BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CanadianLocals.ca//Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calgary-blue-room-iii-winter-blues-with-debra-power@canadianlocals.ca DTSTAMP:20261102T164938Z DTSTART:20270124T013000Z DTEND:20270124T040000Z SUMMARY:Blue Room III: Winter Blues with Debra Power LOCATION:The Polaris Theatre\, Bay #7 - 261051 Wagon Wheel View\, Calgary DESCRIPTION:Blue Room Collective — Winter Blues Saturday\, January 23 The coldest part of the season heats up with Winter Blues — an evening of p owerhouse blues\, soulful grooves\, and electrifying live performance feat uring some of Calgary’s finest musicians. Headlined by The Debra Power B and featuring Raymond Lemelin\, Kelly Kruse\, and Chris Brzezicki\, with s pecial guests Cedric Blary and Greg Jr. Demchuk\, this concert brings toge ther a lineup of acclaimed performers for a night steeped in deep blues tr aditions and modern energy alike. From smoky slow burns to driving blues-r ock anthems\, Winter Blues delivers passionate vocals\, masterful guitar w ork\, and the kind of live musicianship that can only happen when exceptio nal artists share the stage together. A perfect midwinter escape — warm lights\, great music\, and the blues at full volume. DEBRA POWER BIO Piani st\, singer and songwriter Debra Power is known for her powerhouse vocals and boogie woogie keyboard skills\, having built a long list of performanc e/recording credits across Canada and in the U.S.Debra was weaned on Big B and music growing up\, her father a bandleader during the dance era. Encou raged by her parents\, Debra studied piano in her youth. In high school sh e formed her first band\, an all-girls group that played local concerts an d venues. She then headed off to study music at Memorial University of New foundland\, where she majored in voice. This period also saw her launch he r professional career\, where she began carving her broad skill set and ga ining experience in R&B and Rock & Roll bands\, touring Eastern Canada.Mov ing to Alberta in the late 80's\, Debra further expanded her repertoire pl aying in country bands and performing at feature venues such as the Calgar y Stampede. She briefly returned to the Windsor/Detroit area\, performing piano bars and festivals before returning to Calgary to settle down\, marr y and raise her daughter.Debra's studio work has included a solo work of o riginal songs\, gaining radio airplay on Holger Peterson's 'Natural Blues' program\, and on numerous radio stations in Detroit. Her playing can also be heard on several commercial advertisements.The Calgary blues scene emb raced Debra's great talent as a solo performer and in ensembles\, recordin g/performing in a variety of settings with Canadian greats including Tim W illiams\, Bill Johnson\, Back Alley John and Johnny V\, to name a few. She 's become a fixture on the Calgary club scene\, and has been a featured pe rformer at the Calgary International Blues Festival as well as Calgary Mid winter Bluesfest\, where among her many performances\, she backed the grea t Eddie Shaw.Debra has been a featured performer at the Calgary and Edmont on International Blues Festivals. Representing Southern Alberta in the Sol o/Duo Category of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis\, Tennessee \, Debra reached the semi-finals in the years 2016 and 2018. She captured the CBMA Award for Keyboard Player of the Year (2014) and the award for Bl ues Album of the Year at the inaugural YYC Music Awards (2016). She receiv ed nominations for Blues Artist of the Year at the WCMA's (2016) and for B est New Artist at the Maple Blues Awards (2017). Debra was asked to showca se at the Toronto Blues Summit 2017\, and that year also saw her open for Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musslewhite at Calgary's prestigious Jack Singer Concert Hall. In 2020\, Debra was awarded the YYCMA Blues Recording of the Year for her " That's How I Roll" release. In 2017\, Debra's original son g\, Streets of Heaven was a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition blues category\, and in 2018 she was a finalist with her orig inal song Temptation. In 2020\, Debra's song If We Haven't Got Love was a semi-finalist iin the the global competition.Debra's debut release\, Even Redheads Get The Blues (2016)\, has garnered rave reviews and wide airplay across North America and in Europe. May\, 2019\, saw the release of Debra 's latest CD\, That's How I Roll\, another great album of originals featur ing some of the nation's finest musicians. That's How I Roll continues to receive extensive airplay and brilliant reviews\, coming in at 120 out of 200 on the 2020 Roots Music Report's Contemporary Blues charts.February 20 22 saw the release of Debra's I'm Not From Chicago\, and has gained worldw ide airplay almost overnight! The all original album features some of her strongest writing to date\, including the hit single\, What Colour Is Love \, her song becoming a theme during Black History Month for its powerful m essage\, delivered by two of the finest voices in blues today\, Debra Powe r and Keeshea Pratt.​ In January 2023\, during the week of the Internati onal Blues Challenge\, Debra performed a showcase for the Galaxie Agency a t BB Kings on Beale St in Memphis\, That week also saw her album I'm not F rom Chicago place in the final top 5 for Best Self Produced CD. ​ Debra was nominated twice for Maple Blues Award. Keyboard Player of the Year\, i n 2023 and in 2024. In 2025\, she began work on her 4th album called Unapo logetically Me\, which was released in January 2026. URL:https://canadianlocals.ca/calgary/events/blue-room-iii-winter-blues-wit h-debra-power END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR