Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, Ron Sayer Jr, Charlotte Joyce

Tickets for this event are £15, please email coolhamtickets@gmail.com to reserve yours. Please bring your own refreshments, food, nibbles etc (and some change for the charity bucket).

Its a couple of years since either of these acts played at Coolham so a return visit was long overdue and its going to be a night of top class music from 2 of the very best live acts on the current scene

Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion have made a considerable impact these last seven years and is one of the band’s that have added a fresh approach and vibrancy to the UK Blues. Amongst many awards and nominations, they were finalists in the last UK Blues Awards with Female Vocalist and Album of the year.
The first Blue Commotion gig in February 2012 was a culmination of a ten-year musical partnership between Zoë Schwarz and guitarist Rob Koral. Through their intense musical journey and compatible desire, they developed a perfect collaboration and empathy, which, when analysed, comes from two completely different starting points.

Into the mix comes the sheer virtuosity of each of the band members (Pete Whittaker-Hammond organ and Paul Robinson-drums) who are allowed the freedom to express their musical authority and stamp their own personal magic to the song writing of Zoë and Rob. A testament to this chemistry is the sheer volume of music coming out of the band with the imminent release of their sixth studio album CHAMELEON.

Zoë 's unique, yearning vocal style is blended with Rob's ability to come up with catchy vibrant riffs and musical arrangements, which stretch the term 'blues' and keep it moving forward so as to be relevant for our current times. There is no ridged musical template for Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, the only stipulation is that it feels good, tastes good and sounds good. The band pride themselves on filling their 'live' and album sets with original music.

“A different level of class ... Zoe's vocal: powerful yet vulnerable ... Rob, Pete and Paul turned out a masterclass in Schofield-esque sophistication” - Live Review, 100 club London, Blues in Britain Magazine Apr 2019

Ron Sayer jr began playing guitar at age 7 and was gigging by the time he was 10. He won the coveted title of 'Guitarist Of The Year' and has played with / supported Buddy Guy, John Mayall, Walter Trout, Robin Trower, Ten Years After, Imelda May, Matt Schofield. Debbie Davies, Nine Below Zero, Stan Webb, Aynsley Lister, Oli Brown, Buddy Whittington and Popa Chubby. His music is a combination of blues, funk and rock and strives to create something fresh and uncomplicated for guitar music lovers everywhere.

His wife and musical partner, Charlotte Joyce, has been a professional singer and vocal coach for all her working life, has won awards as a songwriter and was also the inaugral winner of Acoustic Guitarist of the Year in Guitarist magazine, Ron and Charlotte have recently signed to Gulf Coast records and released an album entitled 'Makes you Stronger', released late last year.