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Promoters! Post Your 2016 Festival Dates
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Festival promoters can post their 2016 festival dates on our
top-ranking blues festival website. You don't need your line-up,
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Share your pose with the 13th Annual BFG Magazine
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In Memphis last May, we caught up with blues friend and a highly respected figure in the blues community, Bill Wax, the original Program Director for B.B. King's Bluesville on Sirrus XM and former Chair of the Blues Foundation Board of Directors.
Photo: Mary Ann Haskell
*NOTE! Snap photos of you, your friends or an artist with the 2015 Guide! *EMAIL photo plus caption & credit. *Want your own hard copy?
Order via our website. Our 2015 edition is sponsored by the Jackson Rhythm & Blues Festival, Jackson, MS.Find the digital version here. ...
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MonkeyJunk :: MOON TURN RED
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Moon Turn Red, the latest CD from multi-award winning Ottawa-based trio, MonkeyJunk who are comprised of Steve Marriner (vocals, harmonica, keyboards, baritone guitar), Tony D (lead guitar, background vocals) and Matt Sobb (drums, percussion, background vocals), MonkeyJunk plays an energized mix of swamp blues and funky roots rock ‘n’ roll. Moon Turn Red was produced by the band and Ken Friesen, with additional production on one track by Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo.
On this fourth CD for Stony Plain, MonkeyJunk displays their passionate and edgy roots-based music with an unfettered delivery, and Moon Turn Red is certain to further cement the band’s popularity around the globe. “With each record we make, we feel like we’re pushing more boundaries,” says the group’s Steve Marriner
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"Light It Up"
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Keith Stone :: THE PRODIGAL RETURNS
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Keith Stone is on a mission to play your blues away. His new album, The Prodigal Returns, takes you on a musical tour of New Orleans and Southern Louisiana where you can sample the richness of his musical heritage. Stone, a native of New Orleans, lays down a solid performance as he pays tribute to his city and her musical offspring who have influenced virtually every form of American roots music.
The Prodigal Returns features a special performance by multi–Grammy award winner and rock n’ roll Hall of Famer, Dr. John. Other guests include: Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, Joe Krown, and famed background singer Elaine Forster.
"The Prodigal Returns is destined to become a classic New Orleans Blues album featuring Stone’s well written, original songs..."
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"The Prodigal Returns"
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The Tampa Bay Blues Festival returns April 8, 9, & 10, 2016
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL - The Tampa Bay Blues Festival returns to Vinoy Waterfront Park, St. Petersburg, Florida, April 8, 9, & 10, 2016. Artists include Aaron Neville, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Walter Trout, J.J. Grey & Mofro, Tommy Castro, Curtis Salgado, Danielle Nicole, Victor Wainwright, and more.
The festival VIP package is one of the best in America. VIP clients enjoy front stage seating in comfortable chairs, 2 waterfront shade tents, free wine, beer, soda, water, complimentary lunch by local restaurants, dinner by Outback Steakhouse, air conditioned restrooms, and more.
The festival is staged on the sunny shores of Tampa Bay, with tropical scenery and beautiful water views. Many food and merchandise vendors also participate. It’s a fabulous three days of Blues by the Bay!
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Camp at T-Bois Blues Festival March 17-18-19, 2016
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LAROSE, LA - The T-Bois Blues Festival music kicks off Thursday March 17 at 7pm through March 20 on the Falgout Gator Farm grounds (900 Hamilton St., Larose, Louisiana). This outdoor, camping festival will feature Mike Zito & The Wheel, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Carolyn Wonderland, Jason Ricci, Nick Moss, Anders Osborne, Nigel Hall, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, and many more on 2 stages!
Yes, T~Bois is a camping festival, and campers need to be prepared to be in the elements. They don’t have electricity, air conditioning or many of the other amenities that commercial festivals have. If being one with nature isn’t your cup of tea, then T~Bois may not be the festival for you.
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World’s First Blues Music Reality Show To Launch in April
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Moonshine & Mojo Hands reunites creators of award-winning documentaries M for Mississippi and We Juke Up in Here
CLARKSDALE, MS – The long-awaited premiere of the world’s first blues music reality show will take place this spring. The first episode of Moonshine & Mojo Hands: The Mississippi Blues Series will begin streaming online on Thursday, April 21 with additional episodes to debut each week. The entire 10-episode series will stream exclusively online.
