Arts & Culture

Since blasting onto the scene in 2008, Oli Brown has been synonymous with the “young Blues” movement.

To date, Oli has released three studio albums – all of which have received rave reviews and topped the Blues charts on iTunes & Amazon.

He has won (take a deep breath now if reading aloud) British Blues Awards for Male Vocalist, Best Album, Best Band and Best Young Artist and been runner-up Best Guitarist. The list of who Oli Brown has performed with is like a who’s who of the Blues world: Buddy Guy, John Mayall, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Anders Osborne and Taj Mahal to name but a few.

Alongside his undeniable musical dexterity, Oli is a firecracker of a showman – delivering everything a night out should be. Except the drinks. We’ll handle the drinks. The Oli Brown Band Blues gigs are becoming rare, as Oli develops his new Rock band RavenEye, but the Blues is ever important to him, as are the Blues fans that have supported Oli and so a special selection of dates have been put together to fulfil those fans (and Oli’s) Blues music needs.

Oli will be appearing at Arlington Arts Centre in Newbury on Friday June 12. For tickets visit the website at www.arlingtonarts.co.uk