News: DANA FUCHS interview – UK tour starts 11 May 2015

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Blues rock singer Dana Fuchs is interviewed by Pete Feenstra for his feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, on Sunday 10 May at 19:00

Pete plays tracks from Dana’s albums ‘Songs From The Road’ and ‘Bliss Avenue’ and chats to her about her career.

Dana plays UK dates from 11 May as part of a European tour. In June, she returns to the UK for the Leadbelly Festival at the Royal Albert Hall.

In the late-1990s, Dana formed the Dana Fuchs Band with established guitarist Jon Diamond and their early gigs in New York City drew packed houses. For a time she played the lead in the Janis Joplin musical ‘Love, Janis’ which led to her role as Sadie in the highly acclaimed Beatles movie, ‘Across The Universe’.

Her debut album came out in 2003 – ‘Lonely For A Lifetime’ – fused with sixties soul and R&B, followed in 2011 by ‘Love To Beg’. Her latest studio album – ‘Bliss Avenue’ (2013) – gathered more plaudits and Pete Feenstra wrote that it contained “an emotional pull and lyrical resonance to set it apart from many other current blues-rock oriented releases.”

11.05.15 The Tunnels – Bristol, UK (Full Band Show) 7:30pm
13.05.15 The Borderline – London, United Kingdom (Full Band Show) 7pm
14.05.15 The Beaverwood Club – Chislehurst, United Kingdom (Full Band Show) Time 7:30 to 11pm
15.05.15 The BoomBoom Club – Sutton, United Kingdom (Full Band Show) Time 7:30 to 11pm
16.05.15 The Flowerpot – Derby, United Kingdom (Full Band Show) Doors 8pm / Show 9:30pm
17.05.15 Lincoln Blues Festival – Lincoln, United Kingdom (Full Band Show) 9pm
19.05.15 Robin 2 – Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (Full Band Show) Doors 8pm / Show 9:30pm
20.05.15 The Stables – Milton Keynes, United Kingdom (Full Band Show) 8pm

Pete Feenstra presents a weekly rock and blues show on the internet-based Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (Tuesdays, 19:00) and his Sunday ‘Feature’ show usually showcases a blues rock artist and interview. On 17 May he chats to Spooky Tooth frontman and original member Mike Harrison and on 24 May “Girls with Guitars” who recently completed a short UK tour.

Pete is a veteran of the UK blues rock scene, and has been actively promoting and writing about the genre since the 1970s.

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