Cherry Lee Mewis

Cherry and the boys have been having a whale of a time so far this year and have already done two festivals - back in January they played a blinder at Skegness Rock 'n' Blues Weekend and just last weekend at the Big Wheel Blues Festival in the Isle of Man!

Still lots more coming up though, take a look at the continually updated gig list and check out festival dates below to see if you can make one..or two..or three! Check the festival websites for full line-up.

Sun 3rd June - Hebden Blues Festival, Hebden Bridge - Cherry is headlining the Women of the Blues night, tickets available - http://yorkshirebluesfestival.co.uk/tickets

Mon 4th June - Jubilee Festival, Tingewick Playing Fields, Buckingham (special guests of Bernie Marsden) Tickets only £10 and available from David Partridge 01280 848460 or 01280 848843, also available in person from Tingewick Stores or the Royal Oak in the village.

Sat 7th July - Blues on the Meadow, Aldermaston - Tickets only £20 before May 31st, Cherry onstage 4.30pm - http://www.bluesonthemeadow.com/

Sun 26th August - Rhythm Festival, Biggleswade nr Bedford - Cherry onstage at 4.30pm - http://www.rhythmfestival.com/

Sat 8th September - Newark Blues Festival - http://www.newarkblues.co.uk/

Sun 7th October - Esquires Blues Festival, Bedford - http://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk

Sat 10th November - Carlisle Blues Festival - http://carlislebluesfestival.com/

Cherry and the boys backstage at last year's Proms in the Park

News just in! Man Overboard, taken from Cherry's new album, Heard It Here First, has been playlisted on FIVE different shows on BBC 3 Counties for this week only! You can catch it on Three Counties Breakfast with Simon & Lorna 6-9am, The JVS Show 9am-12pm, Nick Coffer's show 1-4pm, Drivetime show 4-7pm & Gareth Lloyd's show Friday 7-8pm. You can tune in anytime here and make sure you keep requesting! http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/programmes/schedules/2012/04/27
Thanks guys!

We're thrilled to report that the second track from Cherry's new album, I'm Goin' Down (To Memphis Tennessee), was the opening track on Paul Jones' Radio 2 show last night (Mon 9th Apr). You can listen again here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01fcndb

TWO SONGS FROM CHERRY'S NEW ALBUM HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG AT THE....

We need your votes for these two songs to be final nominees!

We've received news that TWO of Cherry's tracks from the new album, have been put forward for the Best Original Song category in this year's British Blues Awards!!
Ian McHugh from UK Jazz FM has nominated Just Can't Live Without You and Martin Clarke from The Blues Session on Radio Wey, has put forward Man Overboard!

"Wowser!" says Cherry, "I am so, so happy and excited and buzzin' over these nominations! It's amazing to get recognition for writing. I speak for Max aswell as he wrote Just Can't Live Without You and we co-wrote Man Overboard together - we're over the moon and totally appreciate your votes! VOTE CHERRY!"

At this stage, the two songs aren't up against each other. 13 independent radio presenters have each put their favourite 4 original songs forward that they feel are worthy of the award. The songs with the most votes from each group of 4, go forward to be final nominees in the category. So cutting 52 songs to just 13!

It's one vote per email and voting is until the end of April and those all important links are -

JUST CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU - http://www.britishbluesawards.co.uk/bitt.htm (nominated by Ian McHugh at UK Jazz Radio).

MAN OVERBOARD - http://www.britishbluesawards.co.uk/bluessession (nominated by Martin Clarke on The Blues Session on Radio Wey).

When you vote, don't forget to click the link in the confirmation email otherwise it's not valid and check you junk/spam boxes as the links sometimes end up in there. Thank You!

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR NOMINATED TRACK, JUST CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU !

From Monday 26th March and every night up until Thursday 29th March, Stephen Foster on BBC Radio Suffolk will be playing a different live track from a pre-recorded session that Cherry, Max and Robbie did earlier this month. There will also be an interview airing on Wednesday too.
Stephen's show is from 4-7pm and he will be playing Cherry's track around 6.45pm each night. You can tune in here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008d8ps

Last Tuesday 13th March saw Cherry join none other than Walter Trout onstage at The Boom Boom Club in Sutton. This was the second time Cherry's been invited on stage by Walter in less than a year, the last time being at The Stables last autumn following on from some support slots she did with her band back in 2010.

Enjoy the clip below where Cherry sang Walter's title track from his album, The Outsider...

