PLENTY MORE BLUES ’N’ ROOTS GOODNESS

PLENTY MORE BLUES ’N’ ROOTS GOODNESS - 27.01.2009

The West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival will again deliver the finest collection of blues, roots, soul, rock, R&B, country and world acts from across the globe on Saturday, April 18.

And joining the festivities down amongst the pines on the beautiful Fremantle Esplanade Reserve is the axe-wielding wizard that is JASON MRAZ.

It gives us great pleasure in welcoming such an acclaimed act on a festival that already represented great value-for-money. Mraz is no stranger to the Blues 'n' Roots, making his WA debut at 2008's festival. Since then he has exploded into the public consciousness with his album (We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.) selling more than 100,000 copies in Australia alone - the tenth highest selling album of 2008.

Three 2009 Grammy Award nominations later and Mraz is truly en route to international stardom.

Strange things happen in Nashville, Tennessee. People forget who they are. Dreams come true. Fingers get covered in blisters. All of these things happened to Kevin Mitchell, erstwhile front man of much-loved, Perth indie band Jebediah, now an ARIA award-winning, singer-songwriter performing under the name BOB EVANS, during the making of his third album, Goodnight, Bull Creek!

Also making the journey west for the sixth annual Blues 'n' Roots is the now world-acclaimed AUGIE MARCH. It's been a long and crazy ride for these Melbourne visionaries - from poetic obscurity to the top of the charts. We warmly welcome Augie March to their debut West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival.

Minnesota native CHARLIE PARR plays the blues like he lives it. So it's no surprise he's the next international to join the festival. With a fine pedigree of influences - from Charlie Patton to Dave Van Ronk - Parr works his resonator guitar and fretless banjo like a man possessed. Be privy to the magic, right in the heart of Fremantle.

New Zealand has an outstanding legacy of punching above its weight in bands - and LITTLE BUSHMAN is no exception. Inspired by the blues rock greats - Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and The Who - and including a handful of the Fat Freddys Drop gang, this is a band not to be missed.

And adding the spice to this final announcement for the sixth annual West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival is Melbourne's acclaimed LABJACD. This dynamic nine-piece outfit have been making a big splash lately with their exhilarating mix of old school hip hop, Cuban salsa, jazz and Andean folk music. And with a new album in the works be the first to hear the new material, only at the Blues 'n' Roots.

This mighty fine list of talent joins The John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Zappa Plays Zappa (USA), Paul Kelly, Easy Star All-Stars (USA), Ben Kweller (USA), Tony Joe White (USA), Blue King Brown, Seasick Steve (USA), Eric Bibb (USA), The Special Beat (UK), Luka Bloom (Ireland), Blues Traveler (USA), C.W. Stoneking & The Primitive Horn Orchestra, Little Red, Ruthie Foster (USA), Kev Carmody, Rodney Crowell (USA), Whitley, Kora (NZ) and Mama Kin

Tickets for the Sixth Annual West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival are $119 + booking fee and available by clicking your curious little cursor here.

We encourage you to contribute the Optional Green Fee for an extra $3, which will be used to offset your carbon emissions to and from the festival.

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