Crossroads: A Journey with the Blues: Blues with Storytelling with Tina Haase-Findlay and Rob Lumbard

Join us at Forest Avenue Library for Blues with Storytelling with Tina Haase-Findlay and Rob Lumbard. Tina’s powerful vocals and Rob’s guitar will bring Blues storytelling to life. Seating is limited, so arrive early to enjoy this unforgettable performance!

Vocalist extraordinaire, Tina Haase Findlay, is a 30-year veteran of the
Iowa and regional music scene.  From trailer courts to The Governor’s
Mansion, from garage bands to symphonies, Tina has shared stages/opened
for, among others: Robert Cray, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Johnny Rivers,
Trampled Underfoot, and Bruce Katz. She gave a show stopping performance
singing with Joanna Connor’s band at the 2017 Bowlful of Blues fest.
Tina is in The Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame, is a three-time Iowa Blues
Challenge finalist, and in 2015, Tina and her husband, Brandon, won the
Iowa solo/duo challenge.

Guitarist, Rob Lumbard, received his musical education in his hometown
of Des Moines, Iowa sitting in with the likes of Luther Allison, Sonny
Terry and Brownie McGhee, who played in the barrooms along Forest
Avenue.  Rob has played on the same bill as The Band, Dr. John, Taj
Mahal, Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Leon Redbone and dozens of others.
Lumbard’s release, Blues In A Bottle, won the International Blues
Foundation’s 2016 Best self-produced CD award. He’s in The Iowa Blues
Hall of Fame, the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and is an honorary
member of the Central Iowa Blues Society. Rob has participated in the
Blues In The Schools program assisting Fruteland Jackson, and Chicago
blues veteran Billy Branch.