Karen Lovely & John Del Toro Richardson

Friday, August 19th

One show at 8pm

2016 BMA Nominee KAREN LOVELY & IBC Best Guitar WINNER John Del Toro Richardson are gonna burn it DOWN with a blistering 1 Night Only Special Show at Jimmy Mak's!

Both artists have just been nominated for 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards, Jonn for BEST DEBUT ALBUM and Karen for BEST FEMALE ARTIST.

Both have released new albums that have rocketed up the national and international blues charts in recent months.

With the release of her newest album TEN MILES OF BAD ROAD (rated 4 stars by Downbeat), Lovely has established herself as a singer/songwriter with a style uniquely her own. She's been nominated for a prestigious 2016 Blues Music Award for "Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist", and in December won a 2015 Blues411 "Jimi" Award for "Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist."

Known for her passionate, driven performances, this powerhouse vocalist delivers a blistering mix of contemporary & old school blues. Lovely's standout performances have garnered awards and critical acclaim at festivals and venues throughout the US, Canada and Europe.

JONN DEL TORO RICHARDSON grew up around Houston, and you can hear it in every note he sings and plays. 

He started out playing in Latin, Rock and cover bands, but soon turned to the blues, playing with a number of bands around Houston until he met Diunna Greenleaf and became a member of her Blue Mercy band. According to Jonn that was when everything started coming together: “with Diunna I learned how to perform and be the counter punch to her vocals, and along the way learned how to sing with conviction and truth. Together we were unstoppable.”

They proved it in 2005 winning The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge, where Jonn won The Albert King Award for Most Promising Guitarist. Jonn went on to perform with many of his blues heroes, and performed on Pinetop Perkins’ Grammy winning record Last Of The Mississippi Bluesmen, with Robert Lockwood, Henry Townsend and Honeyboy Edwards. Jonn began playing with Otis Taylor, joining him on the soundtrack for the movie Public Enemy. 

In 2011 Jonn started working with blues mandolinist Rich DelGrosso, recording Time Slips On By, one of Down Beat Magazines Top Albums of 2011. Jonn’s next CD, with long-time friend and fellow Albert King Winner Sean Carney, Wild Ride, provided a greater showcase for his formidable guitar playing and powerful vocals.

Tickets Non Refundable