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Kissimmee Lake Front Park
Saturday, February 27, 2010, Kissimmee, FL, U.S.
407-847-3174 nbsp; | www.kissimmeechamber.com
Headliners: Miles Jaye, The Legendary JC’s, Selwyn Birchwood
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
OCTOBER 17-24, 2010 PACIFIC
From San Diego, CA to Mexican Riviera, Holland America intimate ms Zaandam
JANUARY 24-31, 2011 CARIBBEAN
From Fort Lauderdale, FL to Caribbean, Holland America ms Eurodam
888-BLUESIN or 816-753-7979 Intl www.BluesCruise.com
Blues Music Awards
The 2010 Blues Music Awards will be Thursday May 6, 2010 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
For the latest on the 30th Blues Music Awards held May 7, 2009, visit our news page.
The presenting sponsor for the 30th Blues Music Awards was once again be The GIBSON Foundation www.gibson.com.
The 30th Blues Music Awards were also sponsored by ArtsMemphis, BMI, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, I 55 Productions, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
The 2010 show will follow the format of the critically-acclaimed shows of recent years. More than 65 nominees attend and the night is filled with their appearances and performances in a dinner table setting in the Convention Center's ballroom.
The event brings together Blues performers, industry representatives and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous year. Each year, the Foundation present The Blues Music Awards to the artists selected by its members. They are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. As always, a pre-party will immediately precede the Awards.
The Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Charter Members' Dinner will be held the night before on Wednesday, May 5. Contact The Blues Foundation about becoming a Charter Member in order to attend this star-studded event.
For more information, contact Jay Sieleman at (901) 527-2583 xt 12.
Peter Karp and Sue Foley Collaborate on New CD and Tour
Blind Pig Records has announced the signing of U.S. singer/songwriter Peter Karp and Canadian Juno award winner Sue Foley for a joint recording project
He Said - She Said is an inspired collaboration of original songs adapted from correspondence the two shared through letters written over a two year period. These letters started as a casual exchange between two committed performers sharing their common bond of the loneliness of the road, the pain of separation from family and home and above all, the drive to make music.
But as time went on, the letters they shared became more poignant, more revealing, more intimate; An account of the personal struggles and dramatic changes that were happening in their lives, they chronicle a crucial period of time of growth and struggle for them as artists and on a personal level.
Both artists had no idea and no intention at the time that the letters woul= D become an album. Creatively, the creation of the album was an organic process, as the two songwriters eventually came to recognize that their letters provided the basic material for a series of songs. Blind Pig Records will release the He Said - She Said CD in March.
Karp and Foley have also developed a compelling He Said She Said live performance based on the album.
As the basis for American music, the rhythms and musical progressions of blues music has had a public following since the early 20th century. As time progressed, the sounds of blues music have been altered, expanded, and often renamed. The basis of rock 'n roll, hip hop, rap, heavy metal, and jazz all have a genesis in blues music. To ensure the continued survival of an audience for blues music and expand the financial opportunities for blues and it's life blood festivals The Blues Festival Guide is committed to the process of outreach and a search for methods to present blues to a wider public.
Blues Music... Sometimes sad, lonely and mournful, but in other cases fully energized and bursting with electric-guitar-fueled vigor, blues is one of the most powerful, influential and popular musical styles to have risen during the last few centuries.
The song structure is simple much of classic blues is based around a three-chord, 12-bar progression that leaves room for boundless improvisation and it serves as a foundation for much of today's popular music.
Today it's still being picked on the front porches of tar-paper shacks, but it's just as frequently fired up loud and proud in front of a barroom (or for that matter stadium) crowd. In either case though, it remains a music that reflects hardship, trouble and strife, but also perseverance and strength of character to know the blues is to be in touch with your true spirit and soul.
Notableartists include: B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Etta James, Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon
