Join us for the 2nd Annual Houston Bluesfest November 9, 2024!
Houston Bluesfest 2024
Join us for the 2nd Annual Houston Bluesfest November 9, 2024!
2024 2nd Annual Houston Bluesfest Featured artists!
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Based out of Houston, Texas, Jonn is an internationally renowned guitarist singer songwriter with two Blues Music Awards for Best New Artist Debut Award for his album Tengo Blues and with Diunna Greenleaf and Blue Mercy. He also played guitar on Pinetop Perkins Last of the Mississippi Blues Men that garnered a Grammy for Best Tradition B
Based out of Houston, Texas, Jonn is an internationally renowned guitarist singer songwriter with two Blues Music Awards for Best New Artist Debut Award for his album Tengo Blues and with Diunna Greenleaf and Blue Mercy. He also played guitar on Pinetop Perkins Last of the Mississippi Blues Men that garnered a Grammy for Best Tradition Blues Album. The album Time Slips On By which he recorded with Rich DelGrosso was nominated for a Blues Music Award and Blues Blast Award and was in Downbeat Magazines Top 100 Albums of the Year. The recording Drivin' Me Wild that he recorded with Sean Carney received great reviews in the genre. His work with Otis Taylor introduced him to a diverse world of musical possibilities playing alongside many great artists worldwide. He also won the "Albert King" award at the Internal Blues Challenge in 2005. Jonn's style blends Blues, R&B, Country, Latin, and Rock to give its own soulful flare. Jonn continues to tour extensively both in the U.S. and Europe.
Carolyn Wonderland
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
The blues rock-loving sexy sax player vocalist that delivers both ambiance and a message from stages around the world. From the moment this lady takes the stage to the very moment she leaves there is both a room full of anticipation and then fulfillment in the air. Audiences love Evelyn. In a recent press, radio, and venue tour in Europe
The blues rock-loving sexy sax player vocalist that delivers both ambiance and a message from stages around the world. From the moment this lady takes the stage to the very moment she leaves there is both a room full of anticipation and then fulfillment in the air. Audiences love Evelyn. In a recent press, radio, and venue tour in Europe Evelyn had the distinct pleasure to perform with The Black City Band in multiple cities. On every stage along the way the audiences were shouting bravo and encore, women were dancing at their tables, it was pure joy night after night.
Leonard "Lowdown" Brown
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Leonard "Lowdown" Brown
At the age of 70, Houston’s master soul-bluesman Leonard “Lowdown” Brown will release his debut record, Blues is Calling Me, via Music Maker Foundation. Leonard “Lowdown” Brown is a songwriter and electric guitar-slinging blues legend in the Houston music scene. His virtuosic fingerwork and formidable voice seem effortless, evidence of hi
At the age of 70, Houston’s master soul-bluesman Leonard “Lowdown” Brown will release his debut record, Blues is Calling Me, via Music Maker Foundation. Leonard “Lowdown” Brown is a songwriter and electric guitar-slinging blues legend in the Houston music scene. His virtuosic fingerwork and formidable voice seem effortless, evidence of his raw talent and over four decades of dedication to his craft. In 2003, Brown was included in Roger's Wood's book Down in Houston: Bayou City Blues and as such is one of Houston's living blues legends. Leonard Brown grew up in the Chicago area singing with his siblings in traveling gospel choirs . Around the age of six, Leonard’s father gave him his first guitar and he hasn’t stopped playing since. By his early twenties, Brown was playing in the Chicago music scene in gospel and quartet groups but had a thirst to try out other styles of music. He took inspiration from the artistry of Wes Montgomery, B.B. King, R.L. Burnside and T-Bone Walker’s fingerpicking to create his own style. His path changed directions in 1980, when he graduated from a two-year training program at General Electric and was assigned to work in Houston. A stranger to the city, Brown found his community through music. Leonard quickly became a mainstay of Houston’s music culture and was dubbed as the “Lowdown” by the organizers of Benson and Hedges Houston Blues Festival in 1988–and the catchy name has stuck for a reason. Brown was a founding member of Houston Blues Society and served on the first board of directors. Brown has opened for acts including Sister Sledge, ZZ Hill, Johnny Taylor and Bobby Bland. As he continues his journey, Leonard “Lowdown” Brown is grateful to be included in the Music Maker Foundation community, which supports & promotes traditional American musical artists. Through Music Maker, Leonard played at the Telluride Blues Festival and Baton Rouge Blues Festival. Brown had a cover story in the May 2024 issue of Living Blues Magazine. Brown is now a member of the Music Maker Blues Review, recently performing at the Music Maker 30th Anniversary Celebration in Durham, NC. His first album with Music Maker was Blues is Calling Me, released in 2023. His next album Big Blues Show was recorded at Music Makers new studio, and is due for release in early 2025.
Eric Demmer
Cris Crochemore
Leonard "Lowdown" Brown
Eric Demmer won the 2021 and 2022 Blues Music Awards for their participation in the category of Best Blues Rock Album. Eric Demmer a Gulf Coast Records label artist, received an invitation to play with the legendary guitarist Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown in 1993. He remained a member of his band until he passed away in 2005. Eric has won
Eric Demmer won the 2021 and 2022 Blues Music Awards for their participation in the category of Best Blues Rock Album. Eric Demmer a Gulf Coast Records label artist, received an invitation to play with the legendary guitarist Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown in 1993. He remained a member of his band until he passed away in 2005. Eric has won the 2021 and 2022 Blues Music Awards for his participation in the category of Best Blues Rock Album. The albums are “Rock N Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry” and “Resurrection” by Mike Zito. He was nominated for the 2023 Blues Blast Magazine Award in two categories: Best New Artist Album Debut and Best Horn Player. Eric’s sound is a blend of high-energy blues, funk, and rock-n-roll. Eric’s music is a fusion of various musical styles and influences. In November of 2022, his album "So Fine" debuted at number five on the Billboard Blues charts. "So Fine” is a personal and professional expression of his relationships.
Cris Crochemore
Cris Crochemore
Cris Crochemore
Cris Crochemore honed his guitar skills in his native Brazil. The Rock and Blues styling quickly secured him a place in the Houston Blues scene and providing an opportunity to perform with Blues legend Diunna Greenleaf, The Keeshea Pratt Band and James Boogaloo among many others blues artists. He represented Houston in the 2020 w Tweed Sm
Cris Crochemore honed his guitar skills in his native Brazil. The Rock and Blues styling quickly secured him a place in the Houston Blues scene and providing an opportunity to perform with Blues legend Diunna Greenleaf, The Keeshea Pratt Band and James Boogaloo among many others blues artists. He represented Houston in the 2020 w Tweed Smith, in the semifinals IBC . He adds to his credit 5 CDs (3 studio, 2 live) and 1 DVD. In 2021 he won the Houston Blues Society Challenge, being the 2022 Houston representative on Blues Foundation International Blues Challenge. In 2024 he won Houston Blues Society as well as a duo/solo artist. Cris Crochemore “The Brazilian Bluesman”
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Cris Crochemore
Cris Crochemore
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