MID WALES R&B CLUB Proudly Presents THE JAMES OLIVER BAND featuring NORMAN WATT-ROY live at The Muse
2025-04-26 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Powys
MID WALES R&B CLUB
Proudly Presents THE JAMES OLIVER BAND featuring NORMAN WATT-ROY live at The Muse in Brecon
James Oliver is one of the UK’s busiest acts playing over 300 gigs a year all over the UK, Europe, and the USA!
He has performed over 3000 gigs and shared the stage with many acts including Albert Lee, Bill Kirchen, Deke Leonard, Greg Koch, Walter Trout, Steve Gibbons, Billy Bremner, Geraint Watkins, and many others.
In 2020 James won the UK Blues Awards Emerging Artist of the Year and has since been nominated 3 additional times.
James Oliver released 2 studio albums 3 live albums, and his album Twang was #1 on Amazon Blues Charts for 3 weeks. James is currently working on a new record with legendary producer, John Leckie.
James’ YouTube channel has over 20,000 subscribers with over 9 million views.
Blues in Britain Magazine
“Pure genius – live music as it should be played”
Blues Matters Magazine
“Best guitarist in the UK”
https://www.jamesoliverband.co.uk/
With legendary
NORMAN WATT ROY
Ex Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Wilko Johnson. Recorded with Nick Lowe, The Clash, Nick Cave, Roger Daltry, Madness and more!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Watt-Roy.
With regular JOB drummer.
MARK KEMLO
Drummer @ The Rimshots / Gene Gambler / The Rhythm Slicks / King Joe & the Atlantics / and of course The James Oliver Band.
Live at The Muse in Brecon on Saturday the 26 April 2025
http://midwalesrandb.club/

MWR&BC 11TH ANNIVERSARY GATHERING
2025-05-18 | The Muse at Brecon, The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, LD37DW, United Kingdom
https://www.henrysfuneralshoe.com/
MWR&BC 11TH ANNIVERSARY GATHERING

Set to Rock & Blues The Muse

The much-loved MWR&BC (The Mid Wales Rhythm and Blues club) is thrilled to announce its 11th Anniversary Gathering, taking place on Sunday, 18th May at The Muse.
This milestone event promises a full day of live music, camaraderie, and celebration in honour of over a decade of unforgettable musical moments.
Tickets and Availability: Tickets are priced at £25, with 60 odd tickets available — 33 already reserved / Sold with 30 odd to sell. Early booking is highly recommended to secure your spot at this intimate and highly anticipated event.

Event Schedule (Subject to Change): 2:00 PM: Doors Open (Background music and food licenced bar) live music from 3pm till late also STC.

The club welcomes a return to Brecon For HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE (One of Angus’s very favourite acts whom he has a long association with)
Special guest on the day (Alphabetically are)

BECKY THE BULLET
https://linktr.ee/beckythebullet

BELLA COLLINS
https://www.facebook.com/bellacollinsmusic

CONNOR JILLIONS
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012215914562

FRAN McGILLIVRAY & MIKE BURKE (all the way from London)
https://www.franmike.com/

SOUTHERN FRIED GROOVE QUEENS

https://sfgq.co.uk/

Celebrating 11 Years of Music and Community:

Promoter Angus Kings expressed heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has supported the club over the years, saying, “It means a great deal to me to reach our 11th year alongside Chris & Cath Rogers — a massive thank you to all who have been part of this journey. Let’s make this celebration one to remember!”
Get Your Tickets:
With tickets already in demand, those interested are encouraged to reserve tickets now to avoid disappointment.
A ticket link may be made available closer to the date, but for now, please reach out directly to Angus (details below) to secure your place. Join us for a day of sensational live performances and raise a glass to 11 years of MWR&BC magic — see you at The Muse!
For press inquiries or ticket reservations, please contact:

