{"id":125,"date":"2011-02-28T17:08:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2016-09-05T20:33:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T20:33:29","slug":"parrains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"Parrains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/shakura.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5325\" src=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/shakura.jpg\" alt=\"shakura\" width=\"200\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>. Shakura S\u2019Aida<\/strong><br \/>\nImagine wanting to sing\u2026 Now imagine wanting to sing the music that many had said is past its time\u2026 Music that many people around you felt was dated and definitely not what you should be using to define yourself with\u2026<br \/>\nImagine feeling as though you would never be accepted for that which your heart loved so deeply.<br \/>\nNow imagine going halfway across the world and singing your music-the music of your heart-in front of hundreds and thousands of people, who do not share your native tongue\u2026 But amazingly, they share your native soul\u2026 They allow you and many artists like you to share the music of your ancestors\u2026<br \/>\nThey listen to your music with its historical roots from the Deep South &amp; Africa and they did not tell you that it&rsquo;s dated or irrelevant or not befitting someone like you\u2026<br \/>\nInstead, They applaud you, celebrate you and your music; they learn to play your music -well- and they promote you and your music throughout their country\u2026<br \/>\nIf you can imagine all of this, then you need not imagine, because this is what France blues means to me\u2026<br \/>\nI appreciate and am grateful for the blues that they have shared with their young people so that our music and story telling tradition can carry-on.<br \/>\nI am thankful for &amp; support everything that they stand for: authenticity, musicality, communion, education, but most The Blues.<br \/>\nSent from the stratosphere of my mind&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>Imaginez quelqu\u2019un qui veut devenir chanteur\u2026. et imaginez que cette personne souhaite chanter une musique que beaucoup trouvent pass\u00e9e de mode, une musique que la plupart des gens autour d\u2019elle estiment ringarde et qui pensent qu\u2019elle ne devrait pas essayer de faire carri\u00e8re dans ce registre.<br \/>\nImaginez avoir l\u2019impression de ne pas \u00eatre accept\u00e9e en chantant la musique que votre c\u0153ur a toujours affectionn\u00e9.<br \/>\nMais imaginez pouvoir faire le tour du monde et chanter vos racines \u2013 celles que vous avez dans le c\u0153ur \u2013 devant des centaines et des milliers de personnes qui ne parlent pas la m\u00eame langue que vous \u2026 mais qui comprennent votre \u00e2me. Ils vous permettent, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 de nombreux artistes, de partager la musique de vos anc\u00eatres.<br \/>\nIls \u00e9coutent votre musique dont les origines remontent au Sud profond et \u00e0 l\u2019Afrique et \u00e0 aucun moment ils ne vous disent qu\u2019elle est ringarde, hors de propos ou qu\u2019elle ne vous correspond pas.<br \/>\nAu contraire, ils vous applaudissent et la c\u00e9l\u00e8brent ; ils apprennent vos chansons et font votre promotion et celle de votre musique dans leurs pays respectifs.<br \/>\nSi vous \u00eates en mesure d\u2019imaginer tout ceci, alors pas besoin d\u2019extrapoler, car c\u2019est ce que France Blues repr\u00e9sente pour moi.<br \/>\nJ\u2019appr\u00e9cie et je leur suis reconnaissante pour leur travail aupr\u00e8s des jeunes afin que notre musique et nos traditions orales soient perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es.<br \/>\nJe les remercie sinc\u00e8rement et soutient sans r\u00e9serve les valeurs qu\u2019ils d\u00e9fendent : l\u2019authenticit\u00e9, la musicalit\u00e9, la communion, l\u2019\u00e9ducation\u2026 et surtout le Blues.<br \/>\nEnvoy\u00e9 depuis la stratosph\u00e8re de mon \u00e2me.<\/p>\n<div><\/P><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bruceiglauer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-133\" title=\"bruceiglauer\" src=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bruceiglauer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>Bruce Iglauer<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>It&rsquo;s very exciting to see the French blues community of blues societies, media, festivals, venues and fans organizing under the \u00ab\u00a0big tent\u00a0\u00bb of France Blues. This organization will certainly help to heighten public awareness of blues music, create performance opportunities for both French and American blues musicians, and make the blues more popular in France. I applaud and support the goal and efforts of France Blues, and wish this organization every success. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>C&rsquo;est vraiment excitant de voir la communaut\u00e9 blues de France repr\u00e9sentant les m\u00e9dia, les festivals, les salles de concert et les fans s&rsquo;organiser sous l&rsquo;\u00e9gide de France Blues. Cette organisation aidera sans aucun doute \u00e0 sensibiliser le public \u00e0 \u00e9couter le blues, \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper des opportunit\u00e9s pour les artistes de blues fran\u00e7ais et am\u00e9ricains, et \u00e0 rendre cette musique plus populaire aupr\u00e8s du public. J&rsquo;applaudis et soutiens les objectifs et efforts de France Blues, et je souhaite \u00e0 cette organisation mes meilleurs v\u0153ux de r\u00e9ussite.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alligator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/alligator.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBruce Iglauer, President and Founder, Alligator Records, Chicago, Illinois<br \/>\nUSA<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Hermann.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"Hermann\" src=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Hermann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>Michael Hawkeye Herman<\/strong><br \/>\n<em> It is an honor and a pleasure to give my enthusiastic support to France Blues. By acting locally\/regionally on behalf of blues music and by participating globally in blues music culture, France Blues, promises to be a most welcome addition to the local and the worldwide blues community.