News

Apr 2023
RBC BLUESFEST 2023 Lebreton Flats Ottawa Jully 6-16

International Songwriting Contest Semifinalist 2022(Worried Blues), 2020 (Isolation Blues) , Blues Roots Radio International Song Of The Year Finalist 2020(Isolation Blues) , 2021 Band or Duo Category Nesrallah Artuso (Love My Girl), 2022 Male Solo Category (The Train Don't Stop Here No More) 

The Nesrallah Artuso Project will be headlining  RBC Bluesfest  Ottawa Lebretoin Flats  July 8th 2023  SiriusXM Stage 6:00pm 

Victor has returned from two months in Central America highlighted with shows in Costa Rica  and Nicaragua .

Work has resumed on the third album with collaborator Danny Artuso , scheduled for release early summer. 

 

Check out Victor's social media links on the home page for info on shows and pics !!

 

 

Dec 2022
Updates

Alberta Tour in October was success with shows in Edmonton at the Blue Chair   Red Deer @Velvet Olive  and Last Chance Saloon  Wayne Alberta.  Big shout out to Trish and TNT Productions for puttin g it all together. Looking forward to more shows in the spring of 2023.  

Victor is currently back in the studio with Dan Artuso working on their thrid album release.  Nesrallah Artuso was one of the featured bands that performed at The Big Blues Bash Oct 28 for the Ottawa Blues Society at the Overflow Brewing.

Folk Brothers on Dec4th performed a MPTF Live Stream from Gig Space studios in Ottawa . Special Thanks to Mike Mullin  and Local 180 AFof M Ottawa Gatineau Musicians Association.

 

Sep 2022
Hear Now

Rivers Roads Deserts Storms is now streaming worldwide on all major platforms. Have a listen and connect to all streaming and social media links via  Victor's hearnow,com link provided below 

May 2022
Rivers Roads Deserts Storms

   Victor's latest album is now available on bandcamp.  Rivers Roads Deserts Storms features nine new songs written during the pandemic and recorded at his home project studio freeflying sound. Check out the remastered version  of The Bloody Light  available as a single. The album's lyric content is  compelling and driven with a hard hitting and passionate take  on the challenges of our time  with full blown production and fingerstyle folk n  blues woven into the stories of the many roads and miles travelled in Victor's personal journey.  

 

Buy Download Stream   https://victornesrallah.bandcamp.com/album/rivers-roads-deserts-storms

May 2022
Nesrallah Artuso Project

Victor's  collaborative efforts with musical compatriot Danny Artuso is drawing praises  with the announcement of their selection to showcase Saturday June 18/2022 at the prestigious Blues Summit 10 in Toronto Canada  where members of the blues community from Canada , the U.S. and Europe gather to honour outstanding Canadian achievement in the Blues culminating with the 2022 Maple Blues Awards.   Having recently appeared in front of  a full house at the Atomic Rooster In Ottawa  May 8 showcasing their two abums WearIng The Blues and Blues Comes Easy and forthcoming Album reaese at Irenes in Ottawa the road ahead looks promising for the Nesrallah Artuso Project. 

 

Oct 2021
Blues Comes Easy available now on Bandcamp

Victor Nesrallah and Danny Artuso just released their latest collaborative effort Blues Comes Easy , the follow up to the widely acclaimed "Wearing The Blues" 

Fans and lovers of the timeless tradition of the  Blues "can check out their latest offering  available on bandcamp for purchase download or streaming

 Buy the album , download or stream tracks  at https://nesrallahartusoproject.bandcamp.com/album/blues-comes-easy.  

Stay tuned for more news.

 

 

Apr 2021
Ottawa Grass Roots Festival Virtual Concert Weekend via Zoom

Victor will be performing solo   at the Ottawa Grassroots Virtual Festival Stage A  @ Saturday April 24 430 pm  and Sunday Stage A 230pm Blues virtual song circle with Vince Halfhide and Ian Tamblyn  .   Tickets and info available at ottawagrassrootsfestival.com  

Mar 2021
International Songwriting Contest Semi Finalist 2020, 2022

Isolation Blues wriiten by Victor Nesrallah has recently been selected as a semi finalist in  the International Song Contest  Out of a total of 26,000 entries only 9% make it to the semi finals in a broad range of categories. The song Isolation Blues   was  judged on creativity, originality, melody.arrangement and  lyrical content. Production value and recording quality are not criteria in voting. Stay tuned for announcements .

Worried Blues  ISC semifinalist   2022