Upstairs at The George IV, on Infirmary Road, is the setting for the annual event, which begins next Friday with John Gomm followed by The Hummingbirds Blues Band.

Saturday opens at noon with the multi-talented Billy Martin Jnr who will also be the festival compere and doing spots throughout the programme. He's followed by former Crowley's Dead-turned solo singer/songwriter Andrew Oxley, pictured above, and sharp-suited R&B band Willie Brown's Rhythm Method.

Also booked are R&B quintet Sneaking Suspicion and father and son duo M&J Blues, with virtuoso guitar from Mark Lyall.

Billy Martin Jnr will do an extended, including his song You Are So La Di Da about Nether Edge when it was posh, as will Tom Rodwell, still acclimatising from his dabble with the blues circuit in New Zealand and California, and city blues legend Frank White accompanied by Dale Storr, one of the best New Orleans style piano players in England.

Special beers are lined up.

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Juicy Lucy are on the loose again

DECADES will be rolled back tonight at Barnsley-area pub Sturdy Lads when '70s rock band Juicy Lucy return to the area – with Rotherham native Paul Fletcher on drums.

Better known as Fletch, he's more familiar for putting the beat into local bands Twin Lizzy and the Blues Doctors, but his presence in Juicy Lucy has been a driving force in getting the band back on the road and also in the studio after a 12-year break.

The Monk Bretton show is one of two in the area by Juicy Lucy, probably best known for their chart hit Who Do You Love? – a staple of rock compilations worldwide.

Blonde bombshell

THE Long Blondes peel off another slice from their second album by making Guilt the new single.

Taken from the Erol Alkan-produced Couples and the follow-up to Century, it has been remixed for radio by Kylie/Hot Chip producer Dan Carey and emerges on May 24.


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