Cet artiste au grand cœur foisonnant d’idées est né comme il aime l’écrire «sous un arbre sacré le Bagnan». Parcours atypique depuis sa naissance, la musique a toujours fait partie de son existence. Après sa formation de pâtissier-boulanger, il se lance le défi de se consacrer qu’à sa passion. Et sa marche ! Avec plus de 2800 concerts depuis 1992 et 130 concerts annuels depuis plus de 20ans de carrière, Bonny B. fait sans nul doute partie des meilleurs harmonicistes et chanteurs de blues-soul-funk en Suisse et ce showman taillé pour le live n’a pas son pareil pour communiquer au public l’amour qu’il porte au genre musical. Cet hyperactif Fribourgeois a encore trouvé le temps, entre douze parutions discographiques, de fonder une école au Cambodge. À bientôt 40 ans, celui qui est considéré par la presse comme le «James Brown asiatique» a eu le privilège de partager la scène avec des pointures telles que BB King, Buddy Guy, Louisiana Red, Sugar Blue, Lurrie Bell, Bob Stroger ou Bob Margolin.

Ghent based independent record label founded by Belgian blues musician Tiny Legs Tim.

Harmonica player with The Bay Rum Hounds, harmonica and guitar duo,  based in Cardiff. For booking email valebjr@hotmail.co.uk

The earliest historical references of Strainful Train can be dated back to 2012 years after Christ. In the written heritages it is described, that Benny, the burek maker, traveled to the island Poel in the Baltic Sea, North Gemany, to learn the fine arts of boat building. During his apprenticeship he met Hendrik and Tim, two local students and no goods and he noticed, that they all shared a taste in music and in beer. So they formed a band, gave it an unspeakable name and retreated in a local barn to write songs and philosophize about life. After five years they found their findings worthy to be shared with the world. So from then on, whenever they found time, they traveled through Europe so that every cosy, shady, chummy or smelly pub they encountered could be granted one to sixteen hours of the choicest handmade music. Until the throats were coarse and the bassist was drunk, even if the barkeeper was the only audience. During their travels they found two Irish musicians, Denise the fiddler and Brian the drummer, willing to support them live and in the studio. An album was recorded in 2017, another one in 2019 and if they didn’t split up yet, they might be playing in the bar right now, right around the corner.

Hohner endorser Steven Troch is a Jack-of-all-trades and a master of some, sings like he means it, blows a badass harmonica and writes his own songs. Steven has amazed critics and audiences alike with his straight-ahead music and he's been noted for his own interpretations of blues material. 

Harmonica - all tracks here were trials of home-recording and practice-sessions; some experimental and some more conventional.

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