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Photo Moments with the 22nd Annual BFG Magazine!
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 Here’s a group of Alabama blues women that performed at a recent Cultural Day in Pickensville Alabama, in the heart of the Alabama Black Belt.
The event celebrated Alabama Blues Women and was organized by a group of women who have saved a Rosenwald School, one of the first black schools erected by the owner of the Sears and Roebuck company early in the 20th Century, and turned it into a museum and community center.
“Our exhibition of past Alabama Blues women, (including Big Mama Thornton, Vera Hall, Dinah Washington and more) was also on display at the Pickensville Rosenwald School Community Center and Museum,” says artist and Alabama Blues Project’s founder Debbie Bond.
Pictured left to right are blues singer Carroline Shines (daughter of the late great Johnny Shines), singer, guitarist, songwriter Debbie Bond, drummer Girl Dee, and blues singer Taylor Britton
Photo: Courtesy Debbie Bond
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Boca Blues Festival 2024 Launches Nov 16-17
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(BOCA RATON, FL) - The Boca Blues Festival 2024 Launches South Florida's Only Blues Festival! Latitude-88, Inc. is proud to announce the Boca Blues Festival November 16-17, at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Florida. This unique 2-day music festival will feature 10 amazing bands performing nothing but the blues in a beautiful outdoor setting. Dubbed as South Florida's only Blues Festival.
National acts include artists such as Samantha Fish, Tab Benoit, Vanessa Collier, Tommy Castro, Ally Venable and even Muddy Water's eldest son - Mud Morganfield from Chicago, to name a few. The festival's main stage will be set up on a beautiful water-surrounded grass amphitheater field with ample standing and sitting space for attendees. Bring your own chairs and blankets.
There will also be plenty of food and beverage vendors offering a variety of options throughout the entire duration of the event. Delicious food, full liquor bars and good times with friends all weekend. With a capacity for only 4,000 per day, this is a more intimate setting for blues and music festival fans but packed with huge headline talent! Come out and enjoy this one-of-a-kind event in Boca Raton, Florida before the holiday stress.
Tickets are $50 per day with free re-entry the same day for the ultimate music fest freedom! Find info and you’re your tickets here. Find complete details at the main festival website.
Gates open 10:30am and music goes 12 noon-9:30pm both days.
Enjoy the Journey with us…
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Lester Chambers & The Mudstumpers aimin’ for front porch
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 (Petaluma, CA) - At a recent rehearsal of Lester Chambers and his finely tuned Mudstumpers, they were aimin’ for your front porch. Lester and crew want you to be comfortable as they dissect and recreate much of the songbook of the eternal Bluesman, Jimmy Reed. Lester recently released Volume I of his tribute to Mathis James Reed. He used extraordinary guitarists David Aguilar and Terry Haggerty to interpret the first and second guitar parts originally recorded by Jimmy Reed and Eddie Taylor for Vee Jay Records from 1953 forward.
That said, esteemed North Bay elder rockers Lester Chambers & The Mudstumpers, featuring Terry Haggerty, David Aguilar, and Tim Haggerty, are firing up the Sebastiani Theatre on September 22. Barry (The Fish) Melton will host.
By cosmic chance, when Lester was 14, he bumped into Jimmy Reed, an experience that has profoundly influenced his musicianship.
“Jimmy Reed brought rhythm & blues music to the world. It happened so long ago that everybody thinks that they did it,” pipes Lester on the first track of A Tribute To Jimmy Reed – Volume I. Volume II is slated for a Fall 2024 release.
There will be a merch table including tee shirts, CDs, and other hippie ephemera, including Lester’s critically acclaimed memoir, Time Has Come: Revelations of a Mississippi Hippie.
Doors are 4:30pm with show at 5pm. The Sebastiani Theatre is located at 476 1st Street East, Sonoma, California. Tickets are available on the Sebastiani website. For more info, please call the theatre office at 707.996.9756.
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2024 Blues Blast Music Award Winners
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 Congratulations to the 2024 Blues Blast Music Award Winners that are voted for by fans!
