As announced recently on social media, after everything that has happened in the last six months, I have decided that I need some time...

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...

I am heartbroken to tell you that my lovely mother left this world quietly and peacefully yesterday morning. She was diagnosed with...

Sadly, we’ve had to withdraw from the Tyneside Americana Blues Festival on Saturday 20 January. As many people know, my mother is...

Out today - our own interpretation of the compelling Melissa Etheridge ballad, This War Is Over, in support of my seasonal appeal for...

On Friday 8 December we will release of our own interpretation of the compelling Melissa Etheridge ballad, This War Is Over, as part of...

I am delighted to announce that we will be returning to the Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham, in May 2024 for another headline gig...

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...

We return to the iconic 100 Club next year to once again headline Solid Entertainments Tuesday Blues. There will be two support acts tba....

Today's Throwback Thursday #TBT offering is the stripped back performance of the Gnarls Barkley song 'Crazy' at Temperance, Leamington...

Back by popular demand is the 2024 RD A3 Photo Calendar, featuring the wonderful photography of our good friend Mal Whichelow. It's the...

We are undertaking another northern mini-tour in February next year. We will start at The Forum, Darlington on Friday 16 February, then...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...