BLUES AT EJBF22

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The 2022 Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival offers a stellar blues programme with a cast list including American stars and the best homegrown talent and covering all shades of the blues, from Mississippi to New Orleans to Memphis to Chicago. 

Mud Morganfield

The eldest son of the undisputed King of the blues, Muddy Waters, Mud and his fantastic band deliver classic Chicago electric blues.

Blues Gala

Maggie Bell leads a special programme packed wall-to-wall with festival blues favourites.

Blues Afternoon: Ian Siegal Electric Band | Stacy Mitchhart

A double header of quality blues.

Blues Afternoon: Dixie Fried | Kara Grainger | Grainne Duffy

Our ever-popular Blues Afternoons are back, with a triple header of powerful rocking blues.

Blind Boy Paxton

He made a massive impact in 2018 with a series of sold out shows and we are delighted he’s back.

Zac Harmon Band

Due to circumstances outwith our control, Zac Harmon’s EJBF22 performance will not go ahead. We will instead present one of the UK’s top blues singers and harmonica players, Errol Linton.

Jed Potts and the Hillman Hunters with the Husky Horns/ Roosevelt Collier Band

Classic 1950s and early 60s American blues, delivered with passion and power.

Stacy Mitchhart

Feel-good music from Nashville’s classy blues man. 

Legends of the Blues - from Mississippi to Chicago

With flair and originality the Edinburgh group, Jawbone Walk, was formed out of a mutual appreciation for classic blues music.

Blues Afternoon: Blue Milk, Blind Boy Paxton, Mud In Your Ear with Brandon Santini

Making their festival debut Blue Milk are a one-of-a-kind roots group harking back to the traditions of turn-of-the-century, down home Delta Blues. 

Blues Afternoon: Lisa Mills | The Cinelli Brothers | Stacy Mitchhart

Our ever-popular Blues Afternoons are back for 2022, featuring Lisa Mills, The Cinelli Brothers and Stacy Mitchhart.

Brandon Santini Band

His thick-as-molasses vocals and muscular harmonica playing have led fans and critics alike to tap Brandon Santini as one of the fast rising blues stars of his generation.