Tag: festival

Austrian Bluesharp Festival: CANCELLED!!!

We just got the communication from Austrian Bluesharp Festival’s organizers that they can’t held the festival this year. That’s due to poor ticket sales and poor economy. Times are hard and if a festival is obliged to cancel due to lack of affluence it could mean few things: People are not interested anymore to the …

Livin A Live – Track 3: “She’s Tuff”

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“She’s Tuff” has been a personal Riccardo’s favourite since he listened to the tune played by The Fabulous Thunderbirds in their “Portfolio” greatest hits album. That laugh at the end of the verse caught him and made him think “How cool do you have to be, to write a song with some laughing in it?” …

All was going pretty good, until…

…covid 19 stroke us.   We all been hit hard by this pandemic virus they introduced us to, in the last weeks. It’s been under the radar, nobody expected it and no one could predict it would be hit us so hard as human race in general.   While we are all together on this …

Just Announced: Blues Badger 2020!

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Riccardo Grosso Blues Band is headliner at Blues Badger Festival on November 28th 2020. Blues Badger is a wonderful festival happening every year in L?zn?ch Tou?e? a very nice town near Prague, Czech Republic.   Now it’s their tenth year?and we are thrilled and honored to be part of this as headliner… (as you can …

Living A Live – Track 2: “Double Trouble”

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“Double Trouble” is a tune by the great Otis Rush who was a guitar master mostly overlooked. His influences with his hit published by Cobra Records set the “West Side” sound: richful, powerful and borderline, if you want. But man if it was wild! ?I Can?t Quit You, Baby? written by Willie Dixon or? ?All …

Did you check the calendar? There are new shows on it!

The excitement about releasing our new single, a live grooving and?old school take of Slim Harpo’s “Shake Your Hips” (check the music here), was so high that we forgot to tell you about something!   Check the calendar and mark the dates, we are growing our live shows list with new concerts and we would …