CELSO SALIM BAND "TO THE END OF TIME"

Born in Brasília, the capital of Brazil, Celso Salim began studying guitar at age six but unlike other Brazilian kids of his age, at 12 he had already found his true passion, the Blues. “It’s really something that you feel; when I first listened to the Blues I knew that’s what I wanted to do. Before, I was only learning guitar ‘cause I loved music...” says Celso.It was music teacher and blues enthusiast Edu Brito, a Berklee College of Music graduate, who showed Celso his first records. The young guitarist began spending hours learning licks from great blues artists such as Muddy Waters, Blind Willie McTell, Freddie King, B.B. King and Johnny Winter, among many others.A little later he also started to get into Classic Rock’n’Roll and Southern Rock, listening to artists such as The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, to name a few.After finishing high school in Brazil, Celso moved to Los Angeles at age 17 and began studying at the Musicians Institute. Thought by master of Country guitar, Steve Trovato, he became a skilled country music player as well.Jazz and Soul music were also a big influence on him.Celso is also well known for his great slide guitar playing.During the years he lived in the United States, he put a band together with harp player Darryl Carriere, which frequently featured in the Santa Monica and L.A. local scene. In 1999, Celso starts co-producing his first album with Rafael Cury.Celso graduates from Musicians Institute receiving the "Outstanding Student Award”, before he returns to his home country in the year 2000. CELSO SALIM BAND
 

SAMANTHA MARTIN AND DELTA SUGAR "SEND THE NIGHTINGALE"

One of the rising stars in Toronto’s roots-rock scene, Martin and her band can be seen frequently on stage at The Dakota Tavern, Toronto's most respected Americana/Roots venue. With the release of their self titled debut album, Samantha Martin and The Haggard in the spring of 2012, the band will be taking their music on the road far beyond Toronto. Recorded in July 2011 at Toronto's Lincoln County Social Club, co-produced by the band and John Dinsmore (producer and multi-instrumentalist with Kathleen Edwards, NQ Arbuckle, Sarah Harmer) The album boldly traverses deep southern soul, roots/reggae and 50's rock n roll.Tribute is paid to musical influences including Otis Redding and Robert Johnson, The Rolling Stones, The Staples Singers, CCR and Patsy Cline as well as Reggae artist Del Roy Wilson; but the album is distinctly Samantha Martin and The Haggard. Few other artists are able to incorporate such broad genres successfully and present a cohesive sound all their own.The band is Samantha Martin on rhythm guitar and vocals, Mikey McCallum on lead guitar, Greg Sweetland on bass and Pete Lambert on drums. The album is tastefully punctuated by the background vocals of Gospel Divas The Tonettes, (Amoy and Ciceal Levy and Marlene O'Neill), and Country backup vocals are provided by Dani Nash, Alejandra Ribera and Siobhan Power. Multi-instrumentalist Derek Downham (of The Beauties) steps out from his usual position behind the drum kit to play keyboards, wurlitzer and combo organ on the recording.There are 9 original songs and 4 covers on the album, The original Gospel blues tunes, Six White Horses and Dark Angel, feature Samantha playing slide resonator guitar. New Kind of Blue and Hard Luck Woman are rockabilly and honky tonk country tracks. Last thing on My Mind, originally written by Tom Paxton has been covered by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagner, but the Sam Martin and the Haggard version is most influenced by the Del Roy Wilson roots reggae arrangement of the song. Rain from the Skies is another Del Roy Wilson song that Sam Martin and the band have turned into a soul number. SAMANTHA MARTIN AND DELTA SUGAR
 

THE JUKE HOUNDS "BLUESITUDE"

In 2006, the Juke Hounds were drawn together by a shared attitude about the world. A Midwestern grit that made each of them relate to the blues in the first place -- and then to each other.The Juke Hounds play the ”blues with a feeling” all right. But that feeling is not the familiar woe-is-me nobody-loves-me pose, but one of defiance and swagger that says "you can't keep me down." The music, the lyrics and and even the bands aggressive stage presence, announce they are a force to be reckoned with.Brittany Nader Of Buzzbin Magazine agrees that when the Juke Hounds start to play,
“it’s impossible not to get up and start shaking along to the rhythm.” Mike Fuller of Water Street Tavern, echoes the observation: "There are a lot of people dancing and moving around. Not a lot of people are sitting down…. Everyone stands and treats it like a rock show, and that's pretty much how it is."The Juke Hounds know something about defiance. When friends, family and even fellow musicians insisted that playing the blues in Ohio was a foolish waste of time, The Jukes took their advice as a personal challenge. Today, the Juke Hounds are rocking the blues to packed houses across Northeast Ohio -- not to mention all the way to Memphis.In 2010, The Juke Hounds won the Cleveland Blues Society “Road To Memphis” competition and represented Akron, Canton, and Cleveland at the 2011 International Blues Competition in Memphis where the band showcased at the Hard Rock Café’ on Beale Street. This year (2013), the Juke Hounds won the NEOBA Blues Competition and will represent Northeast Ohio at the 2014 International Blues Competition held in Memphis TN. THE JUKE HOUNDS
 

