Posters for her current ‘Power’ Tour proudly proclaim “The Blues Queen is Back!” and there’s no doubt that Ana Popovic has been away from Bonn for quite a while. That pause was down not just to Covid and her move to The States, but also due to a fight with Cancer that she has thankfully won. She looks as bewitching as ever in those posters, but is she truly still the Blues Queen? There was a packed house at Bonn Harmonie to find out.
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Ten years ago Beth Hart was a little too small for the Kunstrasen main stage, hence her appearance at the
Kunstpalast’ Marquee stage from where this picture was taken. Fast-forward ten years and seeing the fiery American singer live will entail a visit to Cologne’s mighty Lanxess Arena where Rock music’s creme-de-la-creme ply their trade in this area of NRW. Would I have liked to have seen her in Bonn? Yes, I would, for the intimate atmosphere that suits her emotional shows. But anyway, fans of one of the best female vocalists currently to be heard should make a diary note not to book any holiday away from home on Monday 18 November 2024 and also note that ticket pre-sale starts today (2 November) see links at the end of this article.
As part of his ‘Overdose d’Amore World Wild Tour’ Italian Rocker Zucchero will be making an appearance in Bonn at Kunst!Rasen. 11th July 2024 – save the date!
Despite covering a wide spectrum of Gosüel/Rock Zucchero is credited by many as ‘The Father of Italian Blues’. In a career, spanning more than three decades, Zucchero (Sugar) Fornaciari to give his full name, has sold over 60 million records around the world. He has performed live with such legends as Joe Cocker, Stevie Ray Vaughan Eric Clapton and Miles Davis but is best known for the international hit “Senza una donna” (“Without a Woman”), which was released as a duet with Paul Young.
Make someone happy and buy them Jamie Cullum for Christmas. Well, a ticket for his just-announced concert at next year’s Kunst!Rasen at least. For details on this and other concerts announced so far check the Kunst!Rasen website HERE
As John Harrison, Folk Club MC and Folk-blues Master Supreme has been saying since around the Folk Club in September – Christmas is not so far away, so buy a CD. But which one? At Bonn Folk Club the choice is ‘only’ between what the guest artist has on the table, but outside, in the big-wide-world there are a squillion discs/downloads crying for attention. Here are some of my favourites from this year.
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This year sees the 20th Anniversary of the Rockpalast Crossroads Festival in Bonn. To celebrate it’s longer than ever this year, starting on Tuesday and rocking clean through to Saturday, so there should be something for every rock music fan in there. Tuesday’s openers Bywater Call were definitely a good reason for me to head down to the Harmonie, and I also had a niggling desire just to see how anyone could call themselves Eddie 9V. It turned out he was more than just a fun name.
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To quote the title of one of this evening’s tracks, Bonn was well and truly ‘Gone to Texas’ on Thursday (18 Oct). Well, at least, Texas had certainly come to Bonn in the shape of two of its premier Blues Rock ‘n’ Rollers. To the uninitiated, Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia go back a long way together, hence the tour title ‘Blood Brothers’. With so many long-term fans in attendance at the Harmonie it certainly seemed like a family affair.
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3songsbonn was saddened this week to hear that Alex Krienke has passed away after a sudden stroke. Alex was for many years the male voice of Bonn’s premier cover band Sunny Skies. He always seemed like a quiet and unassuming man when first stepping onto a stage, but Alex had a charisma that managed to command his audience – even when they were in their thousands as was the case during some of Sunny Skies’ most memorable appearances – supporting Huey Lewis and appearing with the Bonn Hofgarten Orchestra at Museumsplatz for example. After Alex Krienke left, Sunny Skies the band took on a heavier sound but that wasn’t because he couldn’t cover such musical territory – Alex could rock with the best too as he proved time and again with the likes of ‘Smoke on the Water’ and ‘Highway to Hell’
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