kudzurunner
3552 posts
Sep 30, 2012
5:34 PM
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I'm interested in getting down to Brazil at some point in the next year or two. I haven't the faintest idea what festivals down there are blues-friendly and harmonica-friendly. Please share info: festivals, harmonica clubs and organizations. If you'd prefer to contact me off-list, please do so: asgussow@aol.com
Thanks in advance.
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Joe_L
2080 posts
Sep 30, 2012
6:30 PM
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Harp players seem to work a lot with Igor Prado and his band. I think he's on Facebook. There's a lot of stuff happening there.
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eharp
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Sep 30, 2012
6:59 PM
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contact madcat. he seems to be there 2 or 3 times a year.
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oda
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Oct 02, 2012
4:10 AM
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Come to Canada instead dr. G!!
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The Gloth
686 posts
Oct 02, 2012
4:27 AM
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I often play with a brazilian guitarist/singer in Brussels. Brazilian music goes well on harp, and is very fun to play.
After a short research, I found there's a jazz-blues festival in the city of Buzios, in July, and a Gospel-Blues Festival in Guara (near Brazilia), in July too.
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fredcardoso
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Oct 02, 2012
7:53 AM
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I have already sent an email to Adam, but I think it might be helpful to share some information here.
There are two big harmonica festival in Brazil: the "Encontro Internacional de Gaitistas" and the "Fórum Harmônica Brasil".
The first one takes place at São Paulo in about March. It is produced by Chico Blues and Flávio Guimarães. Names like Kim Wilson, Mark Ford, RJ Mischo, Rick Estrin, Steve Guyger, Mark Hummel, Mitch Kashmar, Curtis Salgado, Andy Just and others have played at this festival. No website.
The second one takes place at Fortaleza in about November. It is more focused on the Brazilian harmonica players, but opens its doors. Rick Estrin and Wim Djikgraaf are examples. The website is http://www.forumharmonicas.com.br
There are several blues-friendly festival here:
http://www.jazzeblues.com.br
http://www.riodasostrasjazzeblues.com
http://www.petropolisjazzeblues.com.br
http://www.ibitipocablues.com.br
http://lencoisjazzeblues.com
http://www.vijazz.com.br
http://www.jazzbluespocosdecaldas.com.br
http://www.mdbf.com.br/?link=home
... and many others that don't have website or that I don't know.
São Paulo has some blues clubs:
http://www.bourbonstreet.com.br
http://www.syndikat.com.br
http://www.deltabluesbar.com.br
and several other places that receive blues bands.
The blues and harmonica scene here is very good. All you need is the right contacts.
Regards from Brazil
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