November 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com Published by the TORONTO BLUES SOCIETY since 1985 [email protected] Vol 28, No 11 Saidah Baba Talibah will be a featured vocalist at the 26th Women's Blues Revue on November 24 at Massey Hall CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT #40011871 Women's Blues Revue Loose Blues News Blues Booster Event Listings John’s Blues Picks & more ALBERT LEE • CINDY CASHDOLLAR J••••A•••M•••••E•••S••• •B••••U•••R••••T••O••••N•••• ••••• •J•••U••••N••••I•O••••R••• ••B•••R••••O•••W•••••N•••• C••••O•••L•••I••N•••• •L•••I••N•••D••••E•••N•••• ••••• •N••••E•••L•••S••• •C••••L••I••N••••E••• •{•••W•••••I••L••C••••O•••}••• K••••E•••V•••I••N•••• •B•••R••••E•••I••T••• •&••••• •T•••H••••E•• ••S•••T•••R••••E••T•••C••••H••• ••O•••R••••C•••H••••E•••S•••T•••R•••A•••• L•••U••••K•••E••• •D••••O•••U••••C•••E•••T••• •&••••• •T•••H••••E••• •W•••••H••••I•T•••E••• ••F••A•••L•••C•••O••••N••••••••••••••••••• B••••O•••B••• ••T••A•••I••L•••L••E•••F•••E•••R••• •••• •B•••U•••R••••K•••E••• •C•••A•••R••••R•••O•••L•••L••• •••• ••D•••O•••N•••• •R••••O•••O•••K•••E••• C••••O•••L•••I•N•••• •C•••R••••I•P••••P•••S••• •••• •J•••E•••S•••S•••E••• •B•••A•••R••••K•••S•••D•••A•••L•••E••• •••• •P•••A•••U•••L••• •P•••I••G•••A•••T••• 2 MapleBlues November 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com Congratulations to the 16th Annual Maple Blues Award Nominees Entertainer Of The Year Songwriter Of The Year Colin James Julian Fauth Matt Andersen Paul Reddick MonkeyJunk Shakura S’Aida & Donna Grantis The Maple Blues Awards is Canada’s national blues Shakuraawards program.S’Aida Its goal is to promote blues Steve Strongman Stevemusic Strongman across Canada and to recognize Treasa Levasseur Electricoutstanding Act achievementOf The Year in its field. Recording/Producer Of The Year AnthonyThe nominees Gomes are selected by a distinguished panel of blues DJ’s and “A Natural Fact” Steve Strongman JW-Jones Guitarist Of The Year journalists from across Canada. (Independent) Producer - Rob Szabo MonkeyJunk David Gogo Members of the Nominating Panel Garrett Mason Paulare notReddick eligible for any of the awards. “Checkered Past” The Harpoonist & the Kevin Breit SteveThe winners Strongman are selected by the votes Axe Murderer (Independent) of blues fans from across Canada. Steve Strongman Producers - Matthew Rogers & Shawn Acoustic Act Of The Year Blues fans can cast their votes online Teddy Leonard Hall Harrison Kennedy at mapleblues.ca. Voting will begin on Harmonica Player Of The Year MichaelNovember Jerome 4th, 2006 Browne until midnight “Time” Shakura S’Aida (Electro-Fi) th Carlos del Junco Ray(pacific Bonneville time) December 8 , 2007. Producers - Shakura S’Aida, Howard David Hoerl SteveThe winners Strongman will be announced at the annual Ayee Guyst Bélanger SuzieMaple Vinnick Blues Awards Gala in Toronto on January 21 . Paul Reddick “Broad” Treasa Levasseur (Slim Chicken), The voting site has been designed and programmed Male Vocalist Of The Year Steve Marriner Producers - Treasa Levasseur, Ken Chuckby KMP Jackson Designs Inc., a Toronto software consulting Whiteley,Steve Marriner,Terry Wilkins Harrisoncompany Kennedy specializing in custom software developmentPiano/Keyboard Player Of The Year for the desktop PC, wireless handheld, and the Web.David Vest “Wishbone” Paul Reddick (Independent) Matt Andersen Producer - Colin Cripps Paul Reddick Julian Fauth Steve Marriner Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne Blues With A Feeling Award (Lifetime Lance Anderson Achievement Award) Female Vocalist Of The Year Michael Fonfara Alec Fraser Dawn Tyler Watson Danny Brooks Horn Player Of The Year Nanette Workman Ellen McIlwaine Al Lerman Shakura S’Aida Joe Murphy Chris Whiteley Suzie Vinnick Ken Whiteley Frank Thiffault Treasa Levasseur Michael Fonfara Jon Wong Stephen Barry New Artist Or Group Of The Year Pat Carey Ben Racine Tom Lavin Boogie Patrol Drummer Of The Year Michael Jerome Browne Conor Gains Band Bucky Berger Matt Minglewood Steve Kozak Chris Nordquist Brent Parkin The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer Matt Sobb Bob Walsh Sam Harrisson Jim Zeller B.B. King International Artist Of The Tom Bona Nannette Workman Year Bassist Of The Year Theresa Malenfant Tedeschi Trucks Band John Dickie Michael Burks Alec Fraser Dr. John Gary Kendall Blues Booster Curtis Salgado Omar Tunnoch John Valenteyn Joe Louis Walker Stephen Barry Terry Wilkins The Maple Blues Awards is Canada’s national The winners are selected by the votes of blues The voting site has been designed and blues awards program. Its goal is to promote fans from across Canada. Blues fans can cast programmed by KMP Designs Inc., a Toronto blues music across Canada and to recognize their votes online at www.mapleblues.ca. Voting software consulting company specializing in cus- outstanding achievement in the field. The is open from Midnight Newfoundland Daylight tom software development for the desktop PC, nominees are selected by a distinguished Time October 27th, 2012, through Midnight wireless handheld, and the Web. panel