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Felix Slim: "A Journey Through the Blues"

Afternoon TEA is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts | May 1, 2024 at 2pm

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Felix Slim:

“A Journey Through the Blues”

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One of Spain’s leading blues musicians, born in the North African enclave of Ceuta-Cadiz and based in Brooklyn, New York, Felix Slim is an entirely self-taught multi-instrumentalist and specializes in blues, ragtime and swing from the 1920s to 1940s. 

Influenced by the Delta, Piedmont and Texas sound, Slim uses slide guitar, fingerpicking and standard and open tunings, and has played his dynamic versions of blues classics and original songs with echoes of flamenco, rebetiko and jazz manouche on eight albums and in over fourteen countries worldwide.  

 

Expertly swapping between the harmonica and kazoo along with his unique singing voice complement each other, creating a fresh and distinctive yet true vintage sound. His ability to connect and involve the audience has developed a compelling live show, which combines the humor and warmth of his native Andalusia with the gritty reality of country blues.  

 

In addition to these styles, he plays electric guitar and sings in his own Felix Slim Blues Band, delivering a mix of 1950s and 1960s electric blues, swing, R&B and early soul/funk.  

 

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