Two Evenings of Blues at K Days

Saturday July 19 will feature co-headliners Shakura S’Aida and The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer.

For singer and songwriter Shakura S’Aida, her music is all about community.

A recent recipient of the prestigious SOCAN Foundation’s “Her Music” Award, the veteran Brooklyn-born, Switzerland-raised, Toronto-based entertainer extraordinaire has won over international crowds in over 30 countries with her uplifting and vibrant umbrella of nouveau American roots soul.

Performing with a signature flair that Summerfolk 49 calls “engaging, vivacious, exciting and has the ability to touch your soul,” three-time Juno Award nominee S’Aida says the most important aspect of her concerts is bonding with her audience.

“Music is a great connector,” says S’Aida, creator of four albums, including her latest masterpiece Hold On To Love. “For me, music is a way of connecting communities and revealing our commonalities. My performance is about the experience we share together.”

Co Headliners July 19 are The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, touring as a 4 piece band this summer.

They have indisputably justified their reputation as one of Canada’s most incendiary live propositions, and it’s been a full 15 years since Shawn Hall and Matthew Rogers began crafting their unique twist on the blues.

Following the independently released, raw folk and country-blues excursions of 2007’s The Blues Can Kill and the following year’s eponymous album, vocalist and harmonicist Shawn – the Harpoonist – and guitarist Matt – the Axe Murderer – truly hit their stride and found their sound on 2012’s Checkered Past. Also issued under their own steam, while it established a contemporary blues identity entirely their own.

July 19th at K Days North Stage The Edmonton Blues Festival is pleased to present two very different, and very compelling, takes on the blues. Be There!