Roots and Blues Festival Artists Rock Downtown Salmon Arm for Tuned Up Concert Series

Brassy lead-in to Salmon Arm ROOTS&BLUES

New York’s Too Many Zoos delivered the heat in a pre-ROOTS&BLUES Festival sampler served in downtown Salmon Arm. The brass-driven trio of Leo Pellegrino on baritone saxophone, Matt Muirhead on trumpet and David Parks handling percussion, was first to take the stage in the ROOTS&Blues Kickoff Concert held Thursday evening at the intersection of Hudson Avenue and McLeod Street. Keeping the horn-filled funk going was Toronto’s The Free Label, which…

Roots and Blues festival artists rock downtown Salmon Arm for Tuned Up concert series

Shuswap residents are getting an initial taste of this year's Roots and Blues music festival as the free Tuned-Up concert series continues in downtown Salmon Arm. The free all-ages concert series offers live mid-day performances at Ross Street Plaza from artists who will be performing this weekend a...

Teen blues musician to make Salmon Arm ROOTS&BLUES debut

Over the past three decades, ROOTS&BLUES has presented new artists who have gone on to be legends. That may well be the case this year as gifted 17-year-old blues musician Jake Soberlak makes his debut appearance at the festival. The guitarist who is already drawing rave reviews for his performances, has been described as an old soul finding his voice in the blues. “I don’t think about that a lot, it’s kinda weird. I think I feel 17,” he said of…