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Mister Sipp gets down Mississippi-style on the 2015 LBRC to Costa Maya, Roatan and   Bobby Rush dramatizes his musical journey which includes Motown, funk and hip-hop
        Grand Cayman  Photo by Kaati Gaffney                  Photo by ©  Joseph A. Rosen
                                   Tamara Peterson takes the stage with her
                                   soulful voice that mixes contemporary   Piano man Victor Wainwright managed to sound like four
                                   blues, R&B and jazz        people playing at once as he held down the honky tonk and
                                   Photo by © Joseph A. Rosen  boogie-woogie side of the blues.
                                   “took  us  to  church”  as  they   Some of the best musical gumbo was stirred up at the late
                                   allowed  themselves  to  push   night jams where jammers mixed up all the genres, and that is
                                   the edge of the gospel side of   where the real magic happened. Maybe a new type of blues
                                   things. A delicious soul food   was founded: cruise blues?
                                   themed brunch provided just   Future cruises promise to be equally full of blues flavors. To
                                   the right accompaniment with   find out how you can get a taste, visit bluescruise.com or call
                                   ribs, fried chicken, cornbread   (816) 753-7979.
                                   and black-eyed peas.
                                      The stage play The Devil’s   Kate  Martinelli  is  the  co-founder  of  Vallejo's  Ozcat  Radio
                                   Music – The Life and Blues of   89.5 FM of Vallejo, CA and the host of The Sunny Mix radio
                                   Bessie  Smith  featured  a  trio   program. She is a freelance writer, graphic and web designer,
        that often chilled into a jazz vein throughout the performance,   but  most  of  all,  devoted  mother  and  grandmother.  Find
        and burst into full blues when Miche Braden belted out one of   Ozcat Radio online at www.ozcatradio.com or tune in with a
        Bessie’s classics.                                    smartphone.
























                                                              Tullah Carter (lt) and Katie Martinelli (rt) of Ozcat Radio enjoy a moment with "Queen
        Bluesamericana is the name of Keb’ Mo’s new album and a perfect description of the   of the Blues" Shemekia Copeland at the Casino Bar of Holland America's Ms Nieuw
        music  Photo by © Joseph A. Rosen                     Amsterdam (LRBC #24)  Photo by Kaati Gaffney



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