The Thunder Bay Blues Festival is excited to announce the lineup for the 2008 Festival at Marina Park. To follow, is a listing of performers appearing at the Festival. Click "More" to learn more about each artist. The full 2009 line-up will announced in March 2009.
![]() | Ana PopovicThe only continental European ever nominated for Best New Artist at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee (2003), she was also nominated for Best Blues... More | ![]() | Bernard AllisonAllison is part of a new, risk-taking generation who are revitalising the blues genre for a younger audience by embellishing it with old-school funk, modern R&B and edgy rock... More |
![]() | Big Walter SmithBig Walter Smith & the Groove Merchants are the only band to have performed at all 7 Thunder Bay Blues Festivals and all 19 Bayfront Blues Festivals in Duluth, Minnesota is only one small.... More | ![]() | Coco MontoyaCoco Montoya is unique among today’s blues musicians because he brings together the surging flow of contemporary blues music’s two principal streams, American and British,... More |
![]() | Daisy ChainChrissy Ewacha Klaas has been entertaining Thunder Bay audiences for more than 20 years. She is now embarking on a musical venture with Daisy Chain. This exciting... More | ![]() | David RotundoBlues Revue magazine paid Rotundo a fitting compliment: “It has been ages since a youthful spitfire set the harp ablaze. David Rotundo is exactly what the blues needs now.” .... More |
![]() | Dirty Down Blues BandThis quintent's seamless fusion of sultry, swaying vocals, hip jazzy sax and guitar that rocks with enough heat to sear a steak made them the audience favourite at the fifth annual .... More | ![]() | Dr. Buck & The BluesbangersDr. Buck & the Bluesbangers have emerged as one of Thunder Bay’s best blues ensembles. Bluesbangers’ shows are consistently filled with the dash and spirit of a group.... More |
![]() | Guitar ShortyOne of blues music’s most distinctive personalities, David William Kearney established his reputation through wild live shows that featured him turning somersaults... More | ![]() | Jason RicciJason Ricci is a gay, flamboyant, articulate genius who has achieved a level of accomplishment on the harmonica that is virtually without peer in today’s harmonica kingdom... More |
![]() | Jimmy BowskillVirtuosity is never so revered and respected as it is when displayed by the young. If Canadian music ever had a true blues prodigy, his name is Jimmy Bowskill... More | ![]() | Jon AmorAfter leaving The Hoax, Jon Amor, who has been called “one of the last true English guitar heroes,” rose to the challenge of re-inventing himself as a front man and performer... More |
![]() | The Kelly Richey BandA reviewer once extolled guitarist/vocalist Kelly Richey as “Stevie Ray Vaughan trapped in a woman’s body with Janis Joplin screaming to get out.” Whether slam dunking incendiary blues... More | ![]() | Kenny Wayne ShepherdA young man totally committed to the genre who has achieved widespread fame and commercial fortune, Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a rarity in blues music... More |
![]() | Papa DukeFilled with fire and fury, Popadiuk does with 4 strings what most players can only hope to accomplish with 6 setting a pace that challenges the limits of performance as well as... More | ![]() | Roomful of BluesLegendary in contemporary blues music, the Roomful of Blues’ horn section has reigned as the gold standard in brass for the past forty years. When it comes to staying power and fan popularity... More |
![]() | Slidin' Clyde Roulette BandRoulette's appropriately titled cd "Let’s Take a Ride" features the “Aboriginal combination of Muddy Waters and Chet Atkins” strumming haunting Delta blues, getting funky on Memphis grooves,... More | ![]() | The Fabulous ThunderbirdsThe Thunderbirds had the coolest name around, street savvy to burn and talent aplenty in the form of Vaughan’s spare but tough fret work and Wilson’s penetrating harmonica... More |
![]() | Tommy CastroThere’s something honest and elemental about the music of Tommy Castro. His mix of blues-inflected rock, slow-burning soul and dance-floor-friendly shuffles ... More | ![]() | Tracy KLike a beguiling blues bandit, Tracy K has stolen the musical heart of Thunder Bay. After her gritty and bewitching performances at the first two Thunder Bay Blues... More |
![]() | Walter TroutHands faster than a New York City subway pick pocket, more moves on the fret board than Don Juan in the boudoir, Walter Trout is well known for playing notes in exhilarating torrents... More |