"SXSW Music is four hyperactive days of making connections for musicians, recording companies and every other business touching on music, from concert bookers to copyright lawyers, publishers to Web geeks." New York Times, 3/19/07
Contino's mixture of Blues, Americana, Cajun, and Roots music has earned them an ever growing fan base both in North America and Europe. To see Contino is often like watching a train rolling at high speed down a mountain. It's frenetic, exhilarating, and you might often wonder if it's about to run off the tracks - but it never does. ROR RECOMMENDS!
Grammy award winning Guy/Girl Duo in the Folk and Country Duo sections debut album Barton Hollow combines excellent lyrics with sweet harmonies......receiving accolades across the music world.
Mark Lanegan has created one of his most accomplished efforts; an album that transcends genres and trends, carving its own unique path of musical growth, artistic integrity and gritty resolve. Blues Funeral is destined to become a modern classic. ROR RECOMMENDS!
Blues Festival Guide for USA. Click on image.
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS music festival, Zilker Park, Austin, Texas, USA
www.aclfestival.com
It’s when Delta Blues fans head on down to Helena, AR for 3 days of the best Blues in the Delta. The King Biscuit Blues Festival, as it was originally called, began in 1986 as a one-day musical tribute to the Blues roots of Helena and the man at those roots, Sonny Boy Williamson. The “King Biscuit” in its name stems from the fact that Sonny Boy Williamson was a founding performer on King Biscuit Time,a live Blues program on KFFB radio. The program was sponsored by King Biscuit Flour.
Red House Festival Returns to Red Wing!
After the success of last year's Blues at the Barn festival, we're expanding the event to include even more music! Going beyond blues to include folk, Americana and alt-country, this year's Barnfest will be bigger and better than ever with an all-star line-up that will include such acts as Pieta Brown, Cliff Eberhardt, Storyhill and Danny Schmidt. Hearkening back to the days of Red House's Summerfolk festivals, this will be an event to remember with food, fun and music in a beautiful farm setting perfect for the whole family. Mark your calendars now, and we'll see you in August!RED HOUSE BARNFESTSaturday, August 7th, 1-7 pmHobgoblin Music - Outdoor Amphitheater920 State Hwy 19Red Wing, MN
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Blues University® has announced the date of the Spring 2009 Chicago Blues Tour. The tour connects 7 of Chicago’s famous lounges featuring 8 live blues bands all night long, on Sat., May 16th. Happens every year folks...sounds a lotta fun!
October 17-18, 2009
On Friday, May 8th, the Delta/Eclecto Groove All-Star Blues Revue returns to the New Daisy Theater in Memphis, Tennessee – the venue where the concert series was originally established on May 12, 2006.
Every Year in May, terrific Blues lineup.
Longest Running Blues Fest in the State ready to roll
with more music than ever!
Greeley Blues Jam June..preserving the Blues!
www.strictlybluegrass.com
FREE festival in San Francisco.......with a huge lineup each year!
In May at Shreveport
Two Blues Cruises annually...check out the Artists!
Huge lineup of across the board music Artists, August in Chicago
MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of Eddy Merle Watson as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College and a celebration of "traditional plus" music. Scheduled for April 29 – May 2, 2010, the event is held on the campus of Wilkes Community college in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Great lineup.
IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
Both these collectors posters are available from Festival site.
www.nojazzfest.com
THE LEGENDARY NEW ORLEANS JAZZ HERITAGE FESTIVAL on every year......Go on treat yourself!
The festival takes place July 11 at Marymoor Park in Redmond.
Outdoor Festival in Texas featuring the very best in Americana Roots music...usually in April
18th Annual Pocono Blues Festival-July 24, 25, 26, 2009 This award winning 3 day national Blues Festival features 20 national acts on 3 stages. Each year thousands of music fans travel from 30 states and 10 countries to witness real deal American Blues Music.
SOUTH BY SOUTH WEST MUSIC FESTIVAL, AUSTIN, TEXAS
SW Roots Music & the SF Reporter present the 10th annual
THIRSTY EAR FESTIVAL
June 12-14, 2009 at Eaves Movie Ranch, Santa Fe
Not the USA but the Caribbean...we will get an entry for there soon!
July 3rd - 5th July 2009, and around this time every year.
WEST MARYLAND BLUES FESTIVAL usually in May