AEBHF Events & News
Important Notice: The weekly SATURDAY JAMS at HR 57 have been SUSPENDED for the summer (2008). Other AEBHF activities will continue, so please check this site frequently for information about upcoming special events and jams. |
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Latest Events for AEBHF
- Sunday August 10th, Open Blues Jam 4:00pm to 6:30pm at Bangkok Blues restaurant
- Saturday August 30th - 20th Annual DC Blues Festival - FREE at the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington, DC from 12:00pm to 7:30pm - Workshop around 2:00pm
- Big Barbershop Birthday Blues Jam!!! Sunday, September 7, 2008, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at SOVA, 1359 H Street, N.E.
- Saturday September 13th, Jam session at the University of Maryland from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Latest Events for our "Friends of the Barbershop"
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- Rick Franklin and his DeltaBoys at Cassatts Cafe & Gallery Saturday August 16th, 7 - 9pm
- MSG at the Spotlight by Starlight Series, Wednesday, August 20, 2008, Mason District Park
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 - THE HOT STONE, ROCKVILLE, MD BARBECUE AND BLUES BASH - 7:30 to 11:00 With Kim Capps - CD Release Party
- Gaye Adegbalolah House Concert Saturday September 6th, 8:00pm
- Eastern Market Music Series Returns Sunday September 7th
- Kim Capps, CD Release Concert - Friday, Sept. 12, 7:30p.m. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
- Scott Ainslie Focus Concert at Church of the Resurrection, Alexandria VA - Sunday September 21st at 7:00pm
Latest Events for AEBHF:
Open Blues Jam at Bangkok Blues Sunday August 9th from 4pm to 6:45pm
This event is jointly sponsored by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation (www.acousticblues.com) and the D.C. Blues Society. ( http://www.dcblues.org/index.php )
No cover, no
minimum, but the food is good and they start serving around 5pm.
This will be a barbershop style jam. All skill levels are welcome.
Bangkok Blues is a Thai restaurant located at 926 West Broad Street Falls Church VA 22046. Check their web site for
directions: Bangkokblues.com
For more information send an email to us.
The DC Blues 20th Annual Festival Saturday, August 30, 2008!
FREE at the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington, DC from 12:00pm to 7:30pm
The Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Jambassadors will conduct a workshop just outside the gates to the park at 4:00pm to 4:50pm.
Big Barbershop Birthday Blues Jam!!!
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Be there when the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage
Foundation celebrates the anniversary of its birth with a big, bad blues jam. Come one; come all with your songs, instruments and memories of times together.
The celebration will be at SOVA, a lovely coffeehouse in the new Northeast Corridor of Washington, DC at 1359 H Street, N.E., 20002 (http://www.sovadc.com/). The gathering will be in the upstairs lounge (not shown on website) to share music along with coffee drinks, wine, beer, complimentary snacks and, of course, cake.
Your $10.00 admission will support the continued efforts of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation to spread the news about the blues and shore up accounts for our move to a new home.
Don’t miss the fun!
For more information or to volunteer, please contact Sheryl Sears, 301-649-SING (7464).
Saturday September 13th Jam Session at University Of Maryland at the Shriver Laboratory on Campus Dr. across from the Stamp Student Union. Time 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Directions: from the Main entrance to the University at the intersection of rt 1 and Paint branch pkway, turn into the university. When you get to the big M and the traffic circle surrounding it, go half way around and continue up campus drive. Very quickly on the left, you will see the Shriver Lab. You should be able to park at the lot in front of the building which is open on the weekend.
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Latest events for our Friends of the Barbershop
Rick Franklin and His Delta BluesBoys at Cassatts Cafe & Gallery August 16th, 7 - 9pm
"Hot yoga! Yeah, that's what Rick Franklin and His Delta BluesBoys practice. And they say practice makes perfect. We don't know about that; no one dares to call us perfect.
In fact, we like some rough edges now and then. Come on and cross the Potomac, hear Rick sing of bootleggin', prisons and love, and everything in between. Sometimes love is a prison and you can hear Rick and His Boys sing about that, too! Make your reservation now 'cos if love is a prison, then the prison you want to be at is Cassatts. You might want to stay there for a long, long time. Namaste, baby.
Cassatts Cafe & Gallery
4536 Lee Highway
Arlington, Virginia
703-527-3330
http://www.cassatts.com
MSG - The Acoustic Blues Trio will be performing at the Spotlight by Starlight Series
Wednesday August 20th, 2008
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Mason District Park Amphitheater
6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003
MSG equals great sound! What makes this acoustic trio truly unique is that, whether playing originals or cover songs, it authentically carries on the Piedmont Blues tradition. A rare find in this day and age.