The web series was created by Roger Stolle and Jeff Konkel, who previously teamed up on the award-winning blues documentaries M for Mississippi: A Road Trip Through the Birthplace of the Blues and We Juke Up in Here: Mississippi’s Juke Joint Culture at the Crossroads.
...Find more about this blues series and the link to watch
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Mick Fleetwood on Blues Beginnings, Upcoming Australia Tour
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There's no denying the impact Mick Fleetwood has had on popular music. As a founding member of the iconic Fleetwood Mac, the tall and gangly drummer has played a part in some of the biggest records of our time.
What many won't know about the Cornwall-born, Maui-based Fleetwood however, is how he and legendary guitarist Peter Green came to form the band, back in 1967. For Fleetwood Mac wasn't always the pop/rock, soft/rock behemoth it was through the 1970s. It actually started out as a straight up blues band.
Both Fleetwood and Green, along with bassist John McVie, were playing in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers –the British blues band of the time, and a veritable guitarist factory, claiming amongst its ranks at one stage or another...
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Music, myth, and community in post-Katrina New Orleans
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In an in-depth study of post-Katrina New Orleans, emeritus politics professor Michael Urban explores how music is intertwined with the city’s community-rebuilding efforts.
“New Orleans rhythm and blues, like any music, has the capacity to generate community,” Urban writes in New Orleans Rhythm and Blues After Katrina: Music, Magic and Myth (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
Through 56 open-ended interviews with music journalists, producers, promoters and, of course, some of New Orleans most prominent musicians (including Davis Rogan, the inspiration behind the HBO’s "Treme" character, Davis McAlary), Urban explores the distinctive subculture of the New Orleans music community and finds an ethos that subordinates individual achievement to group effort, both musically and socially.
...Find entire article about these informative insights
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Now here's a Chance for a Cabin for Two on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #27
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It’s not every day you get an opportunity to spend 7 Days and 7 Nights of Blues Heaven with Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Keb' Mo', Los Lobos, John Hammond, Tommy Castro, Ana Popovic, Kenny Neal, Shemekia Copeland, Johnny Rawls, Trampled Under Foot, Lil' Ed, Tinsley Ellis, Roomful of Blues, Southern Hospitality, Chubby Carrier, Diunna Greenleaf, Albert Castiglia, Rudy Rotta, Selwyn Birchwood, Nick Moss, Eden Brent, Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, Super Chikan, Quinn Sullivan, and many, many more!
Enter here for your chance to sail! No purchase necessary! Please limit one entry per person. Entries will end August 14, 2016 at 11:59pm CST. Winner will be announced August 15, 2016.
Cabins are on sale now. Call 816-753-7979 or visit here.
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- Mississippi Valley Blues Society Event April 10th
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ROCK ISLAND, IL - The Mississippi Valley Blues Society presents Alligator Records recording artist Selwyn Birchwood, and his band at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, at Kavanaugh’s Hilltop Tap, 1228 30th Street, Rock Island, IL. The cost to see this performance will be $10 if you are a Mississippi Valley Blues Society member, or $12 if you have not joined the Blues Society (application will be available at the door).
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Have you made plans for the 2016 Blues Music Awards?
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MEMPHIS, TN – The Blues Foundation annual Blues Music Awards will be presented at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Purchase tables and single seats ...Book your room at the Sheraton Hotel!
The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded blues music performers. The annual Blues Music Awards ceremony is the premier event for blues professionals, musicians, and fans from all over the world. The focus of this celebration is to honor this rich cultural tradition by recognizing the past year’s superior achievements in blues performance, songwriting, and recording.
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The Talkin'Blues Podcast with Mako Funasaka
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CLICK IMAGE FOR PODCAST
Intro from Mako Funasaka:
This episode features an interview with blues musician, Sugar Brown. Sugar Brown is not your ordinary blues musician as you will find out in this interview. Sugar Brown talks about his upbringing, his education and his time in Chicago which lead him to play the blues. This interview took place on New Year's Eve, 2015. (Music: "Poor Lazarus" traditional arrangement by Sugar Brown. Special Thanks to Sarah French.)
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More info on Mako Funasaka and his Talkin'Blues home page
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Legendary R&B Cruise News
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LRBC #27 Southeastern Caribbean, Oct. 29-Nov. 5, 2016 On Sale Now!
