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Once again, Prismen takes part in the festival and welcomes you to their ‘music brunch’ concept
with great food and great music.

Prismen serves a wonderful organic brunch buffet, to be enjoyed with coffee,
tea and juice - and of course - with some great blues.

This Saturday the musical main course is served by Kjeld Lauritsen's jazz-blues organ trio
slightly enhanced to a 4-piece outfit with special guest, singer Almaz Yebio from Malmoe, Sweden.

Steve James was born in 1950 in New York and has been playing since he was 12 years old.
In the seventies he lived and played in Tennessee and Memphis, and later he moved on to Austin,
Texas. During a long carrier he has earned a reputation as an exelent folk-, blues- and rootsmusician,
with a highly developed technique on mandolin, guitar and especially on slideguitar.
He plays on a National guitar, and the factory Resophonic Inc. has created a custom model in his name.
Steve has released many CD´s and DVD´s containing his own songs as well as traditional countryblues.
He has recorded with a lot of people, among them Bob Brozman, Ruthie Foster, Alvin Youngblood Hart,
Gary Primich, Ann Rabson and his duet partner Del Ray. He has shared the stage with legends like
Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, John Hammond, Furry Lewis, Maria Muldaur, Jesse Thomas and Sam The Sham.
For many years Steve has been in demand as a guitar-teacher, and he has released a series of books
and DVD’s about guitar playing.

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Tommy Castro is from The Bay Area, California. He plays a "Memphis soul-drenched R&B
top-of-the-line blues and has a soulful voice, searing guitar and is an excellent songwriter
and vocalist. In May 2010, The Blues Foundation awarded Castro multiple Blues Music Award
honors for Blues Male Artist of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album (Hard Believer) of the Year,
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and with his band, Band of the Year.
Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Castro first picked up a guitar at age 10. He came under
the spell of Eric Clapton, Elvin Bishop, Mike Bloomfield and other blues-rock players.
Ever since he has worked on develop his own signature sound, fusing blues with R&B and roots
rock ‘n’ roll. And he has done just that. Carlos Santana, with whom Castro has performed, said,
“Tommy Castro has the voice and the sound to touch everybody’s heart.”
According to The San Francisco Chronicle, “Castro navigates seriously funky Southern soul, gritty
big city blues and scorching rock.
In 2001 and 2002 the legendary B.B. King asked Castro to open his summer concert tours.
Castro received an open invitation to join the King of the Blues on stage for the nightly finale.
When not touring on his own, Tommy leads The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue, an all-star
blues caravan conceived by Castro as a way to bring the all-night jams aboard The Legendary
Rhythm & Blues Cruises (where Castro has become the “honorary captain”) to concert stages
and clubs around the country in US.
Formed in February of 2012, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers have been touring extensively
across the U.S. and abroad and has release their first recording with Alligator Records in 2012.
Castro explains his future plans for performing across the globe in stating, “a lot of folks are
having hard times these days, and they need something to lift them up and make them smile.
Our music kills the pain.
This is a mission, that we fully acknowledge and support, and we're looking forward to presenting
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers at this year's edition of the Copenhagen Blues Festival
Come on out, have a good time a for a while, and make this a memorable Saturday night !

The opening act this great Saturday night, the duo 2x335, are coming straight from their
afternoon Blues Cruise. The two red Gibson 335 guitars and their respective owners will
make sure, that the room and the crowd is properly warmed up before the night's headliner,
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers enter the stage.

Saturday and Sunday afternoon the blues will be moving out on the water with 'Canal Tours'.

On Saturday it will be the well defined duo 2 x 335, with Torben Ronholt and Peter Klitgaard,
who will be delivering the sound track during the journey around the canal and harbour.
They are largely known for their long time together in the 'Barflies', but also for their 40 years
in blues bands like Smalltown Blues Band, Delta Blues Band, Blues Train and Krolle Eriks Blues
Band among others.
Ronholts voice and slide guitar is in a class of it's own, and Klitgaard plays an expressive and
sophisticated guitar. Need it be delicate and sensitive or exploding and dirty, it will !
This boat concert with 2 x 335 is a warm, musical experience on a cool Autumn's day on the water.

Bemærk: turen starter og ender i Nyhavn ud for nr. 3.

Alongside gigs with his urban blues bands, L.P. Simonsen often performs solo, with focus on acoustic 20's – 30's delta blues, just like it was played in the small 'juke joints' of the country side and on the city streets. With strong interpretations and an improvising style, he escapes the dusty museum feeling, and the music lives, here and now, and becomes timeless, kept alive by the inspiration of the moment.

