Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival: Blues Gala

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Closing on a high note, Maggie Bell leads a special programme packed wall-to-wall with festival blues favourites.

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Closing on a high note, Maggie Bell leads a special programme packed wall-to-wall with festival blues favourites. Join Krissy Matthews, Safehouse, Jed Potts, Brandon Santini and Sandy Tweeddale for a celebration of blues – across a host of styles.

Scottish blues-rock singer Maggie Bell first gained prominence fronting 70s Scots rock heroes, Stone the Crows, and her raunchy, high energy style has electrified audiences all over the world in a career of 50 years. Amazingly, she’s still touring; constantly preaching the blues, with all of her powers intact, often, as tonight, in the company of a band featuring guitarist, Sandy Tweeddale.

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