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| Linda Pouliot Sings The Blues At Rochester Blues Festival Rochester Main Street volunteers will host a Blues Festival on Saturday, July 21 from 10 am until 5 pm on Hanson Street in downtown Rochester. Also featured that day is a Cruisin' 100 Chevy Car Show from 10 am to 2 pm on Hanson Street sponsored by the Spaulding High School Alumni Class of 1960. Guests are asked to bring a lawn chair and enjoy some toe tapping blues as Linda Pouliot takes the stage and sings the blues. Blues vocalist Linda Pouliot grew up in the Mt. Washington Valley of Northern New Hampshire. Her parents were singers who influenced her ears with records by Mario Lanza, Ray Charles and other greats. Pouliot was greatly influenced by the artistry of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday and her easy legato style reveals a great commitment to deep blues. The New Hampshire Native wrote a blues tune, "Barfly" that has been featured with a Portland Maine radio station. She has appeared at JJ's Eatery Too at Old Orchard Beach, Hajjars, Slim's Tex Mex, Rochester Opera House, The Stone Church, Newmarket, N.H., Oregano's Restorante', Newburyport, MA., and other New England establishments. Writer Rick Franz says: "It really took me back. All of a sudden I'm back home in Chicago and it's more than twenty years ago. She is a true jazz/blues artist in the most traditional sense; a classic voice that reminds me as much of scratchy recordings from the 1930's as it does of the dark, tiny bar so long ago in my own past". Pouliot's sets often include: Current singers, Norah Jones, Amy Winehouse, Madeleine Peyroux, Songs of Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Etta James, Ray Charles, jazz standards, soulful blues and original tunes, that inspire audiences and make them want more of her heartfelt vocal style. Also appearing at the Festival are TJ Wheeler & the Smokers and local vocalist Kat Murphy who will open the Festival with her own special sound. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Jazz News :: home page |