Past Blues Festival Performers

Consisting of frontman Frankie Boy Blues, the band includes Mickey Maguire on bass and vocals, Harrison Foti on drums and backing vocals, and a rotating cast of exceptional musicians who occasionally join their performances

Jax Hollow is an untamable force of nature

An obvious uniqueness that identifies and sets apart the band is that Blackburn Brothers is a band of brothers - literally

"'Just play what you feel, be real about it, and enjoy yourself

Formed in 2020 just before the Covid lockdown by Blues guitar giant Paul Size (The Red Devils, Mick Jagger, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones) and powerhouse blues belter Nick David (Mr

The Hi-Jivers are a 4 piece Rock n' Roll/ Rhythm and Blues band that play music inspired by the 50's and 60's but modernize with their passionate and wild originals

The Honey Island Swamp Band are a thrilling, eclectic band that defies genre conventions, renders song structures elastic, and wholeheartedly stresses that the song reigns supreme

John Primer has undisputedly helped build the sound and style of Chicago blues as we know it today

Meghan Parnell (vocals) and Dave Barnes (guitar) are the founding members of Bywater Call, a powerhouse seven-piece Southern soul, roots rock band from Toronto, Canada

•2019 Blues Music Award nominee and International Blues Challenge winner in three categories Kevin Burt is a musician (vocals, harmonica, and guitar) whose smooth, warm vocal presentation and humor audiences of all ages seem to enjoy

• Two No 1 Billboard Blues Albums, "The Blues Album" and "Blues From The Heart Live", both released on KTBA Records

•Alexis P Suter: When the late, great Bluesman BB King first heard Alexis sing, he was visibly impressed and said so after her opening set for him at BB Kings in NYC

Rust belt blues shouter and guitar slinger Larry McCray was born in 1960 in Magnolia, Ark

Sansone led the life of an itinerant bluesman, traveling around the country from temporary bases in Colorado, Austin, Florida and Chicago before settling down in New Orleans in 1990

Having first picked up the saxophone at the age of nine, Collier embarked on her road to recognition at Berklee, earning dual degrees in Performance and Music Production & Engineering

• Sweettone recording artist and international touring act Memphis Lightning is a force to be reckoned with

• Nikki Hill is sweet seduction, sweeter threat, and smoldering energy

• Wanting to capture the power of the now larger band, Birchwood wrote and arranged 13 new songs, and brought in famed Grammy Award-winning musician Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Susan Tedeschi) to produce

• Mr Sipp is the 2014 International Blues Challenge Winner by way of The Vicksburg Blues Society as well as the 2014 Gibson Best Guitarist Award Winner

• In her award-winning band Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, Erin Harpe blends virtuosic 1930's style Piedmont fingerpicking — picked up from her dad, artist and vintage Stella guitar guru Neil Harpe — with electric guitar, more modern dance beats, and Chicago style harmonica

• The new album Hangin at the DeVille Lounge by the Rusty Wright Band moves up 5 slots to the #4 position on the Billboard Blues Album charts for the USA! Rusty Wright is a masterful lyric storyteller, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer and he is often called upon to be a 'celebrity counselor' for Rock-n-Roll Fantasy Camps across the US

• Blues Foundation Blues Music Award nomination in 2018 for his album, Simmered & Stewed

• Inspired by the variety and abundance of music in her parents' collection, it makes sense that her own music is peppered with hints of R&B, soul, country, gospel, hip-hop, and rock-n-roll

• Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon defies all expectations

• Soul Blues Male Artist at the 43rd Annual Blues Music

• 2022 BMA nomination for BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ARTIST
• 2019 Blues Music Awards – Contemporary Blues Male Artist
• 2017 Grammy Nomination Best Contemporary Blues Album (Bloodline)
• 2017 Blues Music Awards—Contemporary Blues Male Artist (Bloodline)
• 2017 Blues Music Awards— Contemporary Blues Album (Bloodline)
• If you want to experience the "Real Deal", take time out to find Kenny Neal

• Band founder and lead singer, Gina Coleman, entered the music scene in the early 90's as the lead singer of the folk/rock group Cole-Connection

• Jimmy Carpenter Won The 2021 and 2022 BMA For Best Instrumentalist/Horn

• Harper is known for his powerful soulful voice and a deep, almost mystical approach to the roots genre

•Tommy Castro swept three major awards at the 2022 Blues Music Awards, first for the B

• 2011 Blues Music Award for Best Blues DVD, Live at Ground Zero Blues Club
• 2x Winner: 2008 Blues Music Award Band of the Year and Album of the Year
• 2x Winner: 2006 & 2007 MOJO Magazine's #1 Blues Album of the Year
• Winner: 6th Annual Independent Music Awards Blues Album of the Year
An ever-expanding career of ramshackle grandeur

• 2022 BMA Nominee - Best Emerging Artist Album, "GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor: Try It… You Might Like It!"
• GA-20 was formed by friends Pat Faherty and Matthew Stubbs in Boston, MA in 2018

Carolyn has 2 nominations in The Blues Foundation's 43rd Blues Music Awards

Altered Five has 3 nominations in The Blues Foundation's 43rd Blues Music Awards

Eric Gales has 2 nominations in The Blues Foundation's 43rd Blues Music Awards

• Winner Blues Artist of the Year 2020, Boston Music Awards

• GTBB's new album Shine debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart

• 2022 BMA Nominee - Blues Rock Album, "Dance Songs For Hard Times"
• Two time BMA nominee's The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band are "the greatest front-porch blues band in the world"

• Davina Sowers and The Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, level A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Sowers' commanding stage presence

• 2022 BMA Nominee - Blues Rock Album, "Tinfoil Hat"
• Popa Chubby, born Ted Horowitz, has been hard rocking the blues for more than 30 years

• The great Chicago bluesman Luther Allison lived by a simple philosophy that he was happy to share "Leave your ego, play the music, love the people"

• 2022 BMA Nominee - Blues Rock Artist
• Ana Popovic celebrating 20 years as a touring musician

• Anthony Geraci will host a "New England Ladies in the Blues Revue" with special guests thru out the day

• Hard to Love, Parker's 2018 debut release, inspired enthusiastic reviews from DownBeat, Living Blues, No Depression, Elmore Magazine, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Midwest Record and more

• Long joined New Orleans icon Luther Kent's blues band and began playing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, where he has become a local fixture

• 2019 Independent Blues Award Nominee for Best Traditional Blues Band
• 2015 Blues Blast Award Winner for Traditional Blues Album with For Pops
• 2015 Blues Music Award Winner for Traditional Blues Album with Kim Wilson for their album For Pops
• 2013 Blues Foundation Blues Music Award Nominee for Best Album and Traditional Blues Male Artist Album
• The eldest son of the legendary Muddy Waters, Mud was brought up surrounded by many of the finest musicians in the Blues

• Years of worldwide touring and a series of critically acclaimed recordings have earned Estrin five Blues Music Awards

• 2012 nominee for the Independent Music Awards
• 2012 nominee for the Blues Music Awards
• Ben Prestage's musical background began before he was born… even before his parents were born

•2019 Blues Blast Music Awards Nominee for "Rock Blues Album of the Year - Straitjacket" and the "Sean Costello Rising Star Award"
•2019 Independent Blues Award Nominee for Best Independent Blues Rock CD
•Some artists need smoke and mirrors

•2020 Blues Music Award Nominee for Best Blues Rock Artist
•2020 Blues Music Award Nominee for Best Blues Rock Album
•2017 Blues Music Award Nominee for Contemporary Blues Male Artist
•The Miami-raised musician served an apprenticeship while backing legendary blues musician Junior Wells

•Mike Zito won two 2021 Blues Music Awards; best Blues Rock Album, Mike Zito and Friends – Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry, and best Blues Rock Artist

•Anthony Geraci won the 2021 Pinetop Perkins Best Piano Player Award

•Jeremiah Johnson is the St Louis bluesman from the school of hard knocks

•2019 Blues Music Award Winner Soul Blues Female Artist
• 2018 Blues Music Award Nominee Koko Taylor Award
•2017 Blues Music Award Nominee Koko Taylor Award
•Like so many powerful vocal artists, can trace her love of music back to early childhood

•2011 Blues Blast Music Award Nominee for Contemporary Blues CD
•On the strength of his hybrid of roots rock, blues, and sacred steel, the Florida native started wowing audiences with his musical exploits as a teenager, building a reputation as one of the hottest young players on the scene

