Amy Arlo & Almost Blue At First Friday July 7, Free! at Normandy Fountain

Friday, July 7 from 6-9 PM: Amy Arlo and her band play at Normandy Fountain, Normandy Drive and Rue Vendôme in Miami Beach. Amy is one of South Florida’s favorite blues divas. She’s been called a modern-day Janis Joplin with her powerful voice, but you’ll hear a jazz influence as well from the love of such artists as Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. Her reverence for all the influential female blues women of the past is always a part of her show.

Having performed in blues festivals throughout the US and Europe, Amy and her band of talented musicians bring a distinctive flair with cool takes on early soul & the blues This performance will feature a tribute to blues legends Big Maybelle, Koko Taylor, Big Mama Thorton and more with stories of their lives woven in to the show....

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Friday, July 7 from 6-9 PM: Amy Arlo and her band play at Normandy Fountain, Normandy Drive and Rue Vendôme in Miami Beach. Amy is one of South Florida’s favorite blues divas. She’s been called a modern-day Janis Joplin with her powerful voice, but you’ll hear a jazz influence as well from the love of such artists as Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. Her reverence for all the influential female blues women of the past is always a part of her show.

Having performed in blues festivals throughout the US and Europe, Amy and her band of talented musicians bring a distinctive flair with cool takes on early soul & the blues This performance will feature a tribute to blues legends Big Maybelle, Koko Taylor, Big Mama Thorton and more with stories of their lives woven in to the show.

In 2016 they released their 2nd studio recording. “Deeper Shade of Blue” which represented the South Florida Blues Society as best self-produced blues album, and was chosen by the International Blues Foundation as a finalist of the annual competition.

Table service is available from local restaurants. Music courtesy of KCC Productions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxRHdOzyVD4&feature=youtu.be

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