BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:OLS &\; North Atlantic Blues Festival Present: Jontaviou s Willis X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:OLS &\; North Atlantic Blues Festival Present: Jontavious Wil lis DESCRIPTION:ADVANCE PURCHASE: $20\nAT THE DOOR: $25\nAll tickets will in cur an additional $4.50 surcharge.\n7pm doors - 8pm show\nALL AGES\n\n†śThat’s my Wonderboy\, the Wunderkind. Jontavious is a great new voice of the 21st century in the acoustic blues.” – Taj Mahal\n\nEvery ge neration or so\, a young bluesman bursts onto the scene and sends a jolt through the blues community. Jontavious Willis may just have that effec t on people. The 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist was nominated for a G RAMMY in 2020 thanks to his latest album\, Spectacular Class. Through or iginal lyrics written by Willis himself\, the gifted musician delivers a timeless album that features dynamic vocals and all types of blues: Del ta\, Piedmont\, Texas\, and Gospel. His stand-out fingerpicking\, flat-p icking\, and slide prowess are also on display.\n\nGRAMMY award-winning artists Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ played an active role in producing Sp ectacular Class with Taj Mahal credited as Executive Producer and Keb’ Mo’ as the Producer. In addition to its digital release\, the album w ill also be available on CD and vinyl.\n\nHailing from Greenville\, Geor gia\, Willis grew up singing Gospel music at the Mount Pilgrim Baptist C hurch with his grandfather. Since an early age\, he had the talent and p assion for the music and the ability to sharpen his skills fast. At the age of 14\, he came across a YouTube video of Muddy Waters playing “Ho ochie Coochie Man” and was instantly hooked on the blues.\n\nHe got hi s much-needed break from the living legend Taj Mahal\, who described him as the “Wonderboy” and “the Wunderkind.” In 2015\, Mahal asked Willis to play on stage with him. That appearance resulted in a roaring response from the audience and led Willis to bigger stages and broader o pportunities\, including an opening slot at select shows along the TajMo tour\, featuring his musical mentors Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’.\n\nMan y fans of Willis regard him as an old soul. His style of playing the ins truments and his voice touches the very roots of country blues. He bring s back the true soul of the music. A newspaper headline once called him a “70-year-old bluesman in a 20-year-old body.”\n\nSpectacular Class is the follow-up release to his debut album\, Blue Metamorphosis\, whic h was released in 2016 and garnered him rave reviews from such notable m agazines as Living Blues and Blues &\; Rhythm. In 2018\, the album ea rned recognition by the Blues Foundation through their International Blu es Challenge\, where he was honored with the Best Self-Produced CD Award . URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/ols-north-atlantic-blues- festival-present-jontavious-willis/ UID:urn:uuid:1a3c68df-5cbe-4bf9-a7c1-3f1043259025 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260627T102836Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230408T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230408T220000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR