Our Next Workshop
Event
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. If you are not on our mailing list, email us your postal address to
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Our Most Recent
Events
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.
The date for next year is 10th to 15th August
2008.
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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 Kingdo
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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