2024 Show
Catfish, will be gracing the stage at the Open Air Blues Festival Brezoi 2024!
Straight from the UK, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก has been causing a stir in the music scene across the pond and beyond. With an impressive collection of ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ under their belt and three finalist nominations in the 2023 awards, Catfish is a force to be reckoned with!
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Described by ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ as "๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐", Catfish promises an unforgettable experience for all blues enthusiasts. Led by the extraordinary talent of guitarist ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ , their performances are nothing short of sensational!
About artist
International touring blues rock powerhouse Catfish are making waves on the music scene in the UK and Europe. They have now won a total of five UK and British blues awards.
In the last few years, they have played at almost every major UK blues festival and have established themselves as a real force in the British blues scene. They now tour regularly in Europe.
'Catfish are one of the finest live bands in Britain today. The quality of musicianship is outstanding and in Matt Long, they have one of the greatest young guitarists on the scene today...' Blues Matters Magazine.
Their first two albums 'So Many Roads' and โBroken Manโ both reached no. 1 in the IBBA airplay charts. The second of these, โBroken Manโ, was also nominated for a UK Blues Award and was named album of the year by the IBBA. Their third album 'Burning Bridges' was released in May 2019 and has received excellent reviews from the UK and European music press. It was the third most played album by the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association in 2019 and was nominated for a UK blues award for 2020 as album of the year. They released a new live CD and DVD set on 1 December 2020 'Exile - Live in Lockdownโ which was recorded during lockdown at a full band live stream broadcast across Europe by Blues Maastricht festival in Holland. This was nominated for a UK Blues Award in 2021.
โA true lockdown masterpiece full of anger frustration, defiance and hopeโ Will Carter, Two Finger Media
โExile is an incredible statement in the darkest of timesโฆa band at their peakโ Ritchie Birnie, Jace Media
โQuality, high-octane blues rock, full of emotionโ Paul Dubbelman PCN Magazine
โA brilliant live album, from a top class bandโ Colin Campbell, Blues Matters Magazine