Upstate New York will host one of the longest-running U.S. blues festivals when the 17th Annual Chenango Blues Festival takes place in Chenango, New York on Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22, 2009. The event is sponsored by the non-profit Chenango Blues Association, which strives to promote an appreciation of uniquely American music forms such as the blues, jazz, zydeco, and gospel music.
The yearly festival draws thousands of people from across the Northeast for a weekend of music, workshops, and art exhibits, and this year's event can boast of a robust line-up that includes a recent Blues Music Award winner, a bona-fide blues legend, and the founder and leading proponent of the style of acoustic blues known as "folk funk."Find out who's playing at this year's festival....
