Opening. KAUNAS BLUES Festival

A festival that everyone will love!

October 8-10, the fourth international city blues festival "Kaunas Blues": concerts by world-renowned artists at the Kaunas Sports Hall and Volfas Engelman Gallery, late-night jam sessions, and a free daytime program.

The festival brings together people from all walks of life – whoever you are, you will feel right at home. Blues connects!

FESTIVAL OPENING

The "Kaunas Blues" festival will kick off in style at the Volfas Engelman Gallery with "IVTKYGYG" and "Brushy One String" – the evening promises energy, surprises, and a great mood. After the concerts, there will be an open jam session.

Brushy One String (Jamaica)

Video: https://youtu.be/E8H-67ILaqc?si=qgg9j0KRUJIwEGVf

Jamaican artist Brushy One String became a YouTube sensation over a decade ago, and it is guaranteed that he will be a huge discovery and surprise for the listeners of the "Kaunas Blues 2026" festival. The artist, who plays a one-string guitar and sings beautifully, with his biggest hit "Chicken In The Corn" exceeding 70 million views, has also performed on "NPR Music Tiny Desk". Brushy will bring completely new colors to the festival while fitting perfectly into the broad context of "Kaunas Blues".

Born as Andrew Anthony Chin, the charismatic Jamaican has been through a lot in his life: his musician father died early, he experienced much hardship, but music has accompanied him his whole life: his mother sang almost all the time, and Andrew himself played on the streets from a young age. He played the guitar, but as he himself recounted, he did it so hard that the strings would constantly break. And then, in a dream, he heard a clear voice telling him not to struggle with six strings, but to play with only one. That is how he became Brushy One String – an original artist known for playing a one-string guitar.

Success did not come immediately – the turning point in his musical life was a (non)accidental encounter with documentary filmmaker Luciano Blotta, who was making a film about alternative Jamaican music. The director was captivated by Brushy One String and used his track "Chicken In The Corn" in his film. After the film's release, it was obvious to Blotta that the word about Brushy One String had to spread even further, and he began collaborating and promoting the artist's music.

Listeners heard his unique work, in which several elements combine very organically: blues, soul, and reggae (after all, soul and R&B are the roots of reggae). And this wild and bright aura is provided by Brushy One String's own voice and energy, as well as a guitar that does not sound like a guitar at all: just one string, yet it contains percussion, melody, and immense power.