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MISTY BLUES LIVE AT THE MUSE...
2025-06-29 19:30 - 23:00 | The Muse at Brecon, The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, LD37DW, United Kingdom
The MWR&BC in association with RockinNights Promo & The Muse Brecon Presents…
MISTY BLUES
2019 International Blues Challenge finalist, Misty Blues, is led by lead singer/band founder Gina Coleman. The band is based out of Berkshire County, Massachusetts playing original and traditional blues with hints of jazz, soul, funk and tent revival gospel since 1999. The band has recorded with Charles Neville, Joe Louis Walker, Eric Gales, Kat Riggins and Justin Johnson, and opened for contemporary blues artists Mike Zito, Albert Castiglia, Tab Benoit, James Montgomery, John Primer, Roomful Of Blues, Albert Cummings and Michael Powers. Misty Blues performs extensively throughout New England and has toured the continental U.S., UK and Canada. The band has been nominated for several Independent Blues Music Awards and their original recordings have received broad international airplay and topped countless blues, folk and American roots charts.

In the summer of 1999 Gina Coleman was performing in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of A Raisin In The Sun. That production featured the acting of Ruben Santiago Hudson, Viola Davis, Kimberly Elise and Gloria Foster. Coleman was cast as a gospel singer. Nearing the end of the show’s run, Ruben Santiago Hudson gave Coleman a cd collection entitled Men Are Like Streetcars. He told her that her voice was well-suited for the blues and urged her to take that musical direction. Coleman heeded his advice, and after 25 years and 16 albums, Misty Blues has stood the test of time.
https://www.mistybluesband.com/
https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/misty-blues-
https://www.youtube.com/c/MistyBluesBand
http://midwalesrandb.club/
https://www.themusebrecon.com/

The MWR&BC Presents BEAUX GRIS GRIS & THE APOCALYPSE live at The Muse (Concert One)
2025-07-12 19:30 - 23:00 | The Muse at Brecon, The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, LD37DW, United Kingdom
The MWR&BC & Ruth Gibbs Presents back 2 kcab shows with BEAUX GRIS GRIS & THE APOCALYPSE (First Night)
THE MUSE BRECON
Internationally acclaimed roots-rock band
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse
are returning to Wales this summer for two exclusive, full-band electric performances.
These will be the band’s only club dates in Wales and their only summer club shows of 2025. Known for their high-energy performances and unique blend of rock, soul, blues, and swampy Americana, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse have captivated audiences across the UK, Europe, and the United States. With accolades for their genre-defying sound and magnetic live presence, they’ve grown a dedicated international fan base and have become festival favourites across the circuit.
These special performances celebrate the small venues that gave the band their start—intimate spaces that supported and believed in Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse from the very beginning.
To mark the occasion, both nights will be professionally audio recorded for a special upcoming live release, capturing the raw energy and connection of this rare and powerful weekend.
SPECIAL GUEST – THIS SHOW ONLY: JON AMOR will be joining the band, legendary UK guitarist and songwriter Jon—best known for his work with The Hoax, Jon Amor Trio, and countless solo and collaborative projects. Widely regarded as one of the most soulful and electrifying guitarists in the UK, Jon’s appearance makes this a must-see evening for fans of blues, rock, and raw musicianship.
The weekend is presented jointly by the Mid Wales Rhythm & Blues Club & Ruth Gibbs and held at The Muse, one of Brecon’s most beloved cultural venues. A weekend not to be missed.
DATES:
Saturday, July 12 & Sunday, July 13, 2025
The Muse, Brecon, Wales
Doors Open 7pm showtime 7.30pm for both evenings.
https://www.beauxgrisgris.com/
https://jonamor.tumblr.com/
http://midwalesrandb.club/
https://www.themusebrecon.com/

