Join us for the largest country blues gathering in the nation! Concerts feature players and music from regions where pre-war country blues were formed — Piedmont, the Delta, Mississippi Hill Country, New Orleans, Texas and more. Immerse yourself in the African – American history and traditions from which blues has grown. Mainstage shows at McCurdy…
August 3: Blues in the Clubs
Blues in the Clubs is the signature experience of the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival. On Friday and Saturday night of festival week, the artist faculty perform in smaller, club settings, playing sets in all sorts of interesting combinations throughout Fort Worden State Park. One wristband each night gives you access to all venues, and…
Hear Robin Rapuzzi’s Washboard Stylings at Acoustic Blues
New Orleans-based Robin Rapuzzi is a longtime veteran of the country blues scene, having toured both nationally and internationally. This summer, Robin brings his washboard skills and knowledge to the 2019 Acoustic Blues Festival. Robin Rapuzzi is a longtime veteran of the New Orleans music scene, having made his bones on the streets and clubs…
Ali Kafka Brings A Twist to the Acoustic Blues Festival
Found the past few years performing on the porches, stoops, and stages of New Orleans, Ali Kafka cut her teeth as a street musician. She’d take up tunes with accompaniment by fiddles, cellos, washboards, or jugs when she wasn’t playing counterpoint duets with fellow country blues guitarists. Enamored with the nuance and feeling of 78…
May 23: ‘Rhapsody at Blues’ Benefit at Seattle’s Triple Door
Join us in Seattle for an evening of music and inspiration featuring Centrum faculty artists Matt Munisteri (Red Hot Strings), Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons (Port Townsend Acoustic Blues), Rhapsody Project youth, and Ricardo and Friends. The Triple Door Seattle Secret Music Showcase Presents RHAPSODY AT BLUES A Centrum event to benefit diversity scholarships Thursday,…
Guy Davis: Blues’ Renaissance Man
Guy Davis says his blues music is inspired by the Southern speech of his grandmother. Though raised in the New York City area, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the rural South from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories and songs. Davis taught himself…