This is The Blues To Do Podcast for the greater Seattle and Northwest areas.

I’m Marlee Walker with BluesToDo.com

Blues News:

-Bettye LaVette’s new CD is all Bob Dylan songs and this is her best yet! Grammy stuff all the way, with her gifted interpretations giving entirely new meaning to his timeless words.  

-Another location of 13 Coins is now on King Street just outside CenturyLink Field in Seattle’s Pioneer Square featuring more live music with No Cover!

-B.B. King’s Club in New York is closing.

-A new venue with live music is Eden, just south of the stadiums in Seattle.  See BroHamm there with horns on May 12th.

THE BLUES TO DO CALENDAR features…

April 23 – Benaroya Hall, Seattle – Bettye LaVette,

April 28-29 – Kaya Fest, NOS Center, Southern California – Celebrating the 40^thAnniversary of Bob Marley’s release of the Kaya Album with Stephen Marley, Ziggy Marley, Damian Marley, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Cypress Hill, Action Bronson and more Marley’s and more!

May 8-9 – Jazz Alley, Seattle - Joey DeFrancesco Trio

May 11 – Admiral Theatre, Bremerton – The Stray Cat Lee Rocker, 7pm

May 17-20 – Jazz Alley, Seattle – Madeleine Peyroux, 7pm

May 19 – Blues On The Beach, Longbeach, WA – The Tim Hall Band, Jerry Miller and special guests, a benefit for Homeless Veterans

May 24-27 – Jazz Alley, Seattle – Bobby Caldwell

June 1-24 – The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle – The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

June 1-3 – Upstream Music Festival - Pioneer Square, Seattle

August 7-8 - Jazz Alley, Seattle – Ana Popovic

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-Have you got a new CD with blues on it?  -Have you found a new venue for live blues? 

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