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One of Canada’s finest blues artists, Steve Kozak has been turning heads of blues fans in Canada for over thirty years since he first broke onto the Vancouver scene in the mid-eighties.When it comes to tasty West coast Blues guitar, Kozak’s name ranks among the top of the list in this nation -- just ask greats like Duke Robillard and James Harman who have shared the stage with this gifted bandleader, instrumentalist, writer and singer.Gaining national recognition in 2012, Steve Kozak was nominated by industry professionals from across Canada and won a prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year.Stevewas also awardedTheAmbassador of the Blues Award for 2012by theBlues Underground Network.Featured in the January 2018 special 100th issue of the UK publication Blues Matters magazine, Steve Kozak, ‘The making of a Canadian Icon’, word is getting out around the world about this western Canadian Blues artist.The Steve Kozak Band was nominated for a 2017 and a 2018 Western Canadian Music Award for Blues Artists of the year and for a 2017 Fraser Valley Music Award for Blues Artists of the Year.Steve was an instructor at the 2018 Hornby Island Blues Workshops in May on beautiful Hornby Island BC along with a dozen or so of Canada's finest Blues musicians who shared their knowledge and inspiration with the 70 students who attended the workshops.Steve was also an instructor at the 2019 Okanangan Blues Workshops in Penticton BC and returned for The Dream Blues Camp in October of 2022 and 2023.Steve Kozak’s latest and fourth album ‘It’s Time’- The Steve Kozak Band, released in 2017 continues to hold its place into 2019 on the Roots Music Report Top 50 album and Soul Blues radio charts and is being featured on radio playlists across Canada, Europe and the USA.Kozak’s original song ‘Goin’ Fishin’ from ‘It’s Time‘ was the featured theme song on the popular syndicated television show Gary Cooper’s Nice Fish for the 2018 television season.Steve’s previously released self-promoted album Lookin’ at Lucky featuring Blues legend, James Harman, was very well received. Twice reaching #1 spots on Blues and Roots radio station top 20 charts in Canada, and hitting #10 in the top 50 Blues albums, getting radio play in the USA the year it was released.
