The Bluesanovas located in Osnabrück DE opened the second night at The Bluesnacht, Petershagen DE with a fascinating show on July 31, 2021. Members of this extremely talented band, German Blues Award Winner 2020 and International Blues Challenge Semifinalist 2020 in Memphis TN, are Melvin Schulz (voc), Filipe DFe la Torre (g), Nico Dreier (Keys, piano), Tim Kirschke (b) and Philipp Dreier  (dr). https://youtu.be/IFTk8mM6mTU https://youtu.be/8mWgxXIKVfM  

Michele Denise, known as Sugar Queen, is a versatile American singer and songwriter who has played blues in Europe, the USA and Asia and currently lives in the Netherlands / Belgium. Michele has found international success with 2 self-written albums and appearances at many festivals and clubs in Europe. Her element is Chicago blues, funk blues with a touch of gospel and soul. What this front woman does with her voice is sensational. She and her band played at the Bluesnacht 2021 in Petershagen DE on 2021-07-31. Sugar Queen Blues Band are Michele Denise (voc), Lars Hoogland (dr), Erwin Huigen...

Dirty beats, hypnotising slide, screaming harmonica riffs and plenty of fuzz: all of these was served by this four-men band from Liège-Limburg-Namur, Belgium at the Bluesnacht, Petershagen DE on 2021-07-31. This are the Boogie Beasts with Jan Jaspers (g, voc), Patrick Louis (g, voc), Gert Servaes (dr) and the derwish Fabian Bennardo (voc, harp). https://youtu.be/FOTqjVaBAvY  

Superdownhome was the last act on the first day of the 12. Bluesnacht in Petershagen DE on 2021-07-30.  Superdownhome are Beppe Facchetti (dr) and Enrico Sauda (voc, g) from Brescia in Italy. They came only for this one show to Germany. In 2016 they collaborated and formed a project linked to the traditions of rural blues, but also projected towards personal spaces contaminated by rock'n'roll, country, folk and punk. I saw them firstly as support for Popa Chubby at the Bluesgarage in Isernhagen DE in 2019 and was deeply impressed.

Kai Strauss & The Blues Allstars as second band on the first day of the 12th Bluesnacht in Petershagen DE on 2021-07-30. The Electric Blues Allstars are Kai Strauss (voc, g), Kevin Duvernay (b), Alex Lex (dr), Thomas Feldmann  (harp, sax) and Nico Dreier (keys).

Travellin' Blue Kings NL/D opened the first night at the 12th Bluesnacht, Petershagen DE on 30.07.2021. Travellin’ is not in the name by chance, these five gentlemen worked with their respective bands all over Europe. You could find them on festival stages in Norway, Sweden, Poland, Germany, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Italy. And of course, in every corner of Belgium and the Netherlands. This blues mobile still influences range from Texas to the West Coast, across New Orleans and Memphis heading for Chicago and then to the UK’s British Blues Boom. The five gentlemen find...

Hamburg Blues Band with Gert Lange (voc, g), Eddie Filip (dr), Reggie Worthy (voc, b) and special guests Krissy Matthews  (voc, g) and the 80 years old legend Chris Farlowe himself at Motel California, Isernhagen DE on 2021-07-23. Looking already forward to seeing Chris again later this year with Colosseum. Krissy presented a couple of songs from his upcoming album Pizza Man Blues to be released on Ruf Records on August 27, 2021.     https://youtu.be/9h4Ue8annSg https://youtu.be/HmmLQtveVdY

Ein kollektiver Aufschrei hinter der Bühne kündigt an, dass dieses Konzert in der Seebühne Bremen am 20. Juli 2021nun gleich beginnen wird. Hiermit feuert sich das Ensemble zu einer erfolgreichen Show an. Eine zehnköpfige Band (Drum, Percussion, Bass, Gitarre, Keyboard, Hammondorgel, Trompete, Alt-Saxophon, Tenor-Saxophon, Bariton-Saxophon) nimmt ihre Plätze ein. Ron Williams, der auch schon den Tag zuvor beim Tributekonzert für das Motown-Label, durch das Programm führte, übernimmt auch diesmal diese Aufgabe und präsentiert ihre wichtigsten Karrierestationen und einen repräsentativen...

When the weather was fine, Sweet Soul Music GmbH presented the show “The Sound of Classic Motown” in the beautifully situated Bremer Seebühne, a homage to the golden era of the world-famous label. The music label Motown (MotorTown) was founded in Detroit in 1960 by the songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. His first performers included Barrett Strong and Diana Ross & The Supremes, who quickly became world famous. All his artists were well-groomed and well-dressed in order to weaken the bad image of the white population at the time and shone with demanding choreographies during live performances. The...

Nachdem die Blue Monday Jam wegen Corona leider nur als - allerdings extrem gut gemachter -  Stream stattfinden konnte, ging es jetzt wieder live an den Start. Wie üblich begann die Hausband mit Kai Strauss (voc, g), Alex Lex (dr), Ernst-Udo Hartmann (b) und Chris Rannenberg (piano) . Im Laufe der dreistündigen Jam stießen dann noch Wilf Kiesow, Anna Kramer, Malte Wollenburg, Gerd Gorke, Jimmy Reiter, Burghard Elger, Nico Dreier, Toby Kock, Alexander Goerschel und andere dazu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEY34WMXCyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLXIIKD856o