The MWR&BC Presents BEAUX GRIS GRIS & THE APOCALYPSE live at The Muse (Concert Two)
2025-07-13 19:30 - 23:00 | The Muse at Brecon, The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, LD37DW, United Kingdom
The MWR&BC & Ruth Gibbs Presents back 2 kcab shows with BEAUX GRIS GRIS & THE APOCALYPSE (Second Night)
THE MUSE BRECON
Internationally acclaimed roots-rock band
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse
are returning to Wales this summer for two exclusive, full-band electric performances.
These will be the band’s only club dates in Wales and their only summer club shows of 2025. Known for their high-energy performances and unique blend of rock, soul, blues, and swampy Americana, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse have captivated audiences across the UK, Europe, and the United States. With accolades for their genre-defying sound and magnetic live presence, they’ve grown a dedicated international fan base and have become festival favourites across the circuit.
These special performances celebrate the small venues that gave the band their start—intimate spaces that supported and believed in Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse from the very beginning.
To mark the occasion, both nights will be professionally audio recorded for a special upcoming live release, capturing the raw energy and connection of this rare and powerful weekend.
The weekend is presented jointly by the Mid Wales Rhythm & Blues Club & Ruth Gibbs and held at The Muse, one of Brecon’s most beloved cultural venues. A weekend not to be missed.
DATES:
Saturday, July 12 & Sunday, July 13, 2025
The Muse, Brecon, Wales
Doors Open 7pm showtime 7.30pm for both evenings.
https://www.beauxgrisgris.com/
2014-2025: Eleven years and going strong

https://www.themusebrecon.com/

The MWR&BC Presents Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Dave Speight with sga Blues Maestro Jonathan Nicholas...
2025-08-22 19:30 - 22:00 | Kensington Baptist Church, Kensington, Brecon, Powys, LD39AY, United Kingdom
The MWR&BC Presents Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Dave Speight…
He has played the Blues for nearly 60 years and is described by Blues in Britain as a “national treasure”.
Dave…
As I’ve got older I’ve found the applause lasts a bit longer and is louder. Have played clubs, pubs, bars, concerts, festivals – wherever there is a good atmosphere and someone in the audience, appreciates the performance. I was proud to be inducted (at last) in 2017. I’ve been performing acoustic blues for nearly 60 yrs.
And with more and more feeling that I have a good reason to do so as I age and life presents its various scenarios. The fingers may have slowed… but the voice still works. At my age, it’s always good to be able to sing “Woke Up This Morning”.

