Wild Boar Blues 2015

May 22 - 23 - 24
May Spring Bank Holiday sees the return of THE BLUES FESTIVAL, now called Wild Boar Blues

Tickets Now on Sale
£20 Weekend
£5 Friday
£10 Saturday
£10 Sunday
£20 Camping Fri Sat Sun
or £10 for 1 night

Camping Spaces are limited so early booking is advised.
children under 16 free.
Day Tickets do not include camping

FRIDAY 22 The Big Band.... 17 piece Orchestra and full support at £5 only!
GLENN MILLER , DUKE ELLINGTON, COUNT BASEY and the inevitable BLUES BROTHERS. Areally good night out starting at 8pm... All evening in the Miners hall, 200 yards from Green valley site, where campers n marquees will be still going til late.

SATURDAY 23rd £10 All day through the UPPER CWMTWRCH village, and all day/evening at The Green Valley
Featuring.... the majestic 7 piece SWAMPGRASS, GLASS - MAHARAJA BLUES – RUMBLESTRUTTERS - BLUES TRAIN – ASTRO band - A Blues Talk from ANDREW BASLEY – JELLY ROLL JONES – Psychedelic blues from London based FUNKE & The Two TONE BABY - DELTA BREAKS and much more.

SUNDAY 24th May £15 ALL DAY / NIGHT Featuring.... SICKNOTE STEVE - blistering guitar riffs from LUKE DOHERTY band – SMOKE STACK LIGHTENING - The ELECTRIC REVELATORS – JOE KELLY and GUY MAILE are amongst the many bands

 

Swampgrass Swampgrass formed in January 2013 when 5 blues lovers got together to play a brand of blues that borrowed from several styles – swing, funk, country, bluegrass – while keeping things up-tempo with a dancing beat. A Swampgrass show generally starts at pace and maintains dancefloor intensity until the end. The occasional slow song finds its way in to the set – usually a grip and grind blues or soul scorcher – but the aim is to always entertain.
Since its inception Swampgrass have played many gigs and festivals including Glastonbury 2014, Farm Festival, The Godney Gathering, Sat in a Field Festival, Priddy Folk Festival and more.

GlasGlas
To capture the vibe and feel of classic blues, rock and roll, country, and r+b in a modern and contemporary way is no mean feat. Step forward GLAS, a three piece band from S Wales. Featuring a combined collective of talent that has seen them share stages with the likes of The Groundhogs, Crazy Cavan and The Rhythm Rockers, The Spellkasters, and Gerry Mcavoy's Band Of Friends , ..Larry miler, GLAS are about to explode onto the blues and rock'n'roll scene with their upcoming new album. Fronted by Dai John on vocals and bass, with the in-the-pocket drums of Huw Hannan, and lead guitar of James Oliver, the band are one of the hardest working on the scene, with regular festival appearances ( including Tenby Blues and Brecon Jazz), and shows at legendary venues such as London's 100 Club.

Maharaja BluesMaharaja Blues is the culmination of the flow of three talented rivers, Richard, Jonathan and Satinder as they merge with the great Mississippi, fusing the sound of the beating tabla with the euphoric slide blues and the fire of the harmonica. During 2011 the duo started to perform more frequently together and their sound was greatly received. In 2014 Jonathan became the third tributary to flow into the blues water of this musical river.
Richard Staines was born in South Wales. He has been actively involved in all sorts of music from a young age. He has lived and performed in many countries though has been mainly based in London and more recently Cardiff. In recent years his love of the blues has blossomed and his skills on slide guitar have gone from strength to strength. He thoroughly enjoys song-writing, arranging, and composing.
Satinder Grewal, having started playing tabla at the age of 9, continued with the passion for the Indian percussion instrument throughout his early years. He recently rediscovered his affinity for the tabla and has been playing at gigs around London, creating a respectable fan-base. He has transitioned from collaborating with traditional Indian musicians playing instruments such as sarangi, to western style instruments - notably the guitar. Through hours of enjoyable yet concentrated practise, he has honed his technical abilities which has allowed him to form half of the Maharaja Blues. Jonathan Browning, born and raised in the valleys of South Wales, breathes fire through his harmonica adding extra spice to the Maharaja Blues. He combines folk, rock and blues techniques to create his own distinctive style. Enamoured by the versatility of his instrument, he naturally feeds off the vibes of the other maharajas.

