Matthew Curry Update - International Songwriting Competition 2012

Our friend Matthew Curry is still going strong having been named as a finalist International Songwriting competion in the Blues Category with Blinded By the Darkness and then in the Teen Category, If I Don't Got You.If you haven't had the chance to check out Matthew, now would be a great time.

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Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Benefit at The Coach House w/ Delta Bluesman KK Martin

K.K. Martin: Delta Blues Troubadour

"A one-man blues powerhouse whose music is routed through John Lee Hooker and Lightning Hopkins...Martin's slide work of Johnny Winter's "Dallas" and a spiritually faithful take on Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac's "Rattlesnake Shake" are two of several spots where the bad-assed bluesman-as-gunslinger attitude and ballsy playing that make this disc so worth the car time are going full throttle." VINTAGE GUITAR

"A genuine bluesman who believes in keeping it real... Martin can sing it up high or sing it down low; he's full of spirit on each of the ten tracks here, and it makes a fine sequel to his winning program on Naked Blues." SOUTHLAND BLUES

"Very adept acoustic guitarist has put together a solid CD of traditional blues tunes...finger-picking technique is a good compliment to his vocal work. This CD is worth the listen...I think you'll find it rewarding." BMAN'S BLUES REPORT

"K.K. Martin's blues are real and reality is what we all need a little bit more of these days."
BLUES SOURCE

Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Benefit At OC's Iconic Coach House Features Newly-Signed Rip Cat Records Artist K.K. Martin - Friday Night March 9

(San Juan Capistrano) - IF YOU THINK PAYING GIGS is the biggest worry working musicians have these days, think again! With the cost of healthcare skyrocketing for everyone, it's a blessing that organizations such as the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund - whose mantra is "to provide assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems" - are there for assistance when they are most needed.
Delta blues picker K.K. Martin donates his time and efforts to a special event benefiting the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund at iconic Orange County concert hall The Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, Friday, March 9. Discounted tickets $15. in advance (available through kkmartin@kkmartin.com); pay the full $20. and $5. of that goes to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Info: (949) 496-8930 or www.thecoachhouse.com. Also on the bill: longtime Jackson Browne sideman/multi-instrumentalist, David Lindley

Martin's critically-lauded Naked Blues Vol. II will be re-mastered, re-packaged, and re-released this April by fast-rising SoCal indie label Rip Cat Records, who Martin signed with last December. K.K. joins such noted Rip Cat acts as The Blasters, White Boys James and the Blues Express, Mighty Mojo Prophets, and The 44s, among others. Showing his versatility and popularity outside music circles, Martin also recently landed an endorsement deal with Jewelry By Isis (www.guitarringsbyisis.com).

Watch a stirring live performance by K.K. Martin and his band the Roadside Revelers doing "A Good Day For the Blues" at The Coach House last year:

K.K. Martin was a founding member, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter for 80's-era band A La Carte. The group gained considerable renown as one of the most in-demand groups on the then-vibrant Sunset Strip music scene. Exposed in the womb to the music of Jimmie Rodgers. Robert Johnson and Hank Williams, he began touring with his parents at age 10. K.K. was transplanted to California in 1969 and cut his teeth on the local L.A. rock scene at age 16, landing a brief stint with the Albert Collins backup band. Martin has performed with a Who's-Who in the music business including Eric Burdon, Booker T, Rick Derringer, Johnny Winters, Blondie, and currently, Lester Chambers of famed R&B/Soul group The Chambers Brothers. K.K. was a recipient of "Outstanding Blues Artist" at the 9th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards in 1999. In the last decade, Louisiana native Martin has reconnected with his Blues roots. He toured with Lester Chambers of the 60's Chambers Brothers fame, recording a project with Lester called "Blues for Sale." Martin has continued to play extensively throughout L.A. and Orange County as a solo act as well as with the band Roadside Revelers. His latest CD, "Naked Blues Vol. II," will be re-released by Rip Cat.
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Naked Blues Vol. II CD Review - BLUES SOURCE
Long Beach PRESS-TELEGRAM Feature
K.K. Martin BLUEPOWER Feature

Naked Blues Vol. II CD Review - VINTAGE GUITAR

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Sweet Home Chicago - The Will Johns Band

Singer-songwriter/guitarist Will Johns has been playing his riffs across the globe for more than 15 years with a blend of fiery vocals and guitar wizardry, his compositions and performances consist of blistering authentic rock and blues. He has performed with many incredible musicians, entrancing listeners around the world. Will Johns' crafted songs and performing style are as infectious as they are rousing.

