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YOUR BANDS
YOUR BANDS
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Dust Me Down Blues Duo
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Stefano Ronchi and Henry Carpaneto
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Dan Nash
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Erin Corine
Blues Band |
The Madrid
All Stars |
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For the first time at ESBF, the Dust Me Down Blues is composed of Ray Wallen and Davide Mazzantini. The sound of this Acoustic Blues Duo is a mixture of black music, moving from blues roots to contemporary blues and gospel sonorities. Their song list is composed by genuine Delta Blues, Chicago blues, old gospel tunes, giving an exciting show, reaching all tastes of audience. Ray Wallen is an experienced singer and harp player; he played in several music bands such as Doctor Blue blues band, The Chameleons, Dan Nash etc.. Davide Mazzantini is a tasteful guitar player, well-known in the main blues bars in London. He's been performing in Ain't Nothin' But's house band for many.
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Stefano “Slidin’ Wolf” Ronchi is an Italian blues guitar player living in Berlin. His way of composing and arranging songs founds is grounded in old black folklore music from the 20’s and 30’s, from Delta Blues and Piedmont Blues, through old Spirituals, stomp and “swamp” sounds.
Passionate about slide guitar, he is touring around the World, playing in blues clubs, Festival, and blues dance events as solo artist or collaborating with other great musicians, as Dan Nash, Marcos Coll, Micha Maass, and The Ragtime Millionaires: slidinwolfblog.wordpress.com/info/ Henry Carpaneto is an italian pianist nominated “best European Blues piano player” by The Trophèes France Blues and named the “Best European Blues Player” by the magazine Blues Feelings. He regularly participates and performs in the most important events and festivals across Europe and in the United States (most recently he appeared in New Orleans Jazz Festival and The Blues Memphis Awards). Stefano and Henry are good friends and we cannot wait to see them together for the first time at ESBF! |
Hailing from London, UK, Dan Nash is one of the finest purveyors of traditional blues music on the circuit. His authentic interpretations of the blues standard songbook have continued to astound audiences from the deep south of Mississippi, to New York City to Europe to Asia. With a versatile guitar style which can cover the whole blues genre from ragtime and traditional fingerpicking to delta slide and Chicago Blues, Dan accompanies his music with a voice imbued with passion and soul.
Dan performs often with a duo and with his own band. However, his solo act is one which has endeared audiences in clubs bars ad the global blues dance community all over Europe and beyond since 2006. Visit his website |
Erin “Marisol” Corine Johnson is a multi-genre flutist, bilingual vocalist and music educator native of Chicago, Illinois, where she has built upon a lifetime passion for music through the influence of her African-American family. Holding a bachelor’s degree from the prestigious University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music and master’s degree from Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain, she contributes a dynamic vision for musical revival, fusion and creation surrounding Afro- American, Afro-European and Afro-Latin music. Always bringing to the stage stories and themes rooted in history and traditional world cultures, her work as a performer represent a smooth, contemplated mixture of her roots in classic soul, funk, traditional gospel, delta blues combined with influences taken from Spanish Flamenco, Afro-Caribbean folklore and various traditional and popular music styles from South America.
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"The Madrid All Stars" integrate the finest musicians from Madrid. They play for dancers regularly in our local scene, as well as playing internationally for dancers and international music festivals. They are simply the perfect band for Petit ESBF... flexible, playful and full of rhythm. The All Stars feature Fernando Lamas on drums, Lucia Rey on Piano, David Herrington on Trumpet and Paolo Marasso on double base. They will play with both Stefano and Linda throughout the weekend, bringing you a big sound to let your dancing creativeness go wild!
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