Mike Zito, Damon Fowler, Gina Sicilia & The Homemade Jamz Blues Band garner media accolades!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Mike Zito was picked in USA Today by critic Jerry Shriver as a highlighted artist in a list that includes all genre’s of music http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2009-10-12-playlist-raveonettes_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Pearl River Mike Zito Fellow New Orleanian Cyril Neville adds depth to this harrowing blues burner album title track. ********************************************************************
About.com picked 3 Piedmont Talent artists among 6 blues artists to watch in 2010
Damon Fowler - guitarist, singer & songwriter Of guitarist Damon Fowler's Blind Pig Records debut, yours truly wrote in Blurt magazine, "Sugar Shack reminds a lot of the mid-‘70s halcyon days of Southern rock, when a bunch of long-haired country boys could mix British Invasion-inspired rock with Hank's hellbilly twang and Muscle Shoals soul and, if not dominate the charts and radio, at least give those Yanks and Brits a run for their money." Since that time, Fowler has received widespread critical acclaim for Sugar Shack and begun making the circuit of blues clubs and festivals in order to get his music out there. A skilled guitarist capable of calling down both thunder and lightning, expect to hear more from Fowler in the years to come.
Gina Sicilia - singer & songwriter- Her label biography says that Gina Sicilia began singing at the age of three years old, and that she hasn't stopped since. Although we can't verify that claim, we can say that Sicilia is one of the best female soul-blues vocalists on the blues scene today. Her two albums, including 2009's Hey Sugar, have earned her universal praise and more than a few accolades. What sets her above many of her contemporaries is a powerful voice steeped in the doo-wop and soul of her native Philadelphia, Sicilia sounding like a throwback to the great blues and R&B vocalists of the 1950s and '60s. Did I mention that she's also developing into a pretty darn good songwriter?
Homemade Jamz Blues Band With two critically-acclaimed albums under their young belts, these blues-rockin' siblings – the Perry brothers Ryan and Kyle, and little sister Taya – have already made quite a splash in the world of blues. They placed second out of over 100 participants in the 2007 International Blues Challenge, and their debut album Pay Me No Mind earned them a Blues Music Award nomination, the youngest band to ever receive the honor. As good as their albums have been, though, it's the Homemade Jamz Blues Band live show that has been winning over fans wherever the three talented young musicians perform…and with none of the three old enough to vote yet, they're only going to get even better from here!
http://blues.about.com/od/bestoftheblues/tp/YoungBlues.htm
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