• Contemporary
Blues Album
Rick Estrin
& The Nightcats
– The Hits Keep Coming
• Traditional
Blues Album
John Primer
& Bob Corritore
– Crawlin’ Kingsnake
• Soul Blues Album Blackburn Brothers
– SoulFunkin’Blues
• Rock Blues Album
Mike Zito – Life is Hard
• Acoustic Blues Album Sue Foley
– One Guitar Woman
• Live Blues Album Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live In London
• Historical Or Vintage Recording - Magic Slim & John Primer feat. The Teardrops – Slow Blues
• New Artist Debut Album - DK Harrell – The Right Man
• Blues Band Of The Year - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
• Female Blues Artist of The Year - Sue Foley
• Male Blues Artist Of The Year - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Sean Costello Rising Star Award - Candice Ivory
• Producer Of The Year - Joe Bonamassa & Josh Smith
• Electric Guitarist Of The Year - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year - Sue Foley
• Slide Guitarist Of The Year - Derek Trucks
• Bass Guitarist Of The Year - Danielle Nicole
• Keyboard Player Of The Year - Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
• Percussionist Of The Year - Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Harmonica Player Of The Year - Charlie Musselwhite
• Horn Player Of The Year - Trombone Shorty
• Vocalist Of The Year - Ruthie Foster
• Blues Video Of The Year - Omar and The Howlers – No Peace in the City
(Photos: Sue Foley by Doug Hardesty Photography - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats by Steve Jennings)
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"Blues, Soul, Rock n Roll" T-shirt contest winners
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 Congratulations to the winners of the "Win a Blues, Soul, Rock n Roll" t-shirt contest from BluesCentric and the Blues Festival Guide!
The randomly picked winners are: MaryAnn from San Diego, CA, Chuck from Brooklyn, NY, Erick from North Miami, FL, Nick from Lexington, MA, and Jim from Sebastopol, CA.
These five will now get to choose a cool T-shirt from Bluescentric's wide inventory!
Checkout the Bluescentric site... maybe you'll find T's or one of the various collections you can't live without!
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Blues Societies - The Road to The IBC's
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• North Central Florida Blues Society Challenge Sept 29
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 (GAINESVILLE, FL) – The North Central Florida Blues Society’s regional Blues Challenge is September 29th, 3pm at Heartwood Soundstage (619 S Main St) in Gainesville, Florida. The competition, which includes many fantastic bands, solo and duo artists.
Tickets are $10 advance, $15 at the door. The winners will advance to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, held in January 2025, where they will represent North Central Florida. Details at ncfblues.org.
#WhyILoveGNV
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 (WASHINGTON, MO) - The Washmo Blues Society in Washington, Missouri congrats their regional IBC challenge winner, the Joe Metzka Band who will represent them at the Blues Foundation's IBC in Memphis in January 2025.
Metzka is not only a guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader, but among other things, he's an author and body building champion!
(Missourian Photo/Jonathan Riley)
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Pontchartrain Shakers (self-titled)
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 The Pontchartrain Shakers, a favorite Southeast Louisiana blues band, was formed in 2018 by Amedee Frederick and Jojjo Wight. They both have been playing professionally since teens and their musical family roots run deep.
Amedee "A5" Frederick is a fifth-generation blues artist with a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range and versatile guitar skills. Son of Amedee ‘Creole Man’ Frederick, A5 grew up playing blues with his father and was exposed to many Delta musicians who jammed with Amedee Sr. Among his roster of appearance, A5 has commanded the stage six consecutive years at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. He's the standout singer on this debut album.
Partner Jojjo Wight is a guitar virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist. She started playing clubs on Bourbon Street as a child and took her first North American tour at age 17. She’s the daughter of Jamie Wright, one of the great traditional jazz revivalists of the 1960s. She’s performed at the French Quarter Festival for the last 18 years and also recorded with Charlie DeVore on GHB/Jazzology record to rave reviews.
Pontchartrain Shakers features 10 songs recorded with their band on Southland Records in New Orleans, Louisiana. The debut is bringing you the sounds of Louisiana as ambassadors steeped in the Blues.