Bio:
M.S.G. - The Acoustic Blues Trio performs traditional Piedmont blues. Their style of music has been influenced by the likes of Archie Edwards, Etta Baker, and Cephas & Wiggins. This band can raise the roof with some old-fashioned house party tunes, make you laugh with their witty originals and then make you weep with blues ballads! They all perform with the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Band. They have performed at numerous regional festivals including: Blues in the 'Burg, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Artscape, and Bayou Boogaloo. They have also had the honor of performing on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage.
Kim Capps in Concert
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
THE HOT STONE, ROCKVILLE, MD
BARBECUE AND BLUES BASH - 7:30 to 11:00
1314 E Gude DrRockville MD 20850
USA
(301) 340-0584 Price: $10
We are looking forward to this fun evening, one of many to celebrate the CD release in several places around the area. The band that night will be great:
Mike Baytop on guitar, bones and harmonica; Ian Walters on keyboard, and Kevin De Souza on bass and guitar. Doors open at 7:30, come early and eat barbecue (great and cheap!). Music will start around 8:00.
House concert Saturday September 6, 2008, 8:00pm – Gaye Adegbalola, of Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women.
CD release performance of "GAYE WITHOUT SHAME" – at the home of Jeff Glassie and Julie Littell. This solo CD was produced by multiple Blues Music Award winner Bob Margolin, is fully steeped in the Blues tradition. It carries the dignified and proud message of self-worth and empowerment. This CD also shares Gaye's hope for understanding and acceptance, and highlights some of the issues facing the struggle for human rights, as an activist for civil rights and for GLBT Equality. Gaye will perform different Blues stylings from the songs on the CD -- New Orleans, Classic Blues, Piedmont, Delta, Jump Blues, Rhythm and Blues, and, of course, a Doo Wop. Roddy Barnes is also scheduled to play along with Gaye on several song s.
EASTERN MARKET MUSIC SERIES RETURNS SEPTEMBER 7
The Eastern Market Music series returns to Capitol Hill on Sundays from September 7 through October 12. The free concerts, sponsored by the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, present a sampling of the Washington area's best blues, bluegrass, jazz, contemporary, and international musicians. The concerts add to the lively street fair atmosphere at the historic Eastern Market as the musicians perform on the plaza outside of Port City Java, 7th and North Carolina, S.E. For more information, visit www.capitolhillcommunityfoundation.org.
FALL 2008 SERIES
SEPT 7 10:30 am Dead Men's Hollow Bluegrass, Americana
1:00 pm Magpie Jazz, Blues, Contemporary, Folk
SEPT 14 10:30 am BluesWorks Blues, Jazz, World
1:00 pm Janine Wilson Acoustic Roots Rock
SEPT 21 10:30 am Finnegan's Jig Celtic, Contemporary
1:00 pm Reverb A Capella R&B, Gospel
SEPT 28 10:30 am Alexandria Kleztet Modern Klezmer
1:00 pm Blue Rhythm Boys Acoustic Blues, Swing
OCT 5 10:30 am Rick Franklin & Mike Baytop Piedmont Blues
1:00 pm Archie's Barbershop Jambassadors Acoustic Blues
OCT 12 10:30 am The Capitol Hillbillies Hokum Blues, New Orleans Jazz
1:00 pm Rio Garage Brazilian Jazz
Kim Capps, CD Release Concert - Friday, Sept. 12, 7:30p.m.
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church3401 Nebraska Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016
USA
202-363-4900
suggested donation, $10 ($5 for students)
Kim will perform with a wonderful band--Mike Baytop on guitar, harmonica and bones, Kevin DeSouza on bass and guitar, Ian Walters on piano. The music of the evening will highlight the songs from Kim's new CD, "Blues Gonna Show the Way' a mixture of blues, and gritty gospel.
The church is located directly across from American University on Nebraska Ave.
For more info, go to www.kimcapps.net
Focus Alexandria presents Scott Ainslie on Sunday, September 21st, at 7 p.m. at Church of the Resurrection,
2280 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, Va. 22311.
$15 general, $12 members. Contact: Kay at kay@focusmusic.org, 703-501-6061, or log onto www.focusmusic.org.
On the road 140 to 160 days a year, Scott performs and presents workshops in schools, libraries, community arts venues, colleges and festivals. He is also a respected instructor at music programs across the country and maintains an active schedule teaching guitar out of his home in Brattleboro, Vermont.
His work includes teaching concerts on the African roots of American music using live performances of blues, worksongs, gospel, jazz, and rhythm and blues to illustrate the historical and musical connections between African and American cultures.
After a typical performance, a SC English professor told Scott that he “does what Shakespeare recommends.”
“Shakespeare recommended a lot of things...” Scott noted with a smile.
“You teach by delight,” was the professor’s reply.
Scott’s performances always include interesting stories and anecdotes about the music that leave his audiences slyly better educated and fully entertained. Why? Because truth is the highest form of entertainment.
