Keb’ Mo’ & NOSPR — Rawa Blues Festival, 2016

Filmed live concert by American bluesman Keb’ Mo’ backed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) at the 36th Rawa Blues Festival in Katowice, Poland, on 30 September 2016. A three-time Grammy winner, Keb’ Mo’ (Kevin Moore) embodies an elegant contemporary blues steeped in folk and soul, carried by refined guitar playing and a warm voice. For this exceptional evening, his songs are reorchestrated for large ensemble by composer Krzesimir Dębski, who conducts the NOSPR: the guitarist’s standards take on an unprecedented symphonic scope, between strings, brass and bespoke arrangements. This live capture restores the rare meeting of modern Delta-blues intimacy with the power of a symphony orchestra, in the NOSPR’s landmark hall. A major event on the European blues scene, the Rawa Blues Festival welcomes the genre’s great names to Katowice every year. A full concert ideal for discovering Keb’ Mo’ in a symphonic light and measuring the universal reach of his repertoire, in 2016.