Up Close With The Blues At The Kings Head, Wickham

★★★★★ Smash-hit Edinburgh Fringe show. World-class blues mastery, just a few feet away. An intimate audience of only 40. GILES ROBSON — UP CLOSE WITH THE BLUES WORLD-CLASS BLUES EXPERIENCE. JUST 40 PEOPLE. UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. ★★★★★ THE SMASH-HIT EDINBURGH FRINGE SHOW One of the world’s great blues harmonica virtuosos. One intimate room. An audience of just 40. Experience internationally acclaimed blues star GILES ROBSON as few audiences ever get the chance to — just a few feet away, in a show created to bring you closer to the music, the stories and the extraordinary musicianship at the heart of the blues. HEAR EVERY DETAIL. FEEL EVERY BREATH. WITNESS THE MASTERY. No huge auditorium. No distant stage. Instead, sit back and experience world-class blues at extraordinary proximity — in a hand-picked intimate room with no more than 40 people in the audience. THIS IS THE BLUES AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED Up Close With The Blues takes you on an intimate journey through the music and stories of the giants who created the blues. Hear the music of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Memphis Slim, Little Walter, B.B. King, Albert King, Sonny Boy Williamson and more — alongside Giles Robson’s own acclaimed original music. Power. Humour. Stories. History. Extraordinary musicianship. And the raw emotion that has made this music endure for generations. SIT BACK AND RELAX in a low-lit, hand-picked intimate room where every note, every story and every ounce of feeling is experienced from just a few feet away. This isn't simply a blues concert. IT'S A WORLD-CLASS BLUES EXPERIENCE — FOR JUST 40 PEOPLE. THE ACCLAIM IS EXTRAORDINARY From Chicago to London, America to Europe, the verdict on Giles Robson’s extraordinary musicianship has been universal: “HE IS PROBABLY THE BEST MODERN HARMONICA PLAYER, BRITISH, EUROPEAN OR AMERICAN.” — Music News, UK “BLUES GIANT — ABSOLUTE MASTER OF THE FORM.” — Alligator Records, Chicago “INSPIRED HARMONICA... A MASTER OF HIS INSTRUMENT.” — Living Blues, USA “WORLD-CLASS.” — DownBeat, USA “WORTH HIS PLACE IN BLUES HISTORY. A GENIUS.” — American Blues Scene, USA “THE STRENGTH OF A TITAN.” — Qconcieratos, Spain “STAGGERING.” — Soulbag, France “TOTAL MASTERY.” — La Hora del Blues, Spain A GENUINE BLUES MUSIC HISTORY-MAKER Giles Robson hasn't simply won international acclaim. He has made British blues history. 🏆 Only the THIRD UK artist to win a prestigious Blues Music Award in Memphis — following Eric Clapton and Peter Green. 🏆 The FIRST EVER UK winner of a USA Blues Blast Music Award in its 18-year history. 🏆 The FIRST UK or European blues musician to appear on Chicago’s legendary Alligator Records. His recordings have appeared at the top end of critics’ polls in MOJO, Living Blues and DownBeat, while years of international touring — sometimes across 18 countries in a single year — have forged an extraordinary live performer. Hohner Harmonicas calls him: “One of the finest blues harmonica virtuosos in the world, an acclaimed master showman and singer.” And after hearing Giles perform at the Mustique Blues Festival, Sir Mick Jagger told him: “You sound GREAT!” Muddy Waters’ final lead guitarist and triple Grammy nominee John Primer puts it rather differently: “When me and Giles play the blues we put hot sauce on it so you can feel it. I love to hear him play.” ★★★★★ THE SMASH-HIT EDINBURGH FRINGE SHOW Up Close With The Blues was created for intimacy — and the format proved spectacularly successful at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Giles sold out 10 nights of the show and, in a festival featuring more than 51,000 performances across 3,500+ shows, Up Close With The Blues became the most successful blues show in Fringe Festival history. Arts Reviews Edinburgh awarded the show ★★★★★, describing it as: “A virtuoso display of just what a range and depth of music and emotion the blues-harmonica is capable of in the right hands.” Now that same ★★★★★ experience comes to an audience of just 40 people. HEAR THE SHOW BEFORE YOU COME Want to know what Up Close With The Blues feels like? Robson’s live acoustic album SEVEN BLUES CLASSICS was recorded at a sold-out Up Close With The Blues performance in the UK and captures the experience in its purest form — powerful vocals, extraordinary harmonica, the raw intimacy of acoustic blues and an audience close enough to hear every reaction. The album reached No.1 on the UK blues radio chart for the entire month of July, received ★★★★ from DownBeat and was subsequently named a DownBeat Album of the Year. Classic Rock wrote: “These joyous readings prove there’s still gold in those hills... Robson reminds us that he’s the man with the golden lungs.” Blues In Britain called it: “A brilliant album of blues. Giles Robson takes his harp playing to new heights without losing touch with his heart for the music as it should be played.” And Rocktimes Germany called Seven Blues Classics: “A masterwork of interpretation.” YOUR EVENING — UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Giles Robson — vocals & harmonica Manny Fizzotti — guitar Doors: 7:00pm Show: 8:00pm–10:30pm 2 x 45-minute sets + encores Audience strictly limited to 40 Hear the classics. Discover the stories. Witness the mastery. Experience extraordinary musicianship from just a few feet away. UP CLOSE WITH THE BLUES ★★★★★ THE SMASH-HIT EDINBURGH FRINGE SHOW WORLD-CLASS BLUES EXPERIENCE. JUST 40 PEOPLE. UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. 🎟️ ONLY 40 TICKETS AVAILABLE — BOOK NOW.