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NIC CLARK
"EVERYBODY'S BUDDY"
RELEASE DATE : JUNE 16, 2023
(USA)
D.K. HARRELL
"THE RIGHT MAN"
RELEASE DATE : JUNE 30, 2023
(USA)
LITTLE VILLAGE FOUNDATION
Musicians:
Nic Clark - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Charlie Hunter - guitar, bass
George Sluppik - drums
Musicians:
D.K. Harrell - guitar, vocals
Jerry Jemmott - bass
Tony Coleman - drums
Jim Pugh - keyboards
Kid Andersen - rhythm guitar
Aaron Lington - sax
Stephen “Doc” Kupka - sax
Mike Peloquin - sax
Neil Levonius - trumpet
John Halbleib - trumpet
Mike Rinta - trombone
Jon Otis - congas
Don Dally - strings
Tia Carroll, Lisa Andersen, Quique Gomez. Alabama Mike - backing vocals
Tracklist:
01 Laughing At The Rain 03:37
02 I'll Be Alright 03:34
03 Try To Understand 03:50
04 Good Advice 03:57
05 Hurricanes 04:05
06 She's A Fighter 02:50
07 Don't Count On Yourself Out 03:48
08 Anxiety Blues 03:39
09 How I Met The Blues 06:01
10 Flying Blind 03:14
11 Everybody's Buddy 03:50
12 Breathe Slow 03:33
Tracklist:
01 The Right Man 03:19
02 You’re A Queen 03:59
03 Get These Blues Out Of Me 03:39
04 You’d Be Amazed 06:07
05 While I’m Young 03:59
06 Not Here For A Long Time Pt. 1 03:58
07 Hello Trouble 04:16
08 Not Here For A Long Time Pt. 2 04:45
09 Honey Ain’t So Sweet 05:29
10 Leave It At The Door 03:43
11 One For The Road 04:52
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Passion for music, passion for the blues, is what defines harmonica player, guitarist, singer, and songwriter Nic Clark. Linked to the Little Village Foundation since he met Kid Andersen while on the road with Rick Estrin's Night Cats, he also came into contact with Jim Pugh and began to appear in recording studios ,until in 2021 he was ready to record his first album "Love Your Life / Songs for the Whole Family", an elegy to his mystical and particular relationship with the family. His fast maturation process has once again led Andersen to produce this second album "Everybody's Buddy", with a result that is as encouraging as it is charming. This is an album in which each passage is modulated by the precision of a calm musician who takes the necessary time to play and sing, without haste, inviting the listener to go through each phrase with him and reach the end at the same time. Time will tell, but listening to Nic Clark in this position is a luxury within the reach of a few.
At 25, D.K. Harrell not only occupies a prominent place among the new generation of emerging blues musicians but his album "The Right Man" is undoubtedly the best among those who have debuted with a first album in 2023. Originally from Ruston, Louisiana, Harrell has recorded a collection of unsurpassed good songs, the musicians who have backed him in the studio give the indisputable credit so that the result is inevitably irresistible. Jerry Jemmot, Tony Coleman, Jim Pugh, Kid Andersen (who also produces the album) set the tone for a section of seven horn pieces to take the groove to the heights. It's not easy to come across musicians like D.K., totally exuberant with the guitar and his classic singing style, blues with all the strength you can imagine, rootsy blues funk limitlessly convincing. B.B. smiles widely when he listens to him.
"LOVE YOUR LIFE"
"THE BLUES IS LIFE"
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