Dan Treanor's Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown & MJ - New CD release featuring 8 originals and 4 covers. Blues, Soul, R&B and Rock and Roll.
Stripped down blues with an African feel that touches on a raunchy, bare-bones, Mississippi hill country style. Nominated for Blues CD of the year by the Independent Music Awards.
This exciting take on the blues is something totally original. Strong rhythms, soulful vocals, smokin' guitar and harp and hand made African instruments. Big energy and lots of soul.
Fourteen tracks of Afrosippi Blues. Funky rhythms, smokin' guitar and harp and soulful vocals.
Dan Treanor and African Wind laying down some award winning Afrosippi Blues. This CD was nominated for Blues CD of the Year by the Independent Music Awards!
Take a Afrosippi Ride with some of the best tunes from 'African Wind', 'Mercy', 'Brothers, Blood and Bone' and 'Juke Joint Confessions'.
a balance between Roots blues
and it's African connection."
Jim Santella - All About Jazz
"...prepare to be thrown from the joyous rapture
of gospel in a small Southern church, to
the darker side of "devil music" in whiskey
drenched jook joints. That's the blues Dan
Treanor style."
Steve Landry - fatbluescat.com
"...a rich stew of African music and rootsy Delta
blues power..."
Dylann - Blues Critic.com
Brillant comtemporay album...one of the best
listens of '07."
Kyle Diebler - Blues Bytes
dig but rather a showcase of how the blues is a living,
evolving entity. One of the most unique blues records to
hit the streets in some time."
Dan Willging - Dirty Linen
"When it comes to the blues, African Wind
is a breath of fresh air."
Michael Roberts - Westword
"It's the next best thing to having a front table
at a North Mississippi juke joint."
Gary Tate - Livinblues.com
"Dan's sense of African and blues rhythms is uncanny,
and Frankie's voice is pure soul..."
Eric Steiner - cosmik.com
"I feel every blues fan owes it to their love of the blues
to give 'African Wind' a listen."
Joe Curtis - Toronto Times
"The pairing of traditional African
instruments such as the Khalam
and the Ingoni with electric guitars
leads to a stunning blend of African
roots and Chicago Blues".
Michael Cote - Blues Revue