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Cabins on sale for LRBC #27
Oct. 29 ~ Nov. 5, 2016
Southeastern Caribbean
San Juan, Puerto Rico to the exotic islands of Barbados, Dominica, Grenada & Guadeloupe on the Celebrity Summit. Buddy Guy (3 shows), Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', Los Lobos, Johnny Rawls, John Hammond, Tommy Castro & LRBR, Kenny Neal, Ana Popovic, Shemekia Copeland, Trampled Under Foot Reunion, Roomful Of Blues, Southern Hospitality, Tinsley Ellis, Chubby Carrier & many more!
LRBC #28 January 22-29, 2017 Eastern Caribbean Bands Announced SOON! Join Mail List for Announcement & Cabin Availability. Ft. Lauderdale to St. Maarten, St. John USVI & Dominican Republic on Holland America’s new ms Koningsdam
NOTE: If you need help, please email or visit
Booking FAQs or call (816) 753-7979 to join.
Visit reservations.bluescruise.com
Info: WEBSITE or 816-753-7979 or 888-BLUESIN' ~ Need help?: EMAIL
LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES CRUISE
313 Lawrence Ave., Kansas City, MO
More then a cruise! More Than You Can Imagine!
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Rory Gallagher - "Too Much Alcohol"
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Mar 19-20, 2016 Radio Show: Tedeschi Trucks
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The husband wife team of Tedeschi Trucks have turned their musical collaboration into a big band powerhouse, a 12 member ensemble, with not one but two drummers, and live shows that tear down the house. Oh, and their records are mighty good too. They’ve got a new one.
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks join Elwood, next time in the Bluesmobile.
TheBluesMobile.Com For a list of stations where you can find BluesMobile Radio Click Here
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Happy St. Patrick's Day Mar 17th
Here's to a Health of Blues on Ye!
~ Birthdays of note through next week:
Mar 17 Nat "King" Cole (1917); Mar 18 Wilson Pickett (1941), Big Daddy Kinsey (1927); Mar 19 Clarence "Frogman" Henry (1937), Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1894), Ornette Coleman (1930), Walter Jackson (1938), Mar 20 Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Frank Edwards (1909), Marcia Ball (1949), Sam Lay (1935), Eddie Shaw (1937), Jimmie Vaughan (1951)
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T-Bois Blues Festival
Mar-17-2016 - Mar-20-2016
Larose, Louisiana USA
San Felipe Blues & Arts Fiesta
Mar-19-2016 - Mar-20-2016
San Felipe, Baja, Mexico
Reykjavik Blues Festival Mar-19-2016 - Mar-25-2016
Reykjavik, Iceland
Byron Bay Bluesfest Mar-24-2016 - Mar-28-2016
Byron Bay, Australia
Columbus Blues Revival Mar-26-2016
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Foxfire Blues Fest 2016 Mar-26-2016 - Mar-27-2016
Waterford, Mississippi, USA
Spring Harp Fest Mar-26-2016
La Mesa, California, USA
Listening Room Festival Mar-28-2016 - Apr-03-2016
St Petersburg, Florida, USA
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Walla Walla Guitar Festival Apr-07-2016 - Apr-10-2016
Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Tampa Bay Blues Festival Apr-08-2016 - Apr-10-2016
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Juke Joint Festival
& Related Events Apr-14-2016 - Apr-17-2016 Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
New Orleans Jazz
& Heritage Fest Apr-22-2016 - May-01-2016
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lehigh River Blues Jam Apr-29-2016 - Apr-30-2016
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Stomp The Blues Out of Homlessness Festival May-21-2016
Springfield, Missouri, USA
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RBA Publishing Inc is based in Reno, Nevada USA. We are woman owned and operated.
We produce the annual Blues Festival Guide magazine (publishing our 12th annual in 2014), affiliated with the top-ranking website, and this weekly blues newsletter: The Blues Festival E-Guide, with approximately 30,000 weekly subscribers.
We look forward to your suggestions, critiques and questions. Reach our E-Guide editor, Michele Lundeen via EMAIL.
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Information both editorial and advertising in the Blues Festival E-Guide is believed to be correct but not guaranteed. Double check info carefully before you attend any event or send money for anything. We do not write the news... we just report it.
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