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A Note from a BFG reader and cigar box guitar builder...
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 So happy to have the [Blues Festival] Guide and even happier to see a cigar box guitar in the hands of the lovely Tullie Brae. As a builder of cigar box instruments and who tries to teach the history of music through its roots in the blues and building homemade guitars (including to middle schoolers), it made my day to see one on the cover.
It’s awesome that folks like Samantha Fish, Rev. Peyton, Ghalia Volt and Tullie are keeping these instruments (and their relation to blues history) alive. Thanks for putting one on the cover!
One of my highlights this [past] year was having one of my 15-year-old neighbors ask me to teach him how to build his own – he did 98% of the work – I did a couple cuts on the band saw and drilled the tuner holes – he did everything else including soldering and wood burning his own art work.
If folks are interested in checking out my work, I can be found on Facebook and YouTube as Revvy Tone Modern/Primitive Instruments.
Sincerely,
Michael “Revvy” Copado
Hamtramck, Michigan
Photos courtesy Michael "Revvy" Copado
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2023 Wisconsin Blues Fest this Saturday Jan 7th
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 (MADISON, WI) - Starting in 2013, Wisconsin Fest has allowed Frank Productions Concerts to showcase the state’s diverse musical artistry that makes us prouder than any beer or cheese ever could.
Now in its 10th year, the Fests have expanded to four nights and nine unique genres across three Madison, Wisconsin venues – The Sylvee, Majestic Theatre and High Noon Saloon.
On Saturday, Jan 7 the 2023 Wisconsin Blues Fest will happen at the Majestic Theatre (119 E. Main St.) in Madison, Wisconsin featuring The Jimmys, Craig Baumann & The Story, and Madtown Mannish Boys.
The Jimmys are an award winning, high energy 7-piece blues band featuring Jimmy Voegeli on keyboard and organ, Perry Weber on guitar, Chris Sandoval on drums, John Wartenweiler on bass and an amazing 3-piece horn section
Doors 6:30pm and showtime 7:30pm.
Tickets are $15 GA and the show is all-ages.
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13th Annual New England Winter Blues Festival Jan 29
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(MANCHESTER, NH) - After 13 years of sold out shows all around New England, the New England Winter Blues Festival makes its first stop at the wonderful Rex Theatre at23 Amherst St., Manchester, New Hampshire. The festival will happen Jan 29 from 4-6pm.
This year features a cavalcade of international blues guitar giants. Headlining will be blues superstar Texas guitar slinger Mike Zito, Chicago blues giant Nick Moss, Italian blues guitar prodigy Roberto Morbioli and Northeast blues supergroup The Wicked Lo-Down which features their own Texas blues guitar monster Paul Size.
Don’t miss your chance to catch this incredible show in this wonderful intimate setting! The New England Winter Blues Fest at the Rex Theatre.
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Maple Blues Awards LIVE Monday January 30
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 (TORONTO, CANADA) - The Toronto Blues Society presents the Maple Blues Awards live Monday, January 30, 2023 at 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto Canada. Hosted by renowned soul singing activist Quisha Wint, the 28th edition of the Maple Blues Awards brings together a community of passionate and talented artists.
The stage will be full of talent with Gary Kendall leading the remarkable ten-piece Maple Blues Band through the night. In 18 categories artists are recognized for their annual contribution to the scene including the lifetime or Blues With A Feeling and Blues Booster trophies. This year there will also be an introduction of a new Indigenous Blues award recognizing the strength of creativity across the land.
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Pinetop Perkins Foundation 14th Annual Workshop Experience 2023 Registration Now Open
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 (CLARKSDALE, MS) – The Pinetop Perkins Foundation 14th Annual Workshop Experience 2023 registration is now open. Workshops are open to the young and young at heart — adults welcome!
Scholarships are available for ages 12 to 21 years. Masterclasses in Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Bass and Drums will be held June 13-16, 2023 at Hopson Plantation and Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
For piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums and harmonica, professional Blues musicians will present the music and techniques for playing it. Everyone needs to already have a basic knowledge of their instrument. Sorry, no beginning students allowed. Any musician who has been playing seriously for a year or so should be able to make a lot of progress in his or her Blues playing. The program requires at least two years-experience for piano workshop participants and advanced level experience for acoustic guitar.
This year they are introducing a new workshop - Acoustic Guitar with Doug MacLeod. This workshop is for advanced players who want to dig into the acoustic roots of the blues and beyond. (This is not a roll-over if the Electric Guitar slots fill up...just to clarify).
Register here.
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Charlie Musselwhite honored with Charles Cros Academy Grand Prix Blues Award
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 On December 15, 2022, blues icon Charlie Musselwhite was honored with the coveted Charles Cros Academy Grand Prix Blues Award for his Grammy Award-nominated Alligator Records album, Mississippi Son. The Grand Prix Awards for Jazz, Blues and Soul Favorites were announced on France Musique (French national radio) on Alex Dutilh's Open Jazz show.
Vintage Guitar magazine recently reviewed Mississippi Son, calling Musselwhite a "beloved blues harp great" with  "formidable guitar chops" who, on the new album, "transports" the listener "straight to the Delta."
Charlie Musselwhite doesn’t just sing and play the blues; he is, in every sense of the word, a bluesman. Growing up, he not only learned the music first-hand from many of the genre’s most influential artists, he also absorbed the lifestyle. “It’s an attitude... a way of living life,” Musselwhite says of playing the blues.
Musselwhite's life story reads like a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and schooled on the South Side of Chicago. A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, Musselwhite has never stopped creating trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues.
Over the years, Charlie has released nearly 40 albums on a variety of labels, his exploratory recordings including straight blues but often mixing in elements of jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex, Cuban and other world musics.
Now, with Mississippi Son, Musselwhite has come full circle, returning home to Mississippi after decades in Memphis, Chicago, San Francisco and points in between. Amalgamating all he’s learned and absorbed throughout his years of worldwide touring, Musselwhite imparts sage wisdom in every song he writes, sings and performs. “Blues tells the truth in a world that’s full of lies,” he intones in 'Blues Gave Me A Ride,' at once telling his own story and plainly summing up the genre’s timelessness.
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Road to Memphis IBC Fundraiser Concerts...
• Connecticut Blues Society Winner Jan 8
• Toronto Blues Society Winners Jan 15
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 (NORWICH, CT) - New Haven resident, guitarist, singer, songwriter James Limerick Kerr wants to show what Connecticut’s got. Kerr will represent the Connecticut Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Kerr's styling is based on traditional blues, like Robert Johnson and Mississippi Fred McDowell, along with slide and electric guitar pieces. To help with travel costs to Memphis, he’ll be playing a show at the Norwich Arts Center’s Donald L. Oat Theater (62 Broadway) Norwich, Connecticut on Sunday January 8 at 3pm. Admission is $10.
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 (TORONTO, CANADA) - Sunday January 15 the Toronto Blues Society (TBS) IBC Road To Memphis Fundraiser Concert at Function Bar 2291 Yonge Street, Toronto, will feature live performances by TBS IBC Winners Heather Luckhart, Garnetta & Dagroovmasters, and Special Guest Kenny ‘Blues Boss” Wayne.
Eventbrite Tix $15 and TBS Members $10. Doors 7:30pm and Show 8pm. All money raised on this night will go to both band’s travel and hotel expenses for The International Blues Challenge held in Memphis, TN, January 24–28.
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Which Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Hits Your Groove?
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- #38 Eastern Caribbean: Sold Out
- #39 Mexican Riviera: BOOK YOUR CABIN Now!
- #40 Western Carribbean: Now Prebooking!
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#38 Eastern Caribbean SOLD OUT! Jan. 28 ~ Feb. 4, 2023
Sailing on Holland America’s ms Nieuw Statendam from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to St. John, St. Maarten & Half Moon Cay (Bahamas Private Island).
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Jan 28 ~ Feb 4, 2024
Sailing on Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Grand Cayman, Roatán, Honduras & Costa Maya, Mexico. By placing a fully-refundable prebook deposit of $500 per cabin, you’ll reserve a space in line to book a cabin once the bands are announced in early Spring. Visit online reservations or call (816) 753-7979 to place your deposit!
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Tomislav Goluban :: 20 YEARS ON THE ROAD
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 One of the treasured benefits of traveling the world playing music is that you accumulate a wide circle of friends, like minded souls and collaborators on your journey. Croatian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player, band leader, blues educator, radio DJ, festival organizer and recording artist, the inexhaustible Tomislav (Tomi) Goluban celebrates his two decades as a performer by bringing some of those friends together for his 14th studio album, 20 Years On The Road.
The music was recorded live in the studio using three different sets of musicians in Croatia and Austria along with eight international guest vocalists contributing to the originals from Goluban’s catalog, plus a new instrumental, one beloved cover and Goluban’s theme song. "This is my 'best of' album after 20 years in the business. I'm so pleased to have such tremendous guest singers, mainly from my Blue Heart/Nola Blue/Blind Raccoon family, with whom I've collaborated the last few years," says Goluban.
Guests include the Tobacco Road Blues Band, and singers Skylar Rogers, Malaya Blue, Ryan Donahue, Mark Cameron, Kelly Zirbes, Crooked Eye Tommy, Gregg “Mac Daddy” Martinez, and Teresa James.
Website
"I Can't Take It Anymore" (feat. Crooked Eye Tommy)
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Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater & The Juke Joints
"I Came Up The Hard Way"
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Just In Case... plus Holidays & Birthdays
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 • Jan 7, 2022 Orthodox Christmas Day
• Jan 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Jan 22 Chinese New Year
Birthdays upcoming of note:
Jan 5-Johnny Adams (1932-1998), Wilbert Harrison (1929-1994), Sam Phillips (1923-2003 founder of Sun Records); Jan 6-Kim Wilson (1951); Jan 8-Elvis Presley (1935), Tampa Red (1904), Bill Graham (1931 promoter at legendary Fillmore)); Jan 9-Barbara Carr (1941), Jimmy Page (1944); Jan 10-Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater (1935-2018), Sam Chatmon (1897-1983), Jerry Wexler (1914-2008 founder of Atlantic Records); Jan 11-Slim Harpo (1924-1970); Katie Webster (1936-1999 pictured), Michael "Hawkeye" Herman (1945); Jan 12-Ruth Brown (1928-2006), Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972), Long John Baldry (1941-2005); Jan 13-David "Kid" Ramos (1959)
 Just in Case: January 10 is "Peculiar People Day," an opportunity to recognize and celebrate those who refuse to conform to the world’s idea of normal. It is always the people who are termed "peculiar" and "different," that set the world in motion because they live “out of the box.” They refuse to accept and live by the status quo and have the courage to do and be different.
Sounds like creative artists past and present! Gotta love it! Variety is the spice of life as they say!
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20th Annual Blues Festival Guide Magazine
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 You can not only get a hard copy of the magazine via select festivals, blues societies or by ordering, but our 20th Anniversary digital edition of the Blues Festival Guide is available on our website! Click the image at left to read and enjoy all 84 pages. Turn on the speaker to hear Tulle Brae singing "Seven Bridges."
Blues legend Bobby Rush calls our magazine: "The roadmap to everything blues." Indeed, the articles offer something for everyone, all blues related, of course. This year’s engaging editorial from aficionados in the blues community includes articles from Victor Wainwright, Mitch Woods, Reverend Billy C. Wirtz and Roger Stolle among others.
Our cover by photographer Marilyn Stringer features the talented Tullie Brae and Calvin Johnson at the 2021 North Atlantic Blues Festival!
You can also order your own hard copy here!
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MLK Blues Festival
Jan-12-2023 – Jan-15-2023
Chester, South Carolina, USA
Pigz in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues Fest
Jan-13-2023 – Jan-14-2023
Zephyrhills, Florida USA
Go Mexico Rock ‘n Blues
Explosion Festival
Jan-21-2023 – Jan-29-2023
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Clarksdale Film & Music Festival
Jan-27-2023 – Jan-29-2023
Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
The February Blues XXIV
Feb-02-2023 – Feb-26-2023
Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
Cincinnati Winter Blues
Experience IV
Feb-11-2023
Mason, Ohio, USA
Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival
Feb-18-2023
Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
Vero Beach Blues Festival
Feb-25-2023 – Feb-26-2023
Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Saskatoon Blues Festival
Feb-27-2023 – Mar-05-2023
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Leeds Blues, Rhythm
& Rock Festival
Feb-26-2023
Leeds, United Kingdom
2023 Byron Bay Bluesfest
April-6-2023 - April-10-2023
Byron Bay, Australia
Juke Joint Festival
& Related Events
Apr-13-2023 – Apr-16-2023
Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Tampa Bay Blues Festival
April-14-2023 - April-16, 2023
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
Baton Rouge
Blues Festival
April-22-2023 – April-23-2023
Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
Lincoln Blues, Rhythm
& Rock Festival
May-6-2023
Lincoln, United Kingdom
10th Annual Big Island
Jazz & Blues Festival
Jun-01-2023 – Jun-03-2023
Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA
Billtown Blues Festival
Jun-09-2023 – Jun-10-2023
Hughesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Waterfront Blues Fest
July-1-2023 - July-4-2023
Portland, Oregon USA
North Atlantic Blues Festival
July 15-16, 2023
Rockland, Maine USA
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