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Photo Moments with the 22nd Annual BFG Magazine!
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 Here's Gaye Adegbalola — singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, activist, writer, teacher... you name it! Every since she was a teen, Gaye has been creating insightful and impacting waves.
Recognized for her creativity in the classroom, Adegbalola was honored as Virginia's Teacher of the Year in 1982, while moonlighting as a blues musician. In 1984 she co-founded the multi award-winning, spirited trio, Saffire–The Uppity Blues Women with the late Anne Rabson, and Earlene Lewis who was replaced by Andra Faye in 1992. Saffire released nine albums with Alligator Records before their split in 2009. Gaye has since released 9 albums with the last three on Vizztone Records and she's still making those creative waves on tour.
One of the esteemed hosts at the 2024 Blues Hall of Fame inductions in Memphis, TN, Gaye presented Angela Davis' book, Blues Legacies And Black Feminism which, she says, “in part, analyzes the mission and messages of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday… my Sheroes!”
Photo: Michele Lundeen
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Sonny Gullage :: GO BE FREE
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Blind Pig has released the new Sonny Gullage album, Go Be Free. 25-year-old Sonny Gullage has burst onto the blues scene with this ambitious album showcasing his impassioned singing, dynamic songwriting, and dazzling keyboard playing.
Rock & Blues Muse proclaims the New Orleans, Louisiana native, and American Idol alum, as "a legitimate musical phenomenon with a huge career in front of him.”
Sonny has captivated live audiences in nine countries, and his infectious, youthful fire is showcased on the album's 12 tracks, produced by multi-Grammy winner Tom Hambridge. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram guests.
TESTIMONIALS:
"Gullage is poised to be the biggest new name in blues this year (if not this decade)" —Tinnitist
“A legitimate musical phenomenon with a huge career ahead of him... the future of the blues” —Rock & Blues Muse
“The moment he opens his mouth, all you can say is wow!” —Chicago Blues Guide
Listen-Buy
Booking: Tony Gullage
Publicity: Blind Pig Records
Label Website
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This Sunday it’s the Reunion Music Festival
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 (RIVERSIDE, CA) - Positive Vibes Musicians Movement presents Reunion Music Festival, this Labor Day weekend, on Sunday, Sept 1, at historic White Park (3901 Market St.) in Riverside, California. The music extravaganza will feature Blues, Reggae, Pop, R&B, Soul, and more on a backdrop of lush greenery and spacious grounds, where there’s plenty of room to dance, sing along, and make lasting memories.
Festival headliner is multi award-winning, Grammy-nominated Eric Gales who is widely regarded as one of the best blues rock guitarists in the world! Also known as Raw Dawg, Gales has recorded 19 albums for major record labels as well as session and tribute work. "My music is like gumbo… a whole lotta styles all jammin in one."
Hosting and handling MC duties will be the charismatic artist and Sirius XM radio personality, "Big Llou" Johnson, known as the “coolest voice on the planet.” Also, appearing are Chicago’s Blues legend Fernando Jones, R&B party band B.I.G., sax jazz sensation J. Boykin, Jamaican Reggae artist Errol Bonnick, R&B/Pop artist Ericka Guitron, R&B/Funk artist Monique Renee and Friends, and DJ Alcatraz.
There will be arts & crafts and food and beverage vendors, beer and wine, and more. There’s the Palm Breezeway where you can purchase deluxe seating with premium view of the stage, shady oak tree grove where you can purchase deluxe seating, and a Japanese garden. There will also be some big raffles and giveaways!
Find your tickets here. Gates open 12 noon and music is 2pm-10pm.
Checkout this festival promo video on Big LLou's Vimeo.
Follow festival on Socials for daily updates on Facebook.
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BluesCentric & BFG T-Shirt Giveaway!
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 BluesCentric and the Blues Festival Guide are having a cool T-shirt contest!
That's right! We're giving away a killer blues or rock n' roll t-shirt to 5 lucky winners! Enter here on the Blues Festival Guide web (US Residents only. And be assured, we absolutely do not sell our email lists).
Choose from Lead Belly, Jimi Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Woodstock, Aretha, Aerosmith and dozens more and include it on your entry form.
Hurry and signup as winners will be picked on September 10 at 3pm (PST).
Find the wide variety of not only artists T's, but collections as well on BluesCentric
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Lancaster Roots and Blues to offer at least 80 concerts
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 (LANCASTER, PA) - Lancaster Roots and Blues is coming September 27-29. This annual festival of music and art happens in beautiful downtown Lancaster Pennsylvania.
Blues is a big part of the music but there will also be a variety of genres including jazz, Americana, roots music, funk, soul, rock n roll including rockabilly, zydeco, world music, and more.
The event is held indoors at multiple venues located within three blocks of each other. Attendees receive a wristband at check-in and can move about freely from stage to stage. Expect over 80 concerts over the 3-day festival.
General Admission options:
1, 2 & 3-Day Passes
VIP Experience options:
1 & 3-Day Passes
A good description of the music at Lancaster Roots and Blues is it is timeless.
Find the complete schedule and ticket options on their website.
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Harmonica Northwest Workshop at secluded retreat
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 (CORBETT, OR) - The third annual Harmonica Northwest workshop is October 24-27th and you’re never going to have a musical experience in a more beautiful place. A half hour from Portland, Oregon, the secluded Menucha Retreat and Conference center is a gorgeous former private estate situated on a bluff high above the spectacular Columbia River Gorge in Corbett, Oregon.
But the ingredient that makes Harmonica Northwest truly special is the resident staff of experts who are outstanding musicians and exceptional teachers.
