Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers – 11/12

On stage and in private life, these two internationally acclaimed artists share incredible chemistry.

Their first introduction, lasting only a few seconds, took place in the crowded lobby of the historic Orpheum Theatre during the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. A year later, a recording session during the 2019 IBC brought their professional acquaintance into a love affair, culminating in marriage in August 2019. Since then, renowned Canadian blues-rocker Paul DesLauriers and acclaimed American soul-blues singer Annika Chambers have unified their artistic destiny, much to the joy of everyone who’s had the pleasure of hearing and seeing them together.

Houston, Texas native Annika Chambers began singing as a child in the Southern Baptist church. Though Gospel music is her mother tongue, it is in the Blues that she found her true voice. She is the 2022 Blues Music Award winner for Soul-Blues Female Artist of the Year. After winning her first Blues Music Award for Soul-Blues Female Artist of the Year in 2019, she released her third album, “Kiss My Sass,” on the VizzTone Label Group. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard Blues Chart and won the 2020 Living Blues Award for Best Southern Soul album. Annika performs regularly at top Blues festivals across North and South America and Europe.

Deeply rooted in the blues-rock idiom, guitarist-singer Paul DesLauriers has won Maple Blues Awards for Entertainer of the Year (2016, 2017), Electric Act of the Year (2016), Guitarist of the Year (2013, 2019), and Acoustic Act of the Year (2013). In 2016, he took second place at the 32nd International Blues Challenge, held by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.

His most recent recording, “Bounce” (Bros/Vizztone), debuted at #1 on Canada’s Roots Music Report and held the top spot for several weeks. In November 2019, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of John Lord of Deep Purple’s “Concerto for Group & Orchestra,” the Paul DesLauriers Band was invited to perform the piece at Palais Montcalm in Quebec City with Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and L’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, conducted by Paul Mann. Paul DesLauriers regularly tours and performs at top Blues festivals in North America and Europe, including the Montreal International Blues Festival, Ottawa Blues Fest, Edmonton Blues Fest, Calgary Blues Fest, Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas, White Mountain Boogie n’Blues in New Hampshire, Heritage Music Blues Fest in Wheeling, West Virginia, Passion Blues Cognac and Cahors Blues Festivals in France, Sierre Blues Festival in Switzerland, and Grölsch Blues Festival in Shöppingen, Germany.

Doors: 5:30 PM
Showtime: 7 PM

Ticket information:
- The 443 is an intimate listening room with table service and seats 75 people.
- Green squares and circles on the floor plan are bar-height tables; orange squares are regular-height tables.
- Most seats are sold as “Tables for Two,” meaning one ticket admits two people.
- A limited number of single seats are available. Single attendees may share a table with other single attendees.
- Multiple tickets purchased under the same name will automatically be seated together, up to six people.
- Requesting a specific table is a perk reserved for VIP Patron members. Membership information is available through the venue.
- For special seating arrangements—including space for a walker, cane, service animal, wheelchair, or low table, or seating with another party—email the venue after placing your order.
- All tickets are will call. No need to print anything; give your name at the door.