Grammy award-winning blues artists, best award-winning European and American artists and the best representatives of the local scene, according to our intentions, will create the most important blues event in Central and Eastern Europe in a festival without example or precedent. in the area.
“By going against stereotypes, we prove that the blues is an exciting genre that is interesting to a wider audience, capable of renewal, that fascinates, inspires and continues to be the defining field of contemporary popular music. We believe that the time for thematic festivals is not just over, but that the blues was a meeting more intense, but also a worthy modifier for a common taste gravitating towards higher musical realms!” – write the arrangers.
Our editorial team is also looking forward to the festival with great excitement, and we’ve argued for our favorites by bidding against each other. At the end of the heated discussion, we have put together our list of 3 + 1 reasons why you should visit the festival (at least in our opinion).
Achievers – Expresso – 04.13. 6:30 p.m
Achievers from the UK are among the most exciting combinations of the Western European Roots scene. Catchy rhythms and inventive, wonderfully life-affirming melodies characterize their playing.
Buffalo Nichols – Hangvilla Great Hall – 04.14. 19:15
Young phenom Buffalo Nichols plays the blues of the future. He was born in one of the worst neighborhoods in Milwaukee, but the guitar saved his life. The instrument’s versatility created an opportunity for him to express himself, and he forgot the almost constant isolation he felt on a daily basis.
Jambalaya – Hangvilla Cafe – 04.16. 17:15
The Jambalaya band program is a true American-inspired show, which wins over its listeners with its energetic live concerts. Their latest album “Whatever Happens” will be presented at Veszprém.
+1 Unmissable course: Rick Estrin & The Nightcats – Expresszó – 04.14. 21.45
After a few years venturing out in Chicago – where he earned fame for icons like Muddy Waters – he founded Little Charlie & The Nightcats. After Charlie retired from touring in 2008, Rick brought in talented guitarist Kid Andersen and formed Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. Estrin’s work is embedded in the traditions of the greatest masters of the harmonica, but at the same time, with his innovative vocals, his sly and impassioned singing voice, and his good sense of humour, he shaped the instrument according to his own taste in a unique way, and who is now one of the greatest living masters.
