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  Deitra Farr is considered one of Chicago ’s top vocalists, according to Living Blues Magazine (May 1997). Fiery, energetic, and soul-stirring describes this woman, who has over the years been nominated for Traditional Female Blues artist of the year by the W.C. Handy Awards, Female Blues Artist of the year by the Living Blues Critics Awards, the British Blues Connection Awards, and the Les Trophees France Blues awards. On October 4, 2015 Deitra was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame as a ” Legendary Blues Artist “. On December 9, 2016 the National Southern Soul Foundation gave Deitra ” The Most Popular Blues Artist Award”. Deitra is the recipient of the 2017 Jus Blues Music Foundation’s ” Koko Taylor Queen of the Blues Award”.

  Richard Koechli (1962) is an independent roots music artist from Switzerland; a guitarist, singer and songwriter who has been moving in the melting pot of Blues, Country, Folk and Rock for 32 years. He has played with well known artists such as Larry Garner («I‘ll never forget your slide-guitar!»), Greg Koch («Koechli plays great and he‘s a very nice guy»), Philipp Fankhauser («he‘s the only one of the roots & blues guys in Switzerland able to lay it sooo far back until it gets that very particular J.J. Cale kinda feel»), Lilly Martin, Jens Kruger and many more. Richard has released 10 albums under his own name, he won the SWISS BLUES AWARD 2013 and the SWISS FILM AWARD 2014 (best soundtrack), and he is known for successful guitar-books released under the german publisher AMA-Verlag (one of them, 'Masters of Blues Guitar', won the BEST GERMAN EDITION 2011) and for music-historical german novels (tredition-Verlag).

 ... is a talented vocalist, guitarist and composer who has a distinctive sound drawing from Latin influenced jazz, as well as Country and Blues while still embracing his Native American Roots. He has graced the stage with such talents as: Earl Slick, John Popper, Terrance Simien, Dickie Betts, Coco Montoya, Jackie Greene, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Indigenous, GRAMMY Winner Joanne Shenandoah and Jana. Irv is Currently recording a new release at Subcat Studios in his stomping grounds Syracuse New York. Stay tuned for more developments.

About, Tony Lee King this charismatic musician, who grew up on the streets and in the clubs of European metropolises in search of his true love –” The Blues” – has in his long career worked with many famous musicians, from the saxophone player James Thompson (Zucchero, Jestofunk), British slide guitarist Michael Messer, to Fabrizia Cerciello (today Laure Pausini’s head manager), who wrote some of the lyrics for his songs. When the British slide guitarist Michael Messer met Tony Lee King at the Kastav Blues Festival, he was so inspired that he proposed that they work together and invited Tony to London, to record an album in one of the best studios, with handpicked professionals of the music business.

About, Jeff Liberman (Born Chicago. 1954) is an unlikely rock and roll hero. Tall and lean, his serene presence belies his talent for incendiary guitar work and insightful lyrics. Jeff discovered music as a youth on the far south side of Chicago in 1967,

I became interested in music at very early age. At just sixteen I joined a band called The Five Diamonds as lead vocalist and we played a number of local gigs and youth clubs. I stayed with the band for a few years before taking up a career as a DJ in an R&B club playing Blues and Soul music.