Blues Music Performance with Kaliopi & the Blues Messengers playing the rich Delta style blues KALIOPI & THE BLUES MESSENGERS (QUINTET): Drawing from the rich Delta blues tradition of powerful blueswomen with Chicago guitar pioneer influences, “Kaliopi sings with passion as she howls and moans as she plays some sizzling guitar” Blues Blast Magazine Senior writer Steve Jones, president of the Crossroads Blues Society USA. Finalists in Melbourne Blues Appreciation Societies Annual Blues Challenge & Awarded VICTAS ‘Emerging Artist’ for their current second album, “The Devil’s Voodoo Curse”.
The Jump Cats swingin’ jump blues band playing an uptempo style of blues you can dance to. Their music harks back to the 40s and ’50s when rhythm and blues was big on the scene, with music from the likes of Louis Jordan, Tiny Bradshaw and later from artists such as Hollywood Fats.
The Jump Cats are a four-piece band with Mark (Harpo) Greenway on guitar, Alf Mott on the skins, Jeff Walters on Bass and Chris (Stibbo) Hanger on Vocals and blues harp.