January Blues Festival: ERIC BIBB

Eric Bibb, an American blues singer-songwriter, headlines a January Blues Festival evening at Union Chapel in London. The concert marks the tenth anniversary year of the festival.

Eric Bibb is an American blues singer-songwriter born in New York in 1951 and active since 1962. The material for this evening describes a career spanning five decades and more than forty albums, with three Grammy nominations and several Blues Foundation awards. Bibb is associated with the label Telarc International Corporation.

The son of the late Leon Bibb, Eric Bibb grew up with a family link to the civil rights movement, Leon Bibb having marched alongside Dr Martin Luther King. As a young musician in the Village folk scene, Bibb was exposed to figures such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, and was influenced by Odetta, Richie Havens and Taj Mahal. The music is rooted in folk and blues, while drawing on contemporary concerns and personal experience.

The event forms part of the January Blues Festival, which is marking its tenth anniversary year. Union Chapel is a chapel on Compton Terrace in London that also hosts concerts, mainly pop, rock and indie music. Further guests are to be confirmed.