Goat Fest is this weekend in Clarksdale Mississippi featuring an insane lineup:

Friday May 31 at 4pm - Robert Kimbrough Sr. BluesConnection + Red on Yellow at the Delta Blues Alley Café

Friday May 31 at 8pm - Kenny Brown, Lightnin' Malcom and Molly Gene One Whoaman Band at the Shack Up Inn Juke Joint Chapel

Saturday June 1 at 2 pm - All Seeing Eyes, Zakk & Big Papa Binns, Randall Conrad Olinger at the New Roxy

Saturday June 1 at 8pm - Left Land Cruiser, James Leg and GravelRoad at the Shack Up Inn Juke Joint Chapel

Sunday June 2 - from 3 to 6pm at Levon's Bar & Grill - GF6 Hangover Party and Sunday Ramble with Conrad Olinger & Red on Yellow

 

 

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Blues and Beyond from Boston Massachusetts

Ryan Lee Crosby hits the road for 3 weeks playing the northeast and deep south.

May 29 Jalopy Theatre, Brooklyn NY

May 31 Blues Guitar Workshop at Acoustic Music Works, Pittsburgh PA

June 1 Acoustic Music Works, Pittsburgh PA

June 2 House 2365, Columbus OH

June 6 The Iron Horse Grill, Jackson MS

June 7 Cottonwood Public House, Vicksburg MS

June 8 Center For Southern Folklore, Memphis TN

June 9 Ghost River Brewery & Taproom, Memphis TN

June 10 Bluesberry Cafe, Clarksdale MS

June 13 Blue Front Cafe, Bentonia MS

June 16 House Concert, Nashville TN

June 26 Club Passim, Cambridge MA

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The 16th annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale Mississippi gets underway this weekend featuring Knick Knack Records artists Brett Benton (Seattle) and Ryan Lee Crosby (Boston) - schedules below.

 

Brett's raw style is best heard one of two ways: paying homage to its roots with solo, acoustic slide guitar and “stompin’ and hollerin’ ” as Bad Blood himself would put it; and electric alongside a heavy, relentless and dynamic style of drums that really emphasizes what country blues is all about… the hypnotic groove that gets folks up and dancing!

• Friday April 12 at 7:15pm Brett Benton performing at the New Roxy
• Saturday April 13 at 2pm Brett Benton performing at the Mr Tater Memorial Stage

 

With an intercontinental band, Ryan Lee Crosby blends American folk-blues and North Indian raga into meditative songs of impermanence, compassion and joy. Through his music, Crosby hopes to inspire peace, openness and respect - for tradition, for culture, for each other and for one’s self.

Ryan Lee Crosby’s “River Music will satisfy the slightly adventurous listener as few other records I heard last year.” - Matt Hanson, The ARTS FUSE

Ryan Lee Crosby’s sound “is an update on the ghostly, close-to-the-bone approach of Delta bluesman Skip James. But don’t be fooled — the legendary Burnside and Kimbrough clans are among his gurus, and he's learned well.” Ted Drozdowski - NASHVILLE SCENE

• Friday April 12 at 11am Ryan Lee Crosby performing at Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Arts
• Friday April 12 at 8:15pm Ryan Lee Crosby performing at the New Roxy
• Saturday April 13 at 1pm Ryan Lee Crosby performing at the Paramount Marquee Stage
• Saturday April 13 at 3pm Ryan Lee Crosby performing at the Bluesberry Cafe

 

UPCOMING EVENTS IN CLARKSDALE
GOAT FEST VI MAY 31 - JUNE 1, 2019

Featuring Knick Knack Records artists GravelRoad sharing the stage with the legendary and amazing talents of Left Lane Cruiser and James Leg.

 

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 The latest music video from Teleferik (Paris, FR) is a unique blend of traditional middle eastern musical styles and rock and roll to create a powerful blend of the genres.  Hell in Your Arms was shot in Lebanon and is the second single from their new album Blood Orange Sirup.