Funke 2 ToneFunke & The 2 Tone Baby - Kent-based mechanical alt-blues band Funke and the Two Tone Baby is the pseudonym of multi-instrumentalist Dan Turnbull. Described as creating ‘new, exciting and innovative music’ (R2 Magazine), in two years Funke has gone from pub gigs in Margate to performing 300+ shows and festivals across the UK and Europe. Combining effects pedals, beatboxing and grooving bass lines with traditional instrumentation, powerful vocals and relentless energy that provides tracks with a ‘distinctive and contemporary twist’ (Artree Magazine) and gets people ‘grooving like an apoplectic orang-utan’ (Sound of Confusion) Funke has appeared on Absolute Radio and has played as main support for Bob Log III, Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs, Treetop Flyers, Hazel O’Connor, Babar Luck, 3 Daft Monkeys, Eddie Spaghetti and TV Smith, alongside performing as a headline act at venues and festival stages throughout the UK.

Andrew BazeleyAndrew Bazeley - Keeping the old blues alive! Delta Blues, Country blues, Bottleneck Blues.. whatever you want to call it: Andrew Bazeley is your man for playing it, singing it, talking about it, writing about it, teaching it.
Andrew’s skill at conveying the sound and the spirit of the old acoustic blues has drawn gasps of admiration wherever he plays: whether it’s the Son House/Charley Patton slide style (played on an authentic 1929 National) or the melodic fingerpicking style of players like Willie McTell and Robert Johnson (on his 1918 Gibson). But his range is broader: the  hokum songs from Bill Broonzy and Memphis Jug Band can be heard alongside the likes of Hoagy Carmichael and even the soul classics of Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson. He’ s even been known to include The Who and some reggae in his set!

Sicknote SteveSicknote Steve recreates the authentic sound of the original hobo bluesman. No technical trickery here -the authentic guitar paying skills and vocals of Sicknote Steve invoke the atmosphere of the Mississippi Delta as he slides and stomps his way through the Seasick songbook.
To audiences in the South West and Wales, the familiar bearded figure of hobo bluesman Sicknote Steve has become synonomous with a a great session of the blues. bringing with him the music of Grammy Award winning Seasick Steve.
A great favourite at many events at the Green Valley and The Acoustic Festival of Britain.

www.talismansounds.com/sicknotesteve

Luke DohertyLuke Doherty – Was born on 29th March 1994, in Newport, Gwent. He had an interest in music at a very young age. Although no one in his family play an instrument, he was determined to learn to play something, He instantly became hooked on blues, intently watching any blues musicians he could find on TV or DVD. Luke met Eric Clapton when he was 9yrs old at the John Mayell 7Oth Birthday concert in Liverpool.
At the age of 11 he met Eric Clapton for the second time and Eric instantly remembered him. His parents took him to jam sessions in local pubs so that he could play Blues with other people and at the age of 12 he was asked to open a 3 day Music Festival, on the main stage, with some adults form local bands. In 2009 he supported Buddy Whittington in the Globe in Cardiff and has since supported Buddy on a few occasions.
In 2012 he was very fortunate to meet the ultimate man of Blues BB King. Luke has now played at many Festivals and Blues Clubs, including Upton Blues Festival, Abertillery Blues Festival, Tenby Blues Festival, Colne Blues Festival, Mar­yport Blues Festival, Gloucester Blues Festival, Bentworth Blues Festival, Furnace Blues Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival, Upton Jazz Festival, Llandeilo Jazz Festival, Green Valley Blues Festival, Basingstoke Blues Club, Tubby’s Blues Club, Borough Blues Club, Blues At The Farm, Cambridge Rock Festival, Frome Blues Festival, Stroud Blues Festival and is really looking forward to playing at The 100 Club and, Plus Many more in 2015 / 2016

