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Registration Now Open For Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival
Let the Blues begin! Artistic Director Corey Harris has expanded the Acoustic Blues workshop for 2010, offering two sessions each morning and one in the afternoon. Classes are offered in blues guitar, slide guitar, Piedmont-style fingerpicking, harmonica, fiddle, mandolin, banjo,...2010 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival Registration to Open Soon
Our Artistic Director for Blues, Corey Harris, is putting the finishing touches on our blues faculty lineup for 2010. We'll be launching registration within the month and announcing it here, so stay tuned! The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival is...Piedmont Blues to Hit the Wheeler Theater
National Heritage Fellow John Dee Holeman, along with songster Michael Roach (pictured) and multi-instrumentalist Lighntin’ Wells, will present an evening of acoustic Piedmont blues at 7:30 pm on October 16 at Fort Worden State Park’s Joseph F. Wheeler Theater. Tickets...Forum
Surprise - Alvin Youngblood & Dom Flemons in "The Great Debaters"
Started by Son Jack Jr Feb 4.
Congratulations are in order...
Started by Terrapin Tim Volem Jan 24.
Cross Roads Blues Band-the Resurrection Prepares to Take the World Stage
Started by just roots pr Jan 11.
"Living at Wal-Mart" Gains Momentum, Goes Viral
Started by just roots pr Jan 11.
Graying Males
Started by Terrapin Tim Volem Jan 9.
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"...the times and travels of an american bluesman."
"As you all know, in my humble opinion, Billy Jones is one of the most compelling artists around on today's Black Blues music scene.
For his latest album, he has put together a collection of his best songs
on a single album called "The Billy Jones Story." This is something that
I wish more artists should do with some of the outstanding music they
have released and I am glad to see that Billy has taken that step. Look
for 5 or 6 of these songs to make a… Continue
Posted by billy jones bluez on November 16, 2009 at 2:10am
100 days
Posted by Son Jack Jr on November 2, 2009 at 9:23am — 1 Comment
Amazing Grace info --
This ties in to the week at Blues for me. Take a look/listen to Whitney Phipps -
Posted by Barbara Metcalf on August 18, 2009 at 1:34pm — 1 Comment
RIP Les Paul
Posted by Son Jack Jr on August 13, 2009 at 9:35am — 1 Comment
Photos from Centrum...
The password is: Centrum
You can view the photos there and you can also order copies if you would like.
I will post them to the Centrum site as well for all to see...
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at jalimages@yahoo.com
Justin
Posted by Justin Lundquist on August 12, 2009 at 6:37pm — 1 Comment
2009 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival Q&A
Tell us about your week at Port Townsend doing nothing but playing the blues....
How was the 2009 Port Townsend Blues Festivial?
What were some of the highlights?
What workshops did you take?
What instruments do you play?
How many years have you been coming to PT Blues Fest?
Did you… Continue
Posted by Jack Olmsted on August 10, 2009 at 7:30am
Photos Coming SOON!!!
I am in the process of editing the 900 or so photos I took for Centrum while I was in Port Townsend last week. I am hoping to have the CD mailed to them by the end of the week and as I go I will post some for viewing...
It was a great week and I really enjoyed photographing it. I am hoping they will have me back next year! The countdown begins.
Justin
Posted by Justin Lundquist on August 4, 2009 at 6:18pm
Washington Blues Society City of Seattle Proclamation!
City of Seattle WBS Proclamation 2009[1].pdf
Posted by Son Jack Jr on August 4, 2009 at 7:39am
The Centrum Blues Channel and Twitter Feed
If you publish videos on YouTube from your Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival experience this year, please use the tag - ptblues09. Have The Time Of Your Life!
If you Twitter your PT Blues point-of-view, please use hash tag - #ptblues09. Stay Connected! Continue
Posted by Jack Olmsted on July 27, 2009 at 8:00am
Hawkeye Herman's Report On The Blues Festival In Colombia/South America
Howdy Blues Friends,
I hope this message finds you well and happy and looking forwar… Continue
Posted by Jack Olmsted on June 4, 2009 at 6:00am
Artistic Director Corey Harris
Blues at Centrum is led by new artistic director Corey Harris.
Corey burst onto the scene in 1995 with his debut recording, Between Midnight and Day, an exploration of rural blues styles. At the time, however, few really grasped the scope and range of Harris' musical persona.
After street-busking and taking small gigs near his home outside New Orleans, it quickly became clear that he couldn’t be pigeonholed as exclusively a blues musician. He'd grown up listening to gospel, funk, Motown, jazz, reggae and R&B, and by the time he moved to New Orleans, he was well on his way to becoming a connoisseur of African music, as well. (Read More)
2009 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival Faculty
Cheick Hamala Diabate
Ari Eisinger
Del Rey
Moussa Konate
Jerron Paxton
Mohamed Kouyate
Lightning Wells
Rick Franklin
Michael Baytop
Guitar and Harmonica
Terry Bean
Hook Herrera
Guitar and Mandolin
Rich DelGrosso
Harmonica
Jay Summerour
Phil Wiggins
Mandolin
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Steve James
Mandolin and Banjo
Don Vappie
Piano
Daryl Davis
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
Judy LaPrade, with assistant Jenny Peterson
Stand-up Bass
Mark Brooks
Fiddle
Suzy Thompson
Blues Singing
Resa Gibbs
Gospel Choir
Valerie Fiddmont
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