The Blues Aperitiv contest takes place on April 13th

If anything was a pleasant surprise this year, it was two related things. That is, the high proportion of bands that either play exclusively acoustic instruments or have a significant accoustic sound-shaping component in their music. And secondly, a looser but all the more sympathetic and original approach to blues music, which in their conception is more of a roots music, along with folk, country or bluegrass, and the overall signature sound of any given band is more akin to the somewhat more generic umbrella term “Americana”. This applies both to the two foreign advancing bands, Serbia’s The Bad Week and Poland’s Robert Kordylewski Trio, and – to the great delight of the jury – also to the three domestic finalists, Noises From The Swamp, Reverend Killjoy and Navratil Brothers. It is also pleasing that, apart from the clear prevalence of new faces among the entries, we also note ensembles that have already competed in Blues Aperitiv in previous years, did not give up, worked on themselves and entered again this year. Among such ensembles, which can be considered almost the inventory of the Blues Aperitiv finals, are the local Back to Roots and Slovak Kiero Grande.

The organizers guarantee three bands, selected from seven finalists by an international jury or the audience, to advance to this year’s Blues Alive Festival. It will take place from 14 to 16 November 2024.

Come to the House of Culture in Šumperk on Saturday 13th April to see the best contemporary blues of Central Europe!

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