Daniel 'Mudcat' McKinstry, John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Doc Watson, Big Bill Broonzy, The Kitchen Syncopators, Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Young Bloodhart, The Memphis Jug Band, Skuff Acuff, Steve James, Taj Mahal, RL Burnside, Bukka White, Muddy Waters, Lightnin Hopkins, Hounddog Taylor, Gary Davis, Mance Lipscomb, Pink Anderson, John Mooney, George Rezendes
"...THE ONLY PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION IS DEMONIC POSSESSION...THAT OLD FELLOW AT THE CROSSROADS CLEARLY OWNS HIS SOUL"--VICTORY REVIEW MAGAZINE, APRIL 2007
Dirk has been performing acoustic blues since the turn of the century (2000, not 1900!). Enamored by the raw emotion of the Delta and Piedmont blues traditions and the joyful jug band and piano boogie blues, he cut his teeth in and around Olympia, WA, playing bass & harmonica for bluesman Daniel ‘Mudcat’ McKinstry. He then went on to co-found and perform around the Pacific Northwest with acoustic blues band, The Mudbay Stompers. He now prefers to perform solo, singing and distilling the blues out of his guitar, harmonica, and piano at festivals, street corners, bars, boat cruises, parties, coffee houses, schools, and farmers’ markets from Seattle to San Francisco, and now to Berlin, Germany. His music has been said to “soothe the soul like a fine sippin’ whiskey.”
In addition to playing the blues, Dirk spent severaly years flatpicking bluegrass guitar around the US with the Head for the Hills Bluegrass Band. He also loves playing fiddle, and has been spotted fiddling around Berlin with his psychedelic old-time stringband, The New Prohibition Band (www.thenewprohibitionband.com). As a fiddler he also stays busy working with many diverse acts in Berlin including Cera Impala, The SongDogs, Dog, and Laura Bean & the Vagabonds.
Hi Dirk! ....at least, it's done! After nearly 9 months (with intermissions) - the new album of SAFFER & THE JUKES "Nothing in our bellies, but a fire down below" is rolling. Ten songs, half new Saffer-originals, half traditional stuff, we love so much to play.
Official release date will be end of march! BUT, 'cause I know, the waiting is the hardest part, I decided, to upload here exclusively TWO new tracks of the album as pre-mixes! (One, I guess, you might know very well! ;-))
Have fun listening and all the best from Leipzig! Stefan
The SHIPWRECK RATS are spreading scuttles and scurvy in the hold of the Tommy Weisbecker Haus on Saturday Feb. 21st. It will be a great pirate party with rum, tunes and old Jolly Roger, so come out raiding and seizing with us! And don't you dare touch our treasure ye dastard landlubber!
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Swing by Artliners this Saturday for some good ole' dustbowl entertainment! We've got everything you need for a great show: Six strings, plenty of beer, and the TRUTH!
Hope to see you!
Artliners Gärtnerstr. 23 F'hain 9:00 p.m.
Moin Leute!
Schaut mal diesen Samstag in Artliners vorbei und feiert den Anfang der weltweiten Finanzkrise! Allet, wat man für einen gelungen Abend braucht, ist am Start: 'ne sechssaitige Krachkiste, Bier und die blanke WAHRHEIT!