NORTH COUNTRY BLUES
60 YEARS AND STILL PLAYING THE BLUES
MEETING UP WITH DAVE SPEIGHT
There’s an old folk song that stated that if you go to the North Country, well you will find one hugely unsung but a British national blues treasure in Dave Speight. Recommended to me by photographer Jennifer Noble, we just had to find out more of the man, born in Liverpool, but these days resides in Yorkshire. If fact if you’ve been to any blues festival in the area you’ve seen him, heard him, and been drawn in by his mastery and love of the music he plays, just one man and his guitar.
Asking Dave through all the years he’s been playing his blues, and supporting many major names along the way. What in the first instance place drew him towards it in the first place, Dave replied;
‘First heard Howlin’ Wolf singing Smokestack Lightning and from having been a Motown boy until 16 years old I was instantly locked into the blues. There were no blues albums to be had in 1963 other than Josh White. But after some digging around, found some. Only started playing guitar after a visit to a folk club in nearby Warrington in 1964 and seeing people properly unplugged in a room holding 300, and you could hear a pin drop. There was an old guy who worked at Hessy’s in Stanley Street in Liverpool who played a couple of Broonzy licks, plus I bought a Big Bill Broonzy album, and worked it out, even played it at 16rpm so you could hear what was happening (half speed). Robert Johnson’s album left me open mouthed. Then later a wondrous record store opened in Leeds, and one of the staff there saved all the acoustic blues albums he came across – Blind Boy Fuller, Skip James, Blind Willie McTell, Scrapper Blackwell, Mance Lipscomb (although my first copy of that was a wedding present from my best mate). Along with listening to the very popular Mike Raven’s Blues Show (BBC), along with albums borrowed and never returned ‘
Like pretty well every other aspiring young guitarist Dave got going with Bert Weedon’s Tutor ‘I wondered why it hurt so much and was so difficult. Soon gave up strumming though once I heard Bob Dylan fingerpicking. I met Paul Simon he showed me his style and I gave him a couple of Angi riffs he hadn’t quite sorted. We’d both been listening to Davy Graham at that time’.
So countless blisters were achieved on his right hand as he learnt these songs for himself
‘Having seen Rev Gary Davis I gave up folk music and just wanted to play the blues’ In fact there is a photograph of Davis playing at a festival and sitting to the side of him Dave Speight watching. He also tells the story of that gig plus meeting the great bluesman, who over the weekend smoked over 100 of Dave’s own cigarettes.
To that first gig every musician goes through
‘I played blues at my first paid gig; in fact there’s even a recording of one of the songs on my website still today. It was at the Minor Bird folk club in Warrington. Earlier they had “made me” get up and perform, so if I played there, I got in for free. In 1966 they thought I was good enough. Interesting to note Paul Simon had played the same venue in 1965 and he was paid twelve guineas. I was paid a fiver and thought I’d made it’ Wish I could have kept that same wage differential!
‘When I saw Rev Gary Davis, I stayed up all night with him and late at night when no one else was around he played ‘Cocaine Blues’ and ‘Della’ for me. Sang them when he knew no women were watching. (His wife disapproved of profane songs). So my cigarettes were my payment for the lesson plus a bottle of whisky. He wasn’t supposed to drink and his minder the folk artist Maddie Pryor went nuts. Before that he had passed his guitar to me and said ‘play me some, let’s see what you got’
Davis thought he played well but he thought it was too clean, technically good but not enough bite, a lesson in living and breathing the music, not just playing it well!
Asking Dave if he’d always played solo or had been in bands as well, he said;
‘I have not always been solo, played in duo’s and groups when playing folk clubs when blues wasn’t fashionable in the mid/ late, 70’s . Then a couple of years with a crazy jug band the Hot Pot Belly Band-they were insane, and one night playing at a local university we were joined by Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker and Mark Knopfler (he played my guitar) and Pick Withers who played bones’ Dire Straits had been playing support for Talking Heads in a bigger hall and so Steve dragged them up, to join us’
Then of course later Croker, Phillips and Mark Knopfler teamed up for one album and tour performing mainly blues with The Notting Hillbillies. Steve Phillips has for years played a regular gig at The Grosvenor Hotel in Robin Hood’s Bay Yorkshire, where often Mark Knopfler would join in the sessions, and bought his famous National metal guitar from him. Dave then went onto say he was also the front man for another R & B band during the early to mid 2000’s.
‘Thinking of others I have seen or played alongside there’s John Lee Hooker, Son House, Champion Jack Dupree, Fred Mc Dowell, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, and David Honeyboy Edwards (four times). On the same bill I’ve played with Juke Boy Bonner, Jack Dupree and a whole raft of UK players, some you may not know including Ian Anderson (the one from Bristol), Mike Cooper, Duster Bennett, Steve Phillips and Jo Anne Kelly. First time Jo Anne came up north she was my support, that quickly changed as I supported her the next time. She had such a great voice, sadly passed on far too young). Others at that time included, The Hokum Hot Shots, Ray Stubbs, along with my good friend Sholto Lenaghan where we played John Estes numbers mainly – there’s still a few copies of our North Country Blues album kicking around since 1997.’
Dave Speight still remains in normal times a busy bluesman, though he does say now,
‘Of late if I’ve not been the star attraction then I’ve been the opener for quite a few blues bands. Was due to be supporting ‘The Colonel’, but with Covid, Steve Cropper was not arriving from the USA. Hopefully though as I already have a booking with Catfish Keith later this year, if he is able to come here. I’ve played the warm up for him before, so it will be nice to join him again’.
‘Mind I play a lot quieter than he does’.
Alongside being a performing musician like several others Dave also teaches guitar , ‘Yes, I do teach but I’m not a great teacher if you don’t pick it up quickly. One notable success is a young guy named Will Savers who has just released an album, he learns very quickly and has really applied himself – he lives in Italy’.
It was time to ask Dave about his own music, the work put into it to grasp that authentic sound of the early blues,
‘Great question that – it is random. I always have about eighty numbers that can quickly be brought back to performance level. So, with each of the three albums I have released, when I record, all the tracks are in one take, no overdubs, they come as they are. It is what it is on the day and often it is one new number that prompts me to head to the studio- or as on the last album being offered free studio time which was nice’ The albums so far released are ‘A Seam Of The Blues’, ‘Blues Around Midnight’, and ‘Last Chance Blues’. It’s also true that one was done in a very long late night take, the way blues used to be done in the old days.
So asking Dave about his music brought some sound advice for any budding musician, hear this;
‘I have always said do it like you mean it, really mean it. For young guitarists: learn your craft then put the guitar down. Throw your head back and sing without the guitar, really go for it, make those words matter to you, don’t just say them like a hymn or folk song – feel it. Then pick up the guitar again and don’t let the guitar drive the singing. Let the singing/performance drive the guitar. Never stop!!. This music has been around me for sixty years and it will always be what I do’. Work on it and learn your craft, live the music you’re playing, surely sound advice for everyone who plays.
Then about his guitars ; ‘I have a number of guitars that go on the road with me. My main guitar is one that Steve Phillips built for me back in 1979. Loads of bling and Brazilian Rosewood- it’s good but not as good as the 000 Martin it’s based on. Have a guitar that I now use as a baritone, as I age my vocal chords won’t reach the high notes anymore so I need to play the same but in a lower key.
There is also a 12 string (tuned down to A) and both were ladder built by Pete Howlett (who is currently building his thousandth Uke). I used to have a Belotona tri-cone built this time by Steve Evans that rings like a bell and more humbly, but increasingly used, and an old ‘Michigan’ Parlour guitar of indeterminate age (made around the 30’s) that I use as an authentic sounding slide guitar. Then most recently a beautiful little 12 fret Vega, I bought from my good friend Jim Murray. I have a luthier nearby, who replaced the fingerboard, bridge and tuners then re-finished the back and sides for me. It has an amazing balance and to think it was originally built c1910 so that helps. This is now my main stage guitar’
The man, his music and his instruments, after sixty years playing the blues, he has much still to offer live but some great advice as well. So where next for Dave Speight, once things get back to some sort of normality, and his return to playing the music he loves
‘There are no ladders, just snakes. Missed a bunch of festival gigs last year that will hopefully happen at some point in the future. Just keep checking the website (a great place to catch Dave playing live at various venues via You Tube). But we’ll be back. Though sadly I’ve heard that a few of my favourite venues have called time for the last time and they will not be returning. There are many others of us here in the North of England who love and play acoustic blues…and we will carry on playing with that passion we always have done…ladder or no’.
Dave Speight may not be a household name to many being based in the north, and all his years as a musician it’s made him one of the finest artists in the country playing the real Delta blues. One thing Dave certainly wanted to add to our time was the influence of Wizz Jones (sadly recently died).
‘He was’ says Dave,’ the first person I heard play Blind Boy Fuller and that was jaw dropping back in the mid 60’s. Then there was the time he took me along with him to The Troubadour and I played in the same line up with him (we had played together before because Wizz is very generous with other performers), John Martyn and Stephan Grossman. You know it may not mean a lot to others, but for me it was a real milestone as a young player, just coming out of my teenage years’.
Thanks to Dave Speight for his time, energy and great blues over many years, do check him out it will be far more than worth it, As Jenifer Noble said to me, ‘Dave Speight is a real national treasure and should be heard’
That sums it up perfectly, Delta blues lives !
Pete Clack
DAVE SPEIGHT’s Top 10 Blues

Two days after this event with the club Dave plays at The Great British R&B Festival in Colne on Sunday, 24th August 2025 on the Little Theatre Acoustic Stage | 17:15 – 18:15 so really pleased to get the date before that musical adventure.
https://www.davespeight.xfr.co.uk/
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Blues related.
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MID WALES R&B CLUB Presents Scottish Duo Liz Jones & Suzy Cargill...
2025-09-13 20:00 - 23:00 | The Muse at Brecon, The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, LD37DW, United Kingdom
MID WALES R&B CLUB Presents…
Scottish Duo
Liz Jones & Suzy Cargill
BIO:
With fingers in folk and blues, an original rhythm and roots duo from Edinburgh, Scotland. Shows include eclectic percussion & mandolin from former Hong Kong Sinfonietta multi-instrumentalist Suzy Cargill, beside “a voice that could wake the dead” singer-songwriter Liz Jones, on acoustic guitar. They perform as you’d expect from two long-time friends and touring musical companions, with a gusty and loose ‘whichever way the wind blows’ style. A truly varied set of stories laughs and tragedies in song, many from the repertoire of their full roots-rock 6 piece,
‘LIZ JONES & BROKEN WINDOW’.
This will be the duo’s first show in Wales, despite past connections to the country, with Suzy having lived in Cardiff for many years and Liz’s father being from the Rhymney Valley. Both also know and work with Wales’s telecaster explosion, James Oliver, and drum sensation Mark Kemlo, since meeting as performers at Orkney Blues Festival in 2023.
“A watchable and uniquely natural and honest duo … taking the songs wherever they need to go,”
DRYAD MUSIC (Netherlands)
SGA DISQUE BLEU (Julian Lewis & Ian Jones)
Vaudeville Meets Blues – Duo from Mid Wales. Two musicians collaborating to play a wide ranging mix of Chicago Blues, Country and a few of their own songs
https://lizjonesmusic.com
https://lizjonesmusic.com/brokenwindows
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRkLZRDyPlVnYofhQ3Y1qN7ShNQVHKAAd
www.midwalesrandb.club
Disque Bleu FB Page:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561761297608

The Mid Wales R&B Club Presents *DOUBLE HEADER SHOW* Erin Harpe & Jim Countryman with Lucy Piper & Kaspar Berry Rapkin...
2025-10-18 20:00 - 23:00 | The Muse at Brecon, The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, LD37DW, United Kingdom
SATURDAY OCT 18th 2025
The Mid Wales R&B Club Presents
*DOUBLE HEADER SHOW*
Erin Harpe & Jim Countryman with Lucy Piper & Kaspar Berry Rapkin
(The return to Brecon for Erin & Jim having previously stolen hearts and minds at The Brecon Tap)

Erin Harpe has been playing country blues since she was a little girl, getting her chops from her virtuoso dad, roots/blues musician & Stella guitar expert Neil Harpe. The two-time “Blues Artist of the Year”, and leader of the band Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, has earned a reputation as a captivating performer, playing stages large and small throughout the US, UK and Europe, and opening for everyone from ZZTop to Honeyboy Edwards, Buddy Guy and James Cotton. In Living Blues Magazine, Frank Matheis called Erin “one of the most dynamic, talented and exciting roots rocking blues women on the scene”, noting, “she has it all – a golden voice and guitar chops that dazzle!” They will be celebrating the duo’s new album Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt, coming out on renowned US blues label Vizztone. a follow up to “Meet Me In The Middle” (self-produced by Harpe, along with her husband, bassist Jim Countryman) – won the prestigious “Album of the Year” from the New England Music Awards. Erin’s high-energy performances center around her exceptional finger-style and boogie blues guitar playing as well as her striking soulful vocals. The sound she creates with her band harkens back to the time of juke joints – updated with more modern influences like funk, soul, rock, and reggae. Her music has drawn comparisons to Muddy Waters, Bonnie Raitt, Canned Heat and Maria Muldour.

“acoustic blues mastery that is seldom found these days”
— Iain Patience, Bluestown Music NL
https://erinharpe.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ErinHarpe.Music
https://www.instagram.com/erinharpe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyFMeT740fw&t=2s

ALSO returning to Brecon is Lucy Piper having played here via the DUO Southern Fried Groove Queens THIS time Lucy will play alongside Kaspar Berry Rapkin here in Brecon for the very first time (always a real pleasure to bring new artists to The Muse and to Brecon full stop —

‘Kaspar Berry Rapkin & Lucy Piper’ – Delta/Mississippi hill country blues
BIO:
A collaboration between Kaspar Berry Rapkin & Lucy Piper sees two established musicians from the UK’s Blues scene come together to play the upbeat Hill Country & Delta Blues from the land where they first met, Clarksdale, Mississippi. Dedicated to capturing the raw hypnotic energy you’d find in a traditional ‘Juke Joint’, both musicians are devoted to keeping this unique music alive, with an added fresh edge.
Hailing from St Albans and Exeter, Kaspar plays regularly on the London Blues circuit as well as at many of the leading UK’s Blues Festivals, both solo and with his band ‘The Swamp Dogs’, whilst Lucy is well known on the scene for her role as a Blues session Drummer, and has played with the likes of Ben Waters, Mississippi Macdonald, and James Oliver, as well as many American Blues artists out in the Delta.
They believe that the genre deserves a larger audience and are determined to showcase its power, authenticity, and irresistible groove to new listeners and dedicated blues fans alike.
Links:
https://www.kbrblues.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kbrblues/
www.lucypiperdrums.com
https://www.instagram.com/lucypiperdrums/
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ban5ULxozJU

THE MUSE BRECON
OCT 18TH 2026
DOORS 7.30PM SHOWTIME 8PM

MWR&BC Presents the return of The TERRAPLANES BLUES BAND with SGA Eleven29...
2025-11-22 20:00 - 23:00 | The Muse at Brecon, The Muse, Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, LD37DW, United Kingdom
MWR&BC Presents the return of The TERRAPLANES BLUES BAND to The Muse in Brecon…

The Terraplanes, hailing from Bristol, UK are a hard hitting, soulful Rhythm & Blues Band. A fine blend of British 60’s R’n’B with a heavy dose of Mississippi Delta Blues. UK Blues Award Winners – Emerging Act Of The Year 2023.

Image above was taken at The Muse by Barry Hill on Sunday 17th Nov 2024 (nearly one year to the return date) A very successful sold out show with special guest act Aled Clifford from Henry’s Funeral Shoe more details below —
It was immediately obvious that they are an exceptionally tight and cohesive outfit, with the sophisticated bass playing of Craig Shaw and versatile drumming of Andy Hutt never dominating, but always providing just the right backdrop to support the excellent singing and guitar of Nick Scrase and the flamboyantly accomplished harmonica of Eduardo Allen, resplendent in his sharp white suit. JIM KERSLAKE MWR&BC
http://midwalesrandb.club/2024/11/17/the-terraplanes-blues-band-plus-aled-clifford/
https://www.theterraplanesbluesband.comhttps://
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https://www.instagram.com/theterraplanes/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8yhy-gp_f582Tj76Mn8ptA
https://theterraplanesbluesband.bandcamp.com/
Special Guest Eleven29
Floss and Dave are two old lags with a lifetime’s playing in bands behind them. Too obstinate to hang up their guitars, they now play, er, whatever the hell they like, including blues, western swing, country, tex-mex and the many other genres that count as Americana. Dave has a thing about vocal harmonies and old pop trash, Floss likes weird bands with songwriters who should probably be sectioned, and old field/work songs. Americymru, we call it…
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572808041817
And confirmation of ticket price £15:00
Doors 7.30pm / Showtime 8pm
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