•2018 Detroit Black Music Award for "Blues Artist of the Year"
•Five time Detroit Music Award winner
•Eight nominations in the newly formed "Independent Blues Awards"
•Eliza Neals, a Detroit born blues-rock star on the rise, honors the gut-wrenching, soul splitting intent the American roots of contemporary blues represents with inspired songwriting, live performances, and magic not seen in years

•2018 Jackson Music Awards winner for National Blues Artist of The Year
•2018 Mississippi Gospel Music Awards winner for Gospel Group of the Year with The True Believers
• 2017 Best Blues Album of Contemporary Blues for Knock a Hole In It
•Coleman started out playing the gospel with The Legendary Williams Brothers

• 2020 GRAMMY Nominated Best Contemporary Blues Album for Venom & Faith
• Venom & Faith reached #1 on the Billboard blues album chart in November, 2018
• 2017 Blues Music Award Nominee for Best Emerging Artist Album for Peach
•Larkin Poe is the hottest blues roots act out there right now having played with Joe Bonamassa amongst others

A gritty and expressive vocalist, Soars elicits signature tones from hollow-body guitars

Popa Chubby, born Ted Horowitz, has been hard rocking the blues for more than 30 years

Soul Box is a band with chemistry

With special guest, Mike Welch

This three piece power trio has laser precision and a pristine sound that drives the people to dance hoot and holler

The diminutive Ms

Early on , Chris Beard learned one essential detail about the music he plays: play it live

Musically, the Blackburn name has been forever imprinted in our ears by Bobby Dean Blackburn, an R&B artist who gained legendary status in the Toronto music scene

She's one powerhouse of a slide blues guitarist, someone who attacks frets with a beautiful fury and doesn't let go

Wildly fun, musically fearless and bursting with bravado, 2018's Blues Music Award winning Band Of The Year Rick Estrin & the Nightcats have created one of the blues' most instantly recognizable sounds and no-holds-barred styles

With special guest Gary Hoey

It's all about a voice telling stories through music, and big voiced Alexis P

Nominated for seven 2012 music award, Including The Blues Music Awards, presented by The Blues Foundation

Masters of modern Blues, The Proven Ones are truly an all-star ensemble

In 2015, Elvin Bishop formed The Big Fun Trio, with Bishop on guitar and vocals, and his friends Bob Welsh on piano and guitar and Willy Jordan on cajon (a hand-played Peruvian drumbox) and vocals

The complete package of guitar player,lap steel player ,singer & songwriter. A combination of Blues Rock Soul and raw power.

Blues/Rock/roots guitarist/singer former guitar player for backdoor slam 3 time top5 billboard charting Artist #6 0n Gibson top 10 modern blues guitarist.

2018 BMA nominee Blues rock Guitarist. A Guitar prodigy, Eric is a world class performer considered to be one of the top guitarist of today. Eric and his band are selling out shows.

DETROIT'S FUNKY ROCKIN BLUES QUEEN and Winner of over 30 Detroit Music Awards including eight for her CD HONEST WOMAN 2017.

2018 blues music award nominee. His songs are blues poetry crafted with rare verbal flair. His ability to cast a memorable hook is magical. The vivacity and sheer joy with which Cru plays is intoxicating!

Teresa James singer/ piano player and her stellar band serve up a tasty mix of swamp Texas blues & West Coast swing. Their newest cd Bonafide listed as Down Beats best of 2017 Teresa's vocal style is reminiscent of Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt.

2018 BMA nominee contemporary blues male artist of the year "one of Chicago's new greats."

2017 BMA Pinetop Perkins piano player of the year 2016 BMA BB King entertainer of the year, Victor wainwright is a multiple award winning Boogie Woogie piano player with deep soul a voice that recall Dr John at his Best. He is a Blues star.

Many musicians claim that they "grew up in the church," but for Robert Randolph that is literally the case. Robert and members of his own family, uphold a long but little known gospel music tradition called sacred steel. By the early 2000s, Randolph had begun applying his dazzling steel guitar technique to secular music, and from that grew the Family Band.

You'll become part of the "congregation" as Racky and the Medicine Show Band conjure up the spirit of an Old-Time tent Revival Meeting.

2018 BMA nominee Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year & Instrumentalist in Horn. Vanessa has quickly bust onto the blues scene. The captivating multi talented blues vocalist and saxophonist blends her blues with elements of funk rock and soul.

An award winning guitarist, organist,singer songwriter 2006 BMA winner Best new artist. His live shows combine elements of soul, blues,gospel,reggae and modern blues rock Blues Revue magazine called him a top 10 artist that represents the future of the blues a latter day Eric Clapton Robert Cray with elements of Luther Allison & BB King.

2018 nominee band of the year & traditional blues album of the year. Alligator Recording artist. One of the best blues bands in the land. This is the real deal, they take 40's and 50's post war Chicago blues add some 20's and 30's Mississippi delta blues and some 60's adventurism and it all comes out as a barrel house honky tonk good time.

2018 BMA nominee Pine top perkins piano player of the year. Nominated for the third year in a row in the 39th Blues Music Awards by the Blues Foundation

A finalist in the 2016 International Blues Challenge. Originally from Israel, a healthy dollop of international flavor to your down-home blues.

BBMA 2015 Nominee for Best Blues Band. 2014 International Blues Challenge Runner-up. A live show captivating audiences in the U.S. and Canada with a second-line horn entrance, cigar box guitars and electric push brooms to Allman Brothers style jams.

Comprised of some of the most seasoned, highly respected players in NOLA. A contemporary twist on the funk, rock, and R&B traditions of New Orleans music, placing them in a class of their own.

Seventeen year old Quinn Sullivan has been a music professional for more than 75 percent of his life. He's shared the stage with Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Los Lobos, The Roots, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi and Joe Bonamassa, and he opened for B.B. King, who later invited him to play his treasured "Lucille" guitar.

Former Buddy Guy Guitarist. Together Frank Bang & the Cook County King have nailed it with a vibe that's straight off the stage of a Chicago Blues Club at Midnight.

Think The Band's Big Pink album and add a splash of hot sauce with Willin' by Little Feat - this group of New Orleans vagabonds nails it.

Undeniably part of Canada's musical elite, all three members are regular nominees and award winners. Including; Maple Award Entertainer of the Year, Electric Act of the Year, Best Drummer, Best Bass Player, as well as 2nd Place 2016 at IBC in Memphis.

Queen of Canada Blues. Multiple Maple Awards and 2017 IBC First Place winner. Incredible blues and jazz with a first rate horn section not to be beat.

Sixteen years ago, at the age of 16, Jonny Lang found incredible success with the release of his major label debut album Lie To Me. Fame does not seem to have impacted him from being the same country farm boy from Fargo. He survived the passage of youth to adulthood. For Lang, with the release of Fight For My Soul, he is entering a chapter wherein he has found his true voice.

Musically, the Blackburn name has been forever imprinted in our ears by Bobby Dean Blackburn, an R&B artist who gained legendary status in the Toronto music scene. Blackburn received the Maple Blues Award in 2010

All too true lyrics that resonate... Lowdown, dirty, and mean harp playing that will blow you away... And a vocal delivery that is sure to send chills down your spine...

Canada's premiere Female vocalist, winning the award 2013 2014 2015 2016 for female vocalist of the year, song writer of the year 2014, song of the year and album of the year in 2016

L-R: Anthony Geraci, Jimi Bott, Kid Ramos, Sugaray Rayford, Willie J. Campbell, Alan Walker. The Mannish Boys Allstars are a Tour de force All-Star band comprised of multiple Grammy and Blues Music Awards/Blues Foundation nominated and internationally recognized Blues Musicians.

Nominated 2014 blues music award Best New Artist " powerful vocalist , tight band with elements of Soul, blues , gospel and funk".

Cummings effortlessly shifts from chimney subdued stylings to raucous roadhouse raunch to soaring yet stinging lead lines, driving his audience to frenzy in all the right places.

In 2016 "Fifty Shades Of Blue" is nominated for "Album of the Year" - "Traditional Album of the Year" - Song of the Year for "Fifty Shades Of Blue," and Anthony Geraci is nominated for the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year from the Blues Foundation/Blues Music Awards.

A phenomenal talent equally capable of throwing out both nimble-fingered jazz licks and greasing down-and-dirty Delta blues riffs, Earl's playing is a cross between B.B. King's effortless elegance, Albert King's funky grit and Freddie King's instrumental playfulness.

2011 Blues Music Award for Best Blues DVD, Live at Ground Zero Blues Club, 2008 Album of the Year & Band of the Year. First band ever to receive a standing ovation at the festival.

Born in 1999, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram is a child prodigy who's soul is possessed with the feeling, passion and fire of the much older men who created the Blues. Kingfish is a living phenomenon, soon destined to be a living legend!!!

New Orleans Jazz infused blues. Close your eyes and they will take back to post war jazz and blues

The world's #1 house rocking blues band

Winner of the International Blues Competition and Albert King Award in 2013, Blues Music Award (Best New Artist Debut) 2015 and Living Blues Magazine's Best New Artist Award 2015. Don't miss this kid!

Grammy Nominee and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

Utter the phrase "young blues rock guitarist" within earshot of anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the modern musical vanguard and the first name they are most likely to respond with will be Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The Louisiana born axeman and songsmith has sold millions of albums while throwing singles into the Top 10, shining a light on the rich blues of the past and forging ahead with his own modern twist on a classic sound he has embodied since his teens.

"It's a rare thing to share the stage with great talent like that young lady" - B.B. King

A Boogie favorite, Billboard Blues artist and one of the hottest acts on the Blues circuit today.

Teeny Tucker is one of the most talented, dynamic, exciting, and creative personalities on the current Blues scene. Teeny creates "crowd frenzy" wherever she goes.

A Blues Super Group comprised of 2013 B,M,A, Pine top perkins Piano Player of the year Victor Wainwright, Lap Steel master Damon Fowler and 2013 non traditional top ten guitar extraordinaire JP Soars Selling out shows and rocking the blues cruise their back to the Boogie.

Playing live is where Richey truly shines, literally bringing the house down at every show she plays. Richey's stage presence is powerful. Those that have never seen her play before are stopped in their tracks stunned and speechless.

Texas style blues with elements of jazz and rock. Chris plays passionate, intense blues.

When Jimmy hits the stage he will unleash an intense volley of rockin' blues guitar guaranteed to leave crowds emotionally spent.

Strong vocals and incredible guitar playing, along with swaggering sax or red hot harp, and a rhythm section that locks it all together. These guys are how Chicago style blues should sound. "These guys are very very good. That's why I keep having them back"-Buddy Guy

Beale Street's latest success story. 2014 second place winner IBC's with a shoot-from-the-hip Memphis attitude, and a sax busting explosion of modern blues vision. Get ready to be wooed by a blues band like no other. Funky grooves with horns for a big blues sound.

"The Southern Fireball" "The New Soul Sensation" "Amazing R&B Shouter" "New queen of Rock & Roll". This lady is making a name for herself, leaving audiences on their feet, standing ovation after standing ovation. If you haven't heard of her yet, be prepared, you have been warned! Backed by Matt Hill and a tight band, Nikki is going places!

Sold out concerts. Screaming fans. Her name in lights. Joanne Shaw Taylor never anticipated any of that at the start. Back then, she was just an ordinary Black Country schoolgirl, bored with the disposable pop she heard on late 90s radio, rifling her father's record collection for sunken treasure, and falling for albums by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and Jimi Hendrix.

West Coast Jump Swing Band, nominated four times for BMA Band of the Year. Rick Estrin & the Nightcats are one of the modern blues most versatile and original bands, winning a 2013 BMA for Harmonica Player of the Year. You can't help but have a good time with Rick & the Nightcats. Their Witty vocals and great sound will have you dancing from the first song to the last.

The Queen of Boogie Woogie , "Get out the Mardi Gras beads, you're headed to New Orleans" Marcia Ball has won numerous Blues Music Awards for Vocalist of the Year and Piano Player of the Year 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009, Contemporary Female Artist of the Year, is a Grammy nominee, and inductee into the Houston Hall of Fame. Ms. Ball's piano style includes elements of Zydeco, Swamp Blues, Louisiana Blues and Boogie Woogie Blues.

BMA winner Best New Artist in 2014, Shawn Holt is the son of the legendary blues musician Magic Slim. The high energy hard driving sounds of the Tear Drops are still very much alive. A powerhouse Chicago Blues band.

Maple Blues Award winner, 2014 Vocalist of the Year and winner of the IBC's Best Solo Performance. Matt's sprawling blues,roots and rock musical hybrid with his sorrowing & soulful voice and astonishing guitar playing has sparked a phenominal Buzz. A giant man with a giant voice to match. Over two million you tube views and 30,000 independent album sales. Matt will steal the show.

Award winning Blues Master, Blues Hall of Fame member, Walker is among the greatest bluesmen of his generation. Known worldwide as one of the genre's top musical trail blazers as a mesmerizing guitarist and soul testifying vocalist.

Legendary Blues Harmonica players converge with HARMONICON. Award winning artist Sugar Blue, Billy Branch and Jason Ricci have launched the ultimate harmonica experience! Grammy Award winner, Sugar Blue is an extravagantly lyrical harmonica player. Three time Grammy nominee Billy Branch can effortlessly segue from vintage Little Walter to thoroughly up-to-the-minute funky blues with out missing a beat. 2010 BMA winner for Best Harmonica,Jason Ricci is one of the best harmonica players of his generation.

Nominated 2014 blues music award Best New Artist " powerful vocalist , tight band with elements of Soul, blues , gospel and funk".

Winner 2012 blues music awards Best New Artist ," A major blues storm is a brewing a must see sexy , sassy and stinging on guitar" Top 10 non traditional guitar player 2013

A Musical force equipped with the soulful vocals of Janis & guitar slinging skills of Stevie Ray, This Texas guitar slinger is at home on stage playing piano, trumpet the guitar or just whistling Multiple award winner. A True Legend in her time.

Bostons Jesse Dee is a singing/songwriting/guitar playing SOUL MAN. A modern day trailblazer inspired by old school. Explosive vocals and toe tapping melodies reminiscent of the Memphis Horns and early Van Morrison

Back By popular demand!

The interplay between horns, guitar and vocals set the mood I instantly loved it.
A favorite on BB Kings Bluesville.
This band is not to be missed run don't walk.

First Native American band to hit the billboard charts.
Your jaw will hurt from stepping on it after you see Mato Nanji perform live!
 
 
 

Five 2014 Maple blues award nominations including Entertainer of the year , Vocalist, contemporary female artist, blues album of the year winner 2011 entertainer of the year this artist and her band is explosive on stage.

Voted 2013 Band of the year, Merging Delta Blues, Folk, Rock and Traditional Country and Soul. A top ten non-traditional guitar player, Aaron Moreland is apt to be playing a cigar box or any combination of creations, hand made, as well as the traditional guitar. A 3 piece band that sounds a whole lot bigger.
 

A Blues Super Group comprised of 2013 B,M,A, Pine top perkins Piano Player of the year Victor Wainwright, Lap Steel master Damon Fowler and 2013 non traditional top ten guitar extraordinaire JP Soars Selling out shows and rocking the blues cruise their back to the Boogie.

"Queen of the 88's", Blues, R&B and Gospel singer song writer show stopping Boogie Woogie Piano Player. A rare East Coast appearance!

2014 blues music award nominee best harmonica player & contemporary blues album.

15 times nominated for blues music awards this Chicago blues Guitarist and his band is a gumbo of Chicago, Soul Funk and Rock N Roll . A Staple on Beale Street In Memphis Mike & I had to bring him to the Boogie . One of our high lites of our trips to Memphis

Nominated for "Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year" by The Blues Foundaiton

2011 Blues Audience Magazine Reader's Poll Awards "Outstanding New England Guitarist" A returning boogie favorite! Known for his energy and showmanship.

The most fearlessly uninhibited performers and a sure fire guarantee for a rippin' good time! Primo Jump & Swing Band

An original blues jam band! Texas Honky Tonk Roadhouse mixed with St Louis Big Horns! New face of Mississippi River Blues

High voltage, plank spankin', piano boogyin', slide guitar stompin' blues-rock

BMA Song of the Year Nominee, 2011
"Replaces Ian Siegal"

2012 BEST OF THE BEAT Best Zydeco Artist and Best Zydeco Album "Been Good to You"

2011 Blues Music Award for Best Blues DVD, Live at Ground Zero Blues Club, 2008 Album of the Year & Band of the Year. First band ever to receive a standing ovation at the festival.

The most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell. A potent, amazing trip through electric blues-rock.

