Link to www.unitedwaygp.org to see a nifty picture
of our Friday afternoon line-up this past 9/23/06.
Give to your United Way.
The Montreal Blues Society has listed The Sensations "Keep It Hot" cd release on Cincinnati Records in their CD SPOTLIGHT for the week of January 24, 2006. Visit www.bluesmontreal.com to find out what is going on in that great Quebec Province city.
Another accolade from France for The Sensations' recent cd release "Keep It Hot" on Cincinnati Records. DJ Alain Enjalbert is featuring "Keep It Hot" as "Album of the Week" for December 19, 2005 on his popular blues show Maxwell Street on the French station Terre Marine 94.8FM. Visit www.terremarinefm.com to visit Alain's playlist.
"Keep It Hot" is now available for purchase on www.cdmojo.com A great web site selling lots of blues and roots music. Check it out.
The Dec/Jan 2006 issue of Blues Revue, " the world's largest blues publication" has a nice little review on page 77 of The Sensations "Keep It Hot" cd on Cincinnati Records. Blues Revue always an interesting read, can be found at any Borders, Barnes and Noble, 1-800-258-7388 or visit www.bluesrevue.com had this to say,"...the well-recorded "Keep It Hot" (Cincinnati 1951) is worth checking out."
On French radio stations Beaub FM www.beaubfm.com and Le Blues Vous a Si Bein Kadin FM The Sensations "Keep It Hot" cd on Cincinnati Records is "World Album of the Week". The guys from the recording session are honored by this recognition by www.radioblues.com.
The recent release "Keep It Hot" by The Sensations has been debuting all around the world. The cd is receiving airplay and cd sales in Australia, England, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Go to www.bluecity.perguia.it and read the Italian review by Italy's top blues and jazz magazine BLUE CITY.
For those of you who don't read Italian, here's a translation:
We begin our “talent scout” page with a new American band, to give our readers information and links to bands not well know but with explosive potentials (this is word for word). From the first time you listen to them, Pepper and the Sensations makes you think: “wow, what bands are playing around the States, and they are not famous yet!”
The pieces are smooth and fast, pulled by the swing of the rhythmic section clean and very precise and the mix of the instruments is excellent (Sorry I don’t know the music slang so this is my translation?). At times truly exciting, the music of Pepper uses the classic instruments of blues at best, all “enriched” by the fiati (maybe the sax?) of Matt Kennedy, the guitar of Mike Hayward and the harmonica of Tom O’Connell.From swing to shuffle to blues, an alchemy of sounds never boring or repetitive.
A good product, well done, with its own precise style, that comes mainly from the guitar other than from the touch of Pepper, drummer and bandleader. The pieces I like best are Margaret’s Mood, Shake Yo’Boogie, South American Maracas, Rainin’ in my heart and Stickin at the end of the cd.
Pepper was honored by the appreciative and supportive review by this outstanding European publication. A European tour for the summer of 2006 is in the works and Pepper is hoping all of that falls together over the next few months. Keep visiting our web site for our local gigs, we are always happy to see you at the venues.
CD Review The Sensations - Keep it Hot
The Sensations are an 8 piece blues band from Maine on the North Atlantic coast of America, who play a rousing style of Chicago blues with horn and keyboard section.
The Senations got in touch with me a couple of months back to check out their new recording, the band is led by drummer and vocalist 'Pepper'.
All can say for now, it's pretty awsome!
Full review in Slim's Blues at the end of the month.
Hi Pepper,
LivinBlues is honored to present Pepperandthesensations.com with our Gold Award for Virtual Excellence on the Web. Your win is posted in our Virtual Blues Hall of Fame.
LivinBlues hopes that this award will bring you new visitors. Thank you again for making the Web a better place.
su amigo,
Frank Garcia,
LivinBlues
"Keep It Hot" the new cd release from The Sensations has been selling briskly. We had a lot of sales at the 2005 North Atlantic Blues Festival despite the very rainy chilly performance day weather. The band members enjoyed playing on the festival's main stage. The sound crew did a wonderful job even with the unfavorable and unseasonable weather conditions. Think sideways driving rain, 50 degrees Fahrenheit, with a strong wind off the ocean!
Hardly a true comparison, but being the opening act at 11AM, the band members felt like we were the first wave of troops landing on the beach at D-Day. Someone had to go first. Somehow the festival needed to start on time. So with all of the equipment and instruments wet, we opened up with track #1 from our cd, Magahett's Mood. We grabbed a hold of the small but dedicated blues crowd and played four other cuts from "Keep It Hot". Damped but not without our sprit we played our hearts out. Truly an experience I won't ever forget. The North Atlantic Blues Festival is class act and we were honored to be included with a such a stellar line up and festival venue.
In just the first couple of weeks since it's release "Keep It Hot" is receiving national and international radio airplay from Portland Maine, Boston Massachusetts, London England and South America! CD sales from www.cdbaby.com are a plus as well as our web site and gig sales. Love to get a copy to you. Just visit the stuff icon and we will send one out the day of your order.