 

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Ryan Lee Crosby European Tour

October 26 Ryan Lee Crosby at Pony Bar, Hamburg DE

October 27 Ryan Lee Crosby at MusikZentrum, Hannover DE

October 28 Ryan Lee Crosby at Sprachenwerkstatt, Essen Kettwig DE

October 30 Ryan Lee Crosby at Nidaba Theatre, Milano, IT

November 1 Ryan Lee Crosby at Marla, Perugia, IT

November 2 Ryan Lee Crosby at Sotto Scala 9, Latina, IT

November 3 Ryan Lee Crosby at DeLiri Cafè & Bistrot, Sora, IT

November 4 Ryan Lee Crosby at Borgo Est, Santarcangelo Di Romagna, IT

November 5 Ryan Lee Crosby at Das Kleinicum, Ampfing DE

November 6 Ryan Lee Crosby at Naturfreundehaus Leichlingen, Leichlingen DE

November 7 Ryan Lee Crosby at Café 't Rozenknopje, Eindhoven NL

November 8 Ryan Lee Crosby at Komdis, Dessel BE

November 9 Ryan Lee Crosby at AKA 103, Oberhausen-rheinhausen DE

November 10 Ryan Lee Crosby at Café de Strandpaal, Assenede BE

November 11 Ryan Lee Crosby at Café Heuvelzicht, Essen BE

November 12 Ryan Lee Crosby at De Blauwe Kater, Leuven BE

 

November 16 Ryan Lee Crosby at City Winery Boston, Boston MA

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"It probably didn't feel that way at the time, but backing up the irascible deep south blues-bastard T-Model Ford at the start of the decade was the best thing that ever happened to GravelRoad.  Ford might have gone to the great scrapyard in the sky five years ago, but his renegade spirit still looms over his former charges - and it's palpable on this latest release.

Recorded in spit-and-shit fashion at Mississippi's Dial Back Sound, this is the Seattle outfit's strongest record yet.

Opener My Baby's Tryin' sets the frazzled pace, Stefan Zillioux howling like the Wolf on Smokestack Lightnin'.  Roll Me Like A Stone is jittery and wired, all caffeine and stomach cramps, betraying the band's all-night sessions.  Get It Right! and Left Me Twice are heavy headlong chargers, while Demonstar and 149 Delta yawn with the kind of desert-rock emptiness that makes you feel lonely in a crowded room.  

Somewhere down there, the old devil is leering his approval."

 

Henry Yates ~ Classicrockmagazine.com                                  

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Here is the first single "Khalina N' Shouf" off the new album from Teleferik, Blood Orange Sirup (Knick Knack Records - Spring 2019).

 

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June 20 Ray Cashman at Harlem Jazz Club, Barcelona Spain

June 23 Ray Cashman at Ramses Bier -  Hooge Zwaluwe, Netherlands

June 24 Ray Cashman at De Koperan Pan - Delft, Netherlands

June 26 Ray Cashman at Kapper Roland - Eindhoven, Netherlands 

June 28 Ray Cashman at La Cave Café - Paris, France

June 29 Ray Cashman at La P'art-Queterie, Fresselines France

June 30 Ray Cashman at Jazz in Vienne - Vienne France

July 5 Ray Cashman at Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, Forte dei Marmi Italy

July 6 Ray Cashman at Route 66 - Pisa Italy

July 7 Ray Cashman at Bagno Antonio - Tuscany Italy

July 11 Ray Cashman at T-Cafe - Lucca Italy

July 12 Ray Cashman at Ozone - Pistoia Italy

July 13 Ray Cashman at Piccolo Blu - La Spezia Italy

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Brett Benton (guitars) and Gordon Townsend (drums) will be hitting the road this summer for a US tour prior to entering the studio to record their next album with Knick Knack Records. This hard hitting Hill-Country and Delta Blues duo emphasizes the hypnotic groove that gets to the core of what this music is all about and you can't help but to dance.

August 2 at Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle WA
August 3 at Mt. Baker Blues Festival, Deming WA
August 4 at Kamiah Hotel Bar & Steakhouse, Kamiah ID
August 5 at Muddy’s Place, Idaho Falls ID
August 6 at Lake Effect, Salt Lake City UT
August 9 at Dazzle, Denver CO
August 10 at Westport Saloon, Kansas City MO
August 11 at Katt’s Cove, Oklahoma City OK
August 12 Austin TX
August 13 at The Deli, Norman OK
August 16 at The Big Chill, Hot Springs AR
August 17 at The Blue Canoe, Tupelo MS
August 18 at Johnny Shines Blues Festival, Tuscaloosa AL
August 19 at Pensacola Bay Brewery, Pensacola FL
August 20 at Seville Quarter, Pensacola FL
August 23 at Imogene Theatre, Milton FL
August 24 at Pensacola Bay Brewery, Pensacola FL
August 25 at Five Sisters Blues Cafe, Pensacola FL

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