Showing posts with label Deb Callahan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deb Callahan. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Deb Callahan - Backbone

Size: 113.4 MB
Time: 48:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. What I'm Workin With (3:33)
02. Crazy Ride (4:04)
03. Big Girl Pants (3:54)
04. Rogue (4:20)
05. A Few New Tricks (3:31)
06. Danger Zone (4:37)
07. Still Fighting To Be Free (3:46)
08. Don't Tread On Me (3:35)
09. Cleaning House (4:22)
10. Thought You Were My Girl (4:05)
11. Just What The Doctor Ordered (4:26)
12. Anytime You Want (3:32)

Philly’s blues-soul artist Deb Callahan and her band recently celebrated 20 years of performing, touring, recording and entertaining music fans both regionally and around the United States. Deb has released 5 CD’s since 2002 (If the Blues Had Wings, The Blue Pearl, Grace & Grit, Tell It Like It is, Sweet Soul) and a limited edition World Café Live DVD. She has graced the stages at many festivals nationwide from The Monterey Bay Blues Festival in Monterey, CA, The Springing the Blues Fest in Jacksonville, FL, The Bayfront Blues Fest in Duluth, MN, The Heritage Blues Fest in Wheeling, WV to WXPN’s XPonential Music Festival in her hometown of Philly. Her latest CD Sweet Soul (2015) was recorded and produced by producer/drummer Tony Braunagel (Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray) in Los Angeles, CA and received significant national and international airplay on blues and triple A radio stations and positive press and reviews. “Sweet Soul” made the top 50 contemporary blues albums for 2016 for the US Blues Music Report and Deb has received the America’s Music Festival Series in Media, PA Hall of Fame Award, made the top 10 for 2015 for reviewer Mark Gallo and was a Blues 411 2015 “Jimi Award Nominee” – nominated for Best Soul – R & B Album.

Philadelphia’s blues and soul drenched vocalist and songwriter Deb Callahan grew up in the Boston area but has been a mainstay on the mid-Atlantic music scene since the late 90’s. During this time she has gained a reputation for writing creative blues, soul and roots influenced original music and using her powerful, expressive voice to deliver an exciting live show. Her 2002 debut CD “If the Blues Had Wings” was featured as the hot debut in the October/November 2004 issue of Blues Revue Magazine. Blues Revue referred to her as the next Bonnie Raitt and raved “Philly’s Deb Callahan has the pipes, the songs and the raw talent to graduate to the next level”. Doing social work in the heart of Philadelphia would be a good place to learn about life’s hard knocks and this urban school ground taught singer/songwriter Deb Callahan well. Her rich, honest and soulful tunes resonate with listeners and run the gamut from soulful ballads, to upbeat, dance oriented grooves. Her road tested band includes Allen James, Garry Lee and Tom Walling.

The songs from “Sweet Soul” were written during the first few years after becoming a new mom to her son Elijah. This experience of being a new mom was a sweet and rich phase of life and had a direct impact on her writing and focus in her life. Deb worked with James and Chris Arms (who produced Deb’s last 3 CD’s) to write the original material and with producer Braunagel to find some gems written by others that fit the vibe as well. The mood of this blues, soul, roots CD is upbeat, rockin, funky and fun and explores the theme of love and family with an honest and at times humorous view into both its joys and challenges. This includes the experience of loving a child or partner, the connection and sweetness you feel when you slow down and just be present with ones you love, the pain and difficulty of letting go of a family member, the ups and downs of living with someone, the inner tension about balancing family and career, the energy it takes to keep things running to do a lot of different things in life.

Backbone MP3
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Friday, September 4, 2015

Deb Callahan - Grace & Grit

Released: 2008
Size: 132.6 MB
Time: 57:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Full

1. Food On The Table [3:58]
2. Get It Right [3:06]
3. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free [0:42]
4. How Many Times [5:50]
5. Obstacle To Love [4:23]
6. Guilty [7:51]
7. Carry Me [4:14]
8. Insomniac Blues [5:58]
9. Hallelujah I Love Him So [3:07]
10. Dry Cleaners From Des Moines [0:46]
11. Happy Hour Girl [5:14]
12. No Taxi Driver [3:30]
13. Today I Sing The Blues [0:40]
14. Big Wide Space [5:26]
15. Work A Little Harder [2:49]

Philadelphia’s blues and soul drenched vocalist and songwriter, Deb Callahan grew up in the Boston area but has been a fixture on the mid-Atlantic music scene since the late 90’s. During this time she has gained a reputation for writing creative blues, soul and roots influenced original music and using her powerful, emotionally expressive voice and engaging stage presence to deliver a unique, high energy live show. Deb’s 2002 debut CD If the Blues Had Wings, garnered her positive acclaim from the blues and roots community and was featured as the hot debut in the October/November 2004 issue of Blues Revue Magazine . Blues Revue referred to her as the next Bonnie Raitt and raved \"Philly’s Deb Callahan has the pipes, the songs and the raw talent to graduate to the next level\". Deb she teamed up with Philadelphia producer and song-writer Chris Arms for her sophomore CD The Blue Pearl in November 2005 as well as the release of her latest CD Grace & Grit in September of 2008. The Blue Pearl is a well crafted, contemporary sounding CD with all the elements of timeless blues, soul and rock music. From the New Orleans blues/funk of the title track \"Blue Pearl Moon\" to the marriage of traditional and modern in the \"Credit Card Blues \". Deb incorporates thoughtful and often funny lyrics to tell a modern day blues tale. In a review of The Blue Pearl, Living Blues described Deb as a “gifted song-writer whose voice is matchless in the ring of sultry blues singers”

Grace & Grit

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Deb Callahan - 2 albums: Sweet Soul / Tell It Like It Is

Album: Sweet Soul
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:47
Size: 127.7 MB
Styles: Bllues/Roots/Soul
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[3:02] 1. Big Love
[4:30] 2. I Keep Things Running
[4:12] 3. Shackin' Up
[4:59] 4. I Am Family
[2:43] 5. Sweet Feeling
[4:18] 6. Born To Love You
[4:57] 7. Seven States Away
[3:06] 8. Way Down In The Hole
[5:29] 9. Step Back
[4:32] 10. You Don't Know Your Mind
[3:52] 11. Crazy 'bout You Baby
[5:27] 12. Slow As Molasses, Sweet As Honey
[4:35] 13. I Been Hