GRAND FORKS – Acclaimed blues musician Johnny Rawls will headline the efficiency at the yearly Blues at the Purple tournament Saturday, June 29, at The town Sq. in downtown Grand Forks.
The development may also function Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival as the outlet act, consistent with a statement from the Downtown Building Affiliation.
Gates will open at 5 p.m., with the outlet act set to start out at 6 p.m. and the headliner at 8. Input throughout the front on South 3rd Side road.
Tickets will also be bought at
www.downtownforks.com/blues
or on the gate at the day of the development. Children ages 12 and more youthful will probably be admitted at no cost. Tickets are $5, plus charges, on-line and $10 on the gate on Saturday.
Meals and drinks will probably be to be had from 4 native meals vehicles, double the quantity from remaining yr, and a variety of beverage distributors. No out of doors meals or drinks, rather than water bottles, are allowed.
“Attendees can stay up for a mixture of flavors, from staple favorites to distinctive gourmand choices, making sure a memorable enjoy for all,” stated Jill Proctor, DDA president and CEO. “We’re dedicated to being inclusive of all via providing each alcoholic and non-alcoholic choices.”
Visitors are inspired to carry garden chairs.
This yr, the development is gifted via The Olive Ann Lodge, situated in downtown Grand Forks.
Over the process his occupation, Johnny Rawls has been nominated for Soul Blues Male Artist 11 occasions and gained the Soul Blues Album of the 12 months in 2019 and 2010 from the Blues Song Awards group.
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Blues at the Purple has grow to be “a trademark tournament for Grand Forks, attracting song fans of every age to benefit from the wealthy sounds of blues song,” consistent with the DDA.
With a occupation spanning greater than 50 years, Johnny Rawls, a local of Columbia, Mississippi, is an across the world identified recording artist, song manufacturer and songwriter who excursions widely all over North The usa and out of the country.
Rawls strains his passion in song again to early adolescence. In 5th grade, he began out enjoying clarinet within the faculty band and, over the following few years, took up saxophone, trumpet and different tools.
His passion in guitar used to be impressed when he heard his grandfather enjoying one Christmas morning and via age 13 he used to be enjoying guitar significantly. His highschool band trainer, who led a certified band that subsidized traveling soul artists, requested Rawls to enroll in his band as a saxophone participant. This started his skilled occupation and at age 15 he used to be backing artists together with ZZ Hill, Little Johnny Taylor, Joe Tex and The Candy Inspirations on excursions within the Southeast.
In 1985, Rawls started traveling as a solo artist and made his first solo recording.
He is thought of as a soul blues legend, consistent with his biography. The time period “soul blues” used to be invented to explain his song. He has launched greater than 15 albums since his debut solo album, “Right here We Move,” in 1996 on JSP Data.
In 2019, Rawls gained the Soul Blues Album of the 12 months from the Blues Song Awards group for his 2018 liberate, “I’m Nonetheless Round,” and in 2010 with “Ace of Spades”. He’s additionally been nominated as Soul Blues Male Artist 11 occasions.
In 2022, Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival introduced their first reputable album liberate, an EP titled “Not anything Retaining Me Down,” which earned them 4 Impartial Blues Song Awards nominations together with “Easiest Blues Rock Band” and “Easiest Blues Rock Album.”
Jennifer Lyn and The Groove Revival will carry out in live performance all through the “Blues at the Purple” tournament Saturday, June 29, at The town Sq. in downtown Grand Forks.
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In 2023, the band launched their 2d reputable liberate, an EP titled “Gypsy Soul,” which spent 16 weeks at the Roots Song File charts, peaking on the #2 Blues Rock spot. That yr, the band additionally introduced their first regional excursion, which incorporated a number of sold-out displays within the Higher Midwest.
The band’s 3 albums have landed them a #4 Billboard charting Blues album, seven Impartial Blues Song award nominations, and several other weeks at the Blues song radio charts within the best 10.
Jennifer Lyn, who grew up soaking up the song of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Merle Haggard and others, has been when put next with feminine guitarists within the blues-rock international, together with Ana Popovic, Bonnie Raitt and Joanne Shaw Taylor.
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An indie blues-rock musician who used to be born and raised in a Minneapolis suburb, Jennifer Lyn grew up with a love for blues, rock and nation song. Her personal tastes had been formed via song she absorbed from her oldsters’ vinyl assortment.
Primarily based in Bismarck, her band attracts inspiration from quite a lot of genres, together with rock, blues, rhythm and blues, and a slightly of roots song.
Mixing vintage rock undertones, the nostalgic songwriting spirit of the ‘70s, and a lot of reverb-drenched guitar solos accompanied via twin guitar moments, her band’s song delivers that unique old-school sound with a modern blues-rock twist.
