(Nico
Lawrence known to blues circles as ‘Smokey Blue’)
The 14th Durban International Blues
Festival will again be upholding its policy of mentorship and development on
November 3, 2018. The Annual Blues Development Workshop takes place at 13h30 at
the Durban Music School.
“Anyone who has an interest in Blues Music
is welcome to attend and entrance is free,” says DIBF Development and
Mentorship Director, Pinkie Mtshali.
The Blues Workshop will be conducted by
Nico Lawrence known to blues circles as Smokey Blue. He is a self-taught guitarist
who originally hails from Port Shepstone but who now resides in Johannesburg.
Nico - or Smokey - is the lead guitarist in the band The Smokey Blues Band, who
will be performing on stage as part of the Durban International Blues Festival
on Saturday, November 3.
Says Mtshali: “The workshop will cover
background of the blues and demonstration of chords structures and a jam
session with the new Development Durban Music School Blues ensemble as well as Themba
Msomi, a vocalist from Tongaat who writes his own African blues music and who
will also be performing at the festival on November 2.
The Annual Blues Development Workshop takes
place on November 3 at 13h30 at the Durban Music School, 21 Diakonia Avenue,
Albert Park in Durban. Entrance is free and there is no need to book.
For more information contact Pinkie Mtshali
on 082 961 2165 or visit www.durbanbluesfestival.co.za
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