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If you’re a lover of traditional blues music, Fogartyville is the place to be on Saturday, March 5th at 8pm for performances by John Long and Al Fuller. John Long, fingerpicker, slide guitarist and harmonica ace, deserves to be celebrated as one of the finest practitioners of the traditional blues. While he sounds like the old […]
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Groundbreaking young blues visionary Selwyn Birchwood will perform live at The Blue Rooster in Sarasota on Friday, December 31, 2021. Birchwood’s latest release is his highly anticipated third Alligator album, Living In A Burning House . Birchwood calls his original music “electric swamp funkin’ blues,” defined by raw and soulful musicianship played with fire-and-brimstone fervor. […]
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BRADENTON, Fla. — The ninth annual Bradenton Blues Festival continues to enjoy robust support from local businesses, foundations, and sponsors, even during the challenges of COVID-19. Blues fans have also showed their support for the socially-distanced festival as fewer than 100 tickets remain for the Saturday, Dec. 5 show at LECOM Park in downtown Bradenton. […]
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Visionary young blues star Selwyn Birchwood, touring in support of his latest Alligator Records release, “Pick Your Poison”, will perform at Blue Rooster in Sarasota on Saturday, December 21, 2019.
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“Rough and ready blues played with unmitigated intensity…Swirling, snarling, riveting slide….The Blues Imperials pound out riffs and rhythms like they’re overdosing on boogie juice. Scorching and soulful, joyous and stomping.” –Living Blues
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The annual Bradenton Blues Festival is only seven weeks away and has created quite a name for itself in the blues community. Known for consistent sellout crowds and stimulating the local economy, the festival draws thousands of attendees from across the state, country, and globe. The blues weekend kicks off with a free Blues Appetizer concert on Friday, Nov. 30, the Bradenton Blues Festival on Dec. 1, and the Blues Brunch on Dec. 2, 2018. Now in its seventh year, the Bradenton Blues Festival has put Bradenton on the map as a hub for the blues. Blues musicians, like Doug Deming from Detroit, MI, are moving to the area, Blues Music Magazine is located in Bradenton, and blues live-music venues like Blue Rooster are at capacity nearly every evening.
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Blues guitarist/vocalist Mike Zito recently won the 2018 Rock Blues Artist of the Year at the BMA’s! He is a solo artist as well as a co-founder of the Royal Southern Brotherhood band. He is no stranger to the Tampa Bay Area! He has played Skipper’s Smokehouse and the Tampa Bay Blues Festival! He is acquainted with the Sarasota/Bradenton area, having played many times at Ace’s Live Music Venue in Bradenton and TONIGHT he will play at The Blue Rooster in Sarasota! Don’t miss out on a great show!
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Expectation defying Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon will celebrate the release of his new Alligator Records album, The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp , with performances at the Blue Rooster in Sarasota on Friday, December 6 and the Bradenton Blues Festival in Bradenton on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
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Steve Arvey’s jazz sessions began in 2012 at the old Ocean Blues in Sarasota and moved to Monday Nights at the Blue Rooster in 2013. Now that the Blue Rooster has closed on Mondays for the summer, Arvey is trying the Jazz Sessions at a new venue – the Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court.
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Lauren Mitchell and Michael the “Professor” Hensley in a Whole New Light…
by Laurie Mirkin
I was so enthralled and gratified to be sitting about 10 ft. away from Lauren Mitchell and Mike Hensley, (more respectfully known as “Mike the Professor”) who were playing at the Blue Rooster last night. The atmosphere was perfect…from the sublime “low” lighting to the acoustics, perfect is the word that comes to mind.
We had a beer and some great fried green tomatoes and macaroni and cheese…good comfort food prepared, as we used to say, “so well that it made you wanna slap yo’ mama”! So the mix was great food, superlative entertainment, and an ambience that was so laid back and perfect that I felt like I was experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime moment.
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For 25 years, Kettle of Fish has been one of the Florida Suncoast’s most beloved live bands, building a loyal following through soulful blues, rock, Americana, and festival favorites. What started as a side project has grown into a full-time musical journey that has entertained thousands of fans across Sarasota, Bradenton, and beyond. As the […]