Rhythm and Blues Revue

The Rhythm and Soul Revue is a Bristol based 1960’s covers band specialising in Blues, Soul and Funk, with notes of Jazz and Hip Hop. They plays covers by Little Richard, Otis Reading, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Green to name a few, plus a few modern covers made retro by bands like the Artic Monkeys. . Their line up is generally as a trio, but can accommodate Tenor Sax, Organ, Female Vocalist or 2nd Male Vocalist / Guitarist.


The band have all their own high end equipment and transport. They are professional, dedicated to their craft, and have years of experience entertaining crowds at festivals, weddings, corporate events, private parties and venues.

The band is fronted by Adam Holgate, who performs internationally as a guitarist and songwriter with Hannah Williams and the Affirmations (sampled by Jay Z on the title track of his last album ‘4.44’ in 2017) and a bassist with Ephemerals

Adam has played hundreds of club and festival gigs across Europe (14 countries) and the UK, and further afield like at Montreal Jazz Festival Main Stage in Canada; New York Central Park Summer Stage USA; Blue Note in Japan. UK and European festivals include North Sea Jazz Festival, Orangefest and Down the Rabbit Hole in the Nederlands; Pori Jazz in Finland; Waves in Austria; Fusion Festival in Germany; Nancy Jazz and Marsailles Jazz de Cinq Continents in France; Glastonbury, Boomtown, Shambala, How the Light Gets in, Bestival, Green Man, Colne Blues Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival and many many others.