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2 Organization  




3 Youth seminars  




4 List of artists  


4.1  1980s  




4.2  1990s  




4.3  2000s  






5 List of workshops  




6 Other information  




7 See also  




8 References  




9 External links  













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Notodden Blues Festival

Audience at the main stage, 2009
GenreBlues,
Location(s)Notodden, Norway
Years active1988-present
WebsiteNotodden Blues Festival

Notodden Blues Festival (NBF) is one of the largest blues music festivals in Europe and the largest in Scandinavia. The festival is held in Notodden, Norway, usually in early August. It has been running annually since 1988.

The festival does not aim to be the biggest of its type, but to become Europe's "largest blues experience", which is reflected in their emphasis on quality over quantity.[citation needed]

History[edit]

Margit Bakken at Notodden Blues Festival in 2013. With Rita Engedalen, she forms the duo Women in Blues, one of the most established blues ensembles in Scandinavia

In 1988, thirteen local blues enthusiasts gave their personal guarantee to the bank and were granted a cash credit, and the first Notodden Blues Festival took place. The credit from the bank turned out to be unnecessary, and the festival soon became one of Norway's most popular music festivals.[1] Today, the Notodden Blues Festival is the largest "pure" blues festival in Scandinavia,[1] expanding from 2,000 sold tickets (NOK 200,000 gross ticket sales) to 24,500 sold tickets (NOK 12,000,000 gross ticket sales) in 17 years.

Organization[edit]

NBF is an ideal organization, where the General Assembly is the highest authority. Every year, the General Assembly elects a new board, consisting of one leader and six board members. The General Assembly provides the guidelines and financial frames wherein the Board can operate.[citation needed]

In 1992, NBF established the Notodden Blues Festival Foundation. The goal of this entity is to secure the financial costs needed to operate the festival. Presently, the "operation capital " controlled by the Foundation is NOK 900,000, which has been accumulated as a result of the economic success of previous festivals.[citation needed]

Youth seminars[edit]

Each year, young people between the ages of 14 and 18 are given the opportunity to be a part of the "New Generation of the Blues". Forty youths are chosen to participate in this seminar. Participants, though mostly from Norway, come from as far away as Mississippi, U.S.A. Professional instructors, with backgrounds ranging from studio, touring and television, guide the seminar's students through "one on one", as well as group classes. The seminar includes the disciplines of harmony, playing by ear, instrument/equipment maintenance and the "music business". The seminar is held over six days, starting on the Monday before the festival opening. During the course, each student is given the opportunity to work in the studio and a "studio quality" CD is produced afterwards for each of the participants. The seminar closes on Saturday with a concert performed by the seminar members. This concert is a part of the festival program and is attended by an audience of thousands.[citation needed]

List of artists[edit]

1980s[edit]

1988

1989

1990s[edit]

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s[edit]

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

List of workshops[edit]

The festival has presented a multitude of workshops including:

  • Gospel Workshop – Harmony Harmoneers
  • The Tough Women of the Blues – Kristin Berglund
  • West Coast Swing – Lee Otterholt
  • The History of the Blues – Morten Omlid and Per Arvesen
  • Does the Blues come from the Muslims? – Knut Reiersud
  • Acoustic Blues Guitar – Jerry Ricks
  • Confessions of a Blues Singer – Rory Block
  • Folk Music meets the Blues – Kirsten Bråtenberg & Kristin Berglund
  • R.L. Burnside, Portrait of a Bluesman – K. Bjørneegen & Ø. Pharo
  • Boogie Woogie Piano Masterclass – Mitch Woods
  • Pre War Diatonic Harmonica Wizards – Richard Gjems
  • The Children of the Blues – Art Tipaldi with Shemica Copeland, James Harman, Kenny Brown
  • The Nobel Art of Harmonies – Geoff Muldaur
  • From Pepper's Lounge to the Filmore – Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop, Little Smokey Smothers, and Art Tipaldi
  • Janis Joplin, Rose of the Blues – Rita Engedalen & Morten Omlid
  • Hill Country Music and Alternative Instruments – Richard Johnston
  • Guitar Workshop – Junior Watson
  • Blues Talk – Tony Joe White & Øyvind Pharo
  • Stax is Back – Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas & Marvell Thomas
  • Guitar Workshop – Dave Hole
  • The Story of My Life – Snooky Pryor with Art Tipaldi
  • Future Blues – Chris Thomas King, Little Milton, Dan Auerbach & Amund Maarud
  • Harmonica Workshop – Mark Hummel
  • A Salute to Alan Lomax – Anna Lomax
  • Guitar Stories - Walter Trout, Bernar Allison and Guitar Shorty
  • The Guitar that Changed the World – Scotty Moore
  • Delbert McClinton – interview with Art Tipadli
  • What Really Happened - Jeremy Spencer
  • The New Guitar Slingers – Nick Curran, Kirk Fletcher, Devon Allman, Javier Vargas
  • Mississippi Hoodoo Man – Omar Dykes
  • From Mississippi to Chicago – David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Magic Slim, Ronnie Baker Brooks
  • Women Rocking the Blues – Janiva Magness, Debbie Davies, Sue Foley
  • The Real Blues – The Mannish Boys
  • Soul Blues – Bobby Rush, Tad Robinson, Ryan Shaw
  • Ten Days Out – Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bob Margolin
  • Blues Harp Super Session – James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson, Jerry Portnoy, Rick Estrin
  • In His Own Words - Mick Fleetwood
  • Talkin’ Blues – Jack Bruce, Robin Trower
  • Talkin’ Blues – Shemekia Copeland
  • M For Mississippi – Roger Stolier, Jeff Konkel, Kari Jones

    • Other information[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "About us". Notodden Blues Festival. Retrieved 6 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "Article". Norwegian broadcasting corporation (In Norwegian). Retrieved 6 March 2014.

    • External links[edit]

    Media related to Notodden Blues Festival at Wikimedia Commons


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