Selwyn Birchwood & Deuces Wild play Mount Dora Blues & Wine Festival May 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 2010

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Selwyn Birchwood stumbled upon the Blues at age seventeen while attending a Buddy Guy concert in Orlando. After witnessing the raw energy and power the music created first hand, he decided it was what he wanted to pursue. He has spent the years since then trying to hone his skill to convey the same intensity and feeling of the blues greats. After seeing him perform in a local club, Texas Bluesman Sonny Rhodes offered him the chance to hit the road and tour nationally. Selwyn quickly took advan­tage of the opportunity and has frequently toured with his blues mentor across the U.S. and Canada at many premiere venues including: “Terra Blues” in New York City, “Big Muddy Blues Festival” in St. Louis, “Beltline Blues Fest” in Calgary, Alberta, and “Buddy Guy’s Legends” in Chicago. Selwyn is backed by a rock­solid rhythm section that is as bluesy as it gets. Auggie Antoine (Bass) was a regular at Kingsnake Re­cords in Sanford, Fl. In its heyday Kingsnake turned out records for many notable art­ists including Ace Moreland, Rufus Thomas, and Kenny Neal. The band also fea­tures Dave Scitney (Drums) who adds his own style keeping the pulse of their unique brand of swampy Florida Blues. They will appear on Sunday at noon.

Three­ Day Event Tickets $48 in advance.

Saturday tickets at the door $36, Sunday tickets at the door $12, and Friday night

Welcome Party and Blues Brothers Contest tickets are $8.

Saturday festivities from 3-9pm and Sunday from Noon - ­4.

The wine tasting will be held on Saturday from 3 -5 pm and is included in your ticket price. Sample premiere wines from vineyards and local wine sellers from booths in the Lakeside Inn Tea Garden.

Tickets and details available on­line at www.mountdorabluesandwinefest.com. For the Lakeside Inn 2­ Night Blues & Wine Package which includes two 3­ Day Tickets, Dinner for Two and Gourmet Breakfast each morning call 800.972.7175 or visit www.lakeside­inn.com. For more information on tickets, musicians and sponsorships call T Scott Walker Productions at 352-­728­5250.

Diogo Brown & The Funk Jazz Brazilian Group to play JAZID in Miami Beach May 11

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Jazid1342 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
jazid.net
(305)673-9372

10:30pm, May 11, 2010

Diogo Brown
& The Funk Jazz Brazilian Group
w/ Brian Wolfe, Max Farber, Aaron Lebos and Goran Rista.

“Diogo Brown has put together this group to bring not only the music of Brazil to Jazid, but also to bring the spirit of originality through the talented and interpretive minds of some of the best players in Miami to the audience. Be there and experience it.”
Charlie Boyer, Owner & Publisher, JazzBluesFlorida


Brown Sugar Music inc.Diogo Brown
Bassist,Composer
and Musical Producer
www.diogobrownbass.com
www.myspace.com/diogobrownbass

Legendary jazz singer Lena Horne dies at 92

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Barrier-breaking jazz star Lena Horne dies at 92

By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her plaintive, signature song "Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92.

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Smokestack Lightnin’s Top Ten Blues CDs & Playlist for The Week Ending 5/8/10

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PLAYLIST: Smokestack Lightnin’ on WUCF, 89.9FM, Orlando, Florida, 05/08/10, 8-11pm Opening: Smokestack Lightnin’ by The Howlin’ Wolf DJ: Marv R Show#0845(SMOKE_050810)

http://www.smokestacklightnin.com

Smokestack Lightnin’s Top Ten Blues CDs for The Week

#10 Joe Bonamassa/I Know A Place [john hiatt]/Black Rock/J&R Adventures
#9 Guitar Shorty/True Lies/Bare Knuckle/Alligator
#8 Mark Hummel/Honey Bee Blues/Retro-Active/Electro Fi
#7 The Holmes Brothers/Dark Cloud/Feed My Soul/Alligator
#6 Janiva Magness/Slipped Tripped And Fell In Love/The Devil Is An Angel Too/Alligator
#5 Nasty Ned/Love Me Deep/Roots 52/American Showplace
#4 Seasick Steve/Never Go West/Man From Another Time/Atlantic
#3 Nick Moss/She’s So Fine (Born Blind)/Privileged/Blue Bella
#2 Kirk Fletcher/Congo Square/My Turn/Eclecto Groove
#1 The Mannish Boys/Last Night/Shake For Me/Delta Groove

