2013 Festival: genre/style = Blues
Band leader Ivas John and guitar player Zach Priester (an alum of the jazz program at the University of New Orleans) will help guitar players with concepts that can make
Continue readingJazzin’ Up Your Blues, Guitar Workshop with Ivas Dambrauskas and Zach Priester
Together, between Ivas John’s ability with the guitar and the songwriting assistance from his father, Ivas’ sound is a blend equal parts Ry Cooder, Mose Allison, Robert Cray, Van Morrison, Keb
Join David Berchtold for a workshop on basic to intermediate techniques for playing folk and blues in open D tuning. David will cover finger picking, basic chord shapes, and moveable
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Calling all musicians! Jams are open to musicians of all skill levels and experience, and each jam will be facilitated by jam-seasoned local musicians. The blues jam will be led
Join Del Rey for a workshop on the life and songs of America’s most influential acoustic blues musician. An innovative guitarist with a recording career that charts the entire development
Continue readingMusic of Elizabeth Douglas, aka Memphis Minnie 1929-1950, with Del Rey
Keith Harden is a singer-songwriter guitarist who plays folk-blues-americana, and so on. Originally a central Illinois native, Keith perfored in the Midwest and opened for legends like Muddy Waters, John
When done well, fingerpicking a guitar looks so easy anybody could do it. But the task of convincing several digits to make music while moving simultaneously in different, yet coordinated