Blues for a better life: five bluesmen for the advanced listener

Dom Martin, a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Belfast, Ireland, talks about the essence of Blues and non — obvious masterpieces.

In the summer, Dom Martin, a well — known singer, guitarist and songwriter from the British Isles, came to Moscow for the first time for the British Blues Invasion festival. He even performs live on the BBC! He is not even thirty, but it is believed that this young musician is a follower of the most ancient Blues archaic. Indeed, half of his set is usually acoustic, classic Delta songs, fingerstyle, “bottlneck” and all the other signature Blues chips of the 30s.However, in fact, he is not a Blues purist or an authenticist. Continue reading →