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Catfish Keith
Catfish Keith Concert and Guitar Workshop at Albuquerque Folk Festival
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th St SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
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World-touring acoustic blues pioneer CATFISH KEITH will perform live in concert, as well as a fingerpicking and slide guitar workshop at the 2025 Albuquerque Folk Festival!
More info, including set times, to be announced!
Website: https://abqfolkfest.org
CATFISH KEITH BRIEF BIO:
World-touring acoustic blues pioneer CATFISH KEITH has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time. Catfish's innovative style of foot-stomping, deep delta blues and American roots music has spellbound audiences the world over.
He has reinvented the guitar with great power and artistry, and brings a rare beauty and vitality to his music. Handing down the tradition, Catfish continues his lifelong journey as one of the brightest lights in acoustic blues and roots music.
Catfish won four BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS — for BEST ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM in 2022, 2021 and 2019, and in 2022 for BEST ACOUSTIC GUITARIST. He has been nominated twelve times since 1993 by the Blues Foundation in Memphis for BLUES MUSIC AWARDS, and considered for nominations for GRAMMY AWARDS twenty times. In 2008 he was inducted into the IA BLUES HALL OF FAME.
Catfish has twenty three NUMBER ONE independent radio chart-topping albums to his credit and packs houses all over the world with his dynamic stage show.
The 40-plus year veteran has performed thousands of gigs, touring throughout North America, the UK, Europe and Asia to wide acclaim, headlining major music festivals, and appearing with legends John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Taj Mahal, Leo Kottke, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Johnny Shines, John Fahey and many, many others.
Catfish Keith will do his 54th tour of the UK and Europe since 1992 in October and November, 2025.
Recently, he was featured doing extensive interviews online, and a full feature in Guitar Player Magazine (Aug ’23), and cover stories in Blues in The South (Jan ’24) and Blues Blast Magazine (March 7, 2024).
His latest album, SHAKE ME UP will be available at all shows and online, and he is recording his 24th solo album, scheduled for release in October, 2025.
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August 4th 2024
Fantastic show….great venue…mega-talented performer and a heck of a nice guy.
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Catfish Keith Biography
World-touring acoustic blues pioneer CATFISH KEITH has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time. Catfish's innovative style of foot-stomping, deep delta blues and American roots music has spellbound audiences the world over.
He has reinvented the guitar with great power and artistry, and brings a rare beauty and vitality to his music. Handing down the tradition, Catfish continues his lifelong journey as one of the brightest lights in acoustic blues and roots music.
Catfish won four BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS — for BEST ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM in 2022, 2021 and 2019, and in 2022 for BEST ACOUSTIC GUITARIST. He has been nominated twelve times since 1993 by the Blues Foundation in Memphis for BLUES MUSIC AWARDS, and considered for nominations for GRAMMY AWARDS twenty times. In 2008 he was inducted into the IA BLUES HALL OF FAME.
Catfish has twenty three NUMBER ONE independent radio chart-topping albums to his credit and packs houses all over the world with his dynamic stage show.
The 40-plus year veteran has performed thousands of gigs, touring throughout North America, the UK, Europe and Asia to wide acclaim, headlining major music festivals, and appearing with legends John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Taj Mahal, Leo Kottke, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Johnny Shines, John Fahey and many, many others.
Catfish Keith will do his 54th tour of the UK and Europe since 1992 in October and November, 2025.
Recently, he was featured doing extensive interviews online, and a full feature in Guitar Player Magazine (Aug ’23), and cover stories in Blues in The South (Jan ’24) and Blues Blast Magazine (March 7, 2024).
His latest album, SHAKE ME UP will be available at all shows and online, and he is recording his 24th solo album, scheduled for release in October, 2025.
"GUITAR GENIUS." - Living Blues
"Pulling Blues Out of The Sky, Catfish lays down a foot-stomping groove. One of the most exciting guitarists of any genre." - Acoustic Guitar
"Hypnotic and beautiful, dark and pure." - Premier Guitar
"The real acoustic blues king!" - Rock 'n' Reel
Read MoreHe has reinvented the guitar with great power and artistry, and brings a rare beauty and vitality to his music. Handing down the tradition, Catfish continues his lifelong journey as one of the brightest lights in acoustic blues and roots music.
Catfish won four BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS — for BEST ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM in 2022, 2021 and 2019, and in 2022 for BEST ACOUSTIC GUITARIST. He has been nominated twelve times since 1993 by the Blues Foundation in Memphis for BLUES MUSIC AWARDS, and considered for nominations for GRAMMY AWARDS twenty times. In 2008 he was inducted into the IA BLUES HALL OF FAME.
Catfish has twenty three NUMBER ONE independent radio chart-topping albums to his credit and packs houses all over the world with his dynamic stage show.
The 40-plus year veteran has performed thousands of gigs, touring throughout North America, the UK, Europe and Asia to wide acclaim, headlining major music festivals, and appearing with legends John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Taj Mahal, Leo Kottke, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Johnny Shines, John Fahey and many, many others.
Catfish Keith will do his 54th tour of the UK and Europe since 1992 in October and November, 2025.
Recently, he was featured doing extensive interviews online, and a full feature in Guitar Player Magazine (Aug ’23), and cover stories in Blues in The South (Jan ’24) and Blues Blast Magazine (March 7, 2024).
His latest album, SHAKE ME UP will be available at all shows and online, and he is recording his 24th solo album, scheduled for release in October, 2025.
"GUITAR GENIUS." - Living Blues
"Pulling Blues Out of The Sky, Catfish lays down a foot-stomping groove. One of the most exciting guitarists of any genre." - Acoustic Guitar
"Hypnotic and beautiful, dark and pure." - Premier Guitar
"The real acoustic blues king!" - Rock 'n' Reel
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