Guitarist/singer-songwriter JP Hennessy immigrated to Seattle from Ireland in 2012, the former member of the successful rock band the VooDoos released his self-titled debut EP in December of 2014. The four-song set of power soul, and rockin’ blues was recorded […]
First you see his wide eyed pink and peach fuzzed young face and think “no way,’ he’s just kid,” then you hear his voice, a gravely baritone with a touch of southern drawl and then his guitar rips with a […]
Proof positive the world is getting smaller and the “do it yourself “ mantra of the music biz is growing, 54-year-old Spanish language instructor Arthur Fowler has lived in Tokyo the past five years and just released his debut album, What’s […]
Leave it to a Brit to have the perspective and ability to get to the heart of American blues and roots music. On one of his visits to the North Mississippi hill country picnic, self-proclaimed blues pirate Ian Siegal once […]
Anyone who has had the great fortune of seeing a show at the renowned Rosa’s Lounge in Logan Square, on Chicago’s Northwest side, knows it is a windowless hotbox of pure blues and soul. Hard-working quartet Howard & the White Boys […]
The San Francisco-based quartet Goodnight Texas have taken the idea of “retro music” a quantum leap further. Their sophomore album Uncle John Farquhar, released in August of 2014, is set up as a scrapbook of tales from the Civil War and […]
Upon first listen to Corey Harris’s music, you hear that his voice and guitar playing are not as flashy or as smooth as his contemporaries. But, as his music sinks in, you get a sense that this man has a […]
The video features live footage from the band’s adventures on the road, in the studio during the recording of “Debutantes & Dealers,” and playing a various venues around their hometown of Seattle.
Often and album is a musical snapshot, documenting an artist at specific place in time, or during a musical exploration. The new EP Blues Slide Road from The Rafael Tranquilino Band released in October of 2014 has that quick and […]
Seattle based Gravel Road learned many lessons in their five year apprenticeship with T Model Ford, chief among them being to play to one’s strength and seek out fine collaborators. The quartets album El Scuerpo, released November of 2014 once […]