Will's musical influences include Ry Cooder, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and Eric Clapton. Joe Bonamassa has also become something of a favourite!

Will has many unique accolades including: being mentored by Eric Clapton, recording with Dad, Andy Johns , as well as with the legendary, Clash frontman, Joe Strummer, re-opening the legendary London venue The Crawdaddy Club (birthplace of The Rolling Stones), at the original site in Richmond, Surrey, and performing with Jack Bruce from the Supergroup CREAM, and also Bill Wyman and Ronnie Wood with Comedian Frank Skinner, at the Mandarin Oriental, for the Peter Cook Foundation!

Will Johns was born in London, 1973 to actress/model Paula Boyd, and L.A. Record Producer/Engineer Andy Johns (The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and Eric Clapton). At the age of 15, he started playing guitar and singing, during frequent stays with his Auntie Pattie, Will was encouraged and mentored by the legendary guitarist, Eric Clapton. Will studied performing arts in Oxford at Oxpens College, achieving a National Diploma while honing his guitar skills at the historic Carfax Crossroads. He eventually formed his first band, Cloud 9 which broke Will onto the stage and created a life long passion for performing with his guitar.

Whilst living in L.A., Will Johns bumped into his old friend, Jesse Wood (son of Ronnie) and together they formed the band GLYDA. The band had success releasing an album and three EP's, and wooing audiences in the US, Ireland, France, Germany, and UK. After GLYDA, Will began performing under the pseudonym of 'Willy Brown' and formed The Psychedelic Blues Band which toured along the south coast of England.

In 2008, with a desire to further his solo career, Will Johns moved back to Brighton from London and recorded and released his first album 'Count On Me'. The next album is in the pipeline and The Will Johns Band are rehearsing the material for recording early in 2012.
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Let's Have A Natural Ball - Shellao and LoBo Blues Band with Robson Fernandes

The guitarist and composer Shello Silveira just completed in 2010, twenty years as a professional musician showing this new group for the first time,
Shellão and WOLF Blues Band.

The WOLF Blues Band is the authentic Blues with a lot of Swing and high doses of the most pure feeling!

The Wolf Blues Band is:
Eloy D`Paula - Formed-double bass in double bass for the UEMG and with a bachelor's degree for the UFMG. He worked with the Symphony orchestra of Minas Gerais, Big Band of the UFMG, the pianist of Rio de Janeiro Tomás Improta, Carlos Bolão, Ted Falcon, the person from Pará Nêgo Nelson, Jorge Bonfá.

Bráulio Mangualde - Percussion – Studied in the school of the musician Paschoal Meireles, with the drummer André " Lemon ", attended for 3 years Musical Theory and learned piano in the Foundation of Artistic Education of Minas Gerais and with the Cuban musician Santiago Reithel. Latin Union and Jazz worked with musicians like Jorge Bonfá, Jorge Bolão, Tomás Improta, the band in Natura.

Shello Blackberry was a member for eleven years of the group AeroBlues, pioneer in Minas Gerais, he is a founder of groups of expressiveness in the style like Hot Spot Blues Band and Loretta Funkenstein, besides having worked and acting with important names of the Blues in the national scene. He has popular and learned formation for the Foundation of artistic Education of Minas Gerais and also with teachers like the guitarist Beto Lopes.
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Mayne Stage/ Act One Pub Newsletter 2.29.12