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DAVID VEST "ROADHOUSE REVELATION"

Although he now calls Canada home, Maple Blues Award winner David Vest is an authentic, Southern-bred boogie-woogie piano player and blues shouter. Born in Alabama in 1943, David grew up in Birmingham, not far from Tuxedo Junction. He played his first paying gig in 1957, and by the time he opened for Roy Orbison on New Year's Day 1962, he was a seasoned veteran of Gulf Coast roadhouses and honky tonks.At the age of 17, David went on tour with Jerry Woodard and the Esquires, some of whom later became key members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Muscle Shoals Horns. While still with Woodard, he jammed with Ace Cannon, Bill Black's Combo and the Jimmy Dorsey Band in clubs along the Florida Panhandle, where fellow Alabaman James Harman would soon make his mark.He had seen Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash in the 1950s. He saw Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, and John Lee Hooker in the prime of their careers. Sam Cooke, Clyde McPhatter and Hank Ballard, too. About the time he turned 21 he found himself onstage backing Big Joe Turner, who said that David Vest's playing made him feel like he was back home in Kansas City.He had also worked the southern gospel circuit, appearing on programs with the Statesmen and the Blackwood Brothers. His first recording featured the last song written by Alton Delmore. David himself wrote the first songs ever recorded by Tammy Wynette, as detailed in Jimmy McDonough's bio of the country legend. He also dated a sister of the Louvin Brothers, toured with Faron Young (who threatened to kill him), backed Red Foley in a show where all the stars got robbed, worked in a theatre with Fannie Flagg and became the first American artist to record an album in Romania, after his appearance at the Sibiu Jazz Festival.Later David would receive the "direct laying on of hands" from piano legends like Big Walter The Thunderbird and Floyd Dixon. He would tour extensively with Jimmy T99 Nelson and Miss Lavelle White. Katie Webster told him, "I knows it when I hears it."From 2002 through 2006, he shared lead vocals and frontman duties in the Paul deLay Band, culminating in his performance on an award-winning live CD, which reached the Top Ten on Billboard's national blues chart. During his years in Portland, David won five Muddy Awards from the Cascade Blues Association, including Best Keyboard Player.After deLay's untimely death, Vest joined forces with Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne and various other pianists, including Ann Rabson, to form the supergroup Northwest Pianorama. DAVID VEST
 

KENT BURNSIDE "MY WORLD IS SO COLD"

Kent was born June 10, 1971 in Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN to Mildred Jean Burnside and Joe Eddie Johnson. He grew up in North Mississippi in the Holly Springs area where he was influenced by his grandfather, RL Burnside, at a very young age. RL started teaching Kent how to play guitar at 9 yrs. old telling him, "you gotta take a groove and just keep on driving it til you come up with your own style." In the beginning, Kent felt more comfortable playing the bass guitar but would eventually move on to lead and slide after watching RL, also being influenced by Duwayne, Gary, & Cedric Burnside. Some clubs and festivals Kent has played includes the Telluride Blues Festival, Minnesota Blues Festival, Buddy Guys, House of Blues, and received #1 at the Battle of the Blues Bands at Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero. The first record Lucky13 Recordings will be releasing for Kent is a compilation of two unreleased albums. The first, 'Never Again', features the entire Burnside family including Duwayne, Gary, RL Jr., Cedric, Joseph, Dexter & Calvin Jackson (Cedric's father). The second is a mix that produced by James Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers) including artists Eric Deaton, Lightening Malcolm, & Gary Burnside. Lucky13 Recordings then plans to have Kent travel to Los Angeles to record a studio and a live album with documentary footage produced by Jimmie Wood and Scott Hatch. Kent has 6 children, his oldest daughter Keanna attending college in California. KENT BURNSIDE
 

