• "Part of the fun of going to New Zealand for me is getting to hear Mike Garner.  He's one of my favorites"

    Doug MacLeod 2017 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year

  • "Mike Garner is a fascinating artist that you absolutely must discover."

    BluesylucRootstime - Belgium 

  • "I enjoyed these performances – you have an attractive singing voice"

    Bruce Iglauer Alligator Records, USA 

  • "The songs are thoughtfully varied and coloured with different styles throughout the album; from raw acoustic blues to balmy Latin-tinged blues, to hard-living, down-and-out electric blues."

    Graeme Scott Blues Matters, UK 

  • "An album of strong and thoughtful tunes played with a delicate touch and I'd recommend it to any fans of the recent Clapton and Cale collaboration.”

    Nick Bollinger The Sampler, Radio NZ

Upcoming events

28
Jun

The Barrel Room

with Robbie Laven

 

26
Jul

The Barrel Room

with Robbie Laven

 

2
Aug

The Jam Factory

International Blues Day

 

30
Aug

The Barrel Room

with Robbie Laven

 

show formats

 

solo acoustic blues

originals, blues; featuring slide guitars, acoustic guitars, harmonica

with Robbie Laven, fiddle, Stroh violin, mandolin, lap steel, washboard, harmonica

pre-war blues, ragtime, burlesque, jug band, Americana, originals

The Mike Garner Band

4, 5 or 6 piece electric blues band

with Neil Billington, harmonicas, chromatic harp

Chicago blues, pre-war blues, originals

with percussionist Warren Houston

pre-war and postwar blues; originals - featuring djembe, cajon, washboard, and a variety of associated percussion instruments

Mike Garner Trio

with Robbie Lavën and Grant Willis: pre-war blues, ragtime, burlesque, jug band, Americana, originals