BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//YourSite//Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28028-0@www.visitcalgary.com DTSTAMP:20260512T054955Z DTSTART:20260705T090000Z DTEND:20260706T043000Z SUMMARY:Colin James DESCRIPTION:With 21 studio albums\, 8 Juno Awards\, 31 Maple Blues Awards a nd multi-platinum record sales\, Colin James remains at the top of his game \, continuing to challenge himself musically.\n\nHis current release\, Chas ing the Sun\, finds the blues-rock singer-songwriter’s electrifying new a lbum featuring the kind of towering musical guests typically found on the o ther side of velvet ropes. Co-produced by Colin Linden\, guest artists incl ude Americana icon Lucinda Williams\, bassist Darryl Jones and drummer Char ley Drayton (who have backed Miles Davis and The Rolling Stones) plus Ameri can harmonica ace Charlie Musselwhite and gospel greats Ann and Regina McCr ary.\nHis 2021 release\, Open Road\, for which he won a 2022 Juno Award for best Blues Album and was nominated for the Blues Foundation 2023 best Blue s Rock Album (his first)\, is a celebration of personal connections. It inc ludes original tunes written with long time collaborators as well as reinte rpretations of covers by a diverse group of songwriters.\n\nHis 2018 album Miles To Go garnered worldwide attention\, debuting on the Billboard Blues Charts and held a position on the RMR Blues Chart for 24 weeks\, 14 weeks i n the top 10.\n\nColin’s career is a timeline rich in highlights. His 198 8 self-titled debut\, featuring his two self-penned hits “Voodoo Thing” and “Five Long Years\,” was the fastest-selling album in Canadian hist ory. It won him his first Juno and an opening spot on tour with Keith Richa rds. His second album\, Sudden Stop\, featured his hit “Just Came Back\, which reached #3 on the U.S. radio charts and earned him the Juno Award for “Single of the Year.” Colin was next credited with launching the sw ing revival\, thanks to his wildly popular Little Big Band\, which has rele ased four successful albums to date. In 2013 he was inducted into the Canad ian Music Industry Hall of Fame.\n\nHowever\, it wasn’t until 2016’s Bl ue Highways that James found himself on a blues chart: the album spent 10 w eeks at No. 1 on the Roots Music Report’s Blues Chart. It also landed him one of his biggest hits: “Riding in the Moonlight\,” a Willie Dixon so ng that garnered millions of streams on Spotify. Colin has often been put i n the rock category because of his early pop hits\, but if you really look at his past there’s a lot of blues in there.\n\nOver the years Colin has worked with some of the world’s most revered artists including\, Bonnie R aitt\, Albert Collins\, Pops Staples\, Robert Cray\, Albert King\, Keith Ri chards\, Mavis Staples\, Luther Allison\, Roomful of Blues\, Bobby King and Terry Evans\, John Hammond Jr.\, The Chieftains\, Carlos Santana\, Jeff He aley\, and Buddy Guy.\n\nFor over 35 years\, Colin has been a consummate pr ofessional\, a superb guitarist\, and a musician’s musician. The confiden ce that comes with maturity can be heard in his voice and seen in his elect rifying stage performance. He does what comes naturally – he always has he knows no other way and no other life. Recently celebrating his 60th b irthday\, he still finds joy in making music and touring and loves what he does.\n\nhttps://www.visitcalgary.com/events/colin-james\n\nhttps://www.cal garystampede.com/the-big-four-roadhouse/colin-james LOCATION:The Big Four Roadhouse\, Calgary END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR