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ONCE A YEAR MARKETING OPPORTUNITY!
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We're celebrating 21 Years as Blues Industry Leaders!
And it's time to reserve your Ad Space in the 21st Annual BLUES FESTIVAL GUIDE Magazine!
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Why You Should Include a PRINT Ad in Your Budget...
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• Thousands of bluesers read it online in digital format, also for free! We have an aggressive outreach program for our Digital Magazine (your ad in our print magazine, is automatically in the digital version at no up-charge).
• The Digital Magazine is also available to millions through two electronic newsstands: Magzter.com and Issuu.com
• The print and digital versions of the magazine have a long shelf life and are read and re-read throughout the year.
• Tens of thousands of magazines are shipped free to festivals, music museums, music venues, blues societies, etc. to be distributed free to blues fans.
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Photo Moments with the 20th Annual BFG Magazine!
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 Proud dad Ori Naftaly, Auntie Ava Jackson, and mama Tierinii Jackson of the award-winning, Grammy nominated band Southern Avenue, are sharing the love with baby Naava.
Ori posted on Facebook about their experience on the recent January Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, "the moment our Naava was initiated into the blues family will forever be remembered as the moment she was crowned princess of the blues!"
Photo: Gordon Bulcock/Nancy Edwards
ORDER your 2022 Magazine *SEND US A PIC WITH ANNUAL BFG MAG! BFG clients, contact your sales rep for your own copy
Anyone can Order here! Once you receive, have fun, get creative and SNAP A PHOTO of you, your friends, and/or artists, etc. with the BFG magazine and EMAIL photo, caption (120 words or less), URL if applicable, and photo credit to e-Guide editor!
The Blues Foundation is official sponsor of the 20th Anniversary Blues Festival Guide!
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CORRECTION FEB 2 VOL 18 ISSUE 5. There was not a proper hyphen between the dates published last week for the Tampa Bay Blues Festival.
The corrected dates are April 14-16, 2023.
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Book Your Cabin on the 2024 Sandy Beaches Cruise!
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 The 27th sailing of the Sandy Beaches Cruise just returned after a 3-year hiatus and it was the most incredible reunion! From surprise artist collaborations to late-night jam sessions, to reuniting with friends, new and old, it all made the wait well worth it - and we hope you’ll book your spot for next year!
Booking for 2024 is now open, but cabins won’t last long. This 7-day voyage will feature performances by Delbert McClinton, The Mavericks, Marcia Ball, The Band of Heathens, Lee Roy Parnell, Jimmy Hall, Wayne Toups, Blind Boys of Alabama, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Red Young, Seth James, Shelley King, Kimmie Rhodes, Yates McKendree and many more soon to be added. Get ready for an immersive week of concerts, artist-hosted activities, and incredible moments with your favorite performers and friends as you sail the beautiful Caribbean. Note: 2024 guests are welcome to sail regardless of vaccination status.
Sailing January 13 – 20, 2024 aboard Holland American Line Nieuw Amsterdam from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to St. Maarten and San Juan. Book now at SandyBeachesCruises.com and join the Sandy Beaches Facebook community!
Blues Guide fans can book now with promo code BLUESGUIDE to save on cabin prices! Plus, there are flexible payment options available to help keep you on budget and spread the cost of your cabin over low monthly payments. Book now and pay later, even past the date of your trip! More info here.
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Family Day at the Stax Museum Feb 11
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(MEMPHIS, TN) - On the 2nd Saturday of each month it's “Family Day” at the Stax Museum, 926 E. McLemore Ave., Memphis, Tennessee from 1-4 pm, and admission is free for everyone. The museum offers special programming for young people including live music, arts and crafts, activities, and more for "young" people of all ages.
They also offer free admission on Tuesdays 1-5 pm for residents of Shelby County with proper ID, but “Family Day” allows more young people and family members to come experience the Stax Museum on the weekend.
And remember, it's Stax Museum’s 20th Anniversary.
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Black Legacy Project launches in the Mississippi Delta February 22–28
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 (CLARKSDALE, MS) – Music in Common announces the MS Delta launch of The Black Legacy Project, a musical celebration of Black history to advance racial solidarity, equity, and belonging. As it travels the country, the Black LP brings together Black and White artists and artists of ALL backgrounds to record present day interpretations of songs central to the Black American experience and compose originals relevant to the pressing calls for change of our time. Community roundtable discussions will help inform how these songs are interpreted and written.
 After more than a year of development in the wake of the killings of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, The Black Legacy Project kicked off in September 2021 in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Since then, the Project has traveled to Los Angeles, the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas, and Denver. In 2023, it will launch in Atlanta, the Mississippi Delta, and Boise, hitting the Delta February 22-28 with events and programs for musicians and non-musicians alike.
In each community the Black LP travels to, songs addressing a theme connected to the local community are reimagined and composed. Musicians interested in performing or recording on the project can audition online.
The selected theme for the Delta is “I Am The Blues,” which explores the origins of Blues music and its roots in the Black American experience, especially of those living in the Mississippi Delta. The project will unpack the enormous contributions of Black musicians to the American musical landscape via the blues, often overlooked and at times appropriated.
Analysis of the songs, “I Am The Blues ” by Muddy Waters and “Poor Man’s Blues” by Bessie Smith, will foster a greater understanding of these contributions and the crediting of them to Black artists. Community members will analyze the lyrics of these songs in round table discussions to help inform how they are musically reinterpreted by local musicians. The roundtable will take place on Wednesday, February 22nd at 7PM. Registration is required. Location will be disclosed at that time.
Following the roundtable discussion, local artists will spend several days working up new arrangements of these songs as well as composing an original. The Delta songs will be recorded and the project will culminate with two free performances on February 27th at the Grammy Museum in Cleveland, MS and on February 28th at the BB King Museum in Indianola, MS. Both events, which also include a documentary screening of the pilot episode of the Black LP docuseries and a community conversation, start at 7PM and are free and open to all. Tickets can be reserved at this site.
The Black Legacy Project is funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (opportunity number DHS-22-TTP-132-00-01) and a long list of national and local partners. The Black LP is produced by Music in Common, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that strengthens, empowers, and connects communities through the universal language of music.
Since 2005, Music In Common has directly served thousands of people in more than 300 communities across the globe and across religious, ethnic, cultural, and racial axes. The organization was founded by singer-songwriter and producer Todd Mack in response to the murder of his friend and bandmate, Daniel Pearl, the Wall St. Journal reporter abducted by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002.
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Blues, Roots, Americana Honored at Grammys
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 I imagine many of you have already discovered this, but for those of you that haven’t just yet, or have not seen it all in print, or want to revel in the news again, here are the 2023 Grammy Winners in the Blues-Roots-Americana categories… with an extra fantastic win for veteran blues, roots, kickass singer, slide guitarist, songwriter... the one and only Bonnie Raitt!
2023 Blues, Roots, Americana Grammy Winners
Song the Year:
“Just Like That” Bonnie Raitt
Best Traditional Blues Album:
Get On Board Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder.
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Brother Johnny Edgar Winter
Best American Roots Performance:
“Stompin’ Ground” Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Best Americana Performance:
“Made Up Mind” Bonnie Raitt
Best American Roots Song:
“Just Like That” Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Ranky Tanky
Best Music Film:
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story - (Various Artists)
Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffern, video directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart & Ryan Suffern, video producers
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M.C. Records Celebrates Black History Month
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(NORTHPORT, NY) - M.C. Records proudly announce our 3rd annual Black History Month playlist. They have added new songs from last year. Artists include Odetta, Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Mavis Staples, Big Jack Johnson, Cyril Neville and more. The playlist has 20 tracks, some of them are from their Grammy nominated recordings.
"These artists are truly amazing and this rich collection of African-American music comes from blues, folk, and gospel," says label President Mark Carpentieri. "Sadly, some of these great artists are no longer with us but their music lives on and continues to inspire and will for generations."
You can listen to the M.C. Records 3rd annual Black History Month playlist on Spotify and Soundcloud.
Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history. To find out more about Black History Month, you can click here from The Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
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The Blues & the African-American Story
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 The annual observance of February as Black History Month puts a spotlight on the struggles and triumphs of African-Americans in helping to build and shape the nation and our collective culture. Part of that culture is music, and the Blues has influenced all genres.
The Delta Blues Museum invites you to visit their Gift Shop to find a unique collection of first-person memoirs and in-depth histories: David “Honeyboy” Edwards shares his journey in The World Don't Owe Me Nothing, and Bobby Rush's memoir, I Ain't Studdin' Ya, details his stories of becoming “King of the Chitlin’ Circuit.” The Life and Legacy of B.B. King features interviews with the legend’s bandmates and family members for an intimate look at the man behind the music. Lost Delta Found is a documentation by Fisk scholars of life and music in 1940s Coahoma County, Mississippi. Robert Palmer's Deep Blues traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings... and there's much more to discover.
Your purchase helps the Delta Blues Museum preserve and present the legacy of the Delta Blues.
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Charlotte Blues Society's 30th tix on sale now
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 (CHARLOTTE, NC) - Celebrate the Charlotte Blues Society's 30th Anniversary with live blues by Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues featuring a Youth Showcase on Sunday, April 2, at Heist Brewery and Barrel Arts, 1030 Woodward Ave., Charlotte, North Carolina.
The youth showcase will open the shw at 5:30pm, and Mac Arnold begins at 7:30.
There will be free parking, food for purchase, cash bar, craft beer brewed in house, door prizes and raffles.
Society members will receive a Advance purchase discount code by Email. Memberships will be sold at the show.
Doors open at 5pm. Tickets are $25-$30 andavailable now at EventBrite. Handicap seating available. Limited GA seating available on a first come basis. Tickets will be available at the door if capacity allows.
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Which Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Hits Your Groove?
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- #39 Mexican Riviera: Book Your Cabin Now!
- #40 Western Caribbean: Bands Announced Early Spring
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LRBC #39
Mexican Riviera
Oct. 28 ~ Nov. 4, 2023
Sailing on Holland America's ms Koningsdam from San Diego, CA to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan & Puerto Vallarta. Visit online reservations or call (816) 753-7979 to BOOK YOUR CABIN NOW! Artist Lineup &
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#40 Western Caribbean
Jan 28 ~ Feb 4, 2024
Sailing on Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Grand Cayman, Roatán, Honduras & Costa Maya, Mexico. Bands announced in early Spring. Stay tuned for Open Cabin Sales start date! Sign up for mail list. Visit online reservations or call (816) 753-7979 to place deposit! ______________________
LEGENDARY RHYTHM
& BLUES CRUISE
313 Lawrence St. Kansas City, MO
(816) 753-7979
Our Headliners Stay & Play
They Don’t Hit & Run!
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Bonnie Raitt "Made Up Mind"
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Scott Ellison :: ZERO 2 SIXTY
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 For Zero 2 Sixty, Scott wanted to strip things down and deliver a blinding Blues album to follow his #1 album There’s Something About the Night released a year ago. Over the course of 12 tracks, Scott’s searing guitar, slide
guitar, bass guitar and soulful vocals makes for a potent one-two punch! From Chicago-meets-Texas-meets-Oklahoma shuffle and groove, to a full tilt Blues-Rock workout, pure soul blues and just about every point in between. This album checks all the Blues boxes and then some.
Writing and recording from his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The record features his primary backing and touring band on some tracks and some very special guests and longtime friends from Tulsa. Ellison, who co-wrote all 12 songs with Michael Price, four of those with Michael and Chris Campbell. With an array of styles woven in one cohesive package, Zero-2-Sixty takes Ellison’s past to present and reinvents them as a bold template for the future.
