Deep Roots Music Co-op Presents
Blossom Blues Concert
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Wolfville, NS – Thursday March 14, 2011)
Apple Blossom Festival weekend is the best time to be in the Annapolis Valley! And after Saturday's Grand Street Parade, the BLOSSOM BLUES CONCERT will be straight ahead. On May 28, 2011at 7:00 p.m. in Wolfville's Acadia University Hall, enjoy three times the entertainment!
Four super acts will be in performance: incredible bluesman MATT ANDERSEN (2010 International Blues Challenge winner, and 2011 "Entertainer and Acoustic Act of the Year"), The HUPMAN BROTHERS BAND (winners of the 2010 ECMA Blues Recording of the Year) and JENS JEPPESEN (nominated in 2010 as Folk Recording Artist of the Year) and the talented guitar picking of Liam Potter.
Headlining, and not-to-be-missed, will be 2011 Maple Blues Award-winner MATT ANDERSEN, guitar magician and vocal powerhouse, who has just been named 2011's "Entertainer of the Year" and "Acoustic Act of the Year" at the Maple Blues Awards. MATT never ceases to amaze his fans, or to make new ones at every performance. In 2010, when he took top honours at the Memphis' International Blues Challenge, he became the first Canadian to ever do so!
THE HUPMAN BROTHERS BAND, whose original music won the 2010 East Coast Music Award for "Best Blues Record of the Year" have certainly earned a place in audience`s hearts, with their recordings and "live" virtuosity brightening every stage they play. In perfect synch with each other, brothers Ryan and Scott Hupman have played their music together since childhood. And the super- talented HUPMAN BROTHERS BAND will have fans spellbound for the evening.
Also playing the Blossom Blues Concert will be JENS JEPPESEN. JENS was nominated at the 2010 Maple Blues Awards for "Best Folk Recording", and contributes to a type of music he calls Newgrass - a super send-up, high flying version of bluegrass. Audiences enjoy his infusions of traditional songs with youthful energy, producing an intense new feel. His song-writing skill transcends his young age, as he captures timeless stories and shares accounts of good old-fashioned romantic misfortune.
Tickets are $27 in advance and are available at www.ticketpro.ca or 1-888-311-9090 or the Box of Delights Bookstore, Main Street, Wolfville INFO: (902) 542-9511, or $32 at the door (all are tax included).
All advanced ticket purchasers will be entered to WIN a MONTHLY DRAW to receive premium concert seating, three signed CD`s, a backstage pass to meet the performers before the show, and two tickets to the 2011 Deep Roots Music Festival Friday Night Concert!
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On Friday night of the Charlottetown East Coast Music Awards, Jens Jeppesen had been up late playing his music. The last thing he had expected was a Saturday morning call from the Deep Roots Music Cooperative, because he was in a "Deep" sleep (quite a coincidence).
Although barely awake, in a very congenial way, Jens Jeppesen allowed an interview to begin almost immediately, knowing an audience is looking forward to seeing him perform Saturday May 28th with fellow award-winners Matt Anderson and The Hupman Brothers Band, at Acadia University Hall in Wolfville. Jens received 2010 nominations and won an award from Music New Brunswick. His good friends, the Hupmans, won E.C.M.A.'s Best Blues Recording award for 2010. And with great timing, another friend, this year's International Blues Challenge winner, Matt Andersen, was about to be awarded 2011's Best Male Artist and Best Blues Recording E.C.M.A. honours that very weekend. Good company for a man from a farm in New Denmark, New Brunswick.
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Deep Roots Music Cooperative: What is your musical background, and what are your musical influences?
Jens Jeppesen: As a teenager, I listened to the Tragically Hip, and Big Sugar a lot, and as an adult, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Doc Watson. I have been playing guitar since I was thirteen. I sometimes play the banjo, but have been performing for 6-7 years on acoustic guitar in a roots/folk style. For the last 5 years, I've made a living just from that.
Deep Roots Music Cooperative: What is the "Newgrass" style you've been said to play?
Jens Jeppesen: It combines fiddle music with bluegrass, breathing life into old Appalachian Mountain music to make it more palatable. A lot of people don't like bluegrass's nasal tones and harsh-sounding mid-range instruments, and turn up their noses. So I try to put my own life into the style, to bring to the table something people will enjoy. And they love it - when it's played with modern instruments, a modern sound, and not out-of-tune. Bluegrass is really technicaI: I love the stuff, and want to share it - with more of life in it and with a different take. I make it my own, so that people can enjoy it.
Deep Roots Music Cooperative: What do you think of your fellow performer on May 28th, Matt Andersen?
Jens: It is awesome to see someone do so much with just a guitar and voice! Good will come forever from the footprints he is leaving in the music industry for others to fill: he's proof that hard work will put you on the map.
I was working on an arts grant, recording songs by kids in remote Milleville, New Brunswick, when I told those kids that the community you come from has nothing to do with your ability to succeed. Being from a small town was never a stumbling block for Matt. He is amazingly dedicated, and someone to be proud of.
Deep Roots: You will also be sharing our Wolfville stage with Ryan and Scott Hupman, and The Hupman Brothers Band. What are your thoughts?
Jens: You're not going to find better bluesmen than the Hupman Brothers-they are absolutely incredible. Ryan is a fantastic fella, and Scott and I are dear friends: he played bass on two tracks of my CD "Miles to Go" that received a Music New Brunswick Award. I visited them in their beautiful spot from their song "Up on the Ridge"-and anytime we get together, it's always a blast. I am really looking forward to this show!
Deep Roots: So are we! Before we finish - are you encouraged by what's happening in today`s music industry?
Jens: Maritime music is growing, and whether it`s country, folk, bluegrass, blues, or rock, the next great artist is going to be from the Maritimes. We have talent that is out of this world. With The Allman Brothers playing the Harvest Jazz Festival - the Hupman Brothers could do equally as good a job. The Divorcees` music is old-time, but new - and incredible.
West Coast Canada has lots of great artists, like Corb Lund and Tim Hus. Great music is everywhere, - but we have a concentrated amount of talent right here!
Come for the Blossoms - stay for the Blues!
To see Jens Jeppesen, The Hupman Brothers Band, and Matt Andersen Sat. May 28th, in their 7 p.m. Blossom Blues Concert at Acadia University Hall, Wolfville, go to: www.ticketpro.ca, telephone 1-888-311-9090 toll-free, or www.deeprootsmusic.ca.
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