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Dave Ling

"Nobody wants a reggae or a hip-hop record from us": How Blackberry Smoke keep moving forwards

Blackberry Smoke's lead singer Charlie Starr performs during the first day of Toender Festival 2023, in Toender, on August 24, 2023.

Since their debut UK show at London’s Barfly back in 2013, Blackberry Smoke have established themselves among the biggest and best-loved bands on the British circuit. 

Back in February, the six-piece southern-meets-country outfit from Atlanta, Georgia, released Be Right Here, their sixth studio album and the last to feature co-founding drummer Brit Turner, who soon afterwards lost a battle with brain cancer at just 57 years old. Frontman and guitarist Charlie Starr sets the scene for their European tour.

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