About Maharaja Blues

Hello, we are Maharaja Blues

We are 4 people 4 very different animals. Though we have friends who join us too.

Main Characters

Richard Staines aka Maharaja Rich/Maharaja Richie Red the Rooster. Slide resonator guitar player, acoustic and electric. Vocals. Animal character conjurer. Blues and world music enthusiast. Solo acoustic artist before Maharaja Blues.

Satinder Grewal aka Maharaja Satinder, tabla player and friendly approachable tiger.

Jonathan Browning aka Maharaja Jon, virtuoso and cunning fox of a harmonica player and backing vocals. Joined in 2014. Also plays with rock band Heavy Flames.

Miku aka Miku the Bard, the friendly happy bear of the group. Bass player, photographer and poet. Joined in 2024. 

Maharaja Dilwyn Roberts friend of the band and harmonica player to at various gigs. Blues officianado. Dilwyn has played harmonica with various bands and various genres over the years and has hosted a blues radio show.

Pink Flamingo we dont know who he is but we do know he is an inter dimensional reviewer for the Nonsense Chronicler.

History

Involved with Devauden Festival near Chepstow from year 2. 10+ years and are regulars in House of Roots. Maharaja Rich is stage manager for that stage.

Involved in Leek Blues and Americana Festival, Staffordshire since year 1.

We played many times at Shirefest including headlining 1 of their events. A few times at Hub Festival Cardiff.

We have played at Aberjazz, Fishguard and Caerleon Arts Festival multiple times.

Coleford Music Festival (Glos) on the Roots stage several times and the main stage. https://maharajablues.blogspot.com/2025/08/coleford-music-festival.html

Various other festivals, most of which seem to no longer be. These include Leamington Peace Festival, Rhythms of the World Festival (Herts), Rhythm Tree (IoW), Maryport Blues Festival and Newark Blues Festival.

Some pub gigs include: The Bootlegger Cardiff, Browns Hotel in Laurghne and Clwb Y Bont (Pontypridd)

We try and play in London once a year but had a large gap post pandemic. 2025 we return organising 2 sell out gigs after not getting any bookings there.

Some Live Videos 





A few photos




Merchandise 

Maharaja Blues tee shirts, hoidies, mugs can be bought along with a few other original designs.  here: https://maharajablues.teemill.com 

Gigs blogs

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