Mary Washington Brooks Set to "Rock Your World"
Fort Lauderdale Blues Diva Mary Washington Brooks is confirmed once again to "Rock Your World" at the Fort Lauderdale Blues and Music Festival Feb 12,2006.
Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) January 16, 2006 -- Mary Washington-Brooks, The Fort Lauderdale Blues Diva has once again been confirmed for the 19th Annual Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival for February 12,2006. Show time for this talented Florida girl is from 12noon to 2pm. Mary promises with her big voice to be “Rocking Your World” with a kickass band that you want be able to stop tapping your feet ,snapping your fingers or shaking you booty too.
The 19th Annual Riverwalk Blues Festival was postponed on its original date of November 4th,2005 after hurricane Wilma came to Fort Lauderdale In late October and blew away any chance of a great festival.
Mary is also schedule to perform at the Downtowner Saloon in Fort Lauderdale on January 21,2006 for those of you who would like to see her in a more intimate setting. The Downtowner is one of the Blues Festival sponsors and one of the oldest restaurants in the Fort Lauderdale Riverwalk section. The Downtowner is now serving up some of the best blues from in and out of the area along with great food and a “oh so friendly” atmosphere. Washington-Brooks will be serving up tunes from her “Rock Your World” CD released earlier this year and putting her personal spin on old blues favorites. Mary wrote seven of the ten songs on the “Rock Your World” CD and is executive producer of the CD. News is circulating in Blues circles that this Florida girl is one of the hottest talents on the music scene to date, she is bringing a lot of fresh twist and movement to the blues after taking nearly a ten year hiatus from the music to take care of her ailing 85yr old mother. Washington believes that her mother was “always there for her” growing up, and now that the tides have turned, she states “I’ll be there for her however long she needs me”. This talented lady happens also to be a Nursing Administrator for a local Assisted Living Facility near the Fort Lauderdale area and states “ My compassion for people, passion for life and many life experiences daily is what I express when I write and sing my songs”.
The “ Rock Your World” CD has received air play locally on Hot 105 Chico’s Blues show with great reception in the Fort Lauderdale area, the CD is being played on radio programs nationally such as radio program CKIA in Canada where the Willie Dixion song "Need More Baby is most requested and internationally in countries such as Belguim, Holland where The Rootstime radio show is Hosted by Freddy Celis with over 200,000 possible listeners, Freddy states in an email that on a scale of 1-5 the "Rock Your World" CD is clearly a 4/5. In Poland, Przemek Draheim who host the Radio program " The Voice of the Blues" and is a contributing writer for the charts of "Living Blues Magazine here in the USA wrote ;Washington-Brooks voice is deep and sexy and her singing is very emotional, I enjoy the "Rock your World" CD and so does my many listeners, I play most often the #2 tune-Kick the king of the throne,the #6 tune Meet me with your red drawers on and the #10 tune -I can't be your booty call. Brooks CDcan be purchased on line at cdbaby.com or 1-800- BUY MY CD. As of the 1st of May, you can also listen to short outtakes of each song on cdbaby.com.//washington-Brooks. As of June 05 Mary joined the many blues artist on the music giant Towerrecords.com. Mary can be reached at 954-463-2223 for booking information or interviews. You may also go to her web site at cdbaby.com//Washington-Brooks.
Do look forward to hearing her and seeing her incredible presence in many upcoming festivals in an around the state.
For the two past two decades Brooks made her presence known by playing in such settings as:
Renegade @the Hardrock casino complex in Hollywood fl.
O’Hara’s Pub
Cheers
Mario’s East
5 Time performer at the Riverwalk Sunday Brunch
The Fort Lauderdale Seafood Festival (4) times
Taste of Fort Lauderdale Festival
The 4th, 5th, and Riverwalk Blues Festival
The Delray beach Blues Festival
The Whitebread Festival
Coral Springs “ Our Town Festival”
The Delray Beach “Roots Festival”
4 times performer for Broward County Libary "Concert series at Noon"
The Downtowner Saloon and Blues Club
The Fort Lauderdale Art Show & Festival
The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Arts
The Fort Lauderdale Seafood Festival
Hosted The Fort Lauderdale After party for Coco Taylor Show
And many, many more venues, private functions, Talk TV and Radio shows, the list too great to mention.
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