ocal gospel group, The L Sojourners will be holding a CD release party for their newest Black Hen Music album, “Sing, and Never Get Tired“ at St. James Hall in Vancouver on Sat Nov 9th. This is this Vancouver trio’s third album, which has been produced by another great Local musician, Paul Pigat of Cousin Harley fame. Here it is, All Saints Day & there’s The new album featuring Marcus Mosely, Will only 61 days left in the year now Sanders, & new member, Khari McClelland has 12 that November is upon us. While songs full of faith, struggle, hope, & redemption, all October was quite dry, it’s hard to with a raw, bluesy edge, apparently much bluesier than previous releases by this trio. say what’s to come. We do know there will be some “Live” Blues & Also appearing this month we have New blues gigs to tell you about, but at St. James Hall on West before we cover those let’s remind you of 10th in Vancouver, is San what’s on the calendar already for Nov. Nov Francisco based African- kicks-off with Chicago Blues Legend Buddy American Roots artists Guy playing the Red Robinson Show Theatre Linda Tillery & the at the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam on Fri st Cultural Heritage Choir. Nov 1 the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver Circle Weds Nov 13th on welcomes the Tedeschi Trucks Band on Fri th th your calendar. This soulful group’s first Nov 8 Remembrance Day, Mon Nov 11 collaboration was with Taj Mahal and Eric Bibb, at the Electric Owl on Main St. in Vancouver which resulted in a Grammy nomination back in it’s Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Blues trio 1997. Other award nominations soon followed. the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band have This amazing group offers up some R&B mixed landed a Weds Nov 13th date at the th with work songs, spirituals, filed hollers, moans, Vancouver FanClub & Fri Nov 15 they’re at ring shouts, plantation dances, & even children’s the Tractor Tavern in Seattle Highway 99 play songs. http://youtu.be/6xyAPZHYbNc If the Blues Club in Seattle has booked Candye video is any indication, it should be an uplifting, Kane with guitarist Laura Chavez for Sat Nov th educational, & entertaining evening. 16 Pete Anderson brings his Blues trio back to the Railway Club in Vancouver on November will wrap up with a th th Sun Nov 17 Also on Sun Nov 17 pianist Sat Nov 30th gig featuring the Michael Kaeshammer will be on stage at The Lloyd Jones Struggle at Triple Door in Seattle Chicago’s Nick Highway 99 Blues Club in Moss Band have 2 dates in the PNW including Seattle. A Portland, Oregon Fri Nov 22nd at Jazzbones in Tacoma, and rd based journeyman guitarist, Sat Nov 23 at Highway 99 in Seattle Jazz singer, songwriter, & band leader, Lloyd has Alley’s annual Thanksgiving tradition has the performed with many greats like Albert Collins, Taj Mahal Trio nightly from Fri Nov 22nd to st th Robert Cray, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, John Sun Dec 1 with the exception of Nov 24 Hammond, Etta James, & BB King, to name just a when the venue is Closed for Thanksgiving few. With six albums to his credit, Jones has Austin Texas artists Black Joe Lewis & the racked up a number of awards, and has played Honeybears are at the Neptune Theatre in festival stages & clubs both at home and Seattle on Fri Nov 29th & at the Rickshaw th internationally. He’s a club favorite & keeps the Theatre in Vancouver on Sat Nov 30 dance floor packed, something he regularly Lastly the Lloyd Jones Struggle play th accomplishes when he plays this great Seattle Highway 99 in Seattle on Sat Nov 30 venue. 1 Alligator Records artists Rick Estrin Looks like you can & the Nightcats have a couple of expect some good December dates. Singer, songwriter, things to come down Blues Harp player Rick Estrin, along the track in 2014. with guitarist Kid Andersen, bassist Have you ever heard Lorenzo Farrell, & drummer J. Hansen of the California will be at Highway 99 Blues Club in Honeydrops? Seattle on Fri Dec 6th. They’re a Blues, Estrin, by the way won the R&B and Soul band 2013 Best Harmonica Player Award at the formed in 2007, who 34th Annual Blues Music Awards this past May. started out busking Now before you go making plans to head in subway stations in south, we want to point out that they’ll also be the Oakland area of at the FanClub in Vancouver on Sun Dec 8th. California, gaining notoriety along the way. The band is led by Meanwhile, down in Warsaw born Lech Wierzynksi who earned his Conway just off the I-5 in chops playing Blues & Jazz in after-hours jam Washington state, the sessions in Washington DC. He eventually Conway Muse welcomes migrated to Oakland & backed the likes of back singer, harmonica Maria Muldaur, Jackie Payne, & Dan Hicks player, & band leader Mark before starting this band that is fueled by Dufresne & his band. They’ll barrelhouse piano, accompanied by some be jumpin’, jivin’, & wailin’ on Sat Dec 7th, as unusual instruments like a gutbucket bass, jug, well as New Year’s Eve, on Tues Dec 31st. & washboard. The band’s music has a New Mark is one of the most sought after Blues Orleans flair punctuated by bluesy piano riffs, talents in the Pacific North West & throughout trumpet & vocals. Here’s a sample video the U.S., partially beause of his innovative “Pumpkin Pie” performed at the High Sierra chromatic harmonica playing, and also his Music Festival http://youtu.be/qp2bdSxZGDA several octave vocal range. You can catch the California Honeydrops at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle on Sat Jan 11th. If you like a little Blues-a- billy look no further than Hard to believe, but Los the Green Frog Lobos are Celebrating Acoustic Tavern on 40 years. When they State Street in downtown started out four decades Bellingham. This fun ago, they were just venue welcomes back another band from East Big Sandy & His Fly- L.A. This past Tueday, Rite Boys on Fri Dec Oct 29th, the band 20th. Fresh off of a released theiralbum “Disconnected in New European tour earlier this York City”, which is a “Live” CD recorded at fall, they’ll also be rockin’ last Dec at the City Winery in New York. The the Tractor Tavern in CD features the original band line-up of David Seattle on Sat Dec 21st. Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Louie Perez, Steve With a quarter of a century of performing & Berlin & Conrad Lozano, with help from recording behind them, not to mention 14 great Enriquez “Bugs” Gonzalez & Camilo Quinones. albums, this fabulous California based band This package comes in 3 formats, a standard has recorded for a few different labels over CD, a deluxe 2 CD/DVD set, and on vinyl. You those 25 years, including HighTone, Yep Roc, can celebrate 40 years with Los Lobos in the Dionysus, Jeems, No Hit, & now Cow Island intimate confines of the Triple Door in Seattle Music, to name some. on Fri Jan 17th and/or Sat Jan 18th. 2 In December the East coast Canadian Boulevard Casino & Bluesman Matt Resort will be changing Andersen is going to over to become the tour out west in support Hard Rock Casino. of his latest release Looks like the first “Weightless” & that tour Blues act to play the brings Matt to Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver. newest member of the His first stop will be at the Sunset Tavern in Hard Rock empire will Seattle on Thurs Jan 23rd, then on to Alix be Jonny Lang. Lang Goolden Hall in Victoria on Fri Jan 31st, and is scheduled to perform finally The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver on at this Coquitlam Sat Feb 1st. If you haven’t seen this gentle property on Sat Jan 18th. He’s touring in giant perform, then go, because you won’t be support of his latest CD and first studio album disappointed. His songs cut through to the in the past seven years, “Fight For My Soul”, soul, & guarantee a wonderful ride with his released this past September. The reason the skilled guitar playing, moving lyrics, emotional album took so long was Jonny & his wife had vocals, & over-the-top showmanship. been busy having kids and the last thing he wanted to do when he wasn’t touring was to Belgrade born singer, guitarist take time away from the family to go into a Ana Popovic has had quite a year. recording studio. The end result is the album She & her Mo Better Love band took three years to record with Lang working played the New Orleans Jazz & together with producer Tommy Sims. Heritage Festival, her “Can’t Stand the Heat” CD was on Billboard’s Seems Sat Jan 18th is a Blues charts for 10 weeks hitting popular night. Motown #3, she was on the covers of Vintage Guitar, Legend Smokey Robinson Guitar Player’s Gear Guide, & American Blues is also appearing that night. Scene. Looks like 2014 will start out well for Mind you it’s a about a 3 to Ana too as she’ll be on the Legendary Rhythm 4 hour drive south, at the & Blues Cruise in January, and then will be at Emerald Queen Casino Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle for two nights, Tues Feb 11th & Weds Feb 12th. just off I-5 in Tacoma. One of Motown’s mega stars and I wasn’t a happy Blues inhouse songwriters of over camper back when the 5 decades ago, 73 year old highly entertaining Davina & the Vagabonds Detroit born Robinson can played the FanClub, because I was ill and still wow a crowd like he did a few years ago at couldn’t attend.