Blues

Stopping by from the Romancing the Valentine Giveaway Hop? Leave a comment on Monday's post HERE for a chance to win. Are you an author with a current work in progress? Share about it with us on a future WIP Wednesday. Send an e-mail to erinoriordan AT sbcglobal DOT net. This is actually a false start, but I'm nonetheless working on writing at least 4,000 words of a speculative story in which Bessie Smith is a vampire. In this scene, she's canoodling with Benny Goodman (not just a pun on her...Read Full Story

Mark your calendar now for the premier event of the summer in Windsor, Ontario, one short mile from the Motor City, July 15-17, 2011. Bluesfest International is doing what it does best- keeping the blues alive for its 17th season. This year's award-winning festival held in Windsor, Ontario is on the riverfront, opposite the beautiful Motown skyline and the only Caesars Casino & Hotel in Canada. The  festival kicks off with headliner Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band. Actor, Academy Award...Read Full Story

MEDIA   RELEASE 17 TH  BLUESFEST INTERNATIONAL -A VERITABLE BLUES LOVERS’ MECCA PARTY AT THE RIVERFRONT – YOUR SUMMERTIME GUARANTEE FOR GREAT BLUES! FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE Windsor, Ontario Mark your calendar now for the premier event of the summer, July 15-17, 2011, outdoors at the new improved, Riverfront Festival Plaza on the riverfront opposite Caesars Windsor and the beautiful Motown skyline.   Bluesfest International is the 10 th  largest blues festival in North America and we’ve put...Read Full Story

From Ted Boomer For immediate Release Windsor Ontario Feb.3, 2009 Four out of th e five nominations in the Blues Album of the Year category of the 2009 Juno Awards (nominations announced today) are artists that have played Bluesfest Windsor many times and two have or are about to be inducted into the Canada South Blues Museum. • “Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield” - Amos Garrett • “Acoustic Blues: Got ‘em From the Bottom”  -  Big Dave McLean • “Mess of Blues” - Jeff Healey * “Love...Read Full Story

BEST BLUES DEAL ON THE PLANET! OLG PRESENTS MUSIC: 15TH ANNUAL BLUESFEST INTERNATIONAL WINDSOR, ONTARIO, 1 SHORT MILE FROM DETROIT, MOTOWN, MICHIGAN $35 for 4 day weekend passport for one! (get them while they last) Windsor, Ontario – Festival lovers mark your calendar for July 16-19, 2009 and revel on the river overlooking Motown, as the 15 th annual Bluesfest hosts its most dynamic lineup ever. www.thebluesfest.com Bluesfest kicks off with the Grammy award-winning Tex-Mex sounds of Los...Read Full Story

Every year at this time, and it approaches like a freight train, everyone in Windsor Ontario that is associated with Bluesfest International knows that an incredible amount of work lays just ahead. Coordinating an event like this takes an incredible amount of effort. My Brother and Sister in Law have lived in Windsor Ontario for almost twenty years where they have raised their family and made significant inclusions to the color of this City. As co-producers of this event, little ruffles them...Read Full Story

If you’ve never heard of Joe Bonamassa, then odds are you are not current with what’s happening with blues music.  You owe it to yourself to check out this amazing guitar player.  He has chops like Stevie and Jimi, but can also play 3 notes that with the feeling of an old bluesman. Joe Bonamassa has been playing and touring for years, and now he has finally reached a point that most would call pretty successful, which is pretty hard in the music industry these days. BB King has played a...Read Full Story