Blues Collective

Blues Collective has been performing Swamp and Chicago Blues since its launch in June 2015. The band members are Angela McCloy on vocals (Sydney Blues Society Favourite Female Singer Award Finalist 2024), Chris Martin Murphy on vocals, guitar and harmonica (Co-founder, Manager, Sydney Blues Society Favourite Harmonica Player Nominee 2025), Ian Chisholm on bass guitar (Co-founder), Marty Davison on saxophone (Sydney Blues Society Favourite Brass/Woodwind Player Award Finalist 2024), and Bruce Stephens on drums. Blues Collective performs its own arrangements of Swamp and Chicago Blues songs written by Tony Joe White, JJ Cale, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, BB King, Solomon Burke, Etta James, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, Elmore James and Freddie King.