BLUESFEST ANNOUNCES MORE ARTISTS
Featuring Modest Mouse, Graham Nash, Kamasi Washington & more
The 27th Bluesfest Byron Bay, held over Easter (Thu 24 March – Mon 28 March 2016) adds more artists from overseas and Australia.
New performers named include Indie rockers from Washington State Modest Mouse, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Graham Nash, jazz composer and band leader Kamasi Washington, Australian icon Richard Clapton, Elle King (nominated for two 2016 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance), blues and roots groover Ash Grunwald and blues man Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton on his first Australian tour.
THE LATEST BLUESFEST 2016 ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDES:
MODEST MOUSE
GRAHAM NASH
KAMASI WASHINGTON
RICHARD CLAPTON
ELLE KING
ASH GRUNWALD
BLIND BOY PAXTON
DUSTIN THOMAS
WARDS XPRESS
RAW EARTH
2016 BLUESFEST ARTISTS ALREADY ANNOUNCED
KENDRICK LAMAR
BRIAN WILSON performs ‘PET SOUNDS’ and his Greatest Hits
TOM JONES • THE NATIONAL • D’ANGELO
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
UB40 feat. ALI CAMPBELL, ASTRO & MICKEY VIRTUE
JOE BONAMASSA • TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
DON MCLEAN • JACKSON BROWNE • MELISSA ETHERIDGE
CITY AND COLOUR • THE DECEMBERISTS
THE ORIGINAL BLUES BROTHERS BAND
THE CAT EMPIRE • JASON ISBELL • TAJ MAHAL (SOLO)
TWEEDY • STURGILL SIMPSON • ARCHIE ROACH
STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES • COLD WAR KIDS • HIATUS KAIYOTE
THE RESIDENTS present SHADOWLAND
RUSSELL MORRIS • JEFF MARTIN (THE TEA PARTY)
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA • THE WORD • TEX PERKINS & THE APE
GRACE POTTER • LORD HURON
VINTAGE TROUBLE • BLACKBERRY SMOKE
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS
NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE
SONGHOY BLUES • SHAKEY GRAVES • ALLEN STONE
ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES
LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL
THE SELECTER • RHIANNON GIDDENS
HOUNDMOUTH • FANTASTIC NEGRITO • CON BRIO
JANIVA MAGNESS • SHOOGLENIFTY • KALEO
MIKE LOVE • THE BROS. LANDRETH • KIM CHURCHILL
THE MASTERSONS • HUSSY HICKS • STEVE SMYTH • EAST JOURNEY
MOJO JUJU • PIERCE BROTHERS
LUCKY PETERSON • HARTS • EMDEE
THE WAILERS
BOOMERANG
DANCE – MUSIC – HEALING
TALK & IDEAS
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