It’s been a quiet couple of months for the Blues in Asia blog but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening on the Asian Blues scene.
For one thing, the Blues Society on Taiwan (BSoT) has teamed up once again with the Dream Community and is in the midst of planning Blues Bash 5, the BSoT’s fifth international Blues music festival.
Blues Bash 5 will take place on Saturday, November 15th at the Dream Community in Shijhih, a suburb of Taipei, Taiwan. BB5 will feature Blues players based in Asia and the BSoT has invited players from Japan, Korea and Hong Kong.
A partial list of Blues artists who have agreed to perform are:
Shun Kikuta – Japanese guitarist for Blues legends, Koko Taylor and James Cotton
Jamsbee – Japanese Blues band recording artists
Tommy Chung – Slide-guitar master and recording artist from Hong Kong
Fumi Wataribe & Naoto - Japanese acoustic blues duo (mother & son)
Nacomi - Japanese singer, female Blues guitarist and recording artist.
Lance Reegan-Diehl Band – Blues/Rock from Korea
BB5 will also feature some of the aspiring Blues performers based in Taiwan including 2007 IBC semi-finalists, BoPoMoFo, David Chen and the Muddy Basin Ramblers, Black Sheep and Three-Day Bender.
For more information, contact DC Rapier at dcr.bsot@gmail.com .
Blues on!
