Special guest, Paul Reddick, is also a veteran PwF performer and acclaimed Canadian music mainstay. The esteemed blues singer, songwriter, and harmonica player was awarded the 2017 Blues Album of the Year after four previous nominations in the category.  Renowned for his intense and hypnotic performances, Paul Reddick has developed a loyal following among both his fans and musical peers and continues to be one of the most compelling performers on the Canadian music scene.  Dubbed the ‘Poet Laureate of the Blues,’ Paul created the annual Cobalt Prize for Contemporary Blues Composition in 2014, which encourages the growth and vitality of the genre. His latest album, Alive in Italia serves as a reflective retrospective of his long, storied, boundary-breaking songwriting career, which spans 10 previous albums — including the 2016 Juno Award-winning Best Blues Album Ride The One.