Saffire Interview

The Burlington Times in North Carolina, has an interview with the uppity women of the blues Saffire. Click here for some cool attitude:-)

2nd National Women In Blues Festival

Update credit card processing if not working today, should be up and running tomorrow. Check the 2nd National Women in Blues festival website for updates HERE.

Press Release: 2^nd National Women in Blues Festival

For Immediate Release 8-21-2007.

Celebrate the Arts presents, the 2^nd National Women in Blues Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina, November 2^nd & 3^rd on the lower level of the Water Street Parking Deck, over looking the Cape Fear River. The Festival not only brings in women blues artists from all over the country, its ticket profits benefit many women’s charities including; Domestic Violence, Rape Crisis, CARE of UNCW, and the Full Belly Project.

This year’s headliners are well-known to blue’s lovers worldwide. Friday night, November 2^nd sees none other than the Georgia Songbird and six time Blues Music Award nominee, EG Kight. Her music has been on the Billboard charts and she has shared the stage with notables like; Taj Mahal, Delbert McClinton, Phoebe Snow, and Merle Haggard.

Saturday night, November 3^rd headliner is Deanna Bogart, who will be coming fresh from the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue, sharing the stage with Tommy Castro Band, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Magic Dick. Deanna also was nominated as Best Instrumentalist for the 2007 Blues Music Awards. She will be appearing at the National Women in Blues Festival with The Deanna Bogart Band.

Blues women from around the country will appear on this Festival’s stage, including artists from the West Coast like Lara Price and Laura Chavez, Suzanne & the Blues Church and the Queen of Steam, Michele Lundeen. New York hails solo artist Sarah Lemieux. Back from Arkansas, Big Red & the Soul Benders. Southeast artists include; Robin Rogers (finalist in the 2004 International Blues Challenge), Patty Benson, The Grit Pixies, Sandy Atkinson and the regions Grandmother of Blues, Rose Lucas. Hailing from Chicago is Juke Joint Judy. A surprise this year is an international artist, Sophie Kay from France. We have a few other artists confirming so check the web site line up!

Event founder and coordinator, Michele Seidman (of Michele & The Midnight Blues) is pleased to announce the addition of a compilation CD, in conjunction with JoMar Records. The artists chosen are as far away as Australia and Paris and as near as your own backyard. They include Sandy Atkinson, Julie Black, Kelly Dees, Nicole Hart Band, Michele Lundeen, Pat Hunter, Sophie Kay, Patty Benson, Andrea Marr, Octavia, Laura Price Band, Michele & The Midnight Blues, Peggy Ratusz, Suzanne & the Blues Church, Gina Sicilia, and Sarah Lemieux. This CD will be on sale at the festival and on line through JoMar Record and their distributors!

Tickets will be available through the web site starting September 1^st, 2007 ($20 each night or $30 for the weekend pass). For blues lovers and music fans of every age, this is an event not to miss. Compilation CDs will be available at the Festival and soon online. For more information go to www.NationalWomenInBlues.com, where you will find more on the line-up and direct contact information, or you can email Wilmywoodmayor@aol.com . To sample the artists music check our friends list at www.myspace.com/nationalwomeninblues

Koko Taylor Interview

Koko Taylor has a new album, and a new attitude. Koko has been sick for awhile so it is good to see her back up and running. There is a nice interview of her from Insight News here.

Janiva Magness Pasadena Weekly

It is interesting that after Janiva Magness got such a bad review from Blog Critic, that she went on to win female artist of the year at the BMA's and has had several nice articles printed about her including one here at the Pasadena Weekly. Of course if you go here, you can read what I think about music critics. Although Blog Critic has had some decent reviews, for the most part most people who write about music have no idea what they are talking about. I have always theorised that those who cant play, but want to play write about it. It is sort like the old adage about those who cant, teach:-) hmmmmmmmmmmm where does that put me:-)

Georgette Fry interview.

Canada's Georgette Fry has a new release out, Back In A Moment. There is a nice interview with her from Kingston This Week. Her previous release, Rites Of Passage, was a Juno nominated Cd. At the bottom of the interview is a nice listing of gigs in the Kingston area.

Blog Critic Review: Time Bomb

Latest review from Blogcritic on an interesting release from Ruf Records. It is a trio of Ruf Record performers in this case three women, Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman, and Roxanne Potvin. The name of the album is Time Bomb, and the review is great. The three women will also be touring together this summer. Sounds like a great show don't miss it.

Marie Muldaur Interview

Marie Muldaur is 63! Where does the time fly. She is still a good looking woman though, and still singing the blues. Here is a interview from the Providence Journal in Rhode Island. She is playing in Rhode Island Thursday night. check out the link above for more info.

Irma Thomas Review After The Rain

Blogcritic has a nice review of Irma Thomas's BMA nominated blues album of the year. Tonight is the big night at the BMA's I don't have BMT, so I will scan the net. If the winners get posted before Midnight central time, I will post them here on the blog.

Blog Critic Reviews, Janvia Magness

Ouch! A bad review from Blogcritic on Janiva Magness's newest release Do I Move You? I guess the answer is no:-) It does sound like it wasn't her talent that failed, but the band and the arrangements. However, I have never been a big fan a music writers. Most have never played themselves, so their review is strictly "I know what I like." So if you like her stuff go out an buy it.

Uppity Blues Women In New Documentary

Saffire the Uppity Blues Women have a documentary coming out. For a nice bio and more info on the flick check out the article from Fredericksburg.com.