Our Next Workshop
Event
Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th March 2012.
The Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
The
programme will offer classes starting Friday from 1pm to 5pm and
an evening jam session from 8pm to midnight for ‘participants
only’. On Saturday, classes will run from 10am to 5pm followed
by a public staff concert at 8pm. On Sunday, classes will run
from 10am to 4pm.
The classes will cater for
all levels and we recommend you bring along a portable recorder
for future reference. The tutors for the ‘Acoustic Blues
Weekend’ are John Miller (country blues guitar), Sonny Black
(bottleneck slide guitar) and Eddie Martin (harmonica).
John Miller, from Seattle
Washington, was inspired to take up the Country Blues guitar
after seeing Mississippi John Hurt at the 1963 Philadelphia Folk
Festival. He taught himself to play guitar by listening to
records and recorded his first album in 1973. Since then,
he has come to be recognized as one of the foremost authorities
on country blues guitar. John has released 12
instructional videos on the music of Furry Lewis, Bo Carter,
Robert Wilkins, Elizabeth Cotton, John Hurt Vols 1&2 and Chord
Voicings & Theory. For the weekend, John will teach beginning
to advanced chord progressions, demonstrate how to ‘learn by
ear’ and to create your own country blues arrangements.
Born in London, Eddie Martin
started playing acoustic guitar and harmonica at the age of 16.
He became a keen student of Dr Ross and Joe Hill Louis. Today,
he is recognised as the outstanding one-man blues band in the
UK. With 10 acclaimed CD/DVD releases on Blueblood Records, his
14-year professional career has seen him run numerous workshops
for blues guitarists and harmonica players. For the weekend,
Eddie’s class is for all levels.
Working through a course book,
the emphasis is on playing to get you through basic techniques
(e.g. bending and trill) to more advanced techniques (e.g.
tongue block) using jams and set pieces.
Sonny Black
first picked up the
acoustic guitar around age 17 when he heard ‘San Francisco Bay
Blues’ by the great Jesse Fuller. His next step was the folk
clubs to listen to and learn from the guitar legends of the 60's
where he met up with British blues slide player Mike Cooper with
whom he played guitar. After
years of playing and touring with his band (Sonny Black and the
Dukes), Sonny has reverted to roots music and now plays
fingerstyle blues, ragtime and country. For the weekend, Sonny
will have a close look at Open D tuning and explore the use of
chords and slide techniques.
The registration fee is £135 (£125 conc) for the weekend. A
single day rate for Saturday only is £80 (£75 conc) and includes
evening concert followed by the late night jam. The rate for
Sunday is £65 (£60 conc). Advance booking is required and all
fees are payable to The Artrix Box Office at (01527) 577 330.
Regarding accommodation, we are staying at the Premier Inn Hotel
(Bromsgrove, Central). It is a one-minute walk from the arts
centre. Their telephone number is 08702 428 000. Furthermore,
the Artrix has a list of hotels and other accommodation,
including local B&Bs available from the Box Office.
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Blues Week 2012
Sunday 29th July to Friday
3rd August 2012
University of Northampton
Sunley Management Centre, Park Campus
United Kingdom
For full details, click on this link:
Blues Week 2012
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Our Most Recent
Events
Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th
November 2011
Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, Pocklington, Yorkshire (our 9th
year!)
The weekend featured master classes
for all levels on blues harmonica with Duncan Moules, Michael Messer
teaching bottleneck slide guitar and Michael Roach conducting a
country blues guitar class.
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Blues
Week 2011
Sunday 31st July to Friday 5th
August 2011
University of Northampton
United Kingdom
Click on this link for programme details:
Blues Week 2011
The dates for next year are from the
29th July to 3rd August 2012.
If you are not on our mailing list, email us your postal address
to receive a copy of our brochure and registration form.
It will be posted in January.
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March 2011
The
Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (our
3rd
year!)
The weekend featured master classes
for all levels on blues harmonica with Eddie Martin, Sonny Black
teaching bottleneck slide guitar and Michael Roach conducting a
country blues guitar class.
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th November 2010
Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, Pocklington, Yorkshire (our 8th
year!)
The weekend featured master classes
for all levels on blues harmonica with Eddie Martin, Michael
Messer teaching bottleneck slide guitar and Michael Roach
conducting a country blues guitar class.