Well it was all going on last Sunday 11th March at the one and only 100 Club in London where Cherry and the boys performed an hour set in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. Nick Slater, Cherry's dobro player was on vacation so Julian Burdock from 24 Pesos joined the guys onstage for a few numbers. Joe McElderry, who is a fundraiser for TCT joined the Random Band onstage, as did Clare Free and they all helped raise nearly £1000, so well done to everyone involved and special thanks to Philip Hargreaves for putting this event on.

Enjoy the fantastic pictures below thanks to Harriet Armstrong!

This past weekend has seen Cherry join the one and only Bernie Marsden as one of his special guests at his two sold out shows at the newly refurbished Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham along with the fabulous slide-guitarist Michael Messer and Cherry's bass player, Robbie Stewart-Mathews also joined Cherry, Bernie and his acoustic band to play a mean blues harp!
Cherry performed favourites, Mercedes Benz & Proud Mary. Says Bernie,"I've met a lot of singers in my time, but there's not many that can sing like this girl..Cherry Lee Mewis."
"I'm very proud and honoured to be asked by Bernie, who is a musician I have upmost respect for, to be a part of his sold out shows with his fantastic acoustic band, in support of the re-opening of this beautiful venue. I would love to play here with my band in the near future, so watch this space!"

Enjoy the pictures and footage below, with thanks to Roger Allen and Jeanette Gillott for photos and DHP Imaging for the footage!

We're delighted here at Cherry HQ that firm supporter and 'goddess of the airwaves', Sue Marchant, has made Cherry's new album her FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK on her BBC3 Counties radio show!
Pictured below are Cherry and Sue at Cherry's recent album launch held at Bedford Esquires.
"Cherry Lee Mewis was on fire and fabulous with her band at the launch at Esquires! You heard it here first!" says Sue. You can tune in to Sue's show 7-10pm weeknights here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/​threecounties/programmes

The only place to be THIS Sunday 19th February at 5pm is at Cherry's NEW album launch for her third studio album, HEARD IT HERE FIRST!
Get yourselves down to Danny's Bar at Bedford Esquires, 60a Bromham Road, Bedford and see the full band showcasing the new tracks as well as performing favourites from the previous 2 albums too.
We'll look forward to seeing you down there!

Well the day has finally come to be able to pre-order Cherry's third studio album, "Heard It Here First". The official release date is 20th February 2012, however if you pre-order, you will receive an exclusive track that isn't available on the album or anywhere else for that matter. So what are you waiting for?! Click the link below to pay via paypal and we hope you enjoy the new album!

Well, well, well! What a year 2011 was! From performing at some of the biggest blues festivals in the UK including the Great British R'n'B Festival, Maryport Blues Festival, Cropredy Convention, a return trip to Shetland Blues Festival, touring with Robin Trower, Mud Morganfield, a guest appearance onstage with Walter Trout at The Stables in Wavendon, to flying back out to Memphis to perform at BB King's on Beale Street and the Market St Festival in Columbus, Mississippi with her US band, Cherry had a year to shout about!
A great end to 2011 was being personally asked by Paul Jones to perform with the house band at his annual Christmas charity show at Cranleigh Arts Centre on 20th December! Paul also got up and played harmonica with Cherry on 'The Man Next Door' which also had the fabulous Marcus Bonfanti join Cherry onstage too! See the pic below of Cherry backstage with Paul and Bernie Marsden from Whitesnake who also performed. Footage available to view here - http://youtu.be/2T6Ype281i0 thanks to Roger Allen.

"I want to say a humongous THANK YOU to you all for supporting me in 2011" says Cherry, "each year has got bigger and better and the feedback has been fantastic. It's been a jam-packed 2011 and i'm so ready for what 2012 has to offer me and the guys. We've got the new album coming out in February and i'm excited to see what response we get from it...it's our best work to date so I hope you all enjoy! Also want to say a BIG thank ya'll to my band - Max, Robbie, Nick and Flow who continue to inspire me everyday...we'll see you all in 2012! It's going to be a corker! HAPPY NEW YEAR YA'LL! Have a happy and healthy one..."

While Cherry and the boys finish off the album over the festive break, their next gig won't be until Sat 28th January where they'll be opening up the Jaks stage at the Skegness Rock 'n' Blues weekend. More details and tickets available here - http://www.bigweekends.com/your-break/73624
The diary is already filling up for 2012 so be sure to check the gig page to see where Cherry will be next!
All that's left to say is thank you again for your support and here's to 2012!