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Blues fan? You NEED Blues Matters!
Our magazine is your bi-monthly fix of everything Blues – we’ve got 132 pages of artist interviews, live reviews and the biggest collection of album reviews you’ll see. From cover to cover, we breathe blues music.

“Arguably one of the most important blues magazines on the planet” – Jim Diamond

Blues Matters! has been championing the Blues for over 20 years and won awards for “Keeping the Blues Alive” (Blues Foundation) plus we’re a double inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame – trust us... we LOVE the Blues as much as you do.

Based in the UK, we bring together the music, artists, creators and the fans from all around the world. All because we truly believe that blues matters – our name says it all!

Good Blues to you...
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Nov 2026 Joanne Shaw Taylor leads Issue 167 of Blues Matters, opening up about The Trouble With Love, the music that shaped her and the journey that has made her one of modern blues-rock’s most distinctive voices. Elsewhere in the issue, Eric Jerardi talks songwriting, instinct and The Game, while Eric Hirsberg discusses the thinking behind More Is Not The Answer. Matt Backer reflects on a career spent alongside some of music’s biggest names, and Sons Of Cream explain how they are keeping the spirit of a legendary catalogue alive for a new generation. Kenny Neal shares the extraordinary story of surviving a cardiac arrest and returning to the stage, while Blues Matters also heads to Baton Rouge for the Capital City Music Festival. Plus, there are more artist interviews, live reports, album reviews and features covering the best of blues, roots and blues-rock today.


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Joanne Shaw Taylor leads Issue 167 of Blues Matters, opening up about The Trouble With Love, the music that shaped her and the journey that has made her one of modern blues-rock’s most distinctive voices.

Elsewhere in the issue, Eric Jerardi talks songwriting, instinct and The Game, while Eric Hirsberg discusses the thinking behind More Is Not The Answer. Matt Backer reflects on a career spent alongside some of music’s biggest names, and Sons Of Cream explain how they are keeping the spirit of a legendary catalogue alive for a new generation.

Kenny Neal shares the extraordinary story of surviving a cardiac arrest and returning to the stage, while Blues Matters also heads to Baton Rouge for the Capital City Music Festival.

Plus, there are more artist interviews, live reports, album reviews and features covering the best of blues, roots and blues-rock today.
read more read less
Blues fan? You NEED Blues Matters!
Our magazine is your bi-monthly fix of everything Blues – we’ve got 132 pages of artist interviews, live reviews and the biggest collection of album reviews you’ll see. From cover to cover, we breathe blues music.

“Arguably one of the most important blues magazines on the planet” – Jim Diamond

Blues Matters! has been championing the Blues for over 20 years and won awards for “Keeping the Blues Alive” (Blues Foundation) plus we’re a double inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame – trust us... we LOVE the Blues as much as you do.

Based in the UK, we bring together the music, artists, creators and the fans from all around the world. All because we truly believe that blues matters – our name says it all!

Good Blues to you...

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