They packed a full house during the Fringe Jazz Fest 2013, and they are doing it again!
NOLA Love Manifest Trio submit songs of life , death and love. Morten Fischers envisage
of life, all large and small, is mixed with the sound of New Orleans, swinging shuffle, intense
boogie-woogie and energetic second-line. On this afternoon at 'Charlie Scott's, the trio will
also perform some of the classics from New Orleans and deliver high-energy and love until
your shirt is soaking wet.

Let no one be in doubt - Mik Schack loves beer !
In a humorous and funny lecture he will tell us, why “Beer shows the way” or “Beer is God”.
Beside candid opinions on this and that, you'll get to taste 5 specially selected beers.
For a number of years Mik, or Michael Hans greve (Count) Schack, was employed
as a journalist and progamme host by DR (Danish National Radio & TV).
But he got particularly well known for his very entertaining programme “Home service”
about good food, good beer and good music.

The music after the lecture and tasting will be a fashionable Blues Jamboree.
Please note: Individual adm. fee for the lecture/tasting and for the concert.

With this duo you can experience Mike Andersen play his blues and soul
in venues, that don’t have room for the full Mike Andersen Band.
Mike explains: "I love my fabulous live-band, but I also want to play in a
smaller, more intimate set-up".

Mike's duo partner is the band's drummer, Jens Kristian Dam, who is also
a fabulous piano player. For years these two guys have cultivated their
common passion for Ray Charles in random sessions in their private
living rooms and kitchens - and finally took the step to share the passion
and the intimacy with their audience.

Mike sings and plays his guitar, and Jens Kristian plays the piano, while
simultaniously playing his hi-hat and floor drum with his feet!

Guitarist Frank "Paris Slim" Goldwasser was born in Paris, France in 1960, but moved to the
San Francisco Bay Area at the age of 21. His initial blues inspiration was Hound Dog Taylor.
He was immediately hired by Troyce Key (who gave him the stage name of Paris Slim) to play
in the house band at Key's legendary Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, and eventually assumed
leadership of the group.
He toured the West coast, appearing on prominent local venues with acts like Jimmy McCracklin,
Lowell Fulson, Percy Mayfield and Charlie Musselwhite. Later frequent tours all over the US and
Europe followed.
He released his first single in 1984, and four years later, his CD debut "Blues For Esther", which
received a nomination from the prestigious W.C. Handy Awards. Its follow-up, "Bleedin' Heart",
was co-produced with Joe Louis Walker, who guested along with Sonny Rhodes.
He relocated to Southern California in 1998, and became a fixture on the vibrant L.A. blues scene,
continuing to absorb new influences and hone his art. His CD "Bluju" was produced by Randy
Chortkoff (of Delta Groove), and it received acclaim as one of the most progressive blues releases
in years, while still remaining firmly rooted in the blues tradition. The association with Chortkoff led
to a spot as regularly featured guitarist in The Mannish Boys both in the studio and on the road.
Franck Goldwasser has since recorded with the Alastair Greene Band, and relocated to Portland,
Oregon, where he has appeared with people the late Paul Delay, D.K. Stewart, Lloyd Jones, Jim
Wallace, and Bill Rhoades and the Party Kings.
We are happy to welcome this great guitar player to Copenhagen Blues Festival, where he is joined
by his French rhythm group. This man has The Blues” - that’s for sure !

There will be fired up this fall on a warm Saturday evening during the Copenhagen Blues Festival.
Blues, a good atmosphere and a high mood. The band celebrates Janis Joplin's music and it's
influence on the music of today. The repertoire of Watin' for Janis is a love declaration filed with
rhythm'n'blues. There will be played classics like: Piece of My Heart, Tell Mama, Mercedes Benz,
a conglomerate of known and lesser known ballads, sweaty blues and swinging soul. (excerpt
from the bands press release): “Have you never smoked a joint? Well, then you are among the
few who still can remember the 60's – Woodstock, Monterey, flower power, peace&love.
Or are you one who evidently has smoked away any remembrance of that time....Relax, we've
got the “stuf” that will revoke the memories to life, we've got the clothes, the scent, atmosphere,
love, sparkle - and the MUSIC”. The band has been laying low for many years, but something has
kindled the flames, demanding that there be fired up under the old Mama Joplin songs!
So welcome to the Blues Festival at 'Kvarterhuset'.

The band originally started as Delta Blues & Boogie Band way
back in -68, and, to his day, is considered one of the founders
of the Danish blues scene.
In a new configuration in the eight'es as Delta Cross Band, the
band got huge success, playing all major festivals and clubs in
Northern Europe, and releasing several top selling albums.

After their comeback in 2008, launched at that year's blues festival,
the success has continued.
The band has remained almost the same as 40 years ago.
Still in front is singer, guitarist and piano player Troels Jensen
- the 'grand old man' of Danish Blues - flanked by his faithful
crew, who’s been with the band, on and off, since they started.
With the release of "Checkin' In" last year, Delta, now with harp
player Jorgen Lang as a fifth member, have explored new paths,
but still serves first class, hand played, blues music of the first order.

BlueSoul is an amazing team of musicians with a long line of original blues
and soul numbers. When the band fires up with their 'blues-soul and soul-blues',
mixed with their own songs, the good groove and a warm sound creates an
atmosphere that fills the room and soon gets the audience out on the dance floor.

The Relics are all 'grown up' with lots of musical years behind them, coming from bands like
Juicy Blues, Bluesbusters, and the Dire Straits Project, the style of the music is guitar based
blues-rock, from ZZ Top over B.B. King to Creedence Clear Water Revival. Just like old circus
horses, the band loves to spread good vibes to the audience, and probably, one or two in the
crowd will be pleasently surprised by the sound of Kenneth doing his guitar-magic with his
crisp Knopfler technique.

The Dale Smith Blues Band has been playing at local and international clubs and
music halls for almost 25 years. The band has it's roots solid in the international blues,
with deflections to the more rock, groove-based and funky, delivered with the idiosyncrasy
of the band: improvisational surplus and an urge to play with the structure.

The legendary roots guitarist Steve James from Austin Texas, meets some of the
best blues and roots musicians in Denmark, for a blues jamboree, where the cards
are shuffled and sweet music evolves.

There are no set plans, just played and jammed without a set list, as was done
“in the good old days”!

Kirstine Loubet is a singer with a big personal voice and lots of charisma.
She has for a long time performed live and worked in studio sessions.
After a TV engagement with among others Blichfelt, many more have now
enjoyed her great talent. Her repertoire is soul and blues, which fits really
well with The Almost Blues Band's sound and style, a combination that
magically binds the audience with great expression, drive and musicality.

H.P. Lange is one of the country’s best and most authentic performers of the acoustic roots- and
blues tradition, which he plays with a characteristic finger-pickin’ technique.
Since the mid-80’es he’s played solo all over the country, and travelled many parts of Europe and
the US, playing with outstanding blues artists such as Cedric Burnside, John Mooney and Kenny
Brown, who visited Copenhagen in 2007, playing several festival concerts with H.P., Paul Banks
and Troels Jensen and the Healers.
Now, a veteran of Danish blues music, he has released 9 CDs, and in 2001 and 2002 he received
the Danish Music Award in the category: “Best Roots CD”. In 2011 he got the Copenhagen Blues
Festival award, "Danish Blues Artist of the Year"
This evening at Blaagaards, he's accompanied by two long-time musical mates from many a
concert across the country: Mik Schack, well known TV star, playing his washboard and conversing
the audience with 'small talk', and equally well known American bass player Paul Junior, previously
with Omar & the Howlers, now living in Denmark.
This is almost the same line-up as H.P.'s regular trio, The Delta Connection, and there's a 100 %
guarantee of an entertaining evening with some great traditional acoustic roots- and blues music.

The highly energetic singer Kasper Osmann and his band 'The Mojo Makers',
deliver rocked blues-tones with a touch of soul, 'that goes right to your legs'.
With original and stolen material, their ejaculations become a joy for all rock
and blues enthusiasts. The Mojo Makers take the old blues, the soul-funk-sound
from the 60's and 70's, and spice it up with sex appeal and 'mojo'.
They have been around for 3 years, touring diligently locally and abroad.

Thorbjørn Risager is one of Danish blues-music's biggest success stories. With a long line of CDs and a vast number of international concerts behind him, he has placed himself as one of the best blues singers this side of the Atlantic. Risager has from the start played with a large band and 'big sound', like on his latest CD – a direct, raw and distinct sound. Thorbjørn received in 2005 the festival award, and has since been a largely appreciated and loyal guest.

Every year La Fontaine sets up a special jazz-blues programme in honour of the blues festival,
offering something for both the jazz- and the blues audience.

Kjeld Lauritsen has a passion for the 'blues-flavoured-organ-trio-format' , made popular in the U.S.A
in the 50's and 60', by players like Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McDuff and Joey DeFrancesco.
Locally, Kjeld is one of the best performers of the genre, as can be heard on his on his new CD,
“In the Zone”. The two other positions in the trio are equally heavily occupied:
Søren Frost on drums, a widely accomplished musician with a passion for New-Orleans rhythms,
and Per Gade with noticeable guitar solos and an elegant accompaniment.
This evening at La Fontaine, Kjeld Lauritsen's jazz-blues organ trio is slightly enhanced to a
4-piece outfit with special guest, singer Almaz Yebio from Malmoe, Sweden, who, by the way,
also appears on the before mentioned CD, "in the Zone".