Winter Blues? YES! It’s dark and stormy all around, winter is here, and while it may not rain for 40 days, the Tel Aviv Blues Festival is back in an acoustic winter edition with 40 shows! Just launched this past July, the overwhelming response (6,000 people) proves our love so Kvish 61 (Route 61) an NPO founded to promote the blues in Israel, and Nobody’s Fault Productions have put together an amazing lineup of international and Israeli blues musicians for a four day festival from December 2 – 5, 2015.
Loving the blues is what it’s all about, so many of the shows are free admission! Mark your calendars and start getting into the rhythm!
Opening the festival will be Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton – There is an old soul singing in the music of this young multi-instrumentalist who hails from Mississippi! Singing and playing banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica, Cajun accordion, this very young (born in 1989) Jewish African-American bluesman is influenced by the sounds of the 20s and 30s. If you missed his first visit to Israel, here’s your chance!
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at The Zone, 20:00.
Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton at Levontin 7 – Tel Aviv Blues Festival July 2015
Piedmont Bluz – the acoustic duo of Valerie and Ben Turner are dedicated to the preservation of Country Blues and the Piedmont style (East Coast/Southeastern blues – fingerpicking guitar style that resembles a piano ragtime rhythm). Valerie – guitar, spoons, banjo, vocals; Ben – washboard, bones, harmonica.
Saturday, December 5, 2015 at The Zone, 21:30.
Piedmont Bluz will also be performing at Jacob’s Ladder on December 4th & 5th, and on Sunday, December 6th at The Yellow Submarine, Jerusalem.
Piedmont Bluz – “That’s No Way to Get Along” by Rev. Robert Wilkins
Bloch Eyot – the Danish/English singer songwriter will be the guest of Ronen Green at the Bar Kayma on December 4th at 14:00 – FREE!
Blues guitarist Lil’ Jimmy Reed (aka Leon Atkins) will perform the festival’s closing international show at Mike’s Place Tayelet – FREE!
Tel Aviv Blues Festival Winter Edition – the full, fantastic program:
Wednesday, December 2nd
20:00 Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton
Thursday, December 3rd
19:00 “Loveat Habima” – Yaron Ben-Ami – Free
20:00 – “Cafe Xoho” – SheRock band – I love this power duo! Free
20:00 – “Barkayma” – Movie+Beer – We Juke Up In Here (20 Nis for the Movie)
20:00 – “Levontin Seven” Noam Dayan tribute to Robert Johnson (30/40 NIS)
20:30 – “Tsuzamen” – Itamar Beck and Ayal Mittelman (20 NIS)
21:00 – “Bar-Giyora” – Asi Abergel (30 NIS)
21:00 – “The Container” – The Heeby Gee Bees – Free
21:30 – “Cafe Bialik” – Itay Pearl (50 NIS)
21:30 – “Mike’s Place Ha’Arba’a st.” Jumbar – Free
22:00 – “Tsuzamen” – Nir Mehlman (20 NIS)
22:00 – “Hakufsa” – Miki Shaviv
22:30 – “OzenBar” – Gal Nisman and Idan Shneor (55/60)
Friday, December 4th
13:00 – “Enav Center” – International Show – Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton (120/140) Opening: the Heeby Gee Bees
14:00 – “Barkayma” – Ronen Green | guest Bloch Eyot (England) – Free
15:00 – “Bar-Giyora” – Noam Dayan and Eyal Kdoshim (30 NIS)
15:00 – “Mike’s Place Ha’Arba’a st.” – Acoustic Jam Blues Association – Free
15:00 – The Zone – Tribute to Eric Clapton (60/70)
16:00 “Par Derriere” – Deborah Benasouli – Free
16:00 – “Loveat Habima” –Shachar Croitoru – Free
17:00 – “OzenBar” – Dani Litani – (75/80)
21:00 – “Hakufsa” – The Blues Rebels (20 NIS)
21:00 – “Bar-Giyora” – Ofer Amichai (30 NIS)
21:30 – “Levontin Seven” – Yehuda Eder and Alon Eder (50/60 NIS)
22:00 – “Tsuzamen” Yaron Ben-Ami and Guy Dagan (30 NIS)
22:00 “Mike’s Place Tayelet” – International Show! – Lil’ Jimmy Reed – Free
Saturday, December 5th
16:00 – “Hoodna Bar” – Eli And The chocolate Factory – Free
19:00 – “Barkayma” – Aviv Tal | guest Emanuel Sarig – Free
20:00 “Bar-Giyora” – Tal-Shachar Gilboa (30 NIS)
20:30 – “Tsuzamen” – Oded Weiss ft. Oded Weiss (30 NIS)
20:30 – “Mike’s Place Ha’Arba’a st. – Eli “Dr. Blues” Marcus and Libi – Free
21:00 – “OzenBar” – Gimzu Blues Band (45/50 NIS)
21:30 – “The Zone” – Piedmont Bluz – International Show (120 NIS)
21:30 – “Abraxas” – Eyal Ben HaMoriya and Danny Gilboa (40 NIS)
22:00 – “The Container” – Gal De Paz, Ofir Ventura and Noa Helinger-Eldor | Guitar Ofer Amichai – Free
22:00 – “Tsuzamen” – Blue-Beard Wife (20 NIS)
22:00 – “Kuli Alma” – Uzi Ramirez – Free
22:00 “Mike’s Place Tayelet” – International Show! – Lil’ Jimmy Reed – Free
22:30 – “OzenBar – David Peretz (45/50 NIS)
Sunday, December 6th – AFTER PARTY
22:00 – “Pasaz – Blues&Booz after party – Free until 23:00 and then 10 NIS
Links to list of all performances and tickets here: http://www.nobodysfaultproductions.com/tickets/
