Laura Chavez is a California-born blues guitarist, songwriter and producer who has spent over two decades as one of the blues world's most in-demand session and touring players, largely through her long association with Ruf Records. In 2023 she became the first - and so far only - woman to win the Blues Music Award for Instrumentalist - Guitar, having been nominated in 2019 and 2021. Guitar Player Magazine listed her among its 50 Sensational Female Guitarists, and she has contributed to around 20 Ruf Records albums alongside artists including Candye Kane, Nikki Hill and Vanessa Collier. Her debut solo album My Voice, released in January 2026, is fully instrumental, drawing on Texas and Chicago blues, soul and Mexican folk traditions.
American Blues Scene published a major interview in August 2026 with Chavez about the transition from sideman to solo artist with the album My Voice.
Blues Caravan 2026 added autumn dates in Denmark, Norway, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden with Chavez, Matthew Curry and Elise Frank.
My Voice was released in the USA on March 26, 2026 on Ruf Records - a fully instrumental debut solo album with ten tracks.
Blues Caravan 2026 started in January with a European winter tour; Chavez performed among others in Dortmund, Karlsruhe and Bonn.
Chavez won the Blues Music Award as Instrumentalist - Guitar in 2023 and thus became the first and so far only woman to receive the award in that category.
Blues Caravan 2026 brings three international blues musicians to Brønshøj: award-winning American Laura Chavez, Matthew Curry and French artist Elise Lounici each perform their own set, culminating in a joint finale.
Three international blues musicians perform individual sets and a joint finale at this Blues Caravan 2026 evening in Copenhagen.
Blues Caravan returns with three international blues artists: Laura Chavez, Matthew Curry and Elise Frank. The concert at Rotationen in Holbæk can be combined with a 2-course menu at Hotel Sidesporet.
