Ural Blues Festival
Venue: Ural Blues Festival
Homepage: http://itsmycity.ru/news/3060
Address: Studencheskaya str. 3, Ekaterinburg, URAL, Russia
Ural Blues Festival will bring together the brightest representatives of every stripe blues. Throughout the show unfold before the audience the entire history of blues – from the tradition of the legendary bards beginning of the twentieth century, to the dance frenzy early twenty-first. Unrivaled musicians tireless improvisers, stars of the genre will make you take a new look at the blues. Two days of emotion and great music – a real spring gift to all fans of the blues.
Festival participants:
April 5
Robert Lighthouse
Sergei Voronov and group CrossroadZ
Blues Doctors
JC Smith
April 6
Sobo Blues Band
Bert Deivert – Brian Kramer
Alvon Johnson + Blues Doctors
JC Smith
About the musicians:
Robert Lighthouse / Robert Lighthouse
Today it is considered one of the most prominent representatives of the delta blues on the north Atlantic coast of the United States. He has long traveled the country, playing in the streets, in bars and clubs of Chicago and New Orleans. Washington fell into a group of legendary garmoshechnika Charlie Sayles (Charlie Sayles) and began the first big tour in the U.S. and Europe. A year later, Robert began to give recitals.
Sobo Blues Band
Sobo Blues Band – international Israeli-American blues project, founded in 1995. Their music – a powerful mix of blues, rock, rhythm and blues and funk flavored with great slide guitar Daniel Kriman.
Alvona Johnson / Alvon Johnson
Winner of the American competition “Guitarist of the Year 2005”, the best two in the national competition “King of the Blues” (2006 and 2007), in the recent past – the party celebrated vocal group «The Coasters».
JC Smith / JC Smith
Blues at 100% – a musician from God. A native of San Francisco, this singer at his concerts is impressive not only for its virtuoso playing and performance, but also an exceptional charisma and energy. Its excellent African-American blues wins and takes the soul of the first sounds.
Bert Deyvert – Brian Kramer / Bert Deivert – Brian Kramer
Bert Deyvert – singer and songwriter, blues mandolin, an itinerant musician with 40 years of experience. American by birth, for many years he lived in Sweden, a large part of the year in a tour around the world. In Yekaterinburg, Bert will be performing with his regular partner, musician, known for his guitar playing National Slide and National Steel, Brian Kramer.
Blues Doctors
Inspired by the work of BBKing, Freddie King, Luther Allison, Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, «doctor” performs contemporary guitar blues / rock. Style, a powerful serve and drive – it’s Blues Doctors. At the festival, musicians will also perform with Alvona Johnson.
CrossroadZ
The group was created blues guitarist and vocalist Sergey Voronov in 1990. From the beginning, the team was active touring schedule, has been involved in major Russian rock festivals and in jazz and blues festivals around the world.
