Eden Mills brings back Carlos del Junco this year for the second time.
On Feb. 11 at 8 pm, he will be on stage at the Eden Mills Community Hall, where he performed just one year ago with his pocket-sized instrument.
Highly respected in blues music circles, Carlos del Junco has been twice nominated for a Juno Award for his CDs Steady Movin’ and Big Boy, He has been named Harmonica Player of the Year seven times in the Canadian Maple Blues Award’s 13-year history, and has won the Best Blues Award from NOW Magazine in Toronto.
Born in Cuba, del Junco emigrated with his family to Canada when he was one. While his formal studies were in sculpture at the Ontario College of Art, he draws a parallel with his harmonica playing.
“Music is just a different way of creating textures and shapes,” he says.
His harmonica has given him opportunities to record with such artists as Bruce Cockburn, Kim Mitchell, Oliver Schroer and to work with Dutch Mason, Hoc Walsh and Holly Cole.
His independent record label Big Reed Records, formed in 1993, was named for the translation of his own name – “del Junco.” His most recent CD releases include Blues Mongrel (2005) and Steady Movin’ (2008).
His new CD Mongrel Mash will appear in 2011. In June 2010 he and Howard Levy were the subjects of a documentary on CBC Radio 2.
The Eden Mills Community Hall provides a friendly and relaxed ambiance which enhances the audience’s concert experience.
This concert is a fund-raiser for the Eden Mills Community Club and Eden Mills Millpond Conservation Association.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door or in advance at The Bookshelf, on Quebec Street in Guelph, at 519-821-3311 or from Kit Bresnahan at 519-856-1188 or kitbresnahan1@gmail.com.
