#portnoarlungabluesfestival

 8 Ball Aitken is back with a brand-new sound, a self-produced laidback soul album ‘HEART AND SOUL’. The recording was mostly completed in Nashville right before he re-located back to Australia twelve months ago. The album debuted at #3 on the Australian Blues & Roots Charts.  The musicians on ‘HEART AND SOUL’ include Grammy winning…

Oscar LaDell is a 23-year-old Roots singer, songwriter and guitarist who brings a timeless vulnerability to his original blend of Blues, Soul & Folk. Hailing originally from Denver Colorado, LaDell grew up in Purakaunui in the South of Aotearoa. Drawing from the moody and poignant scenes of his home, LaDell writes, plays and sings with…