Here's the traditional page of links. It features sites about other Portsmouth Blues Bands and Musicians, General blues interest sites and any thing else I feel like puting on.
If any of these links are broken or lead to the wrong place please let me know. Also if you would like a link on this page send email to links.

Bands & Musicians

• Claude Bourbon"The Frog With The Happy Blues" Claude Bourbon is a french born Bluesman currently who used to be based in Portsmouth. He plays mostly acoustic guitar and sings, performing sometimes solo and sometimes with a three piece band.
  
  
• Walker BroadThe new site for the Walker Broad project. Original folk, jazz and blues influenced music by Andy Broad, guitar and Sandy Walker piano.
  
  
• Adam FranklinA former member of the Rocks & Gravel trio, Adam has gone solo again and is producing quality acoustic blues and hot jazz, played on national steel and ukelele.
  
  
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  Sally Strawberry is a fabulous blues and jazz influenced singer songwriter.
  
  
• Ben Waters. This excellent site is devoted to Ben Waters, an excellent Piano player, now based in the Hampshire / Sussex region.
  
  
• The Torpedoes.
  The Boris Flats. These two sites are owned by local musician and drummer Van Norris, and feature info on his two bands. Not exactly blues but give em a look any way!
  
  
• White Knuckles Blues Band A great local blues band featuring Steve Roux on guitar. Now Featuring Matt Beckwith from Burnt Ice on harmonica.
  
  
• Shep WooleyShep Woolley, a great Folk and Roots allrounder! Singer, Comedian and DJ (see below for link to radio show...)
  
  

General Links

• Barking Spider Promtions. Barkimg Spider run the Bullfrog Blues club and a range of other folk and roots based gigs, as well as acting as an agent for a number of quality acts.
  
  
• Shep Woolley On Last FM Check out Shep's radio show on ExpressFM for the best in folk & roots music!
• The Two Rivers Folk Festival / Chepstow Dance Weekend An organisation of run in and arround Chepstow, arranging comunity folk dance and music events.
  
  
• The Blues Bank Collective are an organisation based in Portsmouth NH in the USA. They exist to promote and educate people about the blues.
  
  
• Be-Bops Music Exchange A Portsmouth based internet company, offering a range of jazz guitar orientated services. Including sheet music, tuition, and a large collection of varied and unusual instruments ( guitars, basses, african, indian, and other ethnic items ).It's also the home of guitarrecordsuk.com stocking a collection of literally thousands of jazz guitar recordings and related titles. If you can't find something they can probably get it.
  
  
• JRPMusic Andy Broads CD From The Roots On Down was recorded by James Perret at Watershed Studios. Watershed no longer operates in it's original form but James continues to work, offering excellent CD mastering services.
  
  
• Dugout Studios Before you can master it you've got to record it! DugOut Studios offer spacious facilities, with two large rooms with neighbours well out of harms way. Big Easy recorded their forthcoming CD here, and The Rhythm Kings made a useful demo a couple of years back. Dugout also offer rehearsal facilities.
  
  
• There's something youv'e forgotten! Before you can record your blues album you need a guitar! One of the best places to buy your guitar in Portsmouth is Street-Level Music. street-level-musical-exchanges.business.site/
• Blue Print Magazine This is the website for Blue Print Magazine. The best place for national blues news and it has a huge links page!
  
  
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  This site is amazing! It contains profiles of hundreds of blues performers past and present and future.
  
  
• St Denys Folk And Blues Club meets every thursday at the St Denys Hotel, 1 Aberdeen Road, Southampton, and is run by Lee Raymond. They have an open stage most weeks and particularly want more blues players to come along. So if your a pro who wants to try out a new number or a beginner looking for a safe place to start give them a try. ( Just don't tell John I told you to go somewhere else on a thursday night!)
  
  
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  Blues At The Fort
  A Yearly Festival Of Blues. Held at Fort Purbrook, Portsdown Hill Cosham
  
  
• Live At The Bandstand This site has loads of quality pictures of the various gigs that Portsmouth City Council have promoted at Bandstand next the Southsea Castle. Including some excellent pictures of my own band the Rhythm Kings.
  
  
• Blues Freepress - The World's Favourite Online-only Blues Magazine This site is well worth a visit, give it a try!
  
  
• Blues In The South Website for the long running Free magazine, supporting the blues scene along the southcoast of England
  
  
• Blues Matters Great Magazine supporting the British blues scene and more.
  
  
• Fossy7 Music A site for harmonica players. Information and sales.
  
  
• IACMusic.com Independant Artists Company. A website / organisation supporting independant musicians, with song downloads, ineternet radio etc.
  
  
• Alleycats Open Mic ClubRegular Open Mic Session with agreat community feel..
  
  
• Black On BluesInternet Radio Station hosted by Kevin Black with many informative podcats to download, updated weekly.