On the 9th of february Rag Mama Rag will participate in a concert with 6 other groups to raise money to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. The concert starts at 8pm and will be taking place at L`Espace valentre in Cahors. The musicians performing are Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) Judy Blair Quartet Rag Mama Rag Toubib Jazz Band -jazz Dr. Cha-jazz Francesca Graziano & Limmie Snell- rhythm & blues Mark Newman & Michel Griffin-folk Tickets will be available sur place on the night of the concert or to reserve in advance please phone 05 65 21 23 62 – 06 74 49 70 49  Read More →

During their recent UK tour Rag Mama Rag were joined on stage by Gary Brooker on accordian. Gary is of course the singer/pianist of the  famous group Procol Harum.  They played a couple of tunes together including a rendition of the well known Leadbelly song “Goodnight Irene”.  It was a big hit with the audience and had them all singing along. Our thanks to Paul Holland for the photo  Read More →

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the support they have given us through 2009 and wish everyone a Joyful Christmas and a happy and peaceful 2010. Ashley and Debbie  Read More →

Rag Mama Rag recently played at the Issoudun Guitar Festival in France. During their concert they performed the old ukulele hit “I`ll see you in my dreams”.  The famous version of the song was  first recorded in the 1930s by Ukulele Ike and more recently by Joe Brown during the tribute concert given to George Harrison. This video is now on their website .  Read More →

Rag Mama Rag recently played at the Issoudun Guitar Festival in France. During their concert they performed Crossroads Blues, the Robert Johnson blues song that was first recorded in the 1930s. This video is now on their website .  Read More →

footage taken at the 2009 Sighisoara Blues Festival  Read More →

SUTTON BLUES COLLECTIVE Station Pub, Sutton Coldfield 4/10/06 Blues in Britain/issue 59 France based Rag Mama Rag (husband and wife team Deborah and Ashley Dow) put on a superlative performance at The Sutton Blues Collective this Wednesday.  They were exactly the right sort of act for the ambience of this club.  A complex combination of traditional country blues with songs from names such as Tampa Red, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson and Blind Boy Fuller were performed together with original songs penned by Ashley Dow,  and even a Ry cooder tune.  Ashley has a voice ideally suited to singing this... [Read more]

Acoustic duo Rag Mama Rag  comprises husband and wife, Ashley and Debbie Dow, who are English, but live in France.  Ashley sings and plays any number of stringed instruments, including guitars, mandolin, ukulele and bass.  Debbie adds harmonica, washboard, percussion and backing vocals.  I didn’t  know what to expect when I put this CD on , in fact if   I’m honest, I didn’t expect a lot, but life if full of pleasant surprises and Rollin  Mill Stomp proved to be one.  What we have here are 17 tracks of superb country blues, jug band music and the like, including such delights... [Read more]