Catfish

British Blues Award winners Catfish have carved a reputation for themselves as an excellent live band with a phenomenal frontman in 22 year old guitarist/vocalist Matt Long who plays with a real passion for the blues.

They received two nominations in the British Blues Awards 2015, taking third in Emerging Artist, and followed this with three in 2016, taking first in keyboards and third in Young Artist.

The band crashed onto the blues scene in January 2015, with their debut album ‘So Many Roads’ going straight in at no 1 in the IBBA blues airplay charts. Their EP, a tribute to BB King called ‘When BB Sings the Blues’, charted at no 5 in February 2016          

In January 2017 they released their much-anticipated second album ‘Broken Man’ which is almost entirely original material.  Broken Man also reached no 1 in the IBBA blues airplay charts in March 2017.  This is blues with a very broad brush - from epic prog anthems to stripped back piano ballads.  Reviews include this one from Blues in Britain Magazine:

'Catfish's new Broken Man album...is a turning point for the band showing that not only is Catfish one of the best live bands on the blues circuit at the moment, but that the calibre of their songwriting matches that.' Blues in Britain, December 2016

And here are a couple of the lovely comments from people who saw Catfish at Southport recently

'It's not often I get emotional, but after seeing Catfish play i am man enough to say their performance brought tears to my eyes.  The guitar player just blew me away and this guy plays with his heart and soul, which is something you can’t learn.'

'This kid had me speechless, not seen talent like that in years and years, it was emotional, a privilege to mix his sound'

'Absolutely stunning performance.... A masterclass was delivered to us, the likes of which few have the privilege to witness.'