Westbrook, Jools Holland and Huw Warren, but mostly these days it’s Billy Thompson Gypsy Style. Regular...
