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A Gig, a Charity Event, Then a Break - Summer 2024
As announced recently on social media, after everything that has happened in the last six months, I have decided that I need some time...

Rebecca Downes
Apr 14, 20242 min read
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February Gigs
It's been a tough time, but February's shows will go ahead and part of my journey back to some sense of normality will be to do three...

Rebecca Downes
Jan 31, 20241 min read
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Brenda Angela Downes, 29 January 1941 to 21 January 2024
I am heartbroken to tell you that my lovely mother left this world quietly and peacefully yesterday morning. She was diagnosed with...

Rebecca Downes
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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Tyneside Americana Blues Festival, Saturday 20 January 2024
Sadly, we’ve had to withdraw from the Tyneside Americana Blues Festival on Saturday 20 January. As many people know, my mother is...

Rebecca Downes
Jan 15, 20241 min read
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Out Today - War Is Over - Christmas Single for Dementia UK
Out today - our own interpretation of the compelling Melissa Etheridge ballad, This War Is Over, in support of my seasonal appeal for...

Rebecca Downes
Dec 8, 20231 min read
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Christmas Single - War Is Over - Out Friday 8 December
On Friday 8 December we will release of our own interpretation of the compelling Melissa Etheridge ballad, This War Is Over, as part of...

Rebecca Downes
Dec 5, 20231 min read
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Return to the Hare & Hounds, May 2024
I am delighted to announce that we will be returning to the Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham, in May 2024 for another headline gig...

Rebecca Downes
Nov 17, 20231 min read
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Carlisle Blues/Rock Festival, 11-13 October 2024
I am delighted to announce that we will be appearing on the Saturday night (12 October) of this award-winning 3-day festival now being...

Rebecca Downes
Oct 23, 20231 min read
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Return to the 100 Club, London in March 2024
We return to the iconic 100 Club next year to once again headline Solid Entertainments Tuesday Blues. There will be two support acts tba....

Rebecca Downes
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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New Live Recording on YouTube - Crazy (Stripped Back) at Temperance
Today's Throwback Thursday #TBT offering is the stripped back performance of the Gnarls Barkley song 'Crazy' at Temperance, Leamington...

Rebecca Downes
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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2024 A3 Photo Calendar Now Available for Pre-Order
Back by popular demand is the 2024 RD A3 Photo Calendar, featuring the wonderful photography of our good friend Mal Whichelow. It's the...

Rebecca Downes
Sep 30, 20231 min read
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Three-gig Weekend: February 2024
We are undertaking another northern mini-tour in February next year. We will start at The Forum, Darlington on Friday 16 February, then...

Rebecca Downes
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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And a return to Temperance, Leamington Spa
After a wonderful gig at this delightful venue earlier this month, I am delighted to say that we will be back there again on Friday 8...

Rebecca Downes
Sep 17, 20231 min read
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Back to Barnoldswick
We are delighted to be returning to this amazing, intimate venue on Sunday 18 February 2024 with a full-band line-up performing our own...

Rebecca Downes
Sep 11, 20231 min read
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Planet Rock Blues Power Live, Camden - 2 November 2023
Planet Rock Radio, the UK's number one Rock and Blues radio station, brings you a new live event in conjunction with The Gig Cartel. The...

Rebecca Downes
Aug 13, 20231 min read
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New Season of Downes Your Way Podcast
My podcast, Downes Your Way, is back with another series, a new direction and with the support of Blues In Britain magazine. After a long...

Rebecca Downes
Aug 4, 20232 min read
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Times Radio Interview and Live Performance
On Friday 21 July Steve Birkett and I appeared on the Ed Vaizey show on Times Radio, where we were interviewed and played a couple of...

Rebecca Downes
Jul 23, 20231 min read
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New Live Video - The Space Between Us
A new live video from our gig at The Forum, Darlington, last February is now up on our YouTube channel. This time it's the title track...

Rebecca Downes
Jul 20, 20231 min read
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Visit to the Kyrenia Animal Rescue Centre
Last week I visited this amazing animal rescue centre. I came to Kyrenia previously for a friend's wedding in 2018, and visited again in...

Rebecca Downes
Jul 18, 20231 min read
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Beccs Blues - Blues In Britain
My second offering of my Beccs Blues column appears in the latest edition of Blues In Britain magazine and it continues the theme of the...

Rebecca Downes
Jul 2, 20231 min read
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