Friday 18 March 2016 – Edinburgh Blues Club present Dani Wilde Band with support from Linda Jaxson & Tabitha Smith
Over the past 10 years Blues and Country singer-songwriter Dani Wilde has performed at hundreds of venues and festivals across Europe, America, Canada and Africa; from the main stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall, to the slum communities of Kenya, to Times Square – New York City. Wilde has secured three number one’s in the Official I-tunes Blues Music Charts (Two self penned songs and a cover of The Rolling Stones “Bitch’ as part of the girl group “Girls With Guitarsâ€). She has also crossed over to the European Country Charts Top 40 placing her alongside Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift in Luxembourg and Switzerland. Radio play internationally has included many a live session for The Paul Jones Show on BBC Radio 2 and Bill Wax’s XFM Bluesville show in the USA.
On her travels, Wilde has performed as the opening act for the likes of Jools Holland, Nazareth, Johnny Winter, Journey, Foreigner, Maddie Prior (Steeleye Span) and Robben Ford, to name but a few. She has also performed on The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise alongside her hero’s Bobby Blue Bland, Bobby Womack and Taj Mahal. Live collaborations have included sharing the stage with Pee Wee Ellis at Womad Festival, Christopher Holland, Samantha Fish (Girls With Guitars) and Sue Foley as well as recording with top producers from Stuart Dixon to the legendary Mike Vernon (Clapton/Fleetwood Mac). Wilde has released three solo studio albums plus the ‘Girls with guitars’ album for Ruf Records (Luther Alison/Jimmy Vaughan/Louisiana Red). She also manages her own independent record label “Bri-Tone Recordsâ€. A passionate advocate for the charity ‘Moving Mountains’ Dani Wilde is also recognised for her humanitarian work fighting to prevent child poverty in Kenya.
Wilde’s new album “Songs about you†was released this April. The record has been described as “an honest and intimate songbook combining country, blues and gospel into spellbinding melodies and grooves.†Wilde gives a matured and moving vocal performance and demonstrates her best song-writing yet. Producer Stuart Dixon captures a magical performance on the record pulling in some the UK’s top session players including Fergus Gerrand on drums (Madonna/Sting), Roger Inniss on bass (Chaka Khan), Janos Barrista on piano (Jimmy Ruffin), Greg Coulson on Organ (The Selecter), and Bethany Porter on Cello (Peter Gabriel/Kula Shaker).
When asked what made Dani decide to become a blues singer she replied “Well, when I was 14, I went to Bishopstock Blues Festival in the UK and that was where I saw the likes of contemporary blues singers Sue Foley, Shemekia Copeland and Susan Tedeschi perform. Before then I had only heard the old Chicago players like John Lee and Muddy Waters but to see young female artists playing the blues like that really blew me away and so I made it my mission to follow in Susan Tedeschi’s footsteps. Her performance was inspirational and had a life changing effect on me in regards to my music career.”
Support by Linda Jaxson
Linda Jaxson is a songstress. She has 5 albums of music, including many original songs out there, has been performing in Scotland, Australia, Europe and Canada. Based in Glasgow, she now works with a variety of musicians, playing ‘choice’ music café/bars and festivals. Next it’s Germany and then the States!
She is renowned as a blues singer but also likes to work in and out of rock and country (with a little shadow of Jazz – sometimes.) If you have heard Linda Jaxson sing, you will recognise someone who sings close to the edge, while inviting you to share that experience. Her influences are many and cross many genres: Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Emmylou Harris to Leadbelly, Lightning Hopkins, Eric Bibb – and Led Zeppellin
Tabitha Smith
Tabitha is a singer/songwriter with a following in Brighton and the South. She has been writing and performing for 15 years with appearances including Glastonbury Festival, BBC Southern Radio, Brighton’s Juice FM, The Blues and Soul Show, The Troubadour, London, Brighton Fringe, and Playgroup Festival.
Her influences include Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, Etta James and Crosby Stills and Nash. Tabitha’s music invites you on a journey through mystery, seduction, heartache and longing. Her warm, raspy voice involves you in her story, combining tones of wistful folk with dark and dirty blues.
This show available to members of the Edinburgh Blues Club paying regular subscription with no additional ticket charge. Non Member tickets available from Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland and Ticketweb for £13.00 + standard booking fee and without booking fee at preceding Edinburgh Blues Club shows.
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