Bman's Blues Report

BRODY BUSTER WINS "BEST HARMONICA PLAYER" AT 2017 IBC, FINISHES SECOND IN "BEST SOLO/DUO" CATEGORY      (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Brody Buster took home "Best Harmonica Player" at the 2017 IBC (International Blues Challenge) on February 4 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN, beating out a very competitive field of talented music acts. The Lawrence, KS resident, who fronts Brody Buster's One Man Band as well as the Brody Buster Trio, also won second place in the "Best Solo/Duo" category at the IBC, where he was representing the Kansas City Blues Society .     "Winning best harmonica player is great, but winning second place in the solo/duo category is also important to me," states Buster. "I have been playing harmonica my whole life but for to place second in solo act category is huge for me because I have only been doing this One Man Band thing for about three ye...

ACCLAIMED GUITAR PRODIGY RAY GOREN PERFORMS AT ROOTS & BLUES SHOWCASE IN MEMPHIS DURING IBC WEEK Thurs, Feb. 2 - PURPLE HAZE NIGHT CLUB  - Set Time Approx. 4:00 PM   "Teen Phenom"    -   Pasadena Weekly " Ray Goren is fast becoming the young hot guitar picker to watch in the blues world and beyond " -   San Francisco Chronicle   (Memphis, TN) - Acclaimed SoCal-based guitar prodigy   Ray Goren performs at the Roots & Blues Showcase taking  place at   Purple Haze Night Club   during   2017 International Blues Challenge Week , on Thursday, February 2. Set time: Approximately 4:00 pm. 140 Lt George W. Lee Ave. Info:   (901) 577-1139   or   http://www. purplehazenightclub.com /.    "No one rattles the place like Ray Goren, from the Los Angeles area. He plays electric guitar — and sings — with a fluency, ease and dept...

Hometown Favorite? Longtime Ventura-based musician Darrin Yarbrough and the Shure Thing Band bring their feel-good Countrified-Blues to the Road to Memphis Band Challenge, presented by the Ventura County Blues Society, on Saturday, October 1 at Studio Channel Islands in Camarillo. More at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shure-thing-band-brandor-both-darrin-yarbrough .    (Camarillo, CA) - Longtime Ventura-based musician Darrin Yarbroug h and the Shure Thing Band bring their feel-good Countrified-Blues to the Road to Memphis Band Challenge, presented by the Ventura County Blues Society, on Saturday, October 1 at Studio Channel Islands, 2222 Ventura Blvd. in Camarillo. More at https://...

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