Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin' Wolf Project by the Tomas Doncker Band is a great find. These guys do these tunes justice. Blues the way it was meant to be played. Soulful, moaning vocals and thick, blistering guitar licks make this an album. I'd like to be able to point to one or two tracks that really support this album, but check it out, there isn't a track that doesn't support it. These guys came to play the blues and they do it like the masters.
A collection of Howlin' Wolf stuff done the Tomas Doncker way. I like it. Any fan of the blues will want to add this to his collection.
A collection of Howlin' Wolf stuff done the Tomas Doncker way. I like it. Any fan of the blues will want to add this to his collection.
The production is brilliant---modern without stealing anything from the integrity of the music. The guitar tone is wicked. I ran through the album once and immediately listened again, closing my eyes and soaking up the beauty of the licks. I mean, it all comes back to this one way or the other, the blues, and Tomas and company simply show us why.
If you're looking for classic blues you know and love with a slightly different voice, give Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin' Wolf Project a listen. You will not be disappointed.
Tomas Doncker Band:
Tomás Doncker-Lead Vocals,Guitars
David Barnes-Harmonica,vocals
Nick Rolfe-Keyboards,Vocals
Josh David-Bass,vocals
James Dellatacoma-Guitar
Mike Faulkner-Drums
Damon Duewhite-Drums
Mark Henry-Sax
1-Evil
2-Killing Floor
3-Back Door Man
4-Moanin' At Midnight
5-Spoonful
6-Blind Melon Morpheus
7-Shookdown
8-I Ain't Superstitious
9-Smokestack Lightning
10-Moanin' At Midnight (Ras Jah Ames Dub Mix)
Bio:
As a prime mover on New York's downtown "No Wave" scene in the early 1980's, Tomás Doncker cut his teeth as a guitarist with such genre-busting groups as James Chance & The Contortions, Defunkt, J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz and many more. Eventually he went international, touring and recording in Japan with jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, and producing studio and songwriting sessions with Boosty Collins, Yoko Ono, Grammy nominated Reggae vocal group The Itals, and Grammy-winning producer Prince Charles Alexander, to name just a few. Since then, Doncker has continued to work with an A-list of iconic artists including Ivan Neville (on his solo album “Thanks”), Bonnie Raitt, Meshell Ndegeocello, Living Colour lead singer Corey Glover, former P-Funk keyboardist Amp Fiddler, 2013 Grammy award nominee Shamekia Copeland, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
In 2010, Doncker performed for the first time in China as a headlining act at the Shanghai Folk Festival, and in front of an audience of over 100,000 as part of the Shanghai World Expo. His latest work as a singer/songwriter and producer embraces a broader musical vision that he likes to call Global-Soul, drawing influences from numerous sources, including East and West Africa and the Caribbean. He also frequently collaborates with legendary Grammy Award winning Producer/Bassist Bill Laswell, and his ongoing "Power Of The Trinity" project was featured on CNN on November 27, 2012 (Jimi Hendrix' birthday).
This summer Tomás will be releasing the full length “Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin’ Wolf Project” album. Developed during a critically acclaimed run at NYC SummerStage during the summer of 2013 (and directed by award winning director Alfred Preisser), this project is now being shaped into a multimedia performance concert.
Music video links: "Spoonful"-http://youtu.be/o6k
"Shook Down"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Artist contact: E-Mail: Robin Black @ TrueGrooveRecords1@gmail.com
Press contact: james@independentmusicpromotio
TomasDoncker.net
Twitter: @tomasdoncker @truegroove1
FB:https://www.facebook.com/To
https://www.facebook.com/TrueG
If you're looking for classic blues you know and love with a slightly different voice, give Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin' Wolf Project a listen. You will not be disappointed.
Tomas Doncker Band:
Tomás Doncker-Lead Vocals,Guitars
David Barnes-Harmonica,vocals
Nick Rolfe-Keyboards,Vocals
Josh David-Bass,vocals
James Dellatacoma-Guitar
Mike Faulkner-Drums
Damon Duewhite-Drums
Mark Henry-Sax
1-Evil
2-Killing Floor
3-Back Door Man
4-Moanin' At Midnight
5-Spoonful
6-Blind Melon Morpheus
7-Shookdown
8-I Ain't Superstitious
9-Smokestack Lightning
10-Moanin' At Midnight (Ras Jah Ames Dub Mix)
Bio:
As a prime mover on New York's downtown "No Wave" scene in the early 1980's, Tomás Doncker cut his teeth as a guitarist with such genre-busting groups as James Chance & The Contortions, Defunkt, J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz and many more. Eventually he went international, touring and recording in Japan with jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, and producing studio and songwriting sessions with Boosty Collins, Yoko Ono, Grammy nominated Reggae vocal group The Itals, and Grammy-winning producer Prince Charles Alexander, to name just a few. Since then, Doncker has continued to work with an A-list of iconic artists including Ivan Neville (on his solo album “Thanks”), Bonnie Raitt, Meshell Ndegeocello, Living Colour lead singer Corey Glover, former P-Funk keyboardist Amp Fiddler, 2013 Grammy award nominee Shamekia Copeland, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
In 2010, Doncker performed for the first time in China as a headlining act at the Shanghai Folk Festival, and in front of an audience of over 100,000 as part of the Shanghai World Expo. His latest work as a singer/songwriter and producer embraces a broader musical vision that he likes to call Global-Soul, drawing influences from numerous sources, including East and West Africa and the Caribbean. He also frequently collaborates with legendary Grammy Award winning Producer/Bassist Bill Laswell, and his ongoing "Power Of The Trinity" project was featured on CNN on November 27, 2012 (Jimi Hendrix' birthday).
This summer Tomás will be releasing the full length “Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin’ Wolf Project” album. Developed during a critically acclaimed run at NYC SummerStage during the summer of 2013 (and directed by award winning director Alfred Preisser), this project is now being shaped into a multimedia performance concert.
Music video links: "Spoonful"-http://youtu.be/o6k
"Shook Down"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Artist contact: E-Mail: Robin Black @ TrueGrooveRecords1@gmail.com
Press contact: james@independentmusicpromotio
TomasDoncker.net
Twitter: @tomasdoncker @truegroove1
FB:https://www.facebook.com/To
https://www.facebook.com/TrueG
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