Multiple Grammy Nominees. Famous for hits, Tuff Enuff, Wrap It Up and Powerful Stuff

His savage blues rock guitar and his warm soulful vocals have drawn attention worldwide. Best known for his gut wrenching rendition of Warren Haynes power ballad "soulshine".

2012 BMA Nominee for "Rock Blues Album"

2011 & 2012 BMA Nominee for Koko Taylor Award

The Lee Boys are one of the best known sacred steel gospel ensembles in the world.

International Blues Competition Finalist 2012. Don't miss this kid!

Bringing his Gumbo pot and great blues music! He'll be making gumbo for 300 lucky people right on stage.

Featuring Damon Fowler, JP Soars and Victor Wainwright " heralded as the new blues super group"

Guy will keep you entertained on the main stage in between bands .

TRADITIONAL BLUES WITH A UNIQUE SOUND

5 time Maple blues awards winner. Canada's number 1 blues band.

Multiple blues award nominee and winner nominated 2012 in category of banjo

Grammy award winner singer song writer guitarist written songs for Keb Mo, Tim Mcgraw

2010 GRAMMY NOMINEE - Best Contemporary Blues Album, Multiple Nominations for The 2012 Blues Music Awards. Live shows are legendary

Blues Legend

New Orleans Jazz infused blues. Close your eyes and they will take back to post war jazz and blues

The trio's big damn vocals and melodies, gutbucket guitar playing, and foot-stomping rhythms

A strong contender to inherit the title of Queen of the Blues

The world's #1 house rocking blues band

Exuding rocking, funky, melodic, front porch realism

W. C. Handy Award Winner

Multiple W.C. Handy Award winner

"Dynastic blues man Bernard Allison is a second-generation star now shining in his own right."- Amazon.com

Powerhouse blues and roots rock

Take a listen and prepare to be hooked

"Dana Fuchs just sings like a bastard!" -New York Press

Grammy Nominee and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

"It's a rare thing to share the stage with great talent like that young lady" - B.B. King

2008 International Blues Challenge Winner

Nominated BB King Entertainer of the Year & Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

The Soul Man

An energized Blues Storm

One of the funkiest Bass players around

2010 International Blues Challenge Nominee

Nominated for Jus Blues Award 2009

2010 BMA Blues Album of the Year

Winner of TWO of OffBeat Magazine's Best of the Beat Awards for 2009

Real Blues Magazine - Best New Blues Artist in 1998

West Coast Roots & Blues and BMA Nominee

2010 BMA Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year

2010 BMA Song of the Year

Nominated for "Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year" by The Blues Foundaiton

2010 Grammy and BMA Contemporary Femal Artist of the Year

takes rhythm & blues back home

Classic Blues

2009 Bostons best blues band & IBC finalist

Rock n' Roll for your Cowboy Soul

2008 & 2009 sax player of the Year & 22 wammy awards!

Blues from Down Under

2008 BB King entertainer of the year & album of the year!

A Name to Watch

2010 BMA Nominee

2009 guitar player of the year!

2007 Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

Grammy Award Nominee

Four time Grammy Nominee

Blistering Contemporary Blues

BMA 2010 Nominee

6 BMA Nominations for 2007

2009 Boston Music Award Nominee

Nominated for a W.C. Handy Award

2008 BMA Nominated Singer/Songwriter

Sung God Bless America for The Red Sox at Fenway

1995 Boston Music Awards Best Blues Act

Voted Best Blues Band of 2005

Awarded for the 2009 Blues Audience Magazines Outstanding Male Singer

Won the title Best Blues Guitarist from the New Times magazine in 1997

2010 BMA Nominee

Awarded Junos 2001 Best Blues Album

2007 Grammy Nominee

the John Mayall of New England

 

Nominated for the 2010 BMAs

 

Voted Outstanding NE Band by 2006 Blues Audience Readers Poll

1999 Battle of Blues Winners

Grammy Award Nominee

Nominated for 2005 W.C. Handy Blues Awards

Won Outstanding Blues Act 1990-91

Won 1997 Battle of the Blues Bands

2009 Boston Music Award Nominee

Nominated for a W.C. Handy Award

1995 Boston Music Awards Best Blues Act

Nominee for the 2010 BMA's

Guitar Legend