Michael van Merwyk’s Blues & Soul Jamboree

Michael van Merwyk is a German blues singer and slide/lap-steel guitarist who has toured internationally since the 1980s, including with his projects "Bluesoul" and "The Snooks". He has won multiple German Blues Awards (including "Best Singer" and "Best Guitarist") and placed second at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis with a band. He was shaped as a young guitarist at the Roadhouse club in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, where he played alongside blues greats such as Jimmy Rogers, Joe Louis Walker and Jimmy Johnson. "Blues & Soul Jamboree" is a tribute line-up he curates together with fellow musicians from the blues scene.