Buy your tickets online! Led by harmonica master and songwriter Pierre Lacocque, Mississippi Heat is a world-class Chicago Blues Band. Their motto is “Traditional Blues With A Unique Sound” as they present fresh yet vintage-based musical ideas. MISSISSIPPI HEAT’s name is a reflection of Pierre’s reverence for Mississippi’s blues culture and music. The band’s conviction […]
Get Tickets Studebaker John Grimaldi was born in an Italian-American section of Chicago and started playing harmonica at age 7. Under the spell of music he heard on Maxwell Street, Chicago’s famed blues melting pot, Grimaldi began performing as Studebaker John and the Hawks in the ‘70s. The band name referenced the Studebaker Hawk, a […]
Get Tickets Kat Wright, whose voice is both sultry and dynamic, delicate yet powerful; gritty but highly emotive and nuanced, has been described as “a young Bonnie Raitt meets Amy Winehouse”. Add to that voice enough stage presence to tame lions, and the combination of feline femininity proves immediately enchanting. There’s soul flowing in and […]
GET TICKETS Join us for Chicago blues legend John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band Friday April 26, 2019 at 8 pm John Primer has undisputedly helped build the sound and style of Chicago blues as we know it today. The echoes of tradition bellowing from the birthplaces he played such as: Maxwell Street, […]
Get Tickets Guitar Hero Tinsley Ellis returns to The Linda Sunday July 28th at 8 pm Feral blues guitar...non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor’s edge...his eloquence dazzles...he achieves pyrotechnics that rival early Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. --Rolling Stone Ellis unleashes a torrent of dazzling musicianship pitched between the exhilarating volatility of […]
Get Tickets The Linda WAMC's Performing Arts Studio Presents: MISSISSIPPI HEAT with special guest LURRIE BELL. $20 Advance/$25 At The Door Doors at 7 pm, Music at 8 pm Biographies Mississippi Heat: Led by harmonica master and songwriter Pierre Lacocque, Mississippi Heat is a world-class Chicago Blues Band. Their motto is “Traditional Blues […]
Get Tickets An evening with blues triple threat Maurice John Vaughn presented by The Capital Region Blues Network About this Event Vaughn began playing professionally in 1968 as a saxophonist in Chicago R&B groups. He recorded with The Chosen Few in 1976, and played and recorded with Phil Guy, went on tour in Canada in […]
Get Tickets Alexis P Suter and her band are coming back to The Linda Friday September 20th at 8 pm. When the great Bluesman B.B. King first heard Alexis P Suter sing, he was visibly impressed and said so after her opening set for him at BB Kings in NYC. Shaking his head in wonder, […]
Get Tickets: An evening with singer, songwriter, guitarist Jackie Venson presented by The Linda WAMC's Performing Arts Studio About this Event Obsessed with music from an early age, singer/songwriter Jackie Venson immersed herself in its study, attending the Berklee College of Music to practice classical piano. However, it wasn’t until she switched to the electric […]
Get Tickets A concert to support 3 local blues artists on their way to Memphis Tennessee! As an affiliate of the Blues Foundation, The Capital Region Blues Network holds local competitions each year to determine three acts to represent the area at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. In January 2020 Wyld Blu will compete in […]
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