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Louisiana’s most famous flag bearer in Quebec has again accepted to be the spokesperson of the 18th annual Tremblant International Blues Festival.

This is the second year running that he honours the Festival in this capacity. The celebrated artist who gave us Cap Enragé, Au bord du …

Born and raised in Chicago in a family that made its living from the blues, the son of Lonnie Brooks started his own band in 1997. He learned the ropes from a young age as he was no stranger to Chess Studios and the popular Checkerboard Lounge where he would see …

Speak No Evil, the 12th and most recent album of this Atlanta singer and guitarist, was nominated for Blues Rock Album of the Year at the 2010 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Now 53, he is considered one of a select group of blues-rock guitar masters from the Southern United States. …

Detroit’s Queen of the Blues finally comes to Tremblant! The woman has made the cover of Living Blues magazine, her song Cry was heard on The Sopranos on HBO, she’s shared the stage with Ray Charles, Etta James, Buddy Guy and Bonnie Raitt, and she’s also lent her voice to a …

Founded in 1977 in New Orleans, the band includes a seven-piece brass section and a rhythm section. They are a true Louisiana institution, as they’ve revitalized the traditional brass band by adding a refreshing touch of funk, soul and local flavour. In addition to collaborations with Norah Jones, Dave Matthews and …

The legendary British band makes a first stop at Tremblant led by the spirited Joe Gooch, who replaced the band’s founder Alvin Lee in 2002. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for their memorable 1969 Woodstock performance of “I’m Going Home”, the four-piece blues-rock band is still going …

This versatile 68-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist has won two Grammy Awards over the course of a career spanning four decades. In a trio format for his first ever performance at Tremblant, Taj Mahal will serve up tasty selections from his original repertoire that skilfully and compellingly draws the best elements of …

She was crowned Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2011 Maple Blues Awards, and she is visiting us from Toronto to present her new CD, Brown Sugar. She’ll be joined by Quebec’s own Angel Forrest, with whom she’s often shared the spotlight during past editions of the show “Les Grandes …

Rosie Ledet – a.k.a. the “Zydeco Sweetheart” – and her band the Zydeco Playboys will be throwing a 2-step blues-rock party like none other for their opening show before Zachary Richard. This young Creole singer and accordion player from the Bayou, like Richard, will set the tone for a memorable evening! …

This young singer and guitarist from France is crossing the pond to give us two shows with selections from her first CD, Urgency, where blues, soul and funk come together in a surprising and original manner. While devoted to the greats such as B.B. King, Albert Collins and Koko Taylor, she …

Born Morris Holt, the 74-year-old legendary guitarist is a pillar of contemporary Chicago Blues who moved from Mississippi at a young age. Over the years, Magic Slim’s Teardrops included the excellent guitarist John Primer, and the band released 23 solid albums, the latest of which – Raising the Bar – was …

Winner of the prestigious 2011 International Blues Challenge in the band and solo categories, the Rochester, NY singer has just released a new CD called “On Our Way To Memphis, The IBC Sessions”, where we discover his talent playing blues violin. For this first Festival appearance, he’ll be treating us to …

McRay, an exceptionally intense guitarist, is part of the new generation of bluesmen who flirt with rock, funk and soul. His feverish performances hit you head on and add considerable value to a limited discography of six albums since 1990, the latest of which, self-titled, was released in 2006.

Winner of the 2006 Juno for Best Blues Album, the 66-year-old American musician and singer is a master of boogie-woogie piano. Now living in Vancouver, he has just released a new CD on Stony Plain called An Old Rock On A Roll. For this festival performance, he’ll be backed by The …

Cool your heels at this must-see Sunday show when Tremblant welcomes Eric Bibb for the first time! His latest CD, Booker’s Guitar takes us to the heart of America. With his acoustic guitar in hand, Bibb will be joined by fellow minstrel Michael Jerome Browne from Montreal to warm our souls. …

He is one of Canada’s leading voices of the blues and he’s back at the Festival with six musicians and a new CD. Winner of a Félix and nominated for multiple Maple Blues Awards, Walsh delivers his best songs, including off his latest and 9th album, Inside I Am All Blue, …

The Louisiana guitarist and singer of Swedish origin returns to Tremblant after an acclaimed performance with the Voices of the Wetlands last year. Osborne brilliantly moves from soul-inflected acoustic to electric blues, as he’s shown us on American Patchwork, his latest release. He’s composed great songs for Keb Mo’, Jonny Lang …