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Get ready to groove to the authentic sounds of the Bluestar Blues Band! If you’re a fan of the legendary Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf, then you don’t want to miss their electrifying live performance on the outside stage at The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime. Saturday, January 20, from 6-9pm, join us for a […]
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Saturday night, December 30, at Jr’s Old Packinghouse Café, Bluestar takes to the stage with music from the Crusaders to Magic Slim, Muddy Waters to Steely Dan and even some Allman Brothers. Singer and lead guitarist Kevin O’Connor has moved further into the spotlight, with his versatile, quick-fingered guitar playing, a combination of technical skills, […]
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Award-winning San Francisco Bay-area blues band Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, two-time winners of the prestigious Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year, will headline the Bradenton Blues Festival in Bradenton on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Their latest Alligator Records release is 2019’s Contemporary . The limitless combined talents of blues harmonica virtuoso and sly, […]
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Blues is a musical form that became known in the Deep South around the 1860s, although it began much earlier. The Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture. Johnny Guitar and Bluestar play real deal blues. The songs “can’t be sung without a full heart and […]
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Realize Bradenton, the Producers of the Bradenton Blues Festival, have once again raised the bar for what has been touted as the Top Blues Festival in the U.S. by Blues411 Radio. This year’s Bradenton Blues Festival is a “Come Early and Stay Late” event and will kick off with a Free Blues Appetizer concert on Friday, Dec. 2nd, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., followed by the main event Saturday, Dec. 3rd, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and wrapped up with a Blues Brunch on Sunday, Dec. 4th.
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Bluestar provides a platform for two female musicians to shine and inspire the next generation of artists during National Women’s Month and year-round. By amplifying diverse voices and narratives, the band contributes to a more inclusive and equal music industry. The Bluestar Band’s female musicians, Carolyn Davis who plays keyboards and also sings, and Beth […]
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Whether you find solace in the haunting notes of a blues guitar or are moved by the raw emotion in a blues vocalist’s voice, take a moment to appreciate the origins and evolution of this remarkable genre. Let us celebrate the artists who have poured their hearts into creating music that transcends boundaries and speaks […]
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In June, Bluestar Band played at JR’s Old Packinghouse Café to a standing room only crowd, with folks waiting for tables, quite a feat in Florida’s off season. Since then, the Sarasota County Department of Public Works has made life difficult for the Old Packinghouse. Road closed signs have appeared near Bahia Vista, even though […]
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The Blues started quite a while ago. Some folks borrowed from it. Some folks copied the blues. Some folks changed it up and called it JAZZ. Authentic Blues is what folks are really looking for. You can’t just sing the blues. You can’t just play the blues. You gotta live the blues. Johnny Guitar began […]
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Dirty Cello is an internationally touring band that’s performed from China to Germany to everywhere in between. The band spends a lot of time overseas and in their home base in California, but has been working hard to expand their travels around our beautiful country. Led by cellist Rebecca Roudman and joined on this tour by her guitarist husband, Jason Eckl, the two first visited Florida last February. While planning for their 2018 season, Eckl asked Roudman where she wanted to go in order to combine a tour and a vacation. Roudman enthusiastically replied, “Harry Potter World!” and thus, Dirty Cello’s love of Florida began.
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Blues/rock group Tucci announces a July 14 national release date for their new CD, Olivia, on Hideaway Records. Tucci band members are Steve “Doc” Tucci – guitars and vocals; Michael Tucci – drums; Shawn Murphy – sax and vocals; and Harry DeBusk – bass and vocals. Blues great Larry McCray lends his guitar and vocal talents throughout the album, and Olivia also includes perhaps the last recorded appearance from former Allman Brothers Band, Gregg Allman Band and Great Southern guitarist Dan Toler, who died shortly after his track was recorded.