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Blues Blend

Blues Blend: a blend of Blues

About Me


Blues Blend is a group of four talented musicians of relentless energy, passion and showmanship. The group’s distinctive and powerful sound, influenced by a diversity of musical styles will get the place rockin’ as they perform their repertoire of both artful, inspired originals and cunningly arranged cover tunes.

For over five years, the group has been performing in numerous clubs and festivals in Switzerland, France and Spain.
In October 2004, blues Blend was invited to perform in Dakar, Senegal, at the prestigious Just4U club, where musicians such as Youssou’n Dour, Cheikh Lö, Vieux Mac Faye regularly perform.
In August 2005, Blues Blend permormed at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival.

On July 2003, they record a five titles CD and on October 2004 a four titles CD, among which two originals: (1) Open Your Eyes, a groovy hip-hop, soul influenced song with a bouncy wha-wha guitar and angry lyrics; (2) Waitin’ in Vain, a well inspired heavy blues with a haunting guitar solo.

In November 2007, the band recorded a new 5 titles CD, Casual Love, at the Studio du Flon in Lausanne (CH).

Right now, Blues Blend is preparing a promising album that should be released in 2008
and a tour that will take us to Switzerland and France (Charente, Pays de la Loire and Brittany.

BLUES BLEND ON STAGE
Photos: Hubert Rollier:
PAST CONCERTS:
Mr. Pickwick, CH
Brasserie 17, CH
Seven Bar, CH
Dublin's Pub, CH
Artist's Pub, CH
Les Enfants Terribles, CH
Britannia Pub, CH
Taverne de Esse, FR
Aubeterre-Sur-Dronne, FR
La Gavotte, Ribérac, FR
Café Sud, Brossac, FR
Palluaud, FR
Cognac Blues Passion Festival, FR
Geneva Music Festival, CH
Montreux Jazz Festival, CH
Geneva Marathon, CH
Just 4 U, Dakar, Senegal
La Neveuville Festival, CH
Venoge Festival, CH
Donc Festival, CH
Cave Bon-Séjour, CH
Café XXe, CH
Pickwick Pub, CH
Z Bar, CH
La Viennoise Festival/b, CH
Geneva Music Festival
, CH
Chat Noir Festival, CH
AMR, CH
Bleu Lézard, CH
Barcelona, Spain
La Viennoise, CH
Chorus Club, CH
Le Piment Rouge, CH
Le Chat Noir, CH
Laconnex, CH
Geneva Music Festival, CH
Rock'Ain Blues Festival, FR

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/13/2007
Band Website: bluesblend.net
Band Members: Claudia Urio (GB/IT/CH)

vocals and keyboards

Pierre Fouqueray (FR)

guitars

Eric Noël (CAN/BE)

bass

Ismaël Rodriguez (FR)

drums

Nicolas Bifulci, Greg Dubuis: sound technicians
Juan-Carlos Hernandez, Hubert Rollier: photos
Pascale Castella, Sébastien de Haller: graphic design (CD's)

Influences: Robben Ford, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder, Robert Cray, Ben Harper, John Scofield, etc.
Sounds Like: Blues Blend...
Record Label: BB production
Type of Label: None