Strictly Blues festival
Mumbai gets its first blues festival. Stage 1 presents The Strictly Blues festival, an annual festival of pure, unadulterated blues featuring Dana Gillespie & The London Blues Band and the Dino Baptista Trio from the UK, Julien Brunetaud and The JB Boogie Band from France and America Zach Prather.
Joss, Kalaghoda Rampart Row, 7pm, February 19, 2005.
-Time Out Mumbai
While there is an increased number of concerts and live music events happening across the city, this one in recent past tops my list.
An early affair, the music started by 7:45pm and went on till close to midnight. There was no seating (read people swinging and dancing), gorgeous starters doing the rounds, and a full bar. Mumbai’s hunger for nights like this was evident in the packed hall. People were stomping to the music till those a floor below feared the ceiling would come down. We want more events like this.
Is anyone listing?
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Mumbai is so much cooler now that it isn’t called Bombay. I heard about that on the Slate Explainer Podcast.
Comment by redbud July 30, 2006 @ 8:49 amDino Baptista Trio from the UK, I think they have unless one CD. Do you know the name or anyway that I could get more info about them?
Comment by Camino November 27, 2006 @ 6:09 pmHi!
By the way, is there much of a blues scene in Mumbai? I’m a blues harmonica player and I’m hoping to move to Mumbai at the end of next month. It would be good to hook up with some musicians.
Richard
Comment by Richard Orange February 18, 2007 @ 2:01 am