Author: Barry Kerzner
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The 28th annual Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival will celebrate great music again this Memorial Day weekend. The event takes place Saturday, May 27th, and Sunday, May 28th, at Rancho Santa Susanna Community Park, and features a full stage for each of its musical genres. Music will go non-stop each day from 12 noon until 7:30 p.m. (or 10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.). The Blues stage will feature headliners the Yardbirds, the Robby Krieger Band (celebrating 50 years of the Doors), Mitch Ryder, Lazy Lester and the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Also firing up the crowd…
Chicago, IL – Buddy Guy’s Legends wasn’t packed to the rafters, but for a Wednesday night, it wasn’t a bad crowd; not at all. This night was a wee bit special to the assembled fans though because a bright new light was fixin’ to shine here, bringing with it a welcome excitement. While the Marcus King Band has been on the scene for a bit, this new incarnation of the band is stirring things up! To quote the late great Ronnie Van Zant, they are “Hotter than a fox in a forest fire!” The evening began with Anthony Moser,…
‘Honest Woman’ is a what a great album is supposed to be; Unrelenting, captivating, and holding us so we don’t want to let go.
“I just think, give the music to the people any way you can. That’s very important to me.”
My dad was my alarm clock every morning. That’s what he did; he sang. You pouring cereal in the cereal bowl, he’d make a song out of it.
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She has the insight of Billie Holiday. Her voice has the power of Janis Joplin and the strength of Etta James. Her life has been hard from the start, but from an early age, Beth Hart has known what she wanted to do. “I remember looking in the mirror at myself when I was four and I in the little bathroom there and I said, ‘You’re gonna make music and you’re gonna do it for the rest of your life; don’t waste your time doing anything else. It’s such a funny little memory I have of being so young. But…
The IBC Semifinals begin at 5:20 pm at various Beale Street clubs. Check the schedule.