February 23rd 2008
FAMILY MEETING REVIEW
Here's a review for the latest addition to the Wentus blues band catalog, the Family meeting live album.
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February 3rd 2008
WENTUS LIVE ON SWEDISH
TELEVISION
On
January 31th Wentus Blues Band appeared on Swedish channel TV4
in a program called 'Nyhetsmorgon'. They performed two songs
('Bisquit roller' and 'You gonna make me cry') and were interviewed
about the Family Meeting documentary, which is now showing on Swedish
cinemas.
To watch the performances click on a song title and then click on the
link saying "Klicka här för att se klippet".
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Bisquit
roller
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You gonna make me cry
January 15th 2008
JUSSI-AWARD NOMINATIONS
FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY AFTER ALL
WENTUS
BLUES BAND - documentary nominated for best documentary in Finland
Published January 14, 2008 10:30 pm by STT
"There will be a Jussi-award nomination for best documentary this year
after all. The original plan was to not award any documentaries. Reason
being that last year only two documentaries that meets the demands for
a nomination were made. According to the rules, there should be at
least three Jussi-candidates.
The announcement of not giving a documentary-Jussi this year caused
such a lively discussion that the board of directors for Filmiaura, who
handles the nominations, came to a decision this Monday to nominate for
best documentary after all. Producers, directors and other people
within the Finnish Filmindustry was going to boycot the whole event if
documentaries no would be awarded.
The nominations for best documentary are "Yhden tähden hotelli"
directed by Ari Matikainen and "Family Meeting" directed by Heikki
Kossi. Family Meeting is a documentary about the 20th
anniversary of Wentus Blues Band.
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The Jussi-award is the finnish version of the Oscar and the big event
will be broadcasted live directly on Television on February 3rd.
Family Meeting will have its cinemapremiere in Sweden on January 27th
at the Gothenburg Filmfestival.
January 8th 2008
FAMILY MEETING IN SWEDEN
The film about the 20 years anniversary of the WENTUS BLUES BAND will
be shown in Sweden on Cinemas! The premiere will be at the GOTHENBURG
FILMFESTIVAL in the end of January and from there the film weill be
shown on the Folkets Hus Digital Cinemas.
We will keep you updated with cities and theatres on this webpage! Go
see it, You´ll love it!
 FAMILY MEETING I SVERIGE!
Filmen om Wentus Blues Bands 20-årsjubileum med gäster Eric Bibb, Kim
Wilson, Omar, Mick Taylor, Sven Zetterberg, Clas Yngström, Louisiana
Red, Eddie Kirkland, Lazy Lester och Tore Berglund: Family Meeting
kommer att visas på följande orter och datum:
GÖTEBORG
FILMFESTIVAL:
Tisdag 29 januari klockan 20:00 visas filmen på BERGAKUNGEN 4
Torsdag 31 januari klockan 17:30 visas filmen på PUSTERVIK
Fredag 1 februari klockan 15:00 visas filmen på HAGA 1
I SAMARBETE
MED FINLANDSINSTITUTET:
28.2 Zita, Stockholm
6.3 Rio, Eskilstuna
9.3 Elektra, Västerås
13.3 Folkets Bio, Umeå
December 30th 2007
NEWS!! VOTE FOR
AGRICULTURE!
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Agriculture has been nominated to the annually
Best Scandinavian Blues album 2007 ballot, arranged by
www.blueswebben.se. Nominees are based on CDON bluestopplist in Sweden;
Finland, Norway and Denmark.
The voting starts 15th of December and ends 15th of January.
Cast your vote: http://www.blueswebben.se/bestbluesrec_2007.php |
Agriculture har blivit nominerad till den årliga
omröstningen av Skandinaviens Bästa Bluesalbum 2007 som arrangeras av
www.blueswebben.se. De CD-skivor vi har valt ut baserar sig på CDON:s
topplista i blueskategorin i:Sverige, Finland, Norge och Danmark.
