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Holiday Gift Ideas – The Gift of Music
07 November 2019

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Album Cover of Shine by Ghost Town Blues Band

SHINE
Ghost Town Blues Band
07 October 2019

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Trois-Rivères Blues 2019 Guide
21 August 2019

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Donnacona Blues 2019 Guide
07 August 2019

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Tremblant Blues 2019 Guide
05 July 2019

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Blues At Montreal Jazz Festival 2019
16 Juin 2019

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Angel Forrest Angel's 11

Angel's 11: New Album Release Party and Show at the Corona
6 March 2016 - Republished 11 March 2019

Angel Forrest will be performing this Friday, March 11th, at the Corona Theater in Montreal as part of her CD launch for Angel’s 11 which will be released that same day. Multiple guests that appear on the CD will be present so come one, come all, as this promises to be a great show, on a day that also just happens to be Angel's birthday.
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Bues Summit 9
The Place to Be!
 3 March 2019

For those who missed it you shouldn’t have! The Blues Summit organized by the Toronto Blues Society is an event par excellence…
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Trois-Rivières en Blues
 3 March 2019

2018 - Tenth Anniversary Edition
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Riot & The Blues Devils Album Cover of The Roxboro Sessions

The Roxboro Sessions by Riot & The Blues Devils submitted to Memphis for Best Self-Produced CD entry
 11 December 2018

The Blues Foundation, based in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes the International Blues Challenge (IBC) which allows blues artists from all over the world to put their talents under the spotlight. 
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Women Dominate the 22nd Annual Maple Blues Award Nominees
30 October 2018

For Immediate Release: October 30th, 2018
Sue Foley and Colin James each earn six nominations...

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Quebec to Memphis 2018 - And the winner is...
17 October 2018

This year promises to be a tough challenge whether you are a judge or one of the registrants participating in the 2018 Montreal Blues Society’s Quebec to Memphis contest...
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Dawn Tyler Watson singing with a wireless microphone

Trois-Rivières en Blues - Now THIS is a Blues Festival
20 August 2018

There are only two Blues festivals in North America that last more than 4 days, and both of them occur during roughly the same ten days, usually at the beginning of July. They are both in Canada, in locations that are only about 320 km apart…   
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Backtrack Blues Band

Backtrack Blues Band
2 May 2018

This long running Florida based quintet consists of Sonny Charles on harmonica and vocals, Kid Royal on lead guitar and vocals, Little Johnny Walter on rhythm guitar and vocals, Stick Davis on bass, and Joe Bencomo on drums.
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Jack De Keyzer

The Best of Jack De Keyzer - Vol. 1
29 January 2018
Photo Credit: David McDonald

I have only a few “Best Of” or “Greatest Hits” compilations in my collection, and the ones there are, are almost all because of songs that are on them, that cannot be found elsewhere...
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Kenny Wayne Shepperd

Laying it all out for  "Lay It On Down"
04 December 2017

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 
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Doudou Boicel

Exclusive interview with Doudou Boicel
22 October 2017

I had the great pleasure of meeting artist, writer and impresario, Doudou Boicel. 
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Gilles Sioui

Huron-Wendat singer Gilles Sioui, 60, was found dead in his apartment Friday.
July 2nd 2017

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Trois Rivières en Blues

Event of the Year
June 28th 2017

Most chronicles of an “event of the year” type that one reads discuss one specific performance of one, or possibly two if the opening act merited mention, specific artists. They also tend to be published in ...
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Montreal International Jazz Fest

Schedule
June 28th 2017

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Internation Blues Challenge

Quebec to Memphis - The Montreal Blues Society is now taking registrations for the Solo/Duo category
May 16th 2017

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Chris Antonik Monarch

Chris Antonik: Monarch
May 15th 2017

The latest album from Toronto guitarist/singer/songwriter Chris Antonik, Monarch, released in February of this year, is the last in what is described as “a trilogy of self-expression”. As is often the case, dealing with some personal setbacks brought out some of that self-expression in the form of the Blues. Not unexpected...
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The Blues Foundation

Blues Foundation Thirty Eighth
BLUES MUSIC AWARDS
May 11th 2017

Congratulations to all nominees and winners!
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Dawn Tyler Watson

Dawn Tyler Watson
Interview by Barbara Diab
March 18 2017

An enthusiastic crowd was gathered at Salle Pauline-Julien to welcome Dawn Tyler Watson backed by Ben Racine and his band after their triumphant first-place win in the Band category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. 
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Colin James

Colin James
Interview by Barbara Diab
March 15 2017

Juno Award-winning guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer, Colin James, needs no introduction. At 52 years of age, Colin is the “King of the Blues” in Canada.
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Pat Loiselle Martin Hury

Pat Loiselle & Martin Hury
Interview by Barbara Diab
February 12 2017

Pat Loiselle and Martin Hury first met in 2012 in Quebec City. Four years later, the two bluesmen competed as a duo in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. 
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Dawn Tyler Watson

Dawn Tyler Watson with Ben Racine Band Win 1st Place in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge
February 8 2017

In the last few years, Quebec artists have made their presence felt at the Maple Blues Awards. The 20th edition of the awards ceremony held at Koerner Hall in downtown Toronto on Monday night was no exception. 
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Paul Deslauriers Band Maple Blues Awards

Quebec Artists Lead the Pack at 20th Annual Maple Blues Awards
January 25 2017

In the last few years, Quebec artists have made their presence felt at the Maple Blues Awards. The 20th edition of the awards ceremony held at Koerner Hall in downtown Toronto on Monday night was no exception. 
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