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The Second Annual Deep Blues Festival was very fortunate to have poster designer, artist, Amy Jo create the 2008 poster. Her artwork and understanding of the music clearly and visually defines the influence of the original music on this new … Continue reading
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A hand drawn poster, again inspired by the Robert Palmer Book and Mugge/Palmer documentary Deep Blues. Apt for a festival of music and artists provoked by the same.
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2008 expanded to three days. Black Diamond Heavies, Scott H. Biram, Chris Cotton, John Schooley, Smokestack and the Foothill Fury came back for another year. Friday afternoon, performers from all four points including coastlines and mountains converged on a central destination. With … Continue reading
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A long drive from the backyard along midwest roads lined with cornfields. Just past a nondescript junction a stage is set on an open stretch. The First Annual Deep Blues Festival 2007 featured: Robert Belfour, Black Diamond Heavies, Hillstomp, Moreland & Arbuckle, … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Scott H. Biram, TX Scott H. Biram “Rock ‘n’ Roll ain’t pretty and neither is Scott H. Biram. The self proclaimed ‘Dirty Old One Man Band’ successfully, and sometimes violently, lashes together blues, hillbilly and … Continue reading
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The Folk Singer returned for a screening alongside Can’t Take It With You When You Die. It Came from Detroit followed by Wayne County Ramblin’ reunites Detroit with the South. The Hand of Fatima travels across the pond, then Moments … Continue reading
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The Folksinger (90min). A Folk blues singer troubled by religious demons, anger, doubt and the need to provide for his unborn child embarks on a grueling month long tour through the backroads of Texas and Louisiana. Music by Deep Blues Festival artists … Continue reading
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Festival Preview and Interview: Deep Blues by Ira Brooker, June 1 2009 for Made Loud “…As difficult as it must be for mega-fest organizers to wrangle all of their various stars and stages, their more understated brethren face a different, possibly … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival: Making it safe for the blues to be dangerous again, an interview with Chris Johnson by Christopher Bahn, J. Diers, July 14, 2009 for A.V. Club Twin Cities “It’s fitting that the Deep Blues Festival began three years ago … Continue reading
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Minneapolis poster artist Amy Jo has curated a poster series for the the Second Annual Deep Blues Festival. Amy Jo commissioned 10 of her favorite local and national poster artists to design a poster for 10 of the musical acts that … Continue reading
