SATURDAY 17^th AUGUST

THE MAIN CONCERT @ THE TENT ARENA

AT 4:00 PM DOORS OPEN
AT 5:00 PM SHOWTIME
AT 00:30 AM CURFEW

MAIN CONCERT ARTISTS AND BANDS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

MUDDY WHAT? (GER)

The dynamic and inventive trio of young Munich musicians Muddy What? (DEU) serves refreshingly funky, full-bodied and down-to-earth blues with a modern presence. Muddy What? is highly valued in professional circles. A few years ago, winning the German Blues Challenge, has propelled the band to tour around the world. Over the past year, Muddy What? has toured elsewhere in the Nordic countries. Now it’s finally time to perform for the first time in Finland.

MILLION DOLLAR TONES (FIN)

According to Million Dollar Tones, music is what emotions sound like. The band, which is over a decade old, is quite a unique orchestra in Finland. Octet’s music combines rooty rhythm’n’blues and 50’s-style rock’n’roll with a hearty swing. In addition to drums, bass, guitar, piano and vocals, the sound is enhanced by a three-piece horn section. Despite the wild jungle rhythms and danceable groove, the rhythm blues group’s music does not compromise on its rooted elements. Repertoire is also balanced with blues ballads. The songs in the line-up are both their own production and tastefully selected loan classics.

SISTER COOKIE (GBR)

London’s ”black rose of the blues” Sister Cookie’s sound has been described to be like Little Richard, Mark Ronson, Nina Simone and Nick Cave tied together in the spirit of New Orleans. With her powerful and intoxicating voice and stage cut, Sister Cookie strikes all the way to the back edge of Rauma Blues’ tent arena.

The singer with a unique voice is also a composer and self-taught pianist, whose songs tell about heartbreak and other pains of being and living, but gently. Sister Cookie has toured Europe extensively with her band, performed around clubs in the UK, guested as a vocalist with various bands and hosted her own radio show.

CHRIS CAIN (USA)

Having debuted in the late 1980s, Chris Cain is today a legendary member of the blues temple and a source of musical inspiration. If you like the blues, you’ll inevitably like Chris Cain, the torchbearer of traditional blues and Memphis. Cain’s music has been influenced by pioneers such as B.B. King, Albert King and Ray Charles, perhaps even a hint of Albert Collins. Combine this with dazzling blues and jazz guitars, soulful baritone singing, original lyrics, sophisticated chord progression and mastery of horns and keyboards, and the result is Cain’s music. Everything is served with burning passion and urban coolness at the same time.

Cain, who has received several Blues Music Awards nominations in the Blues Guitarist of the Year -category, has already released 15 albums, the latest of which, Raisin’ Cain (2021), topped the blues charts for six months.

BERNARD ALLISON  (USA)

Guitarist Bernard Allison, the son of Chicago Blues legend Luther Allison, keeps alive his father’s legacy, as anyone who has experienced his gig knows. Allison’s own style was also born in his father’s footsteps, as his father gave him full support to find his own musical voice. The essence of the doctrine passed from father to son was, above all, to manifest echoes of one’s own mood instead of copying what was presented earlier. This is all heard on Luther’s Blues (2024), the latest album by Bernard Allison, who made his debut more than three decades ago, in which he interprets his father’s songs into new versions of the guitar strings of the 2000s blues generation. With his previous album Highs & Lows (2022), Allison received a nomination at the Blues Music Awards in the category of Blues Rock Album of the Year. Allison, who is well on his way to becoming a legend equal to his father, was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame last year.