An Evening of Blues with Popa Chubby, Nikki Hill and Indigenous

Popa Chubby, born Ted Horowitz has been hard rocking the blues in his fierce and soulful way for more than 30 years. Over the course of a career that dates back to 1994, he has been a force of to be reckoned with on the guitar, and his tempestuous, soulful playing has never been more powerful. An imposing figure with a shaven head, tattooed arms, a goatee and a performance style he describes as “the Stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motörhead meets Muddy Waters, and Jimi Hendrix meets Robert Johnson,” Popa Chubby is an endearing character who is one of the genre’s most popular figures.

Durham, N.C.’s Nikki Hill is sweet seduction, sweeter threat and smoldering energy. An original force in American music, she is tender and tough, flamboyant, witty and dangerous. Overlapping soulful, sensual and bold vocal tones with powerful chrome-plated riffs and swagger, her voice finds a home in it – a soul singing, bar rocking, roots revivalist, that writes with frank self-reflection at a dancing tempo. Rolling Stone said of Hill, “Think Tina Turner fronting AC/DC and
you’ll have half of the picture. She’s a machine...you’ve got no excuse if you miss seeing her...Nikki Hill is a revelation, her band masters of rocket-fueled bluesy swing, her voice the beacon which calls you home... a vocal powerhouse who don’t mess around.”

Born and raised in the Yankton Sioux Reservation in S.D., Indigenous is led by front man Mato Nanji (Ma-TOE NON-gee). In 1998, they released their award winning debut album “Things We Do” and caught the attention of blues icon B.B. King and the young band was invited to play on his annual B.B. King’s Blues Tour in 1999. Indigenous’ sound is influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughn,  Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana.Top of Form