Archive: The Pete Feenstra Feature (April 2020 – June 2020)

Johnny Warman

Sunday 28 June JOHNNY WARMAN (Monday 6 July, 16:00, Thursday 9 July, 23:00 repeat)

Johnny Warman’s first main band was Bearded Lady but it wasn’t until late 1977 that he caught the attention of Ringo Starr and his label. The album that followed ‘Hour Glass’ failed to chart but in 1981 – signed to Elton John’s Rocket label – Warman’s album ‘Walking Into Mirrors’ achieved wider success.

Since this time, Warman has continued to write for other artists (including Starship and Asia) and contributed to Ringo Starr’s album in 1992.

Layla Zoe

Sunday 21 June LAYLA ZOE (Tuesday 23 June, 21:00, repeat)

With a 13 album career, a once-in-a-generation voice and livewire stagecraft , Dutch based Canadian powerhouse vocalist Layla Zoe is in the forefront of the contemporary rock-blues scene.
She’s performed worldwide with some of the greatest blues legends of our time and has recently captured her explosive style on the ‘Retrospective Tour 2019’ live album, while crowd finding her forthcoming ‘Nowhere Left To Go’ studio album.

Tim Elliott, Blues N Trouble

Sunday 14 June TIM ELLIOTT (Blues N Trouble) (Tuesday 16 June, 21:00, repeat)

Formed in 1979, by the mid-80s Blues n Trouble were one of the leading rock blues & boogie bands and even made it over to the States, playing at the ‘Memphis In May Festival’ as well as at the Memphis Blues Festival. The ubiquitous band’s unofficial mission statement was: ‘If we’re not in your town, it’s probably because we just left it’.

They toured with BB King and Robert Cray and were mentored by the 6th Stone Ian Stewart, who also appeared along with Cray on their 1986 ‘No Minor Keys’ album. They later cut the Grammy nominated ‘Lazy Lester Rides Again’, and won a Blues ward for their ‘Down To The Shuffle’ album.

Ronan Furlong

Sunday 7 June RONAN FURLONG (Monday 8 June, 16:00 & Thursday 11 June, 23:00, repeat)

Irish singer songwriter Ronan chats to Pete about his music with tracks from the album ‘Minerva’s Meddling’.

Starlite Campbell Band

Sunday 31 May STARLITE CAMPBELL BAND (Tuesday2 June, 21:00 repeat)

Suzy and Simon choose some of their favourite tracks.

Grant Walden

Sunday 24 May GRANT WALDEN Muscle Shoals studio owner, musician and podcaster (Tuesday 26 May, 21:00 repeat)

UK Blues Awards 2020

Sunday 17 May UKBLUES AWARDS 2020 – Pete plays a selection of the finalists (Tuesday 19 May, 21:00 repeat)

Boris Zamba (Voodoo Ramble)

Sunday 10 May BORIS ZAMBA (Voodoo Ramble) (Tuesday 12 May, 21:00 repeat)

The frontman of blues rockers Voodoo Ramble chats to Pete about his music with tracks from the album ‘That’s Why’.

Johnny Burgin

Sunday 3 May JOHNNY BURGIN (Tuesday 5 May, 21:00 repeat)

Johnny Burgin is a contemporary blues artist with a traditional feel, who learnt his chops with Taildragger Jones on the Westside of Chicago in the 90’s.

He played with Mary Lane, Johnny B Moore, Johnny Littleton, Lurrie Bell, Jimmy Dawkins etc, and toured with Pinetop Perkins and former Howlin Wolf drummer.

He signed to Delmark Records in 1996, quit music in 2002, making a comeback in 2009. Since this time he’s been recognised as a leading international Chicago blues practitioner.

In this special, Johnny chats about his music with tracks from his live album on Delmark Records.

Brave Rival

Sunday 26 April BRAVE RIVAL (Tuesday 28 April, 21:00 repeat)

The Hampshire-based band chat to Pete with tracks from the new live album. Their sound is influenced by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and Tedeschi Trucks.

James Oliver