Josh Alan - Josh Alan Band with Robby Garner & Derek Rougeot - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

- Josh Smith has never been more musically complex and yet so recognizably typical Josh Smith, as on his new album 'Burn To Grow'. - Superb blues-based and soulful album by one of the most talented guitar slingers from the Westcoast. - Often touring with his good friend, Joe Bonamassa, Josh has grown into a serious singer, songwriter, and producer and remains a much-in-demand session player. What was already indicated on the last two albums ('Over Your Head' and 'Don't Give Up On Me' - CrossCut Records), the guitarist consistently continues on the new album. Josh Smith relies on musical versatility, but always keeps the blues in the focus of his music. Just what makes colleagues like Derek Trucks or Warren Haynes so strong also enriches the sound of the L.A.-based guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Sophisticated horn arrangements characterize some of the soul and jazz-inspired songs on the new album, thereby also underscoring the quality as a vocalist that has grown over the years. There certainly are some strongly skilled guitarists around, but few guitar aces who can hold a candle to the Florida-born Smith on the strings and convince with their vocals to boot. As a guitarist, Smith has reached a stage where he no longer has to play himself into the foreground. Smith knows how to set accents and build up tension without overrunning the listener. What We Need is such an example - a classically perfect slow blues. Yet this gem is the most conventional number on the album. The opener Half Blues, with it's driving horns and an almost marching beat, Smith garnishes with almost insidiously inventive licks, to then put the listener with Through The Night, a fluffy, but by no means trivial, yacht pop earworm in the ear canals. Boz Scaggs or Steely Dan would have their joy. Watching You Go, a breakup number with fitting, because surprising breaks, angry riffs, loud h

Turn up the speakers. Press play. Close your eyes. For Josh Levi, the ritual unlocks an escape hatch. Once the music starts, pure feeling bleeds through his dynamic vocals as soulful spirit, R&B production, and alternative undercurrents coming in one wave. Named by PEOPLE as one of 2021's Inch25 Emerging Musical Artists You Should Add to Your PlaylistInch and one of EBONY's Inch9 Artists Need Your Attention All 2024,Inch Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and actor Josh Levi immediately captivates with each inhale of experience and exhale of emotion. In 2020, Levi made a statement with the of EP, DISC ONE. V Magazine crowned him Inchyour classic triple threat,Inch and Earmilk hailed the EP as Inchan all-encompassing showcase of how much of an anomaly he is.Inch Levi quickly caught the attention of Raedio, Issa Rae's tag imprint, and Atlantic Records, scoring a deal in 2021 and a soundtrack feature with 2021 single, InchWhat's The Use,Inch on her critically acclaimed HBO Series, Insecure Season 5. After being featured in Disney/Pixar's blockbuster, Turning Red, as the voice of Aaron Z. in fictitious boy band 4*Town, and being included in a nomination for the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards in the Best Musical Moment category for the film's lead single, InchNobody Like U,Inch Josh released his highly anticipated second EP, DISC TWO, featuring singles InchDON't THEY (REMIX)Inch ft. Normani, InchVICES,Inch and InchNASAInch on June 9th. The smashing success of DISC TWO inspired the emerging sensation to share with fans, DISC TWO (SCRATCHED UP) in 2023, adding brand new tracks InchBirthday Dance,Inch InchSEE LOW,Inch a sped-up reworking of DISC TWO's hit single, InchALL OVER AGAIN,Inch and the braggadocious InchEGO.Inch Known for his astounding live performances, Levi has been featured on The Recording Academy's InchReimaginedInch series, where he performed a sublime rendi

These mid-'40s Folkways sessions capture the all-time great blues guitarist/folk singer at his prime. He ruminates about civil rights, World War II and labor struggles as he sings the House I Live In; in My Time of Dying; Motherless Children; Beloved Comrade; One Meat Ball; Free and Equal Blues, and more.