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Next Show
Friday September 23rd
Blue Frog Studios
Angel Forrest
With a career spanning over 27 years and nine albums, Canadian Female Vocalist of the Year 2014, 2014, 2015, Angel Forrest sure knows how to rock the house with her latest release, "Angel’s 11”.
Well known in the Canadian blues scene, Angel has been performed at major festivals in Canada and Europe (International Jazz Festival of Montreal, Tremblant Blues Festival, Blues sur Seine, Blues Festival of Edmunston, Victoriaville, of Trois-Rivières and Kuujjuaq). She also had the chance to share the stage with many artists including Jarvis Church Burton Cummings, Shawn Phillips, Thornetta Davis, Larry McCray, Eric Burdon and more. It was her tribute show to the legendary Janis Joplin that first brought Angel Forrest to the public attention.
There is no question that Angel Forrest is one of the most powerful singers in the contemporary blues scene today. The strength of her performances, her distinctive voice and fiery personality has allowed her to conquer the hearts of thousands of fans around the world.
Angel will be performing with her amazing partner Denis Coulombe and the immensely talented Ricky Paquette.
* Awards and distinctions *
2015 - Female Vocalist of the Year, Maple Blues Awards
2014 - Female Vocalist of the Year & Author / composer of the year, Maple Blues Awards
2014 - Female Vocalist of the Year, Gala Lys Blues
2014 - "Mother Tongue Blues" Album of the Year, Gala Lys Blues
2013 - Female Vocalist of the Year, Maple Blues Awards
2012 - Female Artist of the Year, Gala Lys Blues.
Blues Challenge Results
All the players were great and our three judges had their work cut out for them. Using the same criteria that is employed in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge the arrived at the consensus that Brandon Isaak and Chip Hart are going to Memphis along with Harpdog Brown
Thanks goes out to the many volunteers, the judges, our emcee Jason Buie who organized the acts and all the blues fans for supporting the event.
Most of thanks to all the musicians who participated. We have a lot of talent in our Province.
Since the International Blues Challenge started doing two first round nights then a semi final before the finals at the Orpheum Theatre we have had all our sponsored acts except one make the semi finals and one act made it to the finals. This is one of the best track records for a blues society out of a list of hundreds of societies around the world.
Support your local blues artists.
As Rick Halisheff has said many times.
"If you love the blues spread the news.
If nobody knows nobody goes.
Our next show is on Friday September 9. Last January at the International Blues Challenge this Montreal band were runner up in the finals. Paul DesLauriers Band.
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"If You Love The Blues
Spread The News
If Nobody Knows
Nobody Goes"
Poppa Dawg
Rodney Dranfield (President WRBS)
Its had been six years since our first local IBC Event was held at the Rhumba Room to identify a solo/duo act to a attend the annual International Blues Challenge put on by the Blues Foundation in Memphis.
That was 2010 and Vancouver duo Mud Dog was selected. The following year it was held at the West Beach Bar and Grill and solo artist David "Boxcar" Gates went to Memphis. In 2012 we held the event at the Princeton Pub downtown and Pappa Dawg's Band was selected. Last year the event was held on Granville Street at the FANCLUB. Brandon "Yukon Slim" Isaak was chosen from the solo/duo category and Arsen Shomakhov Band from the band category.
We had 10 acts performing 25 minute sets with judges using the same criteria employed in Memphis
to determine who will be sponsored to attend the January 2015 event on the famed Beale Street.
The two acts that went to Memphis are:
Uncle Wiggly's Hot Shoes Blues Band
&
Dalannah Gail Bowen & Owen Owen Owen
On Sunday July 26 2015 we conducted another Blues Challenge Event at the Semiahmoo First Nation's Semiahmoo Park Spirit Stage to determine the solo/duo act and band to represent the WRBS in Memphis in January 2016.
Jesse Ropper was selected for the solo category
the Arsen Shomakhov Blues Band was selected for the band category.
On Sunday July 24th 2016 at the Pacific Inn Resort we conducted our annual Blues Challenge Event which yielded the following results.
Harpdog Brown won the Band Category
Brandon Isaak and Chip Hart won the Duo Category
They will represent the White Rock Blues Society at the IBC in Memphis in January 2017.
