2012 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday, July 14 Randy Oxford Band 11:00-12:00 Albert Castiglia 12:15-1:15 Royal Southern Brotherhood Cyril Neville, Mike Zito, Devon Allman, Charlie Wooton and Mean Willie Green 1:30-2:35 Rick Estrin & the Nightcats 2:50-4:00 Tribute to Koko Taylor With The Blues Machine, Nora Jean Wallace, Melvia “Chick” Rogers and Jackie Scott 4:15-5:20 Tab Benoit 5:35-7:00 Sunday, July ... MORE>>
2011 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Nellie Tiger Travis – Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater – Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials – Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues – Magic Slim & the Teardrops – The Brooks Family Reunion – Trampled Under Foot – James Armstrong – Toni Lynn Washington – Eric Bibb – Robert Cray
Mississippi Blues Trail
Rockland, Maine Honored With Blues Trail Marker Mississippi Blues Trail Web Site >> As blues has spread from Mississippi to the far corners of the country and the world, the state of Maine has assumed an active role in the presentation and promotion of the music to appreciative local audiences ever since Mississippi-born blues giants ... MORE>>
Keeping the Blues Alive!
North Atlantic Blues Festival Keeping the Blues Alive Award Recipient, Festival Promoter 2002 The growing success of the North Atlantic Blues Festival hit a high note this week with the Blues Foundation placing the local event’s promoters in an elite category. Paul Benjamin and Jamie Isaacson will receive the “2002 Keeping the Blues Alive for Promoter ... MORE>>
2010 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Preston Shannon | Biscuit Miller | John Nemeth | Bryan Lee | Johnny Rawls | James Cotton | Shakura S’Aida | Moreland & Arbuckle | Michael Burks | Shemekia Copeland | Keb’ Mo’ | Lydia Warren | Cole Downing
2009 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday Matt Wigler | Homemade Jamz Blues Band | Harper | Super Chicken Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women | Zac Harmon | Bobby Rush Sunday Eden Brent | Mississippi Heat | Jimmy Thackery Joe Lewis Walker | Kenny Neal’s Family Reunion
2008 NABF – BluesWax Article
A BluesWax Reprint – Originally ran in BluesWax issue #414 on 09/11/2008 Blues Bytes North Atlantic Blues Festival Rockland, Maine July 12-13 2008 By Mark Goodman It actually does get warm in Maine. Contrary to my preconception, it was a beautiful, warm day to kick off the 2008 North Atlantic Blues Festival. The festival is ... MORE>>
2008 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday Lil Dave Thompson | Andrew Jr. Boy Jones | Sugar Blue | Lurrie Bell | Ruthie Foster | Walter Trout Sunday Melvia “Chick” Rodgers | Wayne Baker Brooks | Janiva Magness | Rod Piazza | Elvin Bishop
2007 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday The Detroit Women | Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King Piano Blowout (Barrelhouse Chuck, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, Henry Butler) Blues Guitar Women (Roxanne Potvin, Deborah Coleman, Sue Foley) | Bernard Allison Sunday Patricia Wilder | Billy Gibson Band | Lucky Peterson | Diunna Greenleaf | Coco Montoya | Walter Trout
2006 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday Richard Johnston “Hill Country Blues Troubador”playing between sets Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers | Marva Wright | Tab Benoit | Kenny Neal | Marcia Ball Sunday Nicole Nelson | Larry McCray | John Lee Hooker Jr. | Tinsley Ellis | Nora Jean Bruso | Johnny Winter
2005 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday The Sensations | Sharrie Williams | Walter Wolfman Washington Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin with Pinetop Perkins Ronnie Baker Brooks | Little Milton Sunday Slick Ballinger | Lady Bianca | Duke and the Drivers Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang | Fabulous Thunderbirds with Kim Wilson
2004 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday Blind Albert Blues Band | Sherman Robertson | Cephas & Wiggins EG Kight | Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout With Paul Delay & Billy Branch Bobby “Blue” Bland Sunday Steve Bailey Band | Ana Popovic | Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne Michael Burks | Bettye Lavette | Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues
2003 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday Anthony Gomes | Bubba Mac Blues Band | Willie Kent & the Gents Featuring Patricia Scott | E C Scott Boston Blues Explosion Featuring: Dave Maxwell, Darrell Nulisch, Jerry Portnoy, and Jay Geils | Otis Rush Sunday Bonnie Edwards and the Practical Cats | Gate Street Blues | Dawn Tyler Blues Project Curtis Salgado | Tommy Castro | ... MORE>>
2002 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday Mary Dukes | South Side Slim | Bubba Mac Blues Band | Little Charlie & The Nightcats Lucky Peterson | James Cotton | Jimmie Vaughan Sunday Pat Pepin And Big Chief | Sean Costello | John Primer | Carey Bell Deborah Coleman | Bo Diddley with the Debby Hastings Band
2001 North Atlantic Blues Festival
Saturday Dave Sherman & the Nightcrawlers | Bubba Mac Blues Band Blind Mississippi Morris & Brad Webb | Shirley King | Larry Garner | Nappy Brown Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets Featuring Sam Myers | Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials Sunday Blue Steel Express | David Hole | Tab Benoit Shemekia Copeland | Marcia Ball | Susan Tedeschi
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