<br \/>\nFrance Blues is a not-for-profit volunteer organization with democratically elected officers dedicated to the preservation of the blues culture. The mission of France Blues is to assist in the preservation of the blues as a part of cultural heritage and tradition through public awareness and education, and through fostering an environment for the blues artist to grow and develop.<br \/>\nI fully support and welcome France Blues to the global blues community and I anticipate a most positive impact by the organization on the furthering of blues music and blues culture within France, throughout Europe, and worldwide<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Pour moi, c&rsquo;est un honneur et un plaisir d&rsquo;offrir \u00e0 France Blues un soutien sans r\u00e9serve. Par son action au niveau r\u00e9gional et national pour faire la promotion du blues ainsi que par sa participation au niveau mondial \u00e0 la grande famille du blues, France Blues est bienvenue dans la communaut\u00e9 mondiale du blues.<br \/>\nFrance Blues est une organisation sans but lucratif, compos\u00e9e de b\u00e9n\u00e9voles et dont les responsables \u00e9lus d\u00e9mocratiquement sont d\u00e9vou\u00e9s \u00e0 la pr\u00e9servation du blues. La mission de France Blues est de faire la promotion de la musique blues comme partie int\u00e9grante du patrimoine et des traditions par la sensibilisation du public et l&rsquo;\u00e9ducation, tout en cr\u00e9ant un environnement permettant aux artistes jouant le blues de s&rsquo;\u00e9panouir, dans tous les sens du mot.<br \/>\nJ&rsquo;accueille et soutiens absolument France Blues au sein de la communaut\u00e9 mondiale du blues et je pressens que cette organisation aura un impact des plus positifs sur la culture et la musique blues en France, en Europe et dans le monde entier.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nMichael \u00ab\u00a0Hawkeye\u00a0\u00bb Herman, \u00ab\u00a0Keeping the Blues Alive\u00a0\u00bb Award in 1998 for achievement in education<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/images\/ruf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-133\" title=\"thomasruf\" src=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/images\/ruf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>Thomas Ruf<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The french blues community under the umbrella of \u00ab\u00a0France blues\u00a0\u00bb is an essential cornerstone in the building of the \u00ab\u00a0european house of blues\u00a0\u00bb.the support for this music and artform has been substantial and is being recognised internationally in the community. the french participation in the european blues union is to date the largest in number. France we salute you !<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\nSous l\u2019\u00e9gide de France Blues, la communaut\u00e9 blues fran\u00e7aise est essentielle \u00e0 la construction de la \u201cmaison du blues europ\u00e9en\u201d. Le soutien donn\u00e9 par la France \u00e0 ce genre musical a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 consid\u00e9rable et est reconnu par la communaut\u00e9 blues au niveau international. En fait, \u00e0 ce jour, la France compte le taux le plus \u00e9lev\u00e9 d\u2019adh\u00e9sion \u00e0 la European Blues Union.<br \/>\nHonneur aux Fran\u00e7ais !<\/em><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rufrecords.de\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/images\/Ruflogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThomas Ruf, owner and founder Ruf records and president of the European Blues Union.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_333\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mightymo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333\" title=\"mightymo\" src=\"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mightymo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo (c) Fran\u00e7ois Berton<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mighty Mo&rsquo;Rodgers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>France Blues is a beacon for fans, festivals and all Blues societies.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And I am honored to support this wonderful organization that is dedicated to the Blues. The Blues Muse is alive and well in France, and France Blues is the culmination of the &lsquo;Blues Underground Railroad&rsquo;.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A journey that took the blues of the Delta, (created by the children of slaves) around the world. I salute you France Blues. Your blue(s) light is a beacon to the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>France Blues est un flambeau pour les fans, festivals et associations du Blues.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Je suis honor\u00e9 et heureux de soutenir cette fantastique organisation d\u00e9di\u00e9e au Blues. La muse du Blues est bien vivante en\u00a0 France, et France Blues est sans aucun doute la station d\u2019arriv\u00e9e de ce long\u00a0 &lsquo;Chemin de fer du Blues&rsquo;.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Le premier train du Blues cr\u00e9\u00e9 par les enfants des esclaves est parti du Delta pour traverser les plus lointaines contr\u00e9es du monde. Respect , France Blues : votre lumi\u00e8re bleue est un flambeau qui ne peut que guider le monde.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. Shakura S\u2019Aida Imagine wanting to sing\u2026 Now imagine wanting to sing the music that many had said is past its time\u2026 Music that many people around you felt was dated and definitely not what you should be using to define yourself with\u2026 Imagine feeling as though you would never be accepted for that which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5326,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions\/5326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}