Here’s a video featuring two artists that Blues and Rock fans don’t want to even think about missing.
14 February sees Layla Zoe at Bonn Harmonie as part of the 2016 Blues Caravan Tour. Later, 26 February, sees the first appearance in Cologne’s Yardclub of a young man I’ve heard great things about and discovered them to be true – Ben Poole. Here they are together in Dortmund. I recommend getting your BEN POOLE and BLUES CARAVAN TICKETS ASAP!
Reviews of the latest CD’s by Layla and Ben coming soon on 3songsbonn.com.
Friday’s theme at Bonn Folk Club in Haus Mullestümpe was ‘Freedom’ but it might also have been ‘Singer Songwriter; since we had a wonderful array of such musicians quite by chance. They had something to live up to where it came to the special guest of the evening though – Canada’s David Blair holds three semi-finalist awards for the USA Billboard songwriting contest and is a popular man on stages in Europe these days.
Local Blues matadors Baum’s Bluesbenders are playing at Em Knollestüffje (Junkerstrasse 15) in Bonn on 5 February.
Looking for yet another up and coming singer to check out? I agree, there’s only so much time and money available in this busy and expensive world. But if you DO have a space in your day and are looking for a new voice in the Soul/Blues/Jazz mould I suggest giving the debut CD by Finnish bombeshell Ina Forsman a spin.
It’s hard to believe, but despite their regular appearances in Bonn over the years, this was my first visit to a concert by the Hamburg Blues Band. Somehow it never worked out in the past. This time however the prospect of seeing 71 year old Maggie Bell onstage with 23 year old Krissy Matthews at the Harmonie was irresistible.
The time could not be more perfect. Following the New Year’s Eve events, and their repercussions on Germany’s view of it’s rising refugee population, the appearance of Aeham Ahmad in Bonn’s Münsterplatz today was a reminder that the majority of these refugees are decent people forced to risk death in search of not just a new life – but a life at all.
Very sad to hear of David Bowie’s death. It seems like the superheroes of my musical youth are proving themselves all too mortal these days.