2016 Blues Blast Music Awards - New Artist Debut Album

"NEW COOL OLD SCHOOL" is nominated for

2016 Blues Blast Music Awards - New Artist Debut Album

 

2016 Blues Blast Music Award Nominations

Voting to determine the winners begins July 1, 2016. Voting is free and open to anyone who is a Blues Blast Magazine subscriber. You do not have to be a current subscriber to vote! You are automatically signed up as part of the voting process on our website if you are not currently a subscriber. Blues Blast Magazine subscriptions are always FREE!

2016 Blues Blast Music Awards Ceremonies – The 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards ceremonies will be held at The Fluid Events Center in Champaign, Illinois on September 23rd, 2016. The awards ceremony will feature music by the artists nominated. Tickets for the event will go

on sale in mid July at http://www.BluesBlastMagazine.com.

 

Vote before August 15 2016 Here!!

http://bluesblastmagazine.com/bbmas/vote/

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Shoji Naito.

New CD "NEW COOL OLD SCHOOL" coming soon

Shoji 's new CD "NEW COOL OLD SCHOOL" will be available sometime early 2016

14 fine traditional Chicago blues tracks, featuring some of the greatest blues artists, Eddy Clearwater, Willie Buck, Katherine Davis, Milwaukee Slim, Erwin Helfer and more. recorded in 2015

 

NEW COOL OLD SCHOOL was recorded in June and July 2015 in Chicago.

featuring
Eddy Clearwater
Willie Buck
Katherine Davis
Milwaukee Slim
Erwin Helfer
Sumito “Ariyo” Ariyoshi
Rie “Lee” Kanehira
Billy Flynn
Gerry Hundt
Harlan Terson
Marty Binder
Mark Fornek
Grant Kessler

 

Here is a quote from CD's liner notes.

"When I booked the studio and invited the musicians, there was no “song list”. I simply asked everybody to sing and play music as if we were at one of the blues clubs in Chicago having fun as we always do.  We had a great time in the studio and kept recording one song after another. There were no second takes and almost no overdubs. After three days of sessions, we ended up with over forty tracks of high quality Chicago blues songs.

The hardest part of making this CD was to pick only fourteen tracks!

I invite you to close your eyes and enjoy the music by true Chicago blues masters. Imagine that you are at a small neighborhood bar in Chicago sitting down with friends, listening to the blues. "

Shoji Naito

 

Design by Grant Kessler grantkessler.com

Produced by Shoji Naito

 

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Shoji Naito.

Shoji's 100 Blues Songs (Traditional Blues)

I just published my "100 Blues Songs."  I made this list for my students.   (This list doesn't include some R&B standards or instrumental standards like "Hideaway" because I am still working on more lists like "100 R&B songs," and "100 Blues Instrumentals."   

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Shoji Naito.

Rie "Lee" Kanehira's New CD "THE UNION MEETIN’"

 

Rie "Lee" Kanehira's New CD "THE UNION MEETIN’" will be released soon.

 

Rie "Lee" Kanehira with Joe Nosek, Joel Paterson, Gerry Hundt, Brad Ber, Kenny Smith, Oscar Wilson, Billy Flynn, Wabi Yuguchi, and Shoji Naito.     

Produced by Rie Kanehira & Shoji Naito

 
Posted on May 21, 2014 by Shoji Naito.

Chicago Blues Festival 2014

Shoji will be playing on

Friday June 13

Windy City Blues Society Stage at 12:45-1:45pm  with Morry Sochat

Friday June 13

Buddy Guy's Legends at 5pm with the Special 20s

Saturday June 14

Buddy Guy's Legends at 11 pm with Eddy Clearwater

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Shoji Naito.