Impressive lineup for the next Ylläs Jazz Blues 2023 is released @www.yllasjazzblues.fi – go check it out! 😀
Blue Stone will return to the winter wonderland yet again with a full throttle! 8D
See you in Ylläs … 26.-29.1.2023!
Back to blues and rock and LIVE Blue Stone!
After global pandemic shutting down all possible gigs for a few years, Blue Stone is now back in business!
This summer 2022 we’re creating some new material and aim to return to Ylläs next Jan with a fresh tone. It will be our pleasure to meet some of you during this summer and autumn when we take on a few gigs after such a long time…
Next shot to meet us is at Kyrö Distillery next Friday 6.5.22, where our brilliant bass player is sharing his passion of creating not only low tones but also noble rye spirits… 🙂
See you soon and take care!
-J
Autumn greetings in Blue!
After a hugely successful night at RieskaBlues in Ylivieska, Blue Stone continues to work on new material during autumn 2019… “New songs were accepted unbelievably well with cheers in Ylivieska! This gives us a great boost to continue with the material towards the album no.4”, says Jukka Oravainen. “We look forward for a few good autumn gigs, but the real focus is again moved already towards Ylläs at the end of January.”
2019 starting with the traditional Ylläs Jazz Blues festival
11th consecutive visit to the winter wonderland of Äkäslompolo, at Finnish Lapland, will give a great start for the new year 2019 with Blue Stone.
“We have been working with some new material, thrilled to see how these new songs are accepted. Always excited to return to Ylläs, this is like our second Christmas every year!”, says Jukka Oravainen.
Blue Stone will perform three concerts; “Äkäshotelli” main stage on Friday 25.1. evening, “Y1” on Saturday 26.1. daytime, and finally the traditional “Selvä Pyy” stage in the evening.
See you there!
Get Yourself a Haircut voted 3rd place for “Song of the year”
The listeners of DrWart Hoover’s The Blues Hour at SevernFM have voted Blue Stone in 3rd place under category “Song of the year”! The Docs Blues Awards results were revealed at The Blues Hour late Monday night on January 8th, at SevernFM (www.severnfm.com).
Blue Stone crew wishes to thank DrWart Hoover for picking Get yourself a haircut into top-20 pick list from the hundreds of songs played in the show in 2017. “We hope to see you soon in our gig – in your neighborhood!” says Jukka Oravainen, the singer-songwriter of the song.
The celebration of this honor will be continued at Ylläs Jazz & Blues festival in Finnish Lapland, January 25.-28.1. where Blue Stone will be performing for their 10th consecutive time!
Get Yourself a Haircut nominated for “Song of the year”
The opening tune of fresh Blue Stone album Blues To My Soul nominated for “Song of the year” at Docs Blues Awards2017 in Britain.
DrWart Hoover hosts the weekly radio show The Blues Hour at SevernFM, and was the first radio show globally to air music from the new Blue Stone album.
Go check it out – and VOTE! 😀
Docs Blues Awards2017 – nominations for Song of the year
to vote email: blues@severnfm.com
subject: song2017
New album BLUES TO MY SOUL!
”…sielukasta, menevää, ja oikein toden teolla svengaavaa
kantrirokkausta (Kansas City), josta välittyy soittamisen riemu…”
(Kantritohtori Teppo Nättilä
YLE Radio Suomi 21.2.2017)
“…Blues to My Soul on enemmän kuin blueslevy. Se on 11 kappaletta kattava kokonaisuus, jolla blues ja sen sukulaistyylit ovat punainen lanka, mutta joka antaa musiikin rönsyillä ennakkoluulottomasti… Enemmän tätä bändiä keikoille, kiitos.”
(Päätoimittaja Pasi Tuominen
Blues-Finland.com)
”…Get Yourself a Haircut on menevää ja rentoa blueskantrirokkailua
Blue Stonen uudelta ja jo kolmannelta albumilta, Blues to My Soul.
Se on täynnä vallan verratonta juurevaa ja etenkin verratonta letkeää!” (juurimusiikkia)
(Kantritohtori Teppo Nättilä
YLE Radio Suomi 14.3.2017)
”…and first up is Blue Stone!”
(Dr Wart Hover, Severn FM (UK)
The Blues Hour 13.2.2017)
“…it’s very good (album), I have played a couple tracks on my show…”
(Kevin Hardy, Music Director at Kansas City Online Radio (US),
host of Main Street Blues radio show)
”Blue Stone purkitti siniset sävelensä hallitun tuhdisti.
Pohjalaislähtöinen blues-pumppu rohkenee tutkia
juurevissa irrotteluissaan myös soulin ja jazzin sävyjä,
joten tekemisen ilme päätyy monipuoliseksi.
Kun keitokseen lisätään Jukka Oravaisen loihtimat
tyylikkäät Hammond-sähköurkuliitelyt,
käyskennellään olennaisen äärellä.” (****)
(Juha Seitz, sanomalehdet Pohjalainen & Ilkka)
Blue Stone 