Got a press release on this Festival last nite. Here's some of it.


WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DEEP BLUES ARTISTS:

"Richard Johnston.....continues to pick up international awards and
accolades in the media, carving a notch in his diddley-bow every time
another writer calls him 'the most promising young blues musician of
our time.'" Tara Nurin - American Magazine

"Scott H. Biram is definitely one of today's real rebel country
musician." --Hybrid Magazine

"...a harmonica player that I swear is the reincarnation of Slim Harpo
and his name is Col. J.D. Wilkes (Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers) and he
plays like no one else" -Andy Grigg, Real Blues Magazine

"Left Lane Cruiser hit the crowd like a shockwave... Mashed potatoes
and whiskey fuel this two-man frenzy of blues-driven noise. Slide
guitar, distorted vocals, a big-ass bass drum, all come together to
form one footstomping good time." - CDbaby.com

"Both on record and in live performance, Ted Drozdowski (Scissormen)
is a guitarist of spellbinding invention and intelligence. His slide
playing shears the skin off your bones, and he can unleash roaring
gales of sound. But lyricism and musicality lie at the heart of even
his wildest moments. I have never listened to him and not been
transported to a strange, beautiful place I'd never been before."-
Anthony DeCurtis, Executive Editor, Tracks, Contributing Editor,
Rolling Stone

"Fans of Fat Possum, the peerless primal modern blues and rock label
responsible for introducing the world to Junior Kimbrough and R.L.
Burnside among others, should take note of an excellent band making
Fat Possum-ready noise on the East Side, the Black Diamond Heavies."-
Nashville Rage

(Black-Eyed Snakes) "Primitive blues turned into evil boogie, heavy on
the distortion." - Douglas Wolk, Blender

"...Mercifully, Hillstomp is all undomesticated talent, not a stunt.
Johnson made those pickle buckets sing. Guitarist-vocalist Henry
Kammerer slapped his guitar like he mistook it for Big Mama Thornton's
ass...." - The Georgia Straight (review of first show in Canada)

"...Charlie Parr captures the intense sound of the folk music of
America's frozen north. His raw voice, lightning finger picking and
plaintive but wry songs have made him one of the most important
contemporary protagonists of the American folk tradition." - Bath
International Music Festival

"To truly understand the phenomenon that is Log, one must attend one
of his live shows, slightly surreal, must be seen-to-be-believed
experiences where Log plays the guitar like the salvation of his soul
depends on it, his face hidden under a requisite helmet. Log claims
the helmet serves the dual purposes of housing a mic for his vocals
("If I fall over I can still play guitar and sing," he explains) and
obscuring his face form the girl he's hiding from (It's like a
security barricade")." - Uptown

"(T-Model)Ford plays in the loose, "front porch" blues style of the
early 20th century. He performs seated, grinding out fuzzy guitar
riffs, stamping on the floor, and moaning words that defy formal
language." - Andrew Perry, Telegraph UK