Author: Kevin Wierzbicki
Sixthman, the music cruise specialists who produce Cayamo, outdid themselves this year by scheduling many special shows especially crafted to showcase collaborations.
Taking part in Cayamo this year for the first time ever will be the Burney Sisters: an up-and-coming trio of actual sisters from Columbia, Missouri.
While he’s too humble to say so, a big part of the show’s continued success is due to Tim White.
And set to put on a show that cruisers would never forget was the Serbia-born blues rocker Ana Popović.
Some 25 acts entertained fans throughout the cruise, with early morning acoustic shows, full concerts throughout the day and late night jam sessions.
Neilson’s appearance on the eleventh day of the 12-day festival coincided nicely with the release of ‘Kingmaker,’ which dropped the day before her show.
“I’m excited and honored to play in front of such a legend in all of these fantastic venues. My job will be to prime the audience in the best way I can and try to help make it a memorable night of music.”
There’s live blues music in Clarksdale almost every evening, and visitors will find that this proud historic community is very welcoming
“I dedicated the album to the city of Tel Aviv because that’s my main blues alley and where we mostly perform.” – Andy Watts
‘The Blues’ drops October 2 on Cleopatra Records