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JP Soars & Anne Harris - Gypsy Blue Revue
Contemporary Blues Album

ABOUT

JP Soars has spent over two decades building his reputation the way roots music was meant to be built: onstage, night after night, delivering a high-energy, blend of roots music that moves effortlessly through blues, rock & roll, Latin grooves, country, and gypsy jazz—never confined by genre, always guided by feel.

That musical vision comes fully into focus on Gypsy Blue Revue, a project featuring acclaimed violinist Anne Harris (Keb Mo & Taj Mahal, Otis Taylor, Cracker): a blend of songwriting styles and instrumental chops, set to a backdrop of Southern soul, roadhouse blues and rock, and eclectic folk music, recorded “all in one room, playing together. We just wanted it to sound like we do live.”

QUOTES

"Soars pleases listeners with a stupefying blend of surf, R&B, reggae, blues, and soul.” - No Depression
“This is a music lover’s record.” - Rock & Blues Muse
“A great recording.” - Blues Rock Review
“An album of truly exceptional instrumental quality.” - Soundwaves
"A captivating release that never loses momentum and is well worth checking out.” - Americana UK
“One of the year’s best.” - Americana Highways
“Take two string instrument mavens with eclectic musical tastes, stir them together with a solid rhythm section and expressive original tunes, and voila! you have the hour-long spirted music stew, Gypsy Blues Revue.” - Blues Music

NOTABLE FACTS

• Billboard Blues Top 10 Artist
• Winner of The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge
• Multiple Blues Music Award nominations for Best Guitarist, Best Blues-Rock Artist, Best Contemporary Blues Artist, Band of the Year, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
• Anne Harris also tours with Keb Mo & Taj Mahal and Cracker
• Heavy National touring throughout the summer and fall and into next with forays into Europe and Canada