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This is the third live release from The Weight Band, and for my money the absolute greatest. Stripped to its bare bones, roots music gets a proper hat tip (and wine toast) from a group that knows it best.

“Curtis Mayfield was the guy that I always idolized. I always gravitated toward Black music when I was a kid. My roots were always in Black music.” – James Holvay

“Like you, I have been pushed to the limits of my humanity by the pandemic. But music, sweet music has set me straight once again and I offer this work with humility and devotion to you all.” – Popa Chubby

McQuaid explores a whole new world outside her traditionally acoustic domain to superb effect

The lion’s share of the album was written by candlelight and then, with the encouragement of 4X GRAMMY-winning producer Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White) recorded using the best technology available . . . in the 1950s.

With a mighty voice and inventive storytelling, Sunday Wilde offers the best of both blues worlds.

“The way I play tends to be not with notes or phrases but with expression—little bursts of expression.” – Corky Siegel

“I want people to relate to the songs. You can dance to it but the words have to carry the weight. I know if a song hits me, it’ll hit others just as hard.” – Curtis Salgado

The song is the perfect platform for these impassioned, high-energy performers because it transports the audience right into the eye of a storm

Taylor is at heart an aesthete and a writer of lyrical poetry, as well as an activist and angry polemicist where circumstances demand responses