of blues DJ’s and journalists from across Pacific Standard Time December 8th, 2012. Canada. Members of the Nominating Panel are not eligible for any of the awards. Vote at www.mapleblues.ca Ministry of Culture www.torontobluessociety.com MapleBlues November 2012 3 MARK YOUR CALENDAR TBS First Thursday, Gladstone Hotel, Thursday November 1: Texassippi Bluesman Danny Brooks celebrates the release of his new CD. The Toronto Blues Society presents the best in blues talent the first Thursday of each month at the Melody Bar in The Gladstone Hotel. http://www.gladstonehotel.com Women’s Blues Revue, November 24, Massey Hall: Tickets are on sale now through the Massey Hall Box Office! The Charter Member only discount is on right now, call the office to get the code! Public tickets can be purchased here. The 26th Annual Toronto Blues Society Women’s Blues Revue features Saidah Baba Talibah, Tanika Charles, Kellylee Evans, Angel Forrest, Sabrina Weeks, and Sacha Williamson (pictured)! The event will take place at Massey Hall on Saturday November 24. The vocalists will be backed up by the all-female Women’s Blues Revue Band featuring Donna Grantis (Musical Director, Guitar), Suzie Vinnick (Guitar), Lily Sazz (Keys), Brandi Disterheft (Upright Bass), Lindsay Beaver (Drums), Colleen Allen (Sax), Carrie Chesnutt (Sax), and Rebecca Hennessy (Trumpet). Christmas Party & AGM, December 8: Delta ChelseaTBS Christmas Party and AGM on Saturday December 8 at the Delta Chelsea Monarchs Pub. The TBS Annual General Meeting is open to all Toronto Blues Society members and will be held at 7pm. The Show at Monarchs will start at 9pm. Blues Summit 6, Delta Chelsea, January 18-21: Mark your calendar for the most important blues conference in Canada, Blues Summit 6. This biennial event brings together artists, festival directors, media, labels, managers, agents and other blues industry with both a showcase and a conference component. The keynote speaker for this edition of the conference is CBC/Stony Plain’s Holger Petersen. There are several price points for conference registration: Deep Dish Discount - Before Dec 1 ($89 public / $69 musician), Early Bird - Before Jan 1 ($99 public / $79 musician), Regular & Walk Up ($119 public / $99 musician). If you are a musician, please contact the office to access the musician rate code. There will be a delegate hotel code to access the room rate of $99. The code will be sent out with your registration confirmation. Registration goes on sale this week. For the most up to date information visit http://torontobluessociety.com Maple Blues Awards, January 21, Koerner Hall: The Maple Blues Awards returns to beautiful Koerner Hall to honour the best in Canadian blues. Hosted by Raoul Bhaneja (pictured), the awards show will take place on Monday January 21, 7pm. This is the blues gathering of the year featuring live musical performances and blues dignitaries from around the world. The awards gala is ticketed separately through the Koerner Hall Box Office. Tickets are on sale now through the RCM Koerner Hall box office! Call the TBS office for the Charter Member only discount / preferred seating code. This offer is only valid while quantities last so don’t delay, call today! New from STONY PLAIN RECORDS ....First Came Memphis Minnie Maria Muldaur, Rory Block, Ruthie Foster, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow and Koko Taylor Maria Muldaur has produced this tribute album to her blues hero Memphis Minnie. The CD includes several previously released tracks by Maria with Alvin Youngblood Hart, Del Rey, Roy Rogers and Steve James. In addition, new recordings by Rory Block, Ruthie Foster and Bonnie Raitt were done for this project. Classic tracks by Koko Taylor and Phoebe Snow are also included. Memphis Minnie was one of the most influential and pioneering blues musicians and guitarists of all time. Recording over forty years she was one of the first blues artists to take up the electric guitar in 1942. She took her unique country blues material and guitar sound into electric urban blues, paving the way for Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, and countless others. Eric Bibb & Habib Koité Brothers In Bamako On the pathways between Memphis & Mali’s capital, Bamako, is the musical cross- road of Habib Koité and Eric Bibb. Uniting two soulful histories into a never-before heard guitar sound that is passionate and ebullient. Growing up in Mali, West Africa, Koité is heir to an ancestral knowledge set to song that places him among the most influential voices of contemporary Africa. Bibb’s lineage in the traditional blues sound has produced an earthy mix of folk and gospel dating back to the work songs of the deep south. Forging a bridge across the Atlantic, Bibb and Koité are two talents too exhilarating to ignore with this collaboration. www.stonyplainrecords.com (780) 468-6423 4 MapleBlues November 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com John Valenteyn: MACVICAR PHOTO:DOUG Blues Booster of 2012 John Valenteyn is the recipient of this year’s Maple Blues Award for Blues Booster of the Year.