Central Iowa Blues Society Blues In Schools

Press release from CIBS

PRESS RELEASE

Subject: Blues in the Schools

Date: December 16-19, 2008

Starting Time: 12 Noon-2:30 PM daily

For Immediate Release.

The Central Iowa Blues Society is proud to announce their fourth installment of its Blues in the Schools, Artist in Residence Program. Iowa City Blues musician and Historian Kevin Burt will be exposing students to Blues history and music at the PACE Campus in Des Moines.

The program will run daily from Noon to 2:30 PM Tuesday through Friday December 16^th - 19^th,.

Each student will have the opportunity to learn to play and write music along with the history and culture of the Blues and its impact in Iowa.

For more information, please contact Lynette Webster at Lwebster@pork.org or 515-250-4198 or Herman Johnson hjohnson@orchardplace.org/ or 515 208-8972.

BF Burt At The Historical Building In Des Moines

Iowa City's BF Burt is putting on a show at the Historical Building of Iowa. It is a great show that covers the history of the blues in Iowa, and features performances of BF Burt and friends. Click on the picture for a bigger image with more details about the show.

BF Burt Interview

Iowa native and all around good guy, B F Burt was interviewed by the Press Citizen of Iowa City. It is a nice interview, and I can say that Burt is one of the good guys. I met him when the Blues Instigators first played Des Moines at Connie's. He and the guys were a nice bunch of guys, and they played the blues with a lot of heart. I also remember when B F and his current band of Instigators, played last year at the historical building, during the tribute to Jimmy Pryor. They let Jimmy sing for a crowd for what I think was his last performance. They gave Jimmy a great send off that day, and I am very grateful.

For the interview Click HERE.