Website
"That's How I Love My Woman"
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Just In Case... plus Holidays & Birthdays
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 February is "Black History Month"
• World Radio Day Feb 13
• Valentine's Day Feb 14
• Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras Feb 21
Birthdays upcoming of note:
Feb 9-Johnny Heartsman (1937-1996); Feb 11-Josh White (1908-1969), Phillip Walker (1937-2010), Little Johnny Taylor (1943), Otis Clay (1942); Feb 12-Pink Anderson (1937-2010); Feb 13-Sugaray Rayford (1969); Feb 14-"Magic Sam" Maghett (1937-1969), Maceo Parker (1943); Feb 15-James "Kokomo" Arnold (1901-1968), Gary Clark Jr. (1984); Feb 16- Bill Doggett (1916), Super Chikan (1951), Andra Faye (1960); Feb 17-Lou Ann Barton (1954); Feb 18-Irma Thomas (1941); Feb 19-Sam Myers (1936-2006), William "Smokey" Robinson (1940), Robert “Bilbo” Walker (1937-2017); Feb 20-Jimmy "Papa" Yancey (1898-1951), Joanne Shaw Taylor (1985); Feb 21-Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell (1903-1962), Nina Simone (1933-2003)
 Just in Case:
• February 11th is "National Guitar Day." I'm so in awe of guitar players! Whether simple or on fire, what truly amazing feats and seemingly magic can come from this instrument. According to some sources, the world's oldest surviving guitar is more than 400 years old. It was built in the late 16th century by a Portuguese man named Belchior Dias.
It's also "Get Your Guitar Out Day," so if you have one and haven't played it in a while, or are still learning, consider this day as a wake-up call! You'll just might be glad you shook out the cobwebs, or even polished off that song you've been working on. Now, that would be cool and an accomplishment that could nourish yours and probably others' musical souls. Express yourself!
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Billboard & iTunes #1 Blues Album - as of Feb 9, 2023
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Juat Like That
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20th Annual Blues Festival Guide
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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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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
Mahindra Blues Festival
Feb-11-2023 – Feb-12-2023
Mumbai, India
Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival
Feb-18-2023
Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
Villa Sessions 2023
Vila do Conde Blues Festival
Feb-23-2023 – Feb-26-2023
Vila do Conde, Portugal
Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival XXI
Feb-24-2023 – Feb-26-2023
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vero Beach Blues Festival
Feb-25-2023 – Feb-26-2023
Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Leeds Blues, Rhythm
& Rock Festival
Feb-26-2023
Leeds, United Kingdom
Saskatoon Blues Festival
Feb-27-2023 – Mar-05-2023
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
River City Blues Festival
Mar-17-2023 – Mar-18-2023
Marietta, Ohio, USA
Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival
Mar-17-2023 – Mar-19-2023
Boquete, Panama
Blues on Reid
Mar-25-2023
Port St. Joe, Florida, Florida, USA
Woodystock Blues & Brews Fest
Mar-25-2023
Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona, USA
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2023 Byron Bay Bluesfest
April-6-2023 - April-10-2023
Byron Bay, Australia
Nidaros Blues
Apr-13-2023
Trodheim, Norway
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
Buffalo Blues & Roots Festival
Apr-22-2023
Buffalo , New York, USA
Baton Rouge Blues Festival
April-22-2023 – April-23-2023
Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
Blues, Brews & Barbeque
May-06-2023
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Lincoln Blues, Rhythm
& Rock Festival
May-6-2023
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Gator by the Bay
May-11-2023 – May-14-2023
San Diego, California, USA
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
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Michele is also a singer, songwriter, performer and bandleader based in the San Diego County, California area and nicknamed the "Queen of Steam" for her high energy and passionate style.
RBA Publishing, Inc. in business since 1993, is a boutique, blues-specific PR and marketing firm based on the West Coast. We help musicians, festivals, labels and music-related brands. Our digital campaigns target fans, industry and influencers. We are masterful at email marketing, social media, fan acquisition and long-term marketing plans. Our media services are supported by people who understand and love the blues genre. Publishers of the annual Blues Festival Guide magazine, our top-ranking website, and e-Guide newsletter with approx. 30,000 weekly subscribers, we have been blues industry leaders for 20 years. Please contact us at 707-630 3304 or EMAIL to find out how we can help you!
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