When you really boil it down to the one thing that’s honestly missing from the mainstream music of today; it’s true and straight from the heart (and soul) musicianship. It’s something you can not fake, and it comes from a relentless dedication to your instrument and the music, and many hours, days, months, and years […]
The second release for Big Apple Blues, Manhattan Alley, builds on the musical foundation the band laid out on their first album, Energy. That 2015 album was a great collection of instrumentals that combined elements of blues, soul, funk, and rock into a sweet sound. Manhattan Alley continues and adds a side of jazz to the mix. The quintet […]
In 2015, the quintet that comprise Big Apple Blues set the blues world on its collective ear with their all-instrumental release, “Energy,” fusing blues, jazz, soul, and funk into an album that chronicled one single day in New York City. Well-received by fans and critics everywhere, they have just released its highly-anticipated follow-up, this one […]
Big Apple Blues’ 2015 album “Energy” was a “creative fusion of instrumental blues, soul, funk and rock”. This new album “Manhattan Alley” continues to celebrate the genre defying soul of the city that never sleeps. The five principal band members include Hammond B-3 player and keyboardist Jim Alfredson whose performance credits include Organissimo, Root Doctor, Greg Nagy, […]
In 2010 verschijnt het album Brooklyn Blues van de band Big Apple Blues, een blues collectieve uit New York. De band putte toen nog uit het immense repertoire dat op Chess records was uitgebracht, zonder de klassiekers van Dave Bartholomew, die ooit in dezelfde stad woonde uit het oog te verliezen. Twee jaar later verschijnt […]
Qu’est-ce que c’est ? Ça roule, ça groove, ça balance, c’est quasi intemporel, c’est diablement bon. C’est Big Apple Blues qui nous propose encore un album scotchant qui nous promène à New York pendant une journée et les morceaux proposés sont à l’image de cette ville cosmopolite. Ce disque ne comporte que des instrumentaux et dès […]
Their debut was a high speed, impressionistic take on a day in the life of New York. Here they take it to a macro level strolling down an alley where there’s always something going on. Still taking their blues fusion to the next level of the mature, urban game, this is one walk down Manhattan’s […]
My dealer of all things Blue and with lots of Rhythm in the USA got in touch last week telling me that he had the perfect soundtrack to my upcoming holiday in Noo Yawk. Intrigued I checked the post every day and today ‘it’ arrived……..MANHATTAN ALLEY by a New York quintet Big Apple Blues! The […]
Hier in België zijn deze ‘Big Apple Blues’ niet onbekend. We zagen ze de laatste jaren al op ‘Leuven Blues’ aan de zijde van Hugh Poole in 2016 en vorig jaar ondersteunden deze klasbakken ook nog Johnny Lang in ‘Het Depot’. Guitarblender zagen we vorig jaar zelfs op onze festivals aan de zijde van Janiva […]
Date: November 5 @ 8pm Location: Het Depot | Leuven, Belgium Tickets: https://apps.ticketmatic.com/widgets/hetdepot/addtickets?event=567040864713#/addtickets Big Apple Blues opening for: Jonny Lang Jonny Lang was already being called a blues-wonder child at fifteen; Rightly so. As Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Bang, he released his first album ‘Smokin’ in 1995 and received a Grammy two years […]