IBC Update: Selwyn Birchwood, Florida Blues Musician & Band, Make Final Cut

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28th International Blues Challenge Finalists Announced

The doors of the Orpheum Theatre open at 1:00pm Saturday, Feburary 4 for band finals which begin at 2:00pm. The solo/duo finals will begin at 7:30 pm.

Nine acts will compete for the top band prize. They are (in performance order):

Mikey Junior & the Stone Cold Blues (Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation)
Noah Wotherspoon Band (Dayton Blues Society)
Sherry Pruitt Blues Project (Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society)
The Bart Walker Band (Nashville Blues Society)
The WIRED! Band (Washington Blues Society)
Selwyn Birchwood Band (Suncoast Blues Society)
Taylor Scott & Another Kind of Magick (Wyoming Blues & Jazz Society)
Paula Harris (The Golden Gate Blues Society)
The Lefty Collins Band (Magic City Blues Society)

Eight acts will compete in the solo/duo finals. They are (in performance order):

Lucious Spiller (Arkansas River Blues Society)
Randy McQuay (Cape Fear Blues Society)
D'Mar and Gill (Central Mississippi Blues Society)
Robert Sampson (Illinois Central Blues Club)
Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers (Montreal Blues Society)
Ray Bonneville (Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas)
SPOONS & ABEL (Sonny Boy Blues Society)
Dr. Don's Double Dose (Sydney Blues Society)