All New Blues This Week

Ron Tanski/Where Were You When I Was Still Cheatin’?/Dragged You Down/self
Jonny Lang/Give Me Up Again/Live At The Ryman/Concord
Michael Landau & Robben Ford/The Darkness/Renegade Creation/BBI

New Blues Collections

Leslie West/Blues Before Sunrise/Covering Clapton:From Cream & Beyond/BBI
Six String Theory Featuring Joe Bonamassa/Give Me A Good Reason/Blues Playlist/Concord
Stoney Curtis Band/Blues Without You/Blues Bureau’s Slow Jams Vol. 1/BBI

More All New Blues

Lucky Peterson/Brown Can’t Be Bad/Heart of Pain/JSP
Shakura S’Aida/This Is Not A Love Song/Brown Sugar/Ruf
Jo Buddy/Tina Mae/Everything’s Gonna Be Alright/Ram-Bam
Deborah Coleman/The River Wild/What About Love?/Telarc 2004

All New Blues Live

Wolfpin/Remember/Remember/Sonic Rendezvous
Jack Bruce & Robin Trower/Politician/Seven Moons Live/Ruf
Jeff Chaz/New Car Smell/Live In New Orleans/JCP
Chris Duarte/Baddness/Something Old, Something New,Something Borrowed, All Things Blue/BBI

New Blues Last Call

Sean Chambers/You’re Gonna Miss Me/Teb ‘Til Midnight/Blue Beat
Woodbrain/Shake ‘Em On Down/Swimming In Turpentine/Yellow Dog
Levee Town/You Nean/Leveee Town
Corey Harris/Blues/Blu.black/Telarc
Lil Aaron/Last Night/Lil Aaron Remembers The Last Employee/Quinn
Long John Hunter/Beggar Man/Looking For A Party/Blues Express

CLOSE

Matthew Stubbs/Sleepy Eyes/Medford & Main/Blue Bella

POOR ELIJAH IS COMIN HOME TO ATLANTA

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Poor Elijah is Comin' Home to Atlanta for One Night Only
Friday, June 18, 2009 7pm 7Stages

The Poor Elijah Fund for Musicians in Need inc. will be holding their first Charity concert at 7pm on Friday, June 18, 2010 at 7Stages Theater on Euclid Ave.

The Concert will Feature: Bonnie Bramlett, Diane Durrett, Richard Bicknell, Pat Terry, Burn and The Mike Delaney Project! Tickets are on Sale on the Web at: www.cominhomeforpoorelijah.org $35 in Advance and $40 at the door on the day of the show. Only 200 tickets will be sold!

The Poor Elijah Fund for Musicians in Need inc. was founded by Michele Bramlett (the eldest daughter of Delaney Bramlett) along with her sisters and friend M.A D'Arrigo earlier this year to raise funds for young musicians. Specifically the Fund works to raise both funds and alternative resources for musicians who would otherwise
slip through the cracks of the Music Industry. Their Mission Statement reads as follows:
The Poor Elijah Fund For Musicians in Need (PEFMN) was created to fill the giant gap between “Celebrity” musicians' funding and healthcare and the average musician living in the U.S.. PEFMN have used many of the beliefs and tenets of our friend, father and musical hero Delaney Bramlett as an example for how we can help other people in need. We feel that all musicians should have the same qualities of life as people
with regular jobs. The problem is that musicians are not insured by their employer as that, that employer may change 7 nights a week. Musicians may go weeks or even months without a regular paycheck, and yes they could go out and get a 9-5er, but that might prevent them from writing the next big hit.


