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A diverse community that supports and celebrates the learning of blues culture and its roots.

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Centrum Blues Blog Feed

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...
 

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Terrapin Tim Volem

Congratulations are in order...

Started by Terrapin Tim Volem Jan 24.

just roots pr

"Living at Wal-Mart" Gains Momentum, Goes Viral

Started by just roots pr Jan 11.

Terrapin Tim Volem

Graying Males

Started by Terrapin Tim Volem Jan 9.

Blog Posts by Community Members

billy jones bluez

"...the times and travels of an american bluesman."

SOUL-PATROL.com PRESS RELEASE :

"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
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Posted by billy jones bluez on November 16, 2009 at 2:10am

Son Jack Jr

100 days

Jeez, today is the 100th day since the 2009 Acoustic Blues festival started which means only 265 days until the 2010 festival. Is it me or has time flown by?

Posted by Son Jack Jr on November 2, 2009 at 9:23am — 1 Comment

Barbara  Metcalf

Amazing Grace info --

A friend sent this to me today :http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1312

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

Son Jack Jr

RIP Les Paul

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32403755/ns/entertainment-music/

Posted by Son Jack Jr on August 13, 2009 at 9:35am — 1 Comment

Justin Lundquist

Photos from Centrum...

I just posted all of the Centrum photos at http://www.pacificcolorgalleries.com/JALImages.htm
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

Jack Olmsted

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

Justin Lundquist

Photos Coming SOON!!!

Just to let you know...
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

Son Jack Jr

Washington Blues Society City of Seattle Proclamation‏!

Hot news that Seattle Mayor, Greg Nickels issued a proclamation naming August 16, 2009 as Washington Blues Society Day, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the society!

City of Seattle WBS Proclamation 2009[1].pdf

Posted by Son Jack Jr on August 4, 2009 at 7:39am

Jack Olmsted

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

Jack Olmsted

Hawkeye Herman's Report On The Blues Festival In Colombia/South America

Hawkeye Herman performed and taught at the III International Blues Festival in Cali, Colombia that was held on May 27-30, 2009. Enclosed is an email report he sent out to his fans. Next week, I will interview Hawkeye live on my online talk radio show about his Cali experience. Stay tuned.

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

Guitar
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

Washboard
Washboard Chas

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