MONKEYJUNK TO RELEASE TO BEHOLD CD @ BARRYMORE'S - JUNE 22/11
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OTTAWA'S AWARD-WINNING GROUP MONKEYJUNK
HITS BARRYMORE'S TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH
OF "TO BEHOLD", ITS BRAND NEW STONY PLAIN CD
Who: Ottawa band MONKEYJUNK with special guests Kelly Prescott and Anders Drerup
What: Powerhouse blues-based music with tough rock edge and radio-friendly songs
Why: A night on the town to launch the band's new Stony Plain CD, To Behold
When: Wednesday June 22, 8 p.m. show (doors at 7 p.m.)
Where: Barrymore's, 323 Bank St. 613 565-9999
How much: Advance tickets $20.00 ($25.00 at door if available) at Compact Music or on-line at
www.worldfamousmusic.com
Ottawa's award-winning blues-based band MonkeyJunk will launch its Stony Plain debut To Behold at Barrymore's next Wednesday, June 22. The new CD, distributed in Canada through Warner Music, is already garnering early rave reviews from the blogosphere in the U.S.
Influential website Blues Report cited Hank Williams and ZZ Top, describing To Behold as "an album destined to place this trio of Canadian talent at the forefront of many more awards and accolades", while BlogCritics.Org said, "This is a band with enormous talent, dazzling versatility, and unlimited potential." About.com said that "MonkeyJunk is beginning to make a big splash in the U.S., and Europe can't be far behind." Midwest Record told its clients: "This is roots blues rock with an ear toward an industrial future, Canada-style."
The trio — which notably does not include a bass player — consists of Steve Marriner (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Tony D (guitar), and Matt Sobb (drums), who jokingly point out that between them they have 60 years of playing experience.
Launching the new CD in hometown Ottawa — a day after its official release is something the band's been looking forward to. Opening the show will be singer Kelly Prescott (who appears on MonkeyJunk's record) and guitarist Anders Drerup.
Last year the band was nominated for six Maple Blues Awards — and won five — and went on to win a Blues Foundation award in Memphis for Best New Artist Debut for their previous CD; the band also placed third — out of some 150 entries — at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
The band's exhaustive summer schedule includes performances at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, the Ottawa Bluesfest, the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival in B.C., and blues festivals at Kingston and Sarnia (Ontario), Beaumont (Alberta), Mont Tremblant, Trois Rivieres and Donnaconna (Quebec). A major western Canadian tour is set for October, and U.S. touring starts in earnest early next year.
Perhaps the final word comes from the Blues Source website: "Right off the bat their own bio describes their music as 'a generous helping of swamp rhythm and blues, soul boogie and bedroom funk', and one would be hard-pressed to top that, either for flair or accuracy. What I can add is that every single time I listen to this, I've discovered that I best not be sitting down - invariably, I hurt myself trying to dance while in a chair."
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Note:
Members of the band are available for interviews (and Steve Marriner also speaks French)
Website (includes terrific high-res pictures):
For further information contact:
Richard Flohil / Beth Ward 416 351-1323 rflohil@sympatico.ca
"Listen to the music all the time."
Beth Ward
Richard Flohil and Associates
416-351-1323
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