Tom Rodwell
live at Hallertau Brewery
Saturday, Feb 15, 8pm
Audiences can expect a sultry swamp travelogue from rhythm and blues musician Tom Rodwell, who presents a soulful and forcefully original contemporary take on the blues genre.
Expect a languid and lascivious journey through the slave roots of rhythm, the music of the Mississippi Delta, and onwards into the Caribbean.
Acclaimed as Sheffield's answer to Lightnin' Hopkins, by the NME, guitarist Tom Rodwell has appeared widely in the UK, Switzerland, Holland and the US since 2003, both solo and with his ever-changing band Storehouse. He's appeared alongside artists like Trinity Roots, Leon Russell, Otis Taylor and Derek Trucks - who remarked, You don't hear that anymore; beautiful tunes, beautiful groove!
Rodwell’s uniquely primitivist and dance-orientated take on rhythm and blues music takes influences from calypso, slave-era spirituals and West African juju music - making his playing thoughtful, hard to categorise, yet instantly accessible. By turns wild, angry, hypnotic and sensual, it's as uncompromising as it is funky and some of the best live music I've seen, remarked Blues in London.
http://www.tomrodwell.com
http://storehous.bandcamp.com
