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Returning to the Jazz Bar for the eighth year, Scottish acoustic guitar and double-bass duo, Malt and Rye will be playing classic blues and roots songs from the last 100 years. Songs like Hoochie Coochie Man and San Francisco Bay Blues will be played with the duo’s distinctive passion and humour. The hour-long set not only includes songs by the greats like Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Rogers and Memphis Slim, but also comes up to date by including songs by modern-day blues masters, like Eric Clapton and Martin Harley.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Acoustic Blues and Roots in the Afternoon is by Malt & Rye, listed under Music in the Fringe programme. It plays at The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers Street, EH1 1HR, 13 August to 27 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 8+. Tickets are £12.