THE Octavia Blues Band from the USA and Storm Warning, one of the UK’s finest blues rock bands, play The Railway in Winchester on Saturday.

Octavia is Pennsylvania’s First Lady of Blues. She’s a singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player and blues-infused wonder. Octavia wows her audience with her wicked harmonica playing, sultry powerful vocals and her top notch high energy show engaging her audience - one of the hottest Blues-Roots acts around. She has already been noted as Top of the List of the very few female harmonica players in the blues world.

Octavia’s blues show brings influences of the late Etta James. Etta invited Octavia to join her tour after hearing her at a show in Berkeley. She toured with Etta James for a year and then continued playing harmonica, guitar and singing with a wide variety of bands across the U.S. and in Europe including guest spots with The Allman Brothers Band, Freddy King, The Funky Meters (The Neville Brothers), Gil Scott-Heron and The Iguanas.

Octavia has also toured extensively headlining with her own band in the US at clubs, theatres and festivals and opening for B. B. King, Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples, Dr. John, Delbert McClinton and Elvin Bishop, She recently jammed harps with Stevie Wonder at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California.

Storm Warning, one of the UK’s classiest and most interesting contemporary blues bands, are currently playing songs from their new album Take Cover, which features blues covers and include songs by Jimmy Reed, Junior Wells, Led Zeppelin, Otis Rush, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix.

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