[BluesBud]

JUNO BLUES NEWS!
Nominees with winner in bold

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Steady Movin’
Carlos del Junco
NorthernBlues*Outside

From The Water
Colin Linden
True North*Universal

I Need A Hat
Downchild
Linus*Universal

The Corktown Sessions
Jack de Keyzer
Blue Star*Indiepool

Low Fidelity
Treasa Levasseur
Slim Chicken*Outside

[BluesBud]

Congratulations to Jack de Keyzer
2010 JUNO for BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
[taken from 2010 JUNO WINNERS site]
http://junoawards.ca/nominees/#bluesAlbum


BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR

The Corktown Sessions
Jack de Keyzer
Blue Star*Indiepool
JACK DE KEYZER

Jack de Keyzer is a JUNO Award and seven-time Maple Blues Award-winning artist, blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Considered one of the finest blues guitarists working today, the British born, Canadian resident’s career has spanned over three decades. De Keyzer has released seven CD's and one DVD as a leader and has appeared on stage or as a session guitarist on hundreds of recordings and live performances including Etta James, Bo Diddley, Ronnie Hawkins and Blue Rodeo. Jack recently won 1st Place in the International Songwriting Competition’s Blues Category for his composition “That’s The Only Time. Jack's most recent accolades came from two very Canadian institutions. Prime Minister Steven Harper's son Ben received a guitar lesson from Jack at the request of Canada's first lady Laureen Harper at 24 Sussex in January of 2009 . Jack was also awarded Great Canadian Blues Artist of the Year from a poll of CBC radio listeners this year. Performing across Canada and internationally over 150 shows per year, Jack de Keyzer is a masterful, electric blues guitarist, soulful singer and songwriter of the first order.

[BluesBud]

Ottawa Bluesfest lineup released

To see for yourself here is the site.
http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/

Bluesfest has become an eclectic mixed music festival but still has enough Blues to please the stodgiest Blues purest. Here is the released sampling as presented in this morning's e-mail blast.

Confirmed Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest acts to-date include;

Alexisonfire;Anders Osborne & Johnny Sansone; Andrew Bird; AfroReggae; Arcade Fire; Aterciopelados; Babe Ruth; Basia Bulat; Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba;
Bear in Heaven; Big Jeezus Truck; Big Soul Project featuring Roxanne
Goodman; Bill 'Sauce Boss' Wharton; Bjorn Berg; Blonde Redhead;
Campbell Brothers; Caravan Palace; Carolyn Wonderland; The Cat Empire;
Champion and His G-Strings; Charlie Winston; Coolooloosh; Crowded
House; Culture Reject; Curtis Salgado; Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
Band; Down With Webster; Drake; Dream Theatre; Eamon McGrath; Elvis
Perkins; Ethiopique; Faber Drive; Foghat; Furthur featuring Phil Lesh
& Bob Weir; Garaga; Gipsy Kings; GOOD2GO; Gord Downie and the Country
of Miracles; Great Big Sea; Great Lake Swimmers; Group 1 Crew; Grupo
Fantasma; Iron Maiden; James Hunter; Jimmy Cliff; Joan Jett; Joe Krown
Trio with Walter Wolfman Washington & Russell Batiste; John Butler
Trio; John Hiatt; John Kilduff; Keith Urban; Ken Workman & the Union;
Kevin Costner and Modern West; Kings Go Forth; Konono No. 1; Lady
Tramaine Hawkins; Laurent Bourque; Levon Helm; LIGHTS; Loudlove;
Lukas Nelson; Marc Cohn; Marcia Ball & The Voice of The Wetlands All
Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Johnny
Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux; Marianas
Trench; Martin Sexton; Matt Andersen; Matthew Good; Matt Schofield;
Metric; Moneen; Monster Mike Welch; NEWWORLDSON; Nicolas Collins;
Occidental Brothers; Octoberman; Ozomatli; Passion Pit; Paul Rishell &
Annie Raines; Planet Smashers; Renaissance; Richie Righteous; River
City Junction; Robert Farrell Band; Robert Randolph & the Family Band;
Roger Hodgson; Ronnie Baker Brooks; Roy Rogers & The Delta River
Kings; Rosanne Cash; The Rural Alberta Advantage; Ryan Montbleau Band;
Santana; Septentrional d'Haiti; Slyde; Southside Johnny & the Asbury
Jukes; Staff Benda Bilili; Steel Pulse; Steve Dawson’s Mississippi
Sheiks Project; Steve Hackett; Steve Winwood; That 1 Guy; That’s the
Spirit; Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience; The Aggrolites; The
Budos Band; The Constellations; The Ethics; The Flaming Lips; The Hold
Steady; The Lost Fingers; The Love Machine; The Mohawk Lodge; The
Moody Blues; The Musical Box; The Swell Season; The Whigs; The White
Wires; Timber Timbre; TJ Wheeler; Tommy Castro; Too Slim and The
Taildraggers; Trevor Hall; Tye Tribbett; We Are Wolves; Weezer;
Woodhands; and Yatkha,

with more to be announced.

I will look over this laundry list in more detail and offer the ones I am most interested in seeing this year.

[BluesBud]

Here is my first glance at the acts coming to the 2010 Ottawa Bluesfest that catch my interest. I am sure there are some I missed but if this is any indication, it is going to be an unbelievable event. I am sure to be busy and thoroughly wiped out after this one.


Rockin' Blues & Soul Acts

Ronnie Baker Brooks
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
Curtis Salgato
Tommy Castro

Zydeco & Louisiana

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Marcia Ball & The Voice of The Wetlands All
Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Johnny
Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

Roy Rogers & The Delta River Kings

Bill 'Sauce Boss' Wharton - This one is served with Gumbo prepared during the performance

Song Writers and Guitar Masters

John Hiatt
Robert Farrell Band

Retro & Classic Rock

Babe Ruth
Foghat
Levon Helm
Santana
Joan Jett
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Just For the Fun of It

Gipsy Kings
Jimmy Cliff
Great Big Sea

[BluesBud]

WHOLE LOTTA BLUES GOIN' ON!

