Dark Season Blues
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The Dark Season Blues festival is an annual event in late October at 78 degrees north in Longyearbyen
(Svalbard
), and marks the beginning of the dark season when daylight and the sun is about to leave Svalbard for four winter months.
The first Dark Season Blues festival was arranged in 2003, and will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2012. It started out as a small intimate festival, and presented 15 bands spread on 17 events in 2010. The festival has four days with local, Norwegian and international blues
musicians, spread across most of Longyearbyen's venues.
The festival is based on voluntary work, and the dedicated team of volunteers are invaluable for carrying out Svalbard’s biggest event. The economic goal is to break even, and any surplus is transferred to next year's festival.
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway. It is located on the western coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, on the southern side on Adventfjorden , which continues inland with Adventdalen...
(Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
), and marks the beginning of the dark season when daylight and the sun is about to leave Svalbard for four winter months.
The first Dark Season Blues festival was arranged in 2003, and will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2012. It started out as a small intimate festival, and presented 15 bands spread on 17 events in 2010. The festival has four days with local, Norwegian and international blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
musicians, spread across most of Longyearbyen's venues.
The festival is based on voluntary work, and the dedicated team of volunteers are invaluable for carrying out Svalbard’s biggest event. The economic goal is to break even, and any surplus is transferred to next year's festival.
2010
Dark Season Blues 2010- The Reba Russel Band
- Victor Wainwright
- Cadillac Kings
- Grainne DuffyGrainne DuffyGráinne Duffy is an Irish singer-songwriter from Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. described her music as a "powerhouse of soul and inspiration mixed with desire and passion"....
- Knut ReiersrudKnut ReiersrudKnut Reiersrud is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. He lives in Oslo...
- Rita Engedalen & Margit Bakken m/gjester Tuva Syvertsen, Susanne Hansen
- Dave Fields
- Noora NoorNoora NoorNoora Noor aka Noora is a Norwegian neo soul singer. She is often noted as Norway's Queen of Soul.Noor started early on her musical journey, performing locally from the age of 8. She got a recording contract with Warner Music at only 15. She then began working with Stargate to make her first album...
- Ledfoot
- Linda gail Lewis
- Bill Sims Jr
- Westby Band
- Deadwood
- Longyearbyen Storband
- Blaamyra
2009
Dark Season Blues 2009- Bobby Jones
- Jackie Payne & Steve Edmondson band
- Billy Gibson feat Dave Fields
- JT. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters
- Kirk Fletcher band
- Hemisfair
- Tinal Lie
- Groovy Company
- Joakim Tinderholt Express
- Blaamyra
2008
Dark Season Blues 2008- Super Chikan
- Billy Gibson
- Sherman Robertson
- Greasy Gravy
- Bedrock Bluesband
- Monika Nordli m/band
- Rita Engedalen & Backbone
- Little Jenny & The Blue Beans
- Dr. Bekken
- Blackbirds
- Billy T Band
- Howlin’ Huskies
- Blaamyra Bluegrass
2007
Dark Season Blues 2007- The Mannish Boys
- Dr.Bekken
- Spoonful of Blues
- Orbo & the longshots
- Trond Ytterbø Band
- Little Jenny & The Blue Beans
- Billy T Band
- Little Victor
- Steinar Albrigtsen & Monika Nordli
- Howlin’Huskies
2006
Dark Season Blues 2006- Sherman Robertson
- Sky High
- Vidar Busk
- Kåre Virud Band
- Buzz Brothers
- Rita Engedalen & Margit Bakken
- J.T. Lauritsen Band
- The buzzers
- Varpen
2005
Dark Season Blues 2005- Paal Flaata
- Frode Alnæs
- Peer Gynt Band
- Reidar Larsen & The Storytellers
- Rita Engedalen & Backbone
- Mitch Kasmar
- Rick HolmstromRick HolmstromRick Holmstrom is an American electric blues and rhythm and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Holmstrom has released five albums since 1996, and previously worked with William Clarke and Rod Piazza. In addition, Holmstrom has played and recorded with Jimmy Rogers, Billy Boy Arnold, Jody...
- Arsen Shomakhov
- Peter Price
- Spoonful of Blues
- RC Finnigan & The Blue Flames
- Billy T Band
2004
Dark Season Blues 2004- Amund Maarud
- Kid Andersen
- RC Finnigan
- Erik Bergene
- Noise Pollution
- Fingerprint
- Good Time Charlie
- Dark Season All Star band