Blues Enthused

Elles Bailey and her band have just breezed through the jollification of ‘Enjoy The Ride’, the “top down, wind in my hair” opening song of t...

Warmth. Joy. Sensitivity.  These are three of the qualities – doubtless you could name others - that have contributed to Elles Bailey’s rise...

It was a year ago yesterday that I wrote a review of Elles Bailey playing live in Edinburgh , and since Live At The Fire Station is a docum...

She’s a multiple UK Blues Award winner, a multiple UK Americana Award winner, hit the bullseye with her 2022 album Shining In The Half-Light...

When I first saw Elles Bailey here in Edinburgh, nearly six years ago, I reckoned she was a promising young artist.  Nowadays though – blime...

Elles Bailey – Shining In The Half-Light Deluxe Edition   Okay, so I’m gonna do something a bit odd here, and review half an album.  How com...

Let’s not mess about.   Shining In The Half-Light is the best album yet from Elles Bailey. It was obvious from her first two albums, Wildfi...

Here's a chance to catch up with a clutch of recent releases in the EP and single domain. Jimmy Regal And The Royals – Ain’t Done Yet   ...

Sari Schorr – ‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (In The Pines)’   It’s taken me a few weeks to get round to this one, for which the more fool...

Necessity, so the saying goes, is the mother of invention.  As professional musicians around the world have been forced off the road by the ...

In case you hadn’t noticed, there are a host of excellent female roots-orientated artists kicking around just now.  And among them, Elles B...

It’s Friday, it’s 5 to 7, and it’s standing room only in the ballroom of the Crown & Mitre Hotel as we arrive for our first visit to th...