NEWS RELEASE
KALEIDOSCOPE MUSIC GUELPH
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What: concert by Steve Strongman
When: Saturday, May 6,
Door open at 7:30 p.m.; the show starts at 8 p.m.
Where: Guelph Little Theatre, 176 Morris St., Guelph
Price: $38.61 at eventbrite.ca
Beyond Strongman’s talent as a songwriter, guitarist, and frontman is his ability to engage his audience and deliver an outstanding performance at every live show. With his inimitable guitar playing and soulful vocals, Strongman delivers incredible performances with power and passion. Steve Strongman has a way of stirring a crowd that evokes the emotion, maturity and authenticity of classic blues themes. His music speaks for truth and passion and offers hope for the soul in the face of hard times in a way that leaves audiences craving more. In a musical world of many pretenders, Steve Strongman is as real and authentic as it gets.
Strongman’s impressive resume includes stints opening for guitar legends such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Johnny Winter. The performer’s breakthrough 2012 release, A Natural Fact, was hailed as a standout, earning Maple Blues Awards for Recording, Songwriter, and Guitarist Of The Year, as well as a 2013 Juno Award for Blues Recording Of The Year.
In 2014, he was thrice-nominated at the Maple Blues Awards (Guitar Player, Electric Act, and Entertainer of the Year) and in 2015 received a second Juno nod for Blues Album of the Year (for Let Me Prove It To You).
In 2018, No Time Like Now was a Juno award nominee for Blues Album of the Year, and in 2019, Strongman won Best Guitarist for the Solo Duo Category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. His 2019 release Tired of Talkin is earning rave reviews and showcases why Strongman is one of the most exciting performers on the scene today.
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