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BluesFest Estepona
FOR some reason, Malaga Province attracts a number of Spanish exponents of the Blues and three top bands will be playing at the Estepona FestBlues.
The concert starts at 10pm on Saturday August 19 at the Estepona Bullring and the headline act is the Richard Ray Farrell Band.
This dedicated blues guitarist and harmonica player who was born on the New York side of the Niagara Falls will be bringing his style of Blues to the Costa del Sol.
Playing harmonica and guitar he has performed and sung alongside many of the American Blues greats and his performance covers country, rock, ragtime, swing and, above all, the Blues paying tribute to both Chicago and the Mississippi Delta.
Despite his upbringing in the US, he actually moved to Paris as a teenager, earning a living busking and moved onto Spain where he busked, but was also part of a Spanish Blues Band and is now a Malaga resident.
After settling in Spain, he started working with Jimmy Carl Black, longtime drummer with Frank Zappa and decided to move back to America, releasing a number of albums before succumbing to the call of Malaga.
Speaking about the music he loves, Farrell said “The Blues will never die, it’s not a fad, it’s a way of life.”
Also on the bill will be Eneko Alberdi y La No Solo Blues Band and Alberdi is a Basque guitarist who also lives in Malaga where he is involved in many different musical projects including Jazz, Blues and Rock (he is passionate about the guitar work of Jimi Hendrix).
The third band signed for this concert are the Gangberries, another local group who play a mixture of the Blues and Folk Rock.
Visit https://www.en terticket.es/eventos/festivalbluesestepona for tickets.
THEY will be rocking with laughter as yet another comedian adds Gibraltar to their tour list and this time its Dara Ó Briain.
The Irish comedian and mathematician found fame in the UK with appearances on many TV shows including Mock the Week which ran for 18 series and documentaries such as Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking. His latest venture Wonders of the Moon currently screening on Channel 5 combines his natural wit with a deep understanding of science and a need to explore and expand his knowledge of the world and space.
Gibraltar has become something of a magnet for English speaking comedians with sell out shows from Alan Carr, Jimmy Carr, Russell Kane, Sarah Millican as well as Nik Coppin and his irregular stand up comedy events.
On his way back from an extended tour of Canada, Dara has added a late night show at St Michael’s Cave at 10.30 on Saturday October