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Blues
Week 2010
Sunday 1st - Friday 6th
August
University of Northampton
United Kingdom
Blues Week 2010 was a great week. To use a quote from one
of the participants: "Everyone, from the organisation to the
students, raised their game and we all went from strength to
strength."
Here
is a link
to a dedicated page for the programme: Blues Week
2010.
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Mandolin Workshop
Thursday 4th March 2010
The
Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Rags,
Drags, Stomps and Shuffles - The music of the African-American
Mandolinist presented by Rich DelGrosso.
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 5th March
to
Sunday 7th
March 2010
The weekend featured master classes
for all levels on blues harmonica with Alan Glen, Rich DelGrosso
teaching bottleneck slide guitar and Michael Roach with Sonny Black conducting a
country blues guitar class.
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd November 2009
Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, Pocklington, Yorkshire
The weekend featured master classes
for all levels on blues harmonica with Eddie Martin, Michael Messer
teaching bottleneck slide guitar and Michael Roach conducting a
country blues guitar class.
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Blues
Week 2009
Sunday 2nd - Friday 7th
August
University of Northampton
United Kingdom
Our 10th Anniversary!
Blues Week 2009 was hugely successful. Here is a link to our dedicated page
with full details:
http://www.euroblues.co.uk/bluesweek2009.htm
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Euroblues Promotions Limited and The
Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire presented an ‘Acoustic Blues
Weekend’ of workshops, jams and performance from Friday 6th March to Sunday 8th
March 2009. The weekend featured master classes for all levels
on blues harmonica with Eddie Martin, Homesick Mac teaching
bottleneck slide guitar and Michael Roach conducting a country blues
guitar class.
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 28th to Sunday 30th November 2008
Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, Pocklington, Yorkshire
featuring
Michael Messer, Peter Wheat and Michael Roach
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Blues Week 2008
Sunday 10th - Friday 15th
August
University of Northampton
United Kingdom
Click on this link to go to our dedicated page for Blues Week 2008
details:
Blues Week 10 - 15 August 2008.
Here is a copy of the advert for the
programme this year.
click on this thumbnail to view ad
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th April 2008
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire
featuring Steve James, Giles King and Michael Roach
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th December 2007
Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, Pocklington, Yorkshire
featuring
Michael Messer, Johnny Mars and Michael Roach
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Blues Week 2007.
Our 8th Year!
A full week of music making. Classes in Country Blues Guitar,
Bottleneck Slide Guitar, Blues Harmonica, Keyboards and Vocals.
Sunday 5th - Friday 10th August 2007. University of Northampton,
United Kingdom. Details:
Blues Week
2007
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Grand Opening
Celebration
'Acoustic Blues Weekend'
Friday 30th March
to Sunday 1st April 2007
The European Blues Association, Euroblues
Promotions Limited and the Gloucester Guildhall presented an
‘Acoustic Blues Weekend’ of workshops, jams and performance.
The event was part of the activities scheduled for the ‘Grand
Opening’ of the EBA’s ‘Archive of African American Music Resource
Centre’ in the Gloucester Music and Drama Library and the centennial
celebration of the Wilberforce legislation that abolished slavery in
Great Britain. It took place on Friday 30th March
to Sunday 1st April 2007.
Writer/historian Paul Oliver gave a
talk and there was a photographic exhibition. The featured
artists were Russ Green (harmonica), Michael Roach & Michael
Messer (bottleneck
slide guitar) and Rick Franklin (country blues guitar).
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Acoustic Blues Weekend
Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd December 2006
Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, Pocklington, Yorkshire
featuring
Michael Messer, Johnny Mars and Michael Roach
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Blues Week 2006
Sunday 6th - Friday 11th
August
University of Northampton
United Kingdom
Click on to this link to go straight to the Blues
Week 2006 page for more details:
Blues Week
2006. The following is a list of classes offered and
staff members:
Country Blues
Guitar
Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks (USA)
Ernie Hawkins (USA)
Ari Eisinger (USA)
Michael Roach (USA)
Mary Flower (USA)
Bottleneck Slide Guitar
Mike
Dowling (USA)
Michael Messer (UK)
Homesick Mac (Sweden)
Kenny Sultan (USA)
Harmonica
Grant Dermody (USA)
Tom Ball (USA)
Eddie Martin (UK)
Johnny Mars (USA)
Vocals
Ethel Caffie-Austin
(USA)
Delnora Roberts (USA)
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