Marcus King
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Live Review + Galleries: Bluesfest Byron Bay Day 3 (Saturday 08.04.2023)
Day 3 of my Bluesfest marathon started with me going along to catch the 2022 Bluesfest Busking Competition winners, Loose Content, a local indie/alt rock band. Whilst not your traditional blues/roots band, they were highly entertaining, and drew quite a few of their friends, family and other supporters to the festival. My third dose of …
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Live Review + Gallery: Bluesfest Byron Bay Day 2 (Friday, 07.04.2023)
Day 2 began with me excited to get back to Frank Sultana, who had played on Day 1, totally captivating me with his down and dirty Delta blues style, and who was first up at 11.30 a.m. What a great way to get the day off to a flying start. My interest had been piqued …
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Live Review: Marcus King / Ida Mae – The Academy, Dublin 27.03.2023
Words Caitríona Ní Dhúnlaing / Photos Ian Mc Donnell: ‘Who loves ya Baby,’ remarks Marcus King – the South Carolina riff based blues-rocker, half an hour into a two-hour, nineteen-song set at Monday nights sold-out Academy. The Academy for Marcus King is his biggest headline to date, on his third visit to Ireland, having supported …
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News: Ida Mae teams up with Marcus King on bluesy new single out today
IDA MAE TEAMS UP WITH MARCUS KING ON THE BLUESY NEW SINGLE “WHEN EDEN WAS MY GIRL” Marking their first piece of new material since their newest studio album. “When Eden Was My Girl” finds the blues-rock pair in confident form throughout. With the added addition of Marcus King’s distinctive influence driving the track forward, their latest …