Joe Filisko has a worldwide reputation as a harmonica guru, a monster player, a tireless advocate for the importance of mastering time-honored techniques, and as a customizer and advisor to the Hohner Company. Eric Noden has been Joe’s musical partner for more than twenty years and is one of the finest blues guitarists active today as well as a top-tier harmonica player.
You also get the talented Ross Garren, Hank Shreve, Greg Heumann, and artistic director Kim Field, who has been a professional harmonica player, singer, and songwriter for four decades.
To learn more and to register for all things harmonica — classes, fellowship, nightly jam sessions, and a faculty concert —please go here.
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• Atlanta Blues Society event helps local artists
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(MARIETTA, GA) - The Atlanta Blues Society will host the 2024 Lynne Couch Benefit Concert Saturday, Sept 21, 3pm at The Gardens At Kennesaw Mountain / The Hunt House in Marietta, Georgia. Tickets for the Lynne Couch Benefit are available for a small tax-deductible donation of $15 – which goes directly to the Atlanta Blues Society to help fund the Blue Flame Fund, which helps local artists in need, and the Carlos Capote Musical Scholarship Fund, which helps local youth receive education in blues music.
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Blues Hall of Fame admission updates
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Sonny Gullage - "Go Be Free"
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Birthdays & Just In Case...
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Just In Case... plus upcoming Holidays & Birthdays
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 • Sept - National Bourbon Heritage Month
• Sept 2 - Labor Day (US & Canada)
• Sept 21 - International Day of Peace
• Sept 25 - National One-Hit Wonder Day
"There's a cure for the summertime blues!...
Music and the outdoors"
Birthdays: Aug 29-Charlie Parker (1920-1955), Dinah Washington (1924-1963); Aug 30-Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson (1934-1976); Aug 31-Joanna Connor (1962), Van Morrison (1945); Sept 2-Billy Preston (1946-2006); Sept 3-Memphis Slim (1915-1988), Freddie King (1934-1976); Sept 4-Meade "Lux" Lewis (1905-1964); Sept 5-Sunnyland Slim (1907-1995); Sept 6-Jimmy Reed (1925-1976); Sept 7-Little Milton Campbell (1934-2005), Latimore (1939); Sept 8-Harmonica Fats (1927-2000), Guitar Shorty (1939-2022), Derrick "D'Mar" Martin; Sept 9-Otis Redding (1941-1967), Inez Foxx (1942); Sept 10-Roy Brown (1925-1981), Johnny Rawls (1952); Sept 11-Barbeque Bob (1902-1931), John “Juke” Logan (1946-2013)
  Just in case: Sept 2nd is "Labor Day." On the first Monday in September, the US and Canada may take the day off to celebrate Labor (Labour) Day and reflect on worker’s contributions to their countries. Do you get weekends off work? Lunch breaks? Paid vacation? An eight-hour workday? Social security? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, you can thank labor unions and the labor movements for it. Blues-type fests this Labor Day weekend in the US include: Peoria Blues & Heritage Music Festival Aug 30-31 in Peoria, IL; the Marquette Area Blues Fest Aug 30-Sept 1 in Marquette, MI; and Rentiesville Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival Aug 31-Sept 2 in Rentiesville, OK.
One day fests include Red's Old Timers Music Festival Sat Aug 31st in Clarksdale, MS; and Sun Sept 1st it's Big Muddy Blues Festival in St. Louis, MO; 30th Bowlful of Blues in Newton, IA; and Humphreys Labor Day Blues Fest in San Diego, CA. Mon Sept 2nd is the WRFG Labor Day BBQ in Atlanta, GA.
Make sure to check your local listings for more of what's going down in your neck of the woods. Get yourself some blues this weekend... yep, the good kind!
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Peoria Blues & Heritage
Music Festival
Aug-30-2024 - Aug-31-2024
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Marquette Area Blues Fest
Aug-30-2024 - Sep-01-2024
Marquette, Michigan, USA
Red's Old Timers Music Festival
Aug-31-2024
Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Rentiesville Dusk 'til Dawn
Blues Festival
Aug-31-2024 - Sep-02-2024
Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA
Reunion Music Festival
Sep-01-2024
Riverside, California, USA
The Big Muddy Blues Festival
Sep-01-2024
St. Louis, Missouri USA
30th Bowlful of Blues
Sept-1-2024
Newton, Iowa USA
Humphreys Labor Day
Blues Fest
Sep-01-2024
San Diego, California USA
Tony Mart Presents
Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk (Every Weds)
Through Sep-04-2024
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Harvest Time Blues Festival
Sep-05-2024 - Sep-09-2024
Monaghan, Ireland
Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival
Sep-06-2024 - Sep-08-2024
Port Credit, Ontario, Canada
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Red, White & Blues FestivalSep-06-2024 - Sep-07-2024 Fredonia, New York, USA
12th Stonebridge Wasaga Beach
Blues Festival
Sep-13-2024 - Sep-15-2024
Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada
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15th Niagara Falls Blues Festival
Sep-13-2024 - Sep-14-2024 Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Telluride Blues Festival
Sep-13-2024 - Set-15-2024
Telluride, Colorado USA
Up the River Blues FestivalSep-14-2024 Ossining, New York, USA
Kean University's
Jazz & Roots Music Festival
Sep-21-2024
Hillside, New Jersey, USA
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13th Blue Ridge Blues and BBQ Sep-21-2024 Blue Ridge, Georgia USA
Black Prairie Blues FestSep-21-2024 West Point, Mississippi, USA
Crooked Eye Blues Fest
& Papapalooza
Sep-21-2024
Springfield, Tennessee, USA
Big Steam Blues & Roots
Music FestivalSep-27-2024 - Sep-28-2024 Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Lancaster Roots and Blues FestivalSep-27-2024 - Sep-29-2024 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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