NICK
J TOWNSEND
RGG June 2016 - p.6
Nominated in
categories for this
years’ Blues Awards Birmingham based
Rebecca and her band are a ‘must see’ live act that
often leaves newcomers simply blown away by the
power of the performance With her co writer Steve
Birkett alongside her a very tight band behind and
Rebecca’s powerful voice to the fore the piece
outfit performs original tracks from the EP
Real Life
the highly acclaimed debut album
Back To The Start
and the superb second album
Believe
punctuated by
a few classic covers The core of their music is the
Blues but they embrace elements of rock soul funk
and jazz to deliver an exciting passionate
performance Rebecca has also had three singles
played on BBC radio being a favourite of Paul Jones
Astonishingly
energetic entertaining
and
LIVE Soul’d Out UK are a
piece
band featuring powerful male and female vocalists
funky rhythm section and a stonking brass section
Since the bands’ formation Soul’d Out UK have
accomplished great achievements including
corporate work for the Midlands Air Ambulance and
playing at the British Volkswagen Festival and The Big
Brum Bash
Whether you love or
hate The Voice by the BBC you have to give
credit to Wolverhampton's Megan Reece who beat
other contestants to make the last
auditions and got through to have Paloma Faith
handle her in TV heats She performs along with her
husband James who plays the cajon and her guitarist
Chris Nicholls
[See cover Feature]
A dirty Blues
Rock three piece
band based in the Midlands Formed in
the trio is comprised of Martin Stanyer
(vocals guitar piano) Laura Stanyer (bass backing
vocals) and Craig Stanley (drums) The band have
gone on to achieve great success appearing in
Kerrang Magazine Bizarre and Big Cheese They were
also awarded CD of the month in RGG The band have
been played on BBC Radio as well as American radio
station Rockers Dive
A four piece hard
rock band from
the Black
Country Their hard hitting yet
melodic sound has won over numerous fans in clubs
and venues across the Midlands and South Wales in
the two years since their inception Their new E P
'
Deal With My Evil
was reviewed in the May edition
of RGG as well as making the front cover
PLAYING LIVE AT
WOLVESFEST 2016
REBECCA DOWNES
Normally you get a certain amount of filth and critical thinking from my column, but this
month we're scrapping that and we're going to celebrate the 21st year of this magazine and
what could be more fitting for a gig guide than having a gigantic gig to celebrate?
Wolverhampton is where the magazine is based and that's why on June 11th we have 21
artists playing at an event which this magazine has named WolvesFest 2016. It's being held
at the Wolverhampton Rugby Club in a giant marquee with 2 stages where there will be hot
food, real ales and even luxury bogs. Last year we celebrated 20 years and we ran a similar
event which was very successful and people honestly could not believe how posh the
toilets were. Anyhoooo...here's some of the great music you can look forward to at Wolves
Fest 2016.
SOUL’D OUT UK
MEGAN REECE
PTR WILLIAMS
NAKED SUNDAY
TYRANNOSAURUS
NEBULOUS
