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Photo celebration of Women of the Blues
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 (EVANSTON, IL) - Celebrate Women’s History Month and honor the Women of the Blues at Space 900 Gallery, 816 Dempster St., Evanston, Illinois. Thurs Mar 21 from 6-10pm is by invitation only, but Fri Mar 22 through Sun Mar 24 is open to the public from 2-10pm.
The exhibit features over 100 photos of Blues women taken by world class photographers from around the world. These images document the past and celebrate the future while commemorating over a century of women recording and performing the Blues.
This event is produced by and curated by Lynn Orman Weiss of the Women of the Blues Foundation. The foundation, created by Orman, was formed to help empower all women through celebration and recognition of female Blues artists and their role in shaping the music and cultural landscape of the Blues.
On Fri Mar 22 from 4-6 pm will be Holle Thee Maxwell’s book signing and from 7-10 pm it's legendary Blues singer Katherine Davis and Yoko Noge. There will also be interviews with Donna Herula and Dawn O’Keefe Williams.
On Sat Mar 23 from 2-4 pm will be Win Noll’s Tribute to Legendary Blues Women with special guest, blues legend Mary Lane. From 7:30pm you can meet the Women of Delmark Records.
Sun Mar 24 enjoy a champagne toast with curator and producer Lynn Orman Weiss while enjoying this heartfelt exhibition during Women's History Month.
See the Women of The Blues website for more details. Poster by Steve Hausheer.
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Honoring the Women of the Blues
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 (CLARKSDALE, MS) - Delta Blues Museum continues to celebrate its 45th anniversary year during Women’s History Month in March.
The Museum gift shop has several souvenirs that pay tribute to pioneering Blues women including a boxed card set, William Stout's More Legends of the Blues. The set highlights 50 important artists — among them Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Victoria Spivey, Big Mama Thornton and Sippie Wallace. Each card features an original portrait along with a biography on the flip side.
Live from the Delta, Panny Mayfield's photographs of musicians in and around Clarksdale, features a vivid record of the Blues scene at the Crossroads.
There is also a selection of Blues CDs in the gift shop which includes artists like Shemekia Copeland, Ruthie Foster, and Koko Taylor, as well as the classic Blues women artists.
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Fargo "Winter" Blues Festival
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 (FARGO, ND) - Maybe Punxsutawney Phil's predication was off this year or the folks in Fargo, North Dakota named their event beforehand, or, maybe they know something we don't (and it can get cold in Fargo). While Spring is officially supposed to start on Tues March 19, the Fargo "Winter" Blues Festival is happening Weds March 27th. Ah, semantics, no matter what it's called, we're excited for any festival that features live blues music for sure!
Appearing will be the uber-talents of Mike Zito as part of his Life is Hard album release tour, the Scott Ellison Band, The Blue Wailers, and Heart & Soul.
The Drekker Brewhalla Magic Factory, at 1702 1st Ave N, in Fargo, North Dakota is the venue for this indoor festival that will no doubt be cozy (I just checked their weather forecast). There will be a variety of brews on tap and access to a full bar, plus food is available. You can even reserve a room at their hotel!
Doors will open at 4pm and showtime is 4:30pm. Tickets are $35 advance. Find tix at the event website or via their Facebook site. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Looking ahead, the 2-day, outdoor summertime Fargo Blues Festival will happen in August of this year.
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• Plattsburgh Blues & Jazz presents a double bill April 20
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(PLATTSBURGH, NY) - Plattsburgh Blues & Jazz presents a double bill featuring the Danielle Nicole Band plus Kevin Burt & Big Medicine on Saturday April 20th, at Retro Live, 14 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh, New York. Doors at 7pm and showtime is 7:30pm. Tix $25 Adv. The venue is 2 stories with wrap around balcony, big stage, high top tables, dance floor, and two bars.
Danielle Nicole is a 7-time Blues Music Awards (BMA) winner, and currently a 2024 "Contemporary Female Blues Artist of The Year" Nominee. Kevin Burt has received Iowa City's "Best Entertainer" and "Best Band" award multiple times, and was the IBC 2018 "Solo/Duo" winner plus won the Lee Oskar Best Harmonica award and the Cigar Box Guitar award for "Most Promising Acoustic Act."
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Emma Wilson :: MEMPHIS CALLING
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 Award-winning British rhythm & blues singer, songwriter Emma Wilson’s album, Memphis Calling has been Nominated "Album Of The Year” by the 2024 UK Blues Awards. Emma co-wrote four of the nine tracks.
Her incredible vocal talent and songwriting on her debut album, Wish Her Well, brought her to an international audience and her winning the title of “Emerging Blues Artist of The Year” at the 2022 UK Blues Awards.
In early 2023 Emma visited her Distribution Company ‘Select-O-Hits’ in Memphis and met with company owner Johnny Phillips. Phillips was excited to share that the family-owned Sam Phillips Recording Studios had recently acquired the original STAX recording console and she should get over there and record her new album.
“This was an opportunity I couldn’t miss,” says Emma. “Producer Scott Bomar brought in legendary Memphian musicians. The recording session was so soulful – drenched in rhythm & blues… on this record I want to represent a modern English woman, deeply influenced by the music of Memphis, bringing her own Britishness, making an album with a unique contemporary sound and I believe we have achieved this.”
Emma has also been Nominated in the 2024 UK Blues Awards for "Contemporary Blues Artist Of The Year" and "Blues Vocalist Of The Year." She’s appeared on the cover and has a feature in the Jan/Feb 2024 issue of Blues Matters, a feature in February’s Living Blues magazine, and a feature in the March issue of Downbeat Magazine.
"A Small Word"
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Danielle Nicole "Make Love"
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Just In Case... plus upcoming Holidays & Birthdays
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 • March is Women's History Month
• National Music in Our Schools Month
• Mar 8 International Women’s Day
• Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day
• Mar 19 1st Day of Spring 2024
Birthdays: Mar 9 Georgia White (1903-1980 pictured top), Lloyd Price (1933); Mar 10 Dave Alexander aka Omar Shariff (1938), John Nemeth (1975); Ronnie Earl (1953); Mar 12 Leonard Chess (1917-1969), Bill Payne (1949 Little Feat co-founder); Mar 13 Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks (1913-1974); Mar 14 Robert Pete Williams (1914-1980); Mar 15 Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905-1950 pictured bottom), Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982); Sly Stone (1944), Ry Cooder (1947); Mar 16 James "Yank" Rachell (1910-1997); Mar 17 Nat "King" Cole (1917-1965); Mar 18 Wilson Pickett (1941-2006), Big Daddy Kinsey (1927-2001)
 Just in case: Mar 8 is "National Middle Name Pride Day" which is celebrated on the first Friday of the first full week in March. Middle names were born as a means to commemorate older, or often, dead family members, or godparents. However, some people don’t know much about their middle names other than the flow may have sounded good. I'm not sure if mine has any significance, but I gave my children middle names to honor some of their grandparents. My mother didn't have one... I think after naming 13 children, her parents may have run out of ideas!
I'm imagining most people have middle names but a lot of blues artists, for instance, took on nicknames as their first, middle and even last names or used their middle names as their first name. Some used "Big" and lots used "Little;" some used "Son" and some used "Junior."
Bottomline, I think Ray Charles makes a good point here indeed!
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Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-off
Mar-08-2024 - Mar-09-2024
Foley, Alabama USA
24th Annual Blues Café
Mar-08-2024 - Mar-09-2024
Rothschild, Wisconsin, USA
Walla Walla Guitar Festival
Mar-08-2024 - Mar-10-2024
Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Macon Blues and Brews Bash
Mar-09-2024
Macon, Florida, USA
Superstition Blues &
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Mar-09-2024
Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
8th Pasco Blues Festival
Mar-09-2024
Land 'O Lakes, Florida, USA
31st River City Blues Festival
Mar-15-2024 – Mar-16-2024
Marietta, Ohio, USA
Blues Bash at the Ranch
Mar-15-2024 - Mar-17-2024
Bradenton, Florida, USA
Venice Blues Festival
Mar-22-2024 - Mar-23-2024
Venice, Florida, USA
Loreto International
Blues Festival
Mar-22-2024 - Mar-23-2024
Loreto, Mexico
Blues on Reid
Mar-23-2024
Port St. Joe, Florida, USA
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Woodystock Blues Festival
Mar-23-2024 - Mar-24-2024
Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA
Byron Bay Bluesfest
Mar-28-2024 – Apr-1-2024
Byron Bay, Australia
Springing The Blues
Apr-05-2024 - Apr-07-2024 Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA
Juke Joint Fest
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Coeur d'Alene Blues FestivalApr-12-2024 - Apr-14-2024 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA
Tampa Bay Blues FestivalApr-12-2024 - Apr-14-2024 St Petersburg, Florida, USA
Cat Head Mini Blues FestApr-14-2024 Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Milwaukee Blues FestivalApr-19-2024 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Buffalo Blues & Roots FestivalApr-20-2024 Buffalo, NY, New York, USA
SoCal Blues & Jazz FestivalApr-20-2024 - Apr-21-2024 Murrieta, California USA
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