Röstningen pågår från 15 december till 15 januari. Gå och rösta: http://www.blueswebben.se/bestbluesrec_2007.php
 Agriculture on nominoitu vuosittaisessa
äänestyksessä pohjoismaiden parhaasta blues-levystä 2007. Äänestyksen
järjestää Ruotsalainen blueswebben -verkkomedia.
Nominoinnin perusteena on käytetty CDON verkkokaupan suosituimmiksi
kategorisoitujen levyjen listaan Suomesta, Ruotsista, Norjasta ja
Tanskasta.
Äänestysaikaa on tammikuun 15. päivään asti.
Äänestä osoitteessa: http://www.blueswebben.se/bestbluesrec_2007.php
Happy new
year to everyone!
November 16th 2007
"FAMILY MEETING" CINEMA
DATES IN FINLAND
You
can watch the documentary at the following cinemas :
15.11 - 22.11
Tampere, Niagara
Turku, Thalia
Hämeenlinna: Bio Rex
Joensuu: Tapio
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23.11...
Hämeenlinna:
Bio Rex
Ylistaro: Matintupa
Oulu: Star |
November 10th 2007
NEW WENTUS BLUES BAND ALBUM OUT ON RUFRECORDS!
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The soundtrack from the motion picture FAMILY
MEETING has been released in Finland on the 2.11. Releasedate for the
rest of the World will be in February 2008. |
The album is a Live double CD ( for the price of one ) including all
music from the Film + some bonussongs that are from the big 20 years
anniversary of the Wentus Blues Band. Bonussongs are tracks featuring
Kim Wilson on "Passenger Blues" and " Looking For Trouble " + "Can´t
You Hear Me Knocking" and "Ventilator Blues" featuring Mick Taylor.
Order it from here: http://www.rufrecords.de/shop/index.html
The film Family Meeting has received absolutely great reviews in
Finnish press:
" Finest musicfilm ever made in Finland " - Helsingin Sanomat ****
" One of the best Musicdocumentaries ever made " - Soundi
" Family Meeting by Heikki Kossi goes directly up to the level as
Martin Scorsese´s Last Waltz and Pennebaker´s Don´t Look Back! "
Check out more reviews in Finnish here!
November 3rd 2007
FINNISH MUSIC DOCUMENTARY "FAMILY MEETING"
"The best
rockmusic-documentary ever made in Finland."
- Janne Haavisto, Producer and legendary drummer
FAMILY MEETINGS WILL BE RELEASED
IN FINLAND ON NOVEMBER FRIDAY 2nd. THE
FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT THE FOLLOWING CINEMAS:
Helsinki, Kinopalatsi 9
Tampere, Plevna
Turku, Thalia
Vaasa, Gloria
Pietarsaari, Kinocity
GO SEE IT, YOU´LL LOVE IT!
The Film tells a unique story about people behind music. The film was
shot during the fall 2006, in and around the 20th anniversary concert
of the Wentus Blues Band, also on their
home turf in Ostrobotnia, Finland. It's a delicious mash-up of
backstage life and passionate stage performances.
The film features an impressive line-up of rock and blues legends, such
as Eddie Kirkland and Louisiana
Red, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor,
Kim Wilson from the Fabulous
Thunderbirds, Omar Dykes from Omar
& The Howlers, Barrence Whitfield
– lead singer of The Savages, Sven Zetterberg
and Clas Yngström from Sweden, Eric
Bibb, plus Lazy Lester
from the States, deep south. All of the above-mentioned guests have a
long history with the Wentus Blues Band. The film is about the family
meeting of these musicians, where cotton and potato fields, joy,
tolerance, and above all the immortal, shared moments within the Blues
are intertwined.
Family Meeting is not only an extraordinary film of what being a
musician is really about, but it also captures valuable essentials
about music from the cultural history standpoint: play that you feel,
feel that you play!
The film is directed by Heikki Kossi, and produced by Mokul Filmi Oy.
The film has been funded by the Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Svenska
Kulturfonden, YLE FST5, SVT Sveriges television and the City of Kokkola.
Find out more about the film at: www.mokulfilmi.com
You can also find us on MySpace.
Check out www.myspace.com/wentusbluesband
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