An up-and-coming blues musician will be playing at a coastal village venue this month.

Guitarist and singer/songwriter Ben Poole, 25, will be performing at the Blakeney Harbour Room on Friday March 21.

His music is influenced by blues, rock, soul, R'n'B, country and pop.

Ben has been nominated for three awards at the British Blues Awards in 2011.

He was chosen by a respected panel of music industry aficionados to represent Britain at the 2012 European Blues Challenge held in Berlin. Ben came third out of nineteen world-class entries.

His debut EP was called Everything I Want and he self-released his debut studio album Let's Go Upstairs.

Doors open for the Blakeney show at 8pm and tickets cost £10. Visit www.blakeneyharbourroom.co.uk.