CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS!!
DIANA BRAITHWAITE & CHRIS WHITELEY
“Masters of Old School Blues!”
BLUES REVUE MAGAZINE, USA
TRACKS:
TROUBLE
HOODOO
FRISCO
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley ….“Best in vintage blues, the real deal…”DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
Live Concert Review from Beaches Jazz Festival in Toronto:
“Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley hit the stage in the afternoon, to cheers from their many avid fans in the audience. They delivered song after song to thunderous applause, well deserved to say the least. The blues couple have recorded 8 previous albums together and have toured all over North America, UK and Europe winning numerous awards for their songwriting and albums together.” JOE CURTIS – JAZZ REVIEW.COM BEACHES JAZZ FESTIVAL.
DIANA AND CHRIS ON CBC
INTERVIEW RECORDED IN CALGARY – CHRIS AND DIANA WERE ONE OF THE HEADLINING BANDS AT THE CALGARY BLUES FESTIVAL 2024
CHECK OUT INTERVIEW WITH HOST OF SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES -HOLGER PETERSON!
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-154-saturday-night-blues/clip/16099307-hour-1-music-conversation-diana-braithwaite-chris-whiteley
In November 2024, Diana Braithwaite brought down the house with her performance at Massey Hall in Toronto where she headlined at the Women’s Blues Revue.
Before the show – Check out Diana’s interview on the Here and Now show on CBC Radio in Toronto with President of the Toronto Blues Society – Quisha Wint: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-82-here-and-now-toronto/clip/16112482-the-37th-womens-blues-revue-celebrates-blues
Photo: Diana Braithwaite on stage at Massey Hall with the Women’s Blues Revue =2024
CHRIS WHITELEY & DIANA BRAITHWAITE ARE ALSO AN AWARD WINNING SONGWRITING TEAM AND INCORPORATE THEIR OWN ORIGINAL SONGS ALONG WITH BLUES STANDARDS INTO SHOWS AND CONCERTS! Additional to touring and performing, Diana and Chris are also an award-winning songwriting team, signed with international music publishing companies to create and produce original songs for inclusion in movies, TV and film. Their latest project – Roadhouse Blues was released internationally.
Road House Blues Series:
TIME IS KING
CHAMPION STREET
What you will experience at a Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley show!!
Diana & Chris’s crowd-pleasing shows range from their electric band and festival shows with up-tempo “rockin’ with the blues” Chicago and Delta slide favourites, to acoustic blues duo concerts featuring entertaining, authentic country blues, originals, delta and treasured folk blues songs. Whether electric or acoustic, with Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley audiences will always enjoy well known and loved blues classics!
Photo Credit: Denise Grant
“Between the two of us, we have a whole lot of years in the business of entertaining. Laughter, fun and straight from the heart good soul stirring music is what we aim to bring to our audiences around the world.” Diana & Chris Photo Credit: Jordan Newell
Diana Braithwaite is a multi- award winning internationally renowned blues vocalist and writer who most recently won the Life Time Achievement Blues With A Feeling Award at Canada’s National Maple Blues Awards.
Keeping the blues alive, singing from the heart, Braithwaite, who was born in Toronto is known for her authentic blues style that captures the essence of an age old tradition of blues singing, while bringing the music into today’s world.
Through a repertoire of blues songs that feature and highlight the different sounds, melodies, stories and rhythms of the music, Braithwaite shares with audiences, the beauty and captivating sound of the blues.
Diana Braithwaite incorporates blues tradition, old songs and stories that honor the sound of yesteryear, in particular, blues popular in the 50’s and 60’s, while lending her own unique style to the genre, adding a contemporary musical sound, to the blues journey of today.
Chris Whiteley was born in Kansas and came to Canada as a youth where he came to be one of the top musicians in the country. A multi-instrumentalist and nine time Maple Blues Award Winner for Best Horn Player of the Year, Whiteley is also a recipient of Jazz Report Magazine’s Album of the Year Award.
Apart from establishing his own successful career as a band leader /player within the jazz and blues scene in Canada and the United States, Whiteley is known as a legendary stalwart multi-instrumentalist within the Canadian music scene, who as a young musician starting out, would often be first call as a guitarist to back up touring blues artists such as – Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Blind John Davis, Chuck Berry just to name a few.
Whiteley is also a member of the renowned musical Whiteley family – father to Juno award winning vocalist – Jenny Whiteley, mandolin virtuoso Dan Whiteley, and one of the top blues and jazz piano players in Toronto – Jesse Whiteley. Chris is also brother to the dynamic musician and multi-instrumentalist, Ken Whiteley.
Canadian Eh! Proud to call Toronto, Canada their home this exciting award winning blues husband and wife team brings the vintage, classic sound of yesteryear to their live shows and recordings. Presenting concerts from the Georgia Sea Islands to Ireland, from Festivals in New York City and Virginia to concert halls in North America, and blues and jazz clubs in Moscow and London, England. Photo Credit – Janene Johnson
diana braithwaite was the keynote speaker at the 2022 blues summit in toronto!
As of 2025, the duo recorded 11 albums with Electro-Fi Records, G-Three, and Big City Blues label.
Photo credit: Jordan Newell
As the esteemed jazz bible DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE said about Braithwaite and Whiteley “it’s a rare and good thing when two talented performers join forces.”
Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley have performed to tens of thousands over their vast careers and audiences, critics and jazz and blues lovers all over North America and Europe seem to agree.
“Talented couple highlights the TD Jazz Festival!” Errol Nazareth-The Toronto Sun Photo Credit: Jon Blacker
Diana Braithwaite is a national treasure” RADIO HOST – Danny Marks JAZZ FM 91.1″
“Two talented performers join forces” Frank John Hadley – Downbeat Magazine
“Her partner in crime, or criminally gorgeous music-making, Chris Whiteley is himself a nine-time winner of the Maple Blues Horn Player of the Year.” – Downbeat Magazine
Catch one of their shows!! Rockin’ With The Blues! Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley