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Which Cruise Hits Your Groove?
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OCT 25 ~ NOV 1, 2025
 Sailing on Holland America’s Koningsdam from San Diego, CA to Cabo San Lucas, Loreto & La Paz. A $500 fully-refundable deposit per cabin holds your space in line. Detailed instructions announced around early December. Additional passengers may be added once you select your stateroom. (816) 753-7979 to prebook early and receive priority cabin selection!
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Jan. 24 ~ 31, 2026
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Omar and The Howlers – "No Peace in the City"
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Birthdays & Just In Case...
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Just In Case... plus upcoming Holidays & Birthdays
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 • Sept is National Bourbon Heritage Month
• 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: Sept 12-Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900-1954), Gus Cannon (1883-1979); Sept 13-Charles Brown (1922-1999); Sept 15-Silas Hogan (1911-1994), Snooky Pryor (1921-2006); Sept 16-B.B. King aka Riley B. King (1925-2015 art by Jude Kane/Freakoutville), Little Willie Littlefield (1931-2013), Billy Boy Arnold (1935); Sept 17-Henry Butler (1948-2019); Sept 18-Vanessa Collier (1987); Sept 19-Brook Benton (1931-1988), Bill Medley (1940), David Bromberg (1945), Scott Bradlee (Post Modern Jukebox 1981); Sept 21-Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Jesse Ed Davis (1944-1988); Sept 23-Roy Buchanan (1939-1988), Ray Charles (1930-2004), Fenton Robinson (1935-1997), Tiny Bradshaw (1907-1958); Mighty Joe Young (1927-1999)
 Just in Case: September 18 is National Dance Day! Dancing is not only an artistic outlet, but yes, improves emotional and mental health as well. And let's face it, sometimes you just can't help yourself when the music moves you! It's spontaneity at it's best. There are certainly a lot of chances to dance to blues-type music. Interpret the mood of the music and open yourself up to creativity. I love to dance... it's in there and it's gotta come out!!
("A Blues Dance" by Miguel Covarrubias (plate from Blues by W.C. Handy, 2nd Ed., 1926)
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15th Niagara Falls
Blues Festival
Sep-13-2024 - Sep-14-2024 Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Léman Blues FestivalSep-13-2024 - Sep-14-2024 Annemasse, France
Telluride Blues Festival
Sep-13-2024 - Set-15-2024
Telluride, Colorado USA
Mitchell Creek
Rock N Blues FestivalSep-13-2024 - Sep-15-2024 Kandanga, Australia
21st Greenbelt
Blues FestivalSep-14-2024 Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Up the River Blues FestivalSep-14-2024 Ossining, New York, USA
Orkney Blues FestivalSep-20-2024 - Sep-22-2024 Stromness, United Kingdom
13th Blue Ridge Blues and BBQ
Sep-21-2024 Blue Ridge, California USA
Black Prairie Blues FestSep-21-2024 West Point, Mississippi, USA
Crooked Eye Blues Fest
& Papapalooza
Sep-21-2024
Springfield, Tennessee, USA
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Kern River Blues N Rock Fest
Sep-26-2024 - Sep-29-2024
Kernville, California USA
GABBAfestSep-26-2024 - Sep-29-2024 Macon, Georgia, 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
Blues on the MesaSep-28-2024 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Chain O' Lakes Blues FestivalOct-04-2024 - Oct-05-2024 Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA
Reds & Greens True Blues FestOct-05-2024 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Forgotten Music FestivalOct-05-2024 - Oct-06-2024 Port St. Joe, Florida, USA
King Biscuit Blues FestivalOct-09-2024 - Oct-12-2024 Helena, Arkansas, USA
Pinetop Perkins HomecomingOct-17-2024 - Oct-19-2024 Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Blues Heaven DenmarkNov-08-2024 - Nov-09-2024 Frederikshavn, Arena Nord, Denmark
Connecticut Rhythm
& Blues FestivalNov-09-2024 Britain, Connecticut, USA
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