Blues TrainBlues Train are based in and around darkest Buxton, high up in the Peak District of Derbyshire, their music is Rhythm n' Blues, just like it should be, no frills, straight between the eyes, low down, dirty and dangerous, with hints of those great British Blues bands of the 60's like the early Stones, Animals, Pirates, Downliners Sect and more recently Dr. Feelgood. They've been on the road for 25 yrs, this line-up for 12yrs. Many gigs under the belts of these Old Rockers, they've gigged at pubs, Blues clubs, Blues festivals all over Britain, some of these being, Colne, Burnley, Newark, Diggle, Dundee, Orkney, Golden Lion-Wales, Welsh Blues Festival and Tenby and almost the Himalayan Blues Festival!!!!!! They always give 100%,

Smokestack LightninSmokestack Lightnin. South Wales Newest & most exciting twin lead guitar Electric Blues Band, playing mixture of classic blues rock covers and own material. Covers from BB King, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepher, Ollie Brown.
Happy on any stage and never disappoint with a set that's varied and full of real crowd pleasers. Currently working on material for new album to be released early 2015. If it's blues rock your into, look no further because you've hit the motherload!

The Electric RevelatorsThe Electric Revelators have been going since 2004, we were originally called The Revelators but there were a couple of bands with the same name - so we added Electric! Simon Gregory and myself have been a constant in the band since 2007 and travelled and performed across the UK and Portugal! Since the start we have dedicated our sound to Delta & Chicago blues and toured with Jerry Donahue who joined The Electric Revelators in 2011 for The Robert Johnson Song Book Tour and who is still involved with us!

The Delta BreaksThe Delta Breaks are a covers band based in Cardiff, South Wales. Formed in 2013, they play iconic rock, soul and blues favourites.

The RumblestruttersThe Rumblestrutters are the authentic sound of the Prohibition era. The band vividly evoke the music of the 1920s and ‘30s, and have a reputation as one of the UK's premier roots bands, with highlights including stellar performances at Birmingham International Jazz Festival and Gloucester Blues Festival.
Started when Jon Toft (vocals, mandolin, banjo) found an old ink jug at the back of a cupboard, the Swansea-based acoustic threepiece features the virtuoso guitar-playing and voice of Jonathan Nicholas, and Liam Ward on vocals, harmonica and jug. Songs of bootleg liquor, all-night parties and bacchanalia abound, tapped from a rich musical source. The Rumblestrutters bring you the vintage sounds of 1920s and '30s America!

Joe KellyJoe Kelly is a singer songwriter playing his own concoction of blues, folk and Americana. His songs are honest and raw and are laced with good hooks and soul soothing harmonica interludes. It’s quite evident the works of Bob Dylan have taken a strong influence over the young twenty two year old from Newport..
Joe draws inspiration from a plethora of other artists including Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Two Gallants, Tallest Man on Earth, The Replacements, Led Zeppelin and Old Crow Medicine Show. In his formative musical years Joe Kelly was one fifth of rock n’ roll outfit The Lash formed by explosive ex 60ft Dolls drummer Carl Bevan. Joe recently uploaded his debut track ‘Losing Side’ to Soundcloud which has been positively received and has picked up early radio support in the regions. Joe has a catalogue of new material to unleash with an EP worth of songs recorded and more on it’s way.

Toriah Fontaine & Ric Rython - a Blues Jazz duo - vocals from the stunning Toriah Fontaine and piano from The Delta Breaks’s Ric Rython. Beautifully classic and fantastically powerful

The  former rail line RUNS FROM The Berrington hill Cwmtwrch to Cwmllynfell, the transformation over 5 years is amazing. All powered by solar and the real ale barn is made from the wood of the felled trees. An outdoor earth stage, huge big lodge tipi and Chinese marquees  make this a delightful  riverside walk as well as a camping site. Well worth a day out.

We have 2 TAXI companies willing to do 8 seater return deals to the Site .
A + M Pontardawe tel;- 01792 860222
EMS Cabs Ammanford 01269 595050