Here is where I will be tonight!

JW-Jones CD Release
Rainbow, 76 Murray Street
Saturday, May 1

Having toured 14 countries and 4 continents, the band is ready to release album number six, "Midnight Memphis Sun" which features Hubert Sumlin and Charlie Musselwhite.

The CD release takes place at the Rainbow, Saturday May 1, with JW-Jones (guitar/vocals), Martin Regimbald (bass/backup vocals), Jeff Asselin (drums/backup vocals), special guest Jesse Whiteley on keys and, for the first time, the One Faith Gospel Singers! Be there get your CD AUTOGRAPHED!

Check out this 5-minute video, for an introduction to J-Dub, the live show, CDs, quotes, and great footage including Sun Studios recording session and the band live in Europe. The new CD “Midnight Memphis Sun” will be released in Ottawa on May 1 (in stores in July).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuIfTn89lcY
http://www.jw-jones.com/

[Arctic_Menace]

I love how the Ottawa Blues Fest hardly has any Blues acts anymore.

[BluesBud]

Yet Another Award for Ottawa's MonkeyJunk!



This one is a biggie gang! The Blues Awards (formerly known as The W.C. Handy Awards)

This notice was sent out by the boys. They cover it all so I will let them speak for themselves.

2010 is the year of the Tiger AND the Monkey!!!

After sweeping the Maple Blues Awards in January and winning the Best Blues Artist at the Canadian Independant Music Awards ,MonkeyJunk is truly honoured and incredibly proud as representatives of Ottawa and Canada to announce that WE WON FOR BEST NEW ARTIST DEBUT for "Tiger In Your Tank" at the 2010 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN. MonkeyJunk is the second ever Canadian act in 30 years to win a Blues Music Award (second only to Jeff Healey who won an award last year). We were in the presence of greatness on this night. Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Pinetop Perkins and many other blues legends were present and we feel very lucky to be recognized in such highly esteemed company. Huge thanks to Jay Sieleman, Joe Whitmer all the staff and volunteers at the Blues Foundation for putting on a first class show. More huge thanks to all of our fans, friends and family that support us in this, our dream, to play our music. We share this award with Jason Jaknunas & Marty Sobb - the engineers that recorded the record and Scotty Doubt who did the layout and design for "Tiger".


Thanks again . . .

Matt, Tony and Steve

http://www.monkeyjunkband.com

[BluesBud]

Arctic_Menace wrote:

I love how the Ottawa Blues Fest hardly has any Blues acts anymore.

I beg to differ. There is plenty of blues acts to see. I will be very busy trying to catch them all. The event has just stretched beyond the bounds of a "Blues Festival" to cover a HUGE amount of music styles. This just makes it the biggest don't ya dare miss it music event in Canada.

[BluesBud]

MAJOR BLUES NEWS!!!

As of June 1 Canada has it's first blues radio station. 101.9 DAWG FM is on the air. If you are not in the Ottawa \ Gatineau national capital region you can also stream from the website.

http://bluesincanada.com/


TAKE THE DAWG FOR A WALK!

[BluesBud]

Pics from the 101.9 DAWG Kick Off at Tucson's in Ottawa June 1


Raffled Guitar


Owners & Station Manager along with The Big DAWG! welcoming the crowd
Left to Right "The Big DAWG", Frank Torres, Todd Bernard, Ed Torres


JW Jones Band


Much Acclaimed band MonkeyJunk


Canadian blues legend Jack De Keyser

The station will start regular programing on this coming Monday. Until then it is broadcasting it's signal with a three hour test showing the mix of music that will be offered. You will also receive information on the programing and the on air personalities hosting those shows.

[WDHIII]

Sweet!

Love the mascot!

WOOF!

[BluesBud]

OBS Road To Memphis this month in Ottawa
This year The Ottawa Blues Society will send competitors for both Band and Single-Duo categories. If you are in Ottawa you have to try to see some or all of this event. It is becoming a major spring board for regional Blues talent.

[Choban]

Anyone interested in the blues should check out these guys, not your typical blues but fits the bill.

[BluesBud]

This year's nominees for the 14th Maple Blues Awards



Here is the link
http://www.mapleblues.ca/nominees.aspx

[BluesBud]

I just heard about this one and since they are not visiting Ottawa I gotta tell you about it. One of my favorite bands is coming in for two Canadian shows.

If you love Texas Blues or just ONE FINE BLUES BAND! You can't miss these guys. Trust me go see'em, you'll thank me! DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!!!

Smokin' Joe Kubek Band & Bnois King
"Raucous, high-energy Texas roadhouse blues-rock. Blistering guitar solos, irresistible shuffles and subtle ballads." -Living Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F71uYdY ... re=related

The red-hot rockin' Texas blues band Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King will celebrate the release of their new CD, Have Blues, Will Travel with a live performance at El Mocambo in Toronto on Thursday, December 2, 2010. Kubek's raucous roadhouse fretwork is expertly complimented by the equally fiery guitar and soulful vocals of Bnois King. Together, the two create a one-two punch of raw, tough, Lone Star blues-rock.

Date: Thursday, December 2
Venue: El Mocambo
Address: 464 Spadina Ave.
City: Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

Showtime: 6:30pm
Ticket price: $20 advance / $25 day of show
Website: http://www.elmocambo.ca


Their website says they will also be playing

Dec 03, 2010 - The Sutton Park Inn - Kincardine, Ontario, CANADA