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Jeff Chaz :: SOUNDS LIKE THE BLUES TO ME
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 Sounds Like The Blues To Me is Jeff Chaz's first album of all-new material since his post-Hurricane Katrina release In Exile in 2006. Originally from Creole, Louisiana, his travels eventually brought him to the Home of the Blues, Memphis, Tennessee, where the favorite music of his formative years began. His incendiary live performances continue to be seen by thousands upon thousands of music-loving visitors to New Orleans each year... people from all over the world who make pilgrimages to the Crescent City in search of the blues. In the course of his long career, Jeff Chaz has performed with such legendary blues artists as Albert King, Little Milton, Ruth Brown and many others. Jeff's unique style of blues incorporates the style of Memphis combined
with the mixture of New Orleans rhythms. "It is Memphis barbecue meeting up
with New Orleans gumbo," quips Chaz.
... Read complete details about this release
 "I Am The Blues"
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Mark Cameron :: PLAYIN’ ROUGH
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 Playing Rough features a range of Blues from front porch slide to funky up tempo blues. A tour de force for harp lovers and additional flute tracks add a twist to the fourth album by vocalist/songwriter Mark Cameron. The fourth Album from Minneapolis-based blues man Mark Cameron is rough-around-the-edges blues the way it was meant to be. From the boogie based opener "Doctor In the House" to the haunting closing cut "Borrowed Time" this album delivers on its promise to play it rough. The searing harp of Bill "Killer" Keyes and the haunting flute of Sheri Cameron add a rare flavor that is a perfect complement to Cameron's brutally honest vocal style.
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"Somewhere Down The Line"
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This Saturday, July 30 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Uptown Theatre Napa
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 (Napa, CA) – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will be appearing Saturday July 30th at the historic Uptown Theatre in Napa, CA. In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as casual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late ’70s, few of either existed. ...Find out more details about this event
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Calabogie Blues & Ribfest August 12, 13 & 14
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 (Ontario, Canada) - The Calabogie Blues & Ribfest will be held August 12-14 at Calabogie Peaks Resort. Cost ranges from $25 to $175, depending on camping, full weekend, one day pass etc…
Calabogie Blues & Ribfest will feature Eastern Ontario’s BEST blues music lineup. In addition there will be ribbers from across North America, vendors, kids’ zone, food, beer garden, and of course everyone’s favorite feature – mountainside camping available all weekend long. Calabogie Blues & Ribfest is a family friendly environment, with something for everyone! With over 16,000 in attendance at the 2015 festival, the 2016 festival is set to be bigger and better than ever!
Randy Bachman is headlining, and find the full lineup at CalabogieBlues.com
Contact 800-669-4861 for more information.
Find more about the Calabogie Blues & Ribfest
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The Heritage Music Blues Festival features a Weekend of Award-Winning Blues
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(Wheeling, WV) - The Heritage Music Blues Festival will be held August 12-14 at the Heritage Port Amphitheatre (1201 Water St.) in Wheeling, West Virginia.
The Heritage Music Blues Festival began in 2001 when Bruce Wheelerm envisioned a Blues music festival in a newly constructed water front park
on the bank of the Ohio River in downtown Wheeling. The fact that Wheeling
had no blues scene or even a blues club, band or solo artist did not deter
Wheeler from developing a festival. Promoted as A Weekend of Award-Winning Blues, the Festival today gets raves from coast to coast. Wheeler's festival features two stages, a Main Stage with Blues Music Award Winners and up and coming IBC solo duo and band winning acts, and a Second Stage dedicated to local and regional artists, from WV, OH, PA, and MD.
...Find more about Heritage Music Blues Festival
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Carolyn Gaines: The Renaissance Blues Woman steps out as an important new blues singer
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 By Scott Yanow
Throughout much of her life, Carolyn Gaines has been a significant part of the blues world. She has taught a countless number of children about the blues in her Blues Schools programs, written many articles about the blues greats, interviewed late great B.B. King, Guitar Shorty, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cyril Neville, Buddy Guy's guitarist Ric Hall, Sonny Landreth, Robert Cray, her uncle Grady Gaines, and her father Roy Gaines, produced performances, worked on publicity and radio promotion, dealt with labels and festivals, and been a spokesperson for the 'Blues' music on many levels. Now, after many experiences, she is emerging as an important new blues singer.
Inspired by such giants as Buddy Guy (in addition to loving his music, Carolyn and Guy share a love for polka dots in their outfits),
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Trinidaddio Blues Fest promises another World Class Lineup August 27, 2016
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 (Trinidad, CO) - Trinidaddio Blues Fest 2016 brings the nation's premier talent once again to Trinidad, Colorado. Headlining the Star Studded Ensemble is 2016 Grammy Nominee, Shemekia Copeland! Superstar support will come from 2015 Contemporary Female Artist Janiva Magness and Grammy Winner for best Zydeco/Cajun album, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band!
Nine bands will fill the bill at Central Park in Trinidad. The music starts at Noon with Trinidad guitar virtuosos Jaquie Gipson followed by Zakk DeBono. Then, from Boulder, CO, the Lionel Young band will perform just before Westword Magazine's 'Best Blues Band' in Denver, 4 years running - Al Chesis & the Delta Sonics!
Midway through the lineup is the incomparable Albuquerque Blues Connection!
As Mexican Jerry says: "Ain't nothin' but the Blues!" And it wouldn't be
Trinidaddio without ABC! ...Find more about the Trinidaddio Blues Fest
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Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival 2016- 26th Annual Sept 2-4
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 (Rentiesville, OK) - Down Home Blues, Oklahoma Style - 200 musicians; 30 acts on 3 stages: a showcase of regional OK blues and four international
headliners; admission $15 day, Kids free, Kid's Village; come join the fun!
Mark your calendar for Labor Day Weekend, September 2-4, and come to the
longest running big blues fest in OK, the Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival, held at the authentic juke joint for the millennium! The festival is presented by F.O.R. Blues Inc., Selby Minner, the D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum, and the best volunteers and sponsors. Rentiesville is off US 69 two exits north of I-40 and 3 exits South of Muskogee. Exit at Checotah-Rentiesville, go right one mile and right again two miles past the Rentiesville Fire Dept and you are here.
...Find out more about the Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival
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The B.B. King Auction of a thousand treasures
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 (New York City,NY) - For millions upon millions of devoted fans, the globe seemed to pause for a moment when, in 2015, the wonderful Riley B. King - better known simply as "B.B." - passed away. Now, slightly more than a year later and as soon as Court approval is given, Guernsey's will be conducting a totally unreserved Auction of a thousand of the Blues great's most treasured possessions. A public Preview will be taking place live at the New York City showrooms of Gibson, the guitar maker which created B.B's beloved instruments. (The Gibson facilities on West 54th Street were once home to The Hit Factory where many iconic songs from the likes of John Lennon, the Rolling Stones, the Talking Heads, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and U2 were recorded.)
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July 30-31, 2016 Radio Show: Buddy Guy
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The great Buddy Guy turns eighty. The Bluesmobile celebrates with music from his long, eventful career, both on his own, and with the many musicians he has played with. Plus: exclusive interviews. True stories from Buddy’s amazing life. Not to mention his incredible guitar playing!
The legendary Buddy Guy joins Elwood Blues. Next time, in the Bluesmobile.
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For a list of stations where you can find BluesMobile Radio Click Here
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BUDDY GUY - 7/20/16 - with Brandon "Taz" Niederauer
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Happy 80th Birthday Buddy Guy
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Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
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 ~ Birthdays of note through next week: July 28 Roy Rogers (1950), Mike Bloomfield (1943), Junior Kimbrough (1930), Buddy Guy (1936), Big Jack Johnson (1940), Otis Taylor (1948); July 31 Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records founder) (1923); Aug 1 Robert Cray (1953);
Aug 2-Big Walter Price (1917), Mark Naftalin (1944)
Aug 3- Mercy Dee Walton (1915)
Aug 4-Louis Armstrong (1901); Aug 6- Willie Lee Brown (1900)
Aug 7-Magic Slim Morris Holt (1937)
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Prairie Dog Blues Festival
Jul-29-2016 - Jul-30-2016
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Genoa Blues Festival
Jul-30-2016
Genoa, Nevada, USA
Notodden Blues Festival
Aug-04-2016 - Aug-07-2016
Notodden, Norway
Blues On The Chippewa
Aug-05-2016 - Aug-07-2016
Durand, Wisconsin, USA
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival 29th Annual
Aug-12-2016 - Aug-14-2016
Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
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Mystic Blues Festival
Aug-12-2016 - Aug-14-2016
North Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Navasota Blues Fest
Aug-12-2016 - Aug-13-2016
Navasota, Texas, USA
Waukesha BluesFest
Aug-12-2016 - Aug-13-2016
Delafield, Wisconsin, USA
Baja Blues Fest
Aug-19-2016 - Aug-21-2016
Rosarito Beach, Mexico
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