Westchester Herald

Music Scene: The 19th Annual Pocono Blues Fest 2010 By Bob Putignano

A Little bit of this & a little bit of that, but it’s all about the blues

Wow, nineteen years for Michael Cloeren’s Pocono Blues Festival, where the diversity of performers is always key with a mix of straight blues, rocking blues, soul, gospel and zydeco music always make this festival a favorite.  Plus the astute care that Mr. Cloeren utilizes importing many musicians and bands that don’t often get the opportunity to perform in the Northeast region, nice!

Music Scene: Tremblant Blues Festival Impresses – Again BY Bob Putignano

Tremblant International Blues Festival July 9th-11th, 2010

How many  bluesfestivals are you aware of that run for ten days consecutively?  Well the Tremblant International Blues fest does which is chock full of world class blues based artists.  Plus over the two weekends (Saturday’s & Sunday’s) the music flow’s non-stop for twelve hours (1:00pm-1:00am) at various stages and venues, and there’s no music charge for any of this!  Yes you heard right, it’s all for free.  I would be remiss not mentioning that this all takes place in a very picturesque mountain village, where the cool winds blow, and it’s just about a ninety minutes car ride from Montreal, and about eight hours from the NYC area.