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BLUE MONDAY CURE;
MAPLE BLUES AWARDS GALA AND BLUES SUMMIT IV
WHO: GARVIA
BAILEY Hosts w/ guests
TREASA LEVASSEUR, RAY
BONNEVILLE, JW-JONES,
HARRISON KENNEDY, THE SOJOURNERS, SHAKURA S’AIDA, and the Maple Blues Band.
WHAT:
Twelfth Annual
Maple Blues Awards and
Blues Summit IV (details below)
WHERE:
Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. in Toronto
WHEN:
Monday, January 19th, 2009. Doors
@ 7:00 pm, show @ 8:00 pm.
TICKETS:
Tickets $28 for the gala are available
at the TBS office 416-538-3885
info@torontobluessociety.com
or
through
http://www.ticketpro.ca
TORONTO –
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009 –
It’s the
Blue Monday cure
for the blues
–
more blues! Monday January 19th is Blue Monday and also
a very fitting date for The Twelfth Annual
Maple Blues Awards
Gala. The awards ceremony as well as the three-day Blues Summit IV will honour
Canada’s best in blues and delight blues fans with very special performance
showcases, seminars and lively panel discussions. The awards gala presentation
will feature live performances by some of Canada’s finest blues talents
including the all-star Maple Blues Band.
Radio personality
GARVIA BAILEY hosts and guest
performer highlights are rising star TREASA
LEVASSEUR, Canada’s roaming blues poet and one-man band
RAY BONNEVILLE, whose storytelling
vocals, with a highly percussive guitar style keep it all real and raw. Winner
of the 2005 Electric Act of the Year Award, guitar-driven
JW-JONES
will join the cast of guests for the gala along with the velvety-voiced Juno
Award nominee HARRISON KENNEDY,
who brings his 30-years-plus of performing experience and a youthful
exuberance to the MBAs. Vancouver’s THE
SOJOURNERS will also electrify audiences with their heartfelt
gospel blues harmonies. Hot ticket and powerhouse singing sensation
SHAKURA S’AIDA returns to grace the
stage and is also nominated for the Female Vocalist of the Year Award once
again.
BLUES SUMMIT IV
The Blues Summit is an
essential Canadian blues networking event, back for its fourth edition.
This music industry conference brings
together festivals, labels, media, musicians, fans and blues societies, and
includes showcases, seminars, receptions and a keynote brunch. With
representatives from across Canada, the United States and Europe in
attendance, there are many lively panel discussions, seminars, media/Blues
Society roundtables taking place throughout the course of the three days.
Industry experts will be discussing topics such as blues in the schools,
touring, recording the blues, the art of grant writing and blues in the
digital world.
HIGHLIGHTS AT BLUES
SUMMIT IV:
Saturday, January 17
3:00 pm – Campfire with Brian Blain,
followed by a welcome reception and performance by Fathead
Sunday, January 18
11:00 am – brunch with inspirational
Keynote Speaker Ben Manilla
5:30 pm – SOCAN Songs & Stories w/
Suzie Vinnick, Matt
Andersen, Ray Bonneville, and Amos Garrett.
Monday,
January 19
10:00 am - Rob Bowman,
Blues Booster of the Year and music industry pioneer, in Interview with
publicist Richard Flohil
Showcases will be held on Saturday and
Sunday night at the Delta Chelsea Hotel’s Monarch Pub and Market Garden
venues. Performances by Raoul & the Big Time, Scott McCord and the Bonafide
Truth, Steve Strongman, Carlos Del Junco, Suzie Vinnick, Monkey Junk and Mike
“Shrimp Daddy” Reid.
WHAT:
BLUES SUMMIT IV
WHERE:
Delta
Chelsea Inn (33 Gerrard St.
West) in Toronto.
WHEN:
January 17-19, 2009
TICKETS:
$89
Musicians, $109 Standard (Summit registration includes keynote brunch, access
to all seminars and showcases, Maple Blues Awards, Saturday reception, and
more)
For more information on registration
by phone or online, please visit
http://www.torontobluessociety.com
416-538-3885 1-866-871-9457
For more information, photos, interviews, please contact:
Beverly Kreller
SPEAK
Music
www.speak-music.com
bev@speak-music.com
416.922.3620
Toronto Blues Society
416.538.3885
info@torontobluessociety.com
