8/19/2023 0 Comments Capital city jazz festival 2015![]() Of course, Eric Clapton does keep the momentum somewhat alive through his solo and co-productions with still living blues legends. ![]() King, Charlie Musselwhite, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other from ‘the old school’ also make an effort. As do ‘newcomers’ like Joe Bonamassa and Gary Clark, Jr.Īnd that's it. The truth requires us to continue searching, digging and sure enough, there is hope on the horizon! After all, the blues is flourishing in the US. Not so much in terms of excessive media attention and record sales, but more in the live circuit of clubs and at festivals, where the demand for performances by living guitar heroes, but also the interest in the large crowd of newcomers is absolutely growing. Trends in contemporary popular music, as we have seen from the late fifties onwards, come and go.įortunately, in England and in some countries in Continental Europe a healthy interest in the genre can be seen as well. However, for some types of music that are original and have been at the basis of that same popular music, different rules apply. These are pure, able to endure the pressure of unwanted artistic concessions and thus also stand the test of time. The blues is and will always remain one of those musical expressions, like jazz, gospel, salsa, and tropical types of music from the Caribbean basin and Latin America.Ĭuraçao is going to make its own contribution to this new resurgence of blues. Just like it has done over the past ten years, through festivals for salsa, jazz (Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival), and other well-known and lesser-known American and Western European forms of music. While New Orleans holds the position as the main blues and jazz festival center in the world, Curaçao has the ambition to take that position for the Caribbean and Latin America. After all, Curaçao has played a special role in the development of the blues. In the 17th century, Curaçao served as an intermediary in the trade and transport of slaves from West Africa to, among other countries, North America. Continuing to share these expressions was the only way to communicate among themselves and to show solidarity in their suffering! The slaves brought along their own stories and music. ![]() The kick off will be the large-scale Curaçao International BlueSeas Festival in the capital Willemstad.
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