The programs that currently exist to help musicians in need are few and far between. In many cases the waiting lists just to enter in the process can take weeks or even months, or there are qualifying conditions attached that exclude younger or new musicians. PEFMN plans on trying to offset some of this problem by offering a streamlined approach to the needs of each case; tailored to each musicians needs.
The corporation will also endeavor to create musical educational programs for the poor. PEFMN and it's Board of Directors have relationships with many Public and Private Schools throughout the country.

PEFMN plans on using those relationships to help fund and promote Musical education in our schools. PEFMN agrees strongly with the statistics that state that Musical Education helps students improve in every other subject matter. As that it not only helps to develop creativity and self esteem, but also good communication and reading skills; not to mention that music is entirely guided by Mathematics.

The long and short term plan is to raise monies through the production and promotion of charitable musical events, DVDs, CDs and any other such fund-raising that are permitted under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Once all corporation costs are met; the remaining monies raised will go directly to musicians and or family members of musicians who are in need of financial assistance due to debts (public or
private), medical needs or musical production.

The Poor Elijah Fund for Musicians in Need Inc
1000 Mclendon Drive
Decatur, Georgia 30033

2010 Blues Music Award Winners Announced in Memphis

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2010 Blues Music Award Winners:

Acoustic Album of the Year
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red - You Got to Move

Acoustic Artist of the Year
Louisiana Red

Album of the Year
Joe Louis Walker
Between a Rock and the Blues

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Tommy Castro

Band of the Year
Tommy Castro Band

Best New Artist Debut
Monkey Junk
Tiger in your Tank

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Tommy Castro
Hard Believer

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Ruthie Foster

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Tommy Castro

DVD
Delmark Records
It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends

Historical Album of the Year
Chess -Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)

Instrumentalist-Bass
Bob Stroger

Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside

Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks

Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Jason Ricci

Instrumentalist-Horn
Deanna Bogart

Instrumentalist-Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Eden Brent

Rock Blues Album of the Year
Derek Trucks Band
Already Free

Song of the Year
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito
'Pearl River' (Pearl River--Mike Zito)

Soul Blues Album of the Year
Johnny Rawls
Ace Of Spades

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Irma Thomas

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Curtis Salgado

Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Super Chikan
Chikadelic

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Debbie Davies

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
Duke Robillard



BLUES MUSIC AWARDS CELEBRATE THE BEST OF BLUES MUSIC WITH 2-DAY MEMPHIS EXTRAVAGANZA


BIG HONOREES INCLUDE BUDDY GUY, TOMMY CASTRO AND DEBBIE DAVIES, RECIPIENT OF FIRST-EVER KOKO TAYLOR AWARD

Marathon Party Featured Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Buddy Guy, and Performances by Tommy Castro, Eden Brent & Monkey Junk And Others

[Memphis, TN, May 7, 2010] The Blues Foundation has done it again. The party of the year for Blues music has once again left its mark on Memphis with a two-day marathon event, kicking off on Wednesday with this year's induction ceremony for the Blues Hall of Fame, and culminating last night with a seven plus hour celebration of the Blues Music Awards. Presented by The Gibson Foundation, the Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists, and are voted on by fellow performers, industry representatives, and fans from around the globe who are members of The Blues Foundation.

This year, the awards ceremony honored winners in 26 categories, presented by some of the most influential members of the Blues community, including artist Mickey Thomas, Washington Blues Society President Eric Steiner, Blues Foundation board member Steve Bryson, and Nashville Blues Society charter member Kathy Bolmer.

This year's big winner was Tommy Castro, named the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and collecting a total of four awards, in all four categories in which he was nominated including Band of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, and Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year. Bonnie Raitt - an inductee in this year's Blues Hall of Fame - presented Buddy Guy with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Also presenting at last night's ceremony was Koko Taylor's daughter, Cookie Taylor, to present the renamed Koko Taylor Award (formerly Best Traditional Female Artist) to its first-ever recipient, Blues guitarist Debbie Davies, whose album Holdin' Court was released last fall.

Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins was on hand to present his namesake Piano Player Award to this year's winner Eden Brent, recipient of two 2009 Blues Music Awards and winner of the 2006 Blues Foundation International Blues Challenge.

Joe Louis Walker, who received the most nominations this year with a total of five, received one for Album of the Year for his Between a Rock and the Blues album release.

Of this year's event, The Blues Foundation Executive Director Jay Sieleman said, "There is a great vibe to this event but the real secret is not a secret at all-great music by performer after performer."

Kicking off the two-day event on Wednesday night, a committee of scholars, record producers, radio programmers, and historians inducted the following performers into the Blues Hall of Fame: Louisiana-born, Chicago-based bluesman Lonnie Brooks, highly-esteemed blues singer and harpist Charlie Musselwhite and singer, songwriter, guitarist and social activist Bonnie Raitt. The Blues Hall of Fame committee is chaired by Jim O'Neal, founding editor of Living Blues.

The Blues Music Awards brings together Blues performers, industry representatives and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous year. The presenting sponsor is The Gibson Foundation and the sustaining sponsor is BMI. Additional 2010 BMA sponsors include ArtsMemphis, band Village, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, I55 Productions, and the Tennessee Arts Commission.

For those who were unable to attend this epic event in Memphis, The Blues Foundation will make The Blues Music Awards ceremony available on DVD later this year. As with the DVD releases of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 ceremonies, the 2010 edition will include all the evening's winners and performances on one memorable disc. For more information, visit www.blues.org.

The Blues Foundation is Memphis-based, but world-renown as the organization dedicated to preserving our blues music history, celebrating recording and performance excellence, supporting blues education and ensuring the future of this uniquely American art form. Founded in 1980, the Foundation has 3500 individual members and 185 affiliated local blues societies representing another 50,000 fans and professionals around the world. Its signature honors and events --the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame, International Blues Challenge and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards-- make it the international center of blues music. Its HART Fund provides the blues community with medical assistance while its Sound Healthcare program offers musicians health insurance access. The Blues Foundation's Blues in the Schools programs and Generation Blues scholarships expose new generations to blues music. Throughout the year, the Foundation staff serves the worldwide Blues community with answers, contact information and news.

Longtime Florida jazz bandleader Mike Arena gone at age 82

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From:
SOUNDBOARD
The Blog with Jim Abbott
Orlando Sentinel
"For more than 30 years, Mike Arena’s dedication to big-band jazz offered an outlet for experienced players and inspiration for young emerging musicians in the community-minded Altamonte Jazz Ensemble.

Arena, who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday at age 82, is being remembered as an unparalled force with limitless enthusiasm for jazz."
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http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2010/05/longtime-jazz-bandleader-mike-arena-gone-at-age-82.html

Matt "Guitar" Murphy LIVE in Davie, Florida on May 12th, 2010

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Hello Everyone!
This is going to be one of those shows that you will be talking about for a long time to come. It is going to be a "I remember seeing MGM out in Davie a small club." type thing, because he is going back on the international touring circuit and you won't see him up close and personal after that gets going.
Hope you get the experience,
Charlie

Matt "Guitar" Murphyat Big Dawgs 2
7357 Davie Road Ext., Davie FL 33024
(954)272-3294
$5, 7pm, May 12, 2010
Backed up by JC Crossfire Band & One Night Stan's horn section The Hollywood Horns

Murphy has been living in South Miami since 2003 while recuperating in semi-retirement. In 2008 Tim O’Donnell from The Nouveaux Honkies coaxed Matt out to perform at a festival in Fellsmere, Florida. Since then Matt has performed with TNH at many venues throughout South Florida. O’Donnell’s label, Bluzpik Rekerdz, stepped up to put a booking agent and management in place and starting taping a Matt Murphy documentary which will finish filming at the Daytona Blues Festival on October 9, 2010.

Bluzpik President and Director of Artist Relations Leo Gale states, “It has been quite a unique experience working with a living legend and old school guitarist. There are always plenty of Blues Brothers fans at the shows and that is fun. But the real thrill for me is to watch the guitarists and other musicians in the crowd stand in awe with their mouths open. Matt has influenced generations of guitarists from Hubert Sumlin in the 50’s and Jeff Beck in the 60’s to future stars on the way up like Albert Castiglia and Tim O’Donnell. Mr. Murphy is healthy again, playing tremendously, looking forward to performing at big festivals and getting back into the studio."

Known by millions from his role as guitarist in the smash movie “The Blues Brothers”, Matt “Guitar” Murphy is doing a final show locally before completing his comeback at the Chicago Blues Festival in June with his former band mate James Cotton. Matt is performing at major Blues Festivals this summer and fall for the first time since suffering a stroke in the early part of the decade. He will be performing with the James Cotton Band, The Legends Band featuring Pine Top Perkins, Hubert Sumlin and Willie “Big “ Eyes, and his Florida based band The Nouveaux Honkies over the summer and into 2011.

The May 12th show will kick off @ 8PM at Big Dawgs 2, 7357 Davie Road Extension in Davie Florida.

Call for reservations 954-272-3294

http://www.bluzpik.com/mattmurphy/bigdawg2.htm

Mattguitarmurphy.net

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MattGuitarMurphy.net
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GA's First Annual Southeastern Blues Bash & Chili Cookoff May 8, 2010

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The First Annual Southeastern Blues Bash & Chili Cookoff is Saturday 10:00 am to 9:00pm May 8th 2010 at the Grand Slam Event Center, 525 Muddy Lane, Thomasville, Georgia 31792 - a chili and Blues connoisseur’s delight! Advance tickets are $5.00 and available at Redemption Ministries Inc. (a tax-exempt 501c3 organization) 814 W. Jackson Street, Thomasville Georgia 31792, (229) 228-6888. This family-friendly event includes; a delicious chili cookoff, inspired world class Blues music, a chili-propelled 5K run, a chili dog (canine) beauty pageant, and a whole lot more! All proceeds go to Redemption Ministries Inc. programs that benefit people in need throughout Thomas, Grady, Mitchell, Colquitt and Worth Counties in Southwest Georgia.

The chili cookoff is 10:00am to 12:30pm May 8th. Please contact Redemption Ministries Inc., 814 W. Jackson St., Thomasville. Georgia 31792, (229) 228-6888, or visit http://southeasternbluesbash.com/chilicookoff.html for information on how to enter your tasty chili now. This is an International Chili Society (ICS) sanctioned cookoff event.

CONTACTS:
• General Event ~ Graham; (229) 228-6888 g_bell@bellsouth.net
• Chili Cookoff ~ Paige (229) 224-3179 paigehopes@gmail.com
• Blues Music ~ Randall (850) 933-33355 bigdaddy@BIGDADDYBLUES.com

BLUES ENTERTAINMENT Lineup (12:30pm-9:00pm Saturday May 8th):

http://southeasternbluesbash.com/bluesinfo.html

12:30pm-1:00pm DUO Justin Willis & Gregory Teasley
1:00pm-2:00pm BAND Sarah Mac Band
2:00pm-2:30pm SOLO Royce Lovett
2:30pm-3:30pm BAND Swinging Harpoon Blues Band
3:30pm-4:00pm SOLO Veronika Jackson
4:00pm-5:00pm BAND Blue Mule
5:00pm-5:30pm SOLO Royce Lovett
5:30pm-7:00pm BAND Big Daddy & Red Hot Java
7:00PM-7:30PM SOLO Veronika Jackson
7:30pm-9:00pm BAND Victor Wainwright & The Wild Roots





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Rose Max Caps JAMS Season

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Rose Max & Ramatis came to West Palm Beach to close the season for The Jazz Arts Music Society of Palm Beach (JAMS) this past Tuesday and what a fantastic performance! The great Federico Britos joined them with his violin, Diogo Brown provided the up-right/not-uptight sounds, and Goran Rista was on the drums. Closing the season with a packed house is always a great way to head into the summer, and Rose certainly made sure the patrons were sent out in style and sophistication. If you missed this show, the journey to Miami to see them should be put on your to-do list...they are in demand and perform often, as well they should....Makes me want to fly down to Rio, for sure!

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