February 29, 2012 ON SALE NOW! HAL SPARKS 9/6-8 Quiet Riot 4/15 Split Lip Rayfield 4/18 Geoff Tate 5/5 The New Orleans Suspects 5/26 IMPROV EVERY TUESDAY WITH ONE GROUP MIND 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 The largest stage to see improv in Chicago! UPCOMING SHOWS SURABHI: A MELTING POT OF MUSIC 3/9 @ 7:45 WINDY CITY GAY CHORUS BENEFIT & CONCERT 3/10 @ 4PM WINDY CITY GAY CHORUS BENEFIT & CONCERT 3/10 @ 8PM MARLENE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS CATHERINE MARY O'CONNELL, KATHLEEN KEANE, JIMMY MOORE AND JACKIE MORAN 3/14 @ 7PM "WE GET ALONG" AMY & FREDDY'S CD RELEASE CONCERT 3/15 @ 8PM SEXFIST WITH WHITEWATER RAMBLE 3/17 @ 8PM *ST PATRICK'S DAY FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS!* HER HRC CHICAGO 3/18 @ 7PM CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS 3/21 @ 6:30PM GAPERS BLOCK PRESENTS CAPONE'S WHISKEY: THE STORY OF TEMPLETON RYE 3/22 @ 8PM AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH GREGORY PORTER 4/1 @ 7:30PM LEE RITENOUR 4/4 @ 8PM THIS IS TANGO NOW 4/6 @ 7PM THIS IS TANGO NOW 4/6 @ 9:30PM THIS IS TANGO NOW 4/7 @ 7PM THIS IS TANGO NOW 4/7 @ 9:30PM RUPA AND THE APRIL FISHES 4/14 @ 9PM JUDY AT CARNEGIE 4/20 @ 8PM JUDY AT CARNEGIE 4/20 @ 10:30PM JUDY AT CARNEGIE 4/21 @ 8PM JUDY AT CARNEGIE 4/21 @ 10:30PM AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH EDDIE PALMIERI 4/22 @ 7PM AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH EDDIE PALMIERI 4/22 @ 9:30PM NICK THUNE 4/27 @ 8 & 10:30PM 4/28 @ 8 & 10:30PM JAMIE KILSTEIN 5/16 @ 8PM CHRIS GREENE QUARTET CD RELEASE PARTY 5/24 @ 8PM CHICAGO DANCE CRASH KTF PRESENTS BAT DANCE 6/1 @ 8PM CHICAGO DANCE CRASH KTF PRESENTS THE 2012 KTF OPEN INVITATIONAL 8/24 @ 8PM CHICAGO DANCE CRASH KTF PRESENTS KANYE VS DYLAN: A NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS 11/2 @ 8PM Greetings! Happy Leap Day! We hope you'll take this bonus day to live life to the fullest, to take chances, to maybe check out our spring schedule along the way? We just announced metal band Quiet Riot, bluegrass band Split Lip Rayfield, Queensryche's front man Geoff Tate and The New Orleans Suspects! All tickets are currently on sale! Reminder, that with our new "all-in' ticket pricing, the price is the same online, over the phone or through our box office. So, be sure buy tickets early, as our advance ticket prices are cheaper than day of! This weekend, we are celebrating Chicago's 175th year of incorporation with a concert called Voices of Chicago! It features some of the most talented vocalists around the city including a special guest appearance with the legendary Audrey Morris! The full cast of vocalists is listed HERE. Cheers! Chris Ritter General Manager UPCOMING SHOWS AT MAYNE STAGE! VOICES OF CHICAGO MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF CHICAGO'S 175TH YEAR OF INCORPORATION MARCH 2, 3 & 4 UPCOMING SHOWS AT ACT ONE PUB NICHOLAS BARRON (FOLK/BLUES) Every Wednesday @ 9PM STEVE GIBONS (GYPSY JAZZ) Every Thursday @ 9PM THE DYLAN ANDREWS TRIO 3/2, 3/3 @ 9PM NICHOLAS BARRON BAND (FOLK/BLUES) Every Sunday @ 9 PM

Tickets to all performances can be purchased online at www.maynestage.com or by calling 866-468-3401. Reservations to Act One Pub can be made online at www.actonepub.com or by calling 773-381-4550.

Black and Tan artist: miX&dorp - Black and Tan Edits - New Release Review

This is a first for me....to be reviewing a contemporary mix of traditional blues artists by a contemporary artist. Here's how the artist describes their work..."The blues used to be party music; now it can be played again at the hippest modern parties, festival and clubs ..…. and still feel down home".

It's hard to get you head around as you read it...but just listen to it. It is really solid sounding with the "real blues" deeply embedded and with an overmix of rhythms to make the music sound "new".

miX&dorp edits/remixes tracks that were originally released on Black and Tan Records in the past 14 years. It is a really refreshing look at the blues and I think one which will bring a broader audience to original blues music. Don't think of it as someone changing our "real blues"... think of how you found the "real Blues"... this is a new gateway!

If you're looking for something fresh but still want to listen to the delta sound... check this out. I really like it!

Track list and original artists:

1. Andaluzia (Pedro e os Lobos) **
2. Beggin Ain’t For Me (Big George Jackson)
3. Breakin Away (Billy Jones)
4. Can Man (Boo Boo Davis)
5. Dirty Haints (Big George Jackson)
6. Go For A Ride (Big George Jackson)
7. Here With You (Billy Jones)
8. Ice Storm (Boo Boo Davis)
9. It’s Hard (Harrison Kennedy)
10. Let Her Talk (Harrison Kennedy)
11. Mike in Jail (Boo Boo Davis)
12. Silvermine (Boo Boo Davis)
13. SixSixtySix (Turnip Greens)
14. Stay From The Casino (Boo Boo Davis)
15. The Devil Is Beating His Wife (Doug MacLeod)
16. The Snake (Boo Boo Davis)
17. Train My Baby’s On (Boo Boo Davis)
18. Walk On Tall (Boo Boo Davis)

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HAMILTON LOOMIS -- March 2012 Schedule

March brings Hamilton and Band to KY, IN, OH, PA, VA, NC, and GA! To our friends in Maryland who experienced Hamilton at the Western MD Blues Fest in Hagerstown last year, come right over the PA border to Blondie's in Rouzerville PA on March 18 -- details are below! Don't forget, the new DVD Concert Video "Live At The Hub" is now available at all shows and at www.hamiltonloomis.com/merchandise.htm! MARCH 2012 (all shows are DVD release parties!) SAT 3rd MISTER CALVIN'S Hitchcock TX GRAND OPENING! 9:30pm 409-986-9208 or 409-354-9844 SUN 4th THE MUCKY DUCK Houston TX 6pm - 9pm 713-528-5999 MON 12th STEVIE RAY'S Louisville KY 7pm - 10pm 502-582-9945 TUE 13th CLAUDE & ANNIE'S PIKE PLAZA Indianapolis IN 317-752-6125 JULIE TOWNS BAND 6:30pm, HAMILTON 7:30 CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WED 14th CALHOUN ST. SOUPS SALADS & SPIRITS Ft. Wayne IN 7pm - 9pm 260-456-7005 THU 15th WOODLANDS TAVERN Columbus OH 567-890-7000 CODE BLUE BAND 6pm, HAMILTON 7pm - 9pm FRI 16th 211 CLUB Celina OH 567-890-7000 CODE BLUE BAND 8pm, HAMILTON @ 9pm SAT 17th RIVER CITY BLUES FESTIVAL Lafayette Hotel, Marietta OH 8 - 9:30pm SUN 18th BLONDIE'S Rouzerville PA (near Hagerstown MD) 717-762-9030 BLUES IN THE ATTIC JAM 3pm, HAMILTON 6:30 - 9pm CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! WED 21st PINE TAVERN Floyd VA (near Roanoke VA) 6:30pm - 9pm 540-745-4482 FRI 23rd DOUBLE DOOR INN Charlotte NC 9pm 704-376-1446 SAT 24th CHIP'S Winder GA (near Atlanta GA) 8pm 770-307-2840 FRI 30th JACKIE'S BRICKHOUSE Kemah TX 9pm 832-864-2459 SAT 31st SOUTH TEXAS STATE FAIR @ FORD PARK Beaumont TX 9pm - 10:30pm APRIL 2012 SUN 1st KATY CRAWFISH FESTIVAL @ KATY MILLS Katy TX 2:30pm - 4pm FRI 6th DOSEY DOE Woodlands TX 8:30pm - 11pm 281-367-3774 SAT 7th POOR DAVID'S PUB Dallas TX 9pm 214-565-1295