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THE CAPTAIN LEGENDARY BAND "TCLB LIVE"

TCLB Live has been a long time in the making for The Captain Legendary Band. Since it's inception, fans have enjoyed the band's sometimes rowdy and always entertaining live shows. Winning the Academy of Texas Music's "Live Band of the Year" award in 2010 solidified TCLB as one of the premier live acts in the South. With the awards and vigorous touring schedule came the clamoring for a live record from fans old and new. With the support of The Captain Legendary Band's loyal fan base, the group pulled off a two set fan appreciation extravaganza that just happened to be recorded. The band put on two shows, one acoustic, and one electric to a packed house at the historic "Firehouse Saloon" in Houston, TX. It included many of the band's fan favorites along with several new songs that are soon to be standards as well. Throw in the engineering magic of Grammy winner Adam Odor and you have TCLB Live. It really is like you were there! THE CAPTAIN LEGENDARY BAND
 

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DELTA MOON "TURN AROUND WHEN POSSIBLE" "LIVE VOL.2"

Con l'uscita del loro settimo album "Black Cat Oil" nel 2012, i Delta Moon hanno ampliato il loro suono, che ha venduto migliaia di dischi e ha permesso loro di suonare per migliaia di appassionati in tutto il mondo, negli ultimi anni. E con dei live show secondi a nessuno, le chitarre slide dual dei Delta Moon trasportano l'ascoltatore nelle profondità del cuore del Sud America, dove il Mississippi blues incontra il twang backwoods grintoso di Appalachia, e si snoda attorno a un rock-steady beat, su un recinto di filo spinato. Ritmi netti, con Musica cruda e onesta. Noi lo chiamiamo Blues infuso dalle radici americane. Un mix di forte personalità e suoni. Un incontro casuale in un negozio di musica di Atlanta, GA, ha riunito i due fondatori, Tom Gray e Mark Johnson. I due, scambiati i numeri di telefono, spesso suonavano insieme regolarmente nei negozi di caffè e barbecue nei dintorni di Atlanta. A Mark è venuto il nome di Delta Moon, dopo un pellegrinaggio per Muddy Waters, vicino a Clarksdale, Mississippi. Dopo l'aggiunta di una sezione ritmica solida, i Delta Moon hanno iniziato a suonare in locali notturni e Festival in tutto il sud, vincendo l'International Blues Challenge di Memphis nel 2003. Nel 2007 il bassista Franher Josep si è unito ai Delta Moon, seguito poi dal batterista Marlon Patton, completando il gruppo di oggi. Etica del lavoro della band sono i costanti tour, sin dal 2012 e oltre, con itinerari programmati per Germania, Italia, U.K., Benelux, Scandinavia, Canada, Stati Uniti e altro. Dopo il primo album dal vivo nel 2013 "Life's a Song", in questi giorni hanno presentato il secondo volume "Turn Around When Possible". DELTA MOON

 

DANA FUCHS "BLISS AVENUE"

Dana Fuchs è una delle grandi cantanti femminili, una grande voce del Blues e del Rock o qualsiasi altro genere. Molto dinamica, che porta alla mente tante altre cantanti, come Janis, Etta, Nico o Big Mama. Con "Bliss Avenue", il suo primo album in soli due anni, ora sia lei che il suo più stretto collaboratore Jon Diamond, hanno anche aderito nelle file delle squadre migliori di songwriting. I testi sono tutti scritti principalmente da Fuchs, e Diamond che fornisce la musica. Non c'è mai stato un titolo più ironico di questo. Dana Fuchs è cosi uscita dal suo personaggio che le era confortevole, per diventare davvero una cantante molto tridimensionale e giocosa. La cantante blues newyorkese mette tutta la sua gloria e potenza soul, posando nuda nei suoi sentimenti più reconditi, con testi provocatori e stimolanti, sostenuta da un'incendiaria band, guidata dal chitarrista Jon Diamond. L'album risultante è una finestra sulla visione del mondo della cantante, dalla tragica perdita del suo amato fratello, alla solitudine della vita sulla strada. Canzoni che prendono vari sapori, tra cui soul, roots, blues e southern rock. Una donna che potrebbe cantare l'elenco telefonico e tenere ancora i suoi ascoltatori incantati. Ascoltandola, vi renderete conto che siete in presenza di una grandezza di nuova generazione. DANA FUCHS