{"id":35691,"date":"2016-11-29T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T07:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=35691"},"modified":"2017-05-05T00:25:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T07:25:17","slug":"tel-aviv-blues-festival-4-january-11-14-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=35691","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv Blues Festival #4: January 11 \u2013 14 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35693\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Alvin-credit-Candise-Kola-584x355.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Alvin-credit-Candise-Kola-584x355.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Youngblood Hart\/Photo: Candise Kola\" width=\"584\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Alvin-credit-Candise-Kola-584x355.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Alvin-credit-Candise-Kola-584x355-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alvin Youngblood Hart\/Photo: Candise Kola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tel Aviv Blues Festival is back with an acoustic program to warm those winter days and nights! Now in its 4<sup>th<\/sup> edition, the festival paints the town blue with 40 shows in 20 venues over 4 music-filled days. Opening the festival on Wednesday, January 11<sup>th<\/sup> will be Alvin Youngblood Hart<!--more--> \u2013 the Grammy Award winning musician was born in California but his feel for the blues was born on Mississippi summers at his grandmother&#8217;s.\u00a0 Hart will be performing at the Barby in Tel Aviv, and some lucky member of the audience will win a flight and admission to the &#8220;Juke Joint&#8221; Blues Festival in Mississippi (raffle to be held among ticket purchasers for the concert). The full program and additional information may be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kvish61.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tel Aviv Blues Festival website.\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yyjU9h_MPvU?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSo much great music! It&#8217;s going to be hard to choose\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35694\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Deep-Down-South-346x520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Deep-Down-South-346x520.jpg\" alt=\"Deep Down South\/Photo courtesy of PR\" width=\"346\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Deep-Down-South-346x520.jpg 346w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Deep-Down-South-346x520-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deep Down South\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Deep Down South duo (Greg Copeland &#8211; vocals, Martin Messing &#8211; guitar) from New Orleans will be performing with the Israeli blues band SOBO at Mike&#8217;s Place on the Tel Aviv boardwalk on Friday at 22:30 \u2013 admission free!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l1IiaDwqYbY?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThursday, January 12<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Ronen Green at Tsuzamen at 20:00, followed by Nir Mehlman at 22:00; Gamzu Blues Band at Mike&#8217;s Place at 22:00 \u2013 admission free; and Rotem Bar Or (The Angelcy) singing Bob Dylan at the Ozen Bar at 22:30\u2026 and many more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Friday, January 13<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; \u00a0Deborah Benasouli at Par Derriere at 14:30 \u2013 admission free; Yoel Shemesh at Hoodna Bar at 14:00; Eli and the Chocolate Factory at The Zone at 15:00; Radio Inshallah (wonderful guitarist Yair Yona teams up with comedian Tomer Sharon) at the Einav Center at 13:00 \u2026 and many more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 14<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Yair Dalal and Micky Shaviv with Baghdad Memphis Blues at the Ozen Bar at 20:30; The Paz Band with an acoustic set at the Barby at 20:30; The Hazelnuts at Bascula at 21:30; Sagol 59 and The Promised Land at Caf\u00e9 Bialik at 21:30; and Lazer Lloyd in an acoustic performance at the Ozen Bar at 22:30; and many more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Tel Aviv Blues Festival is produced and managed by Route 61 \u2013 The Association for the Promotion of Blues in Israel, and Nobody&#8217;s Fault Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tel Aviv Blues Festival is back with an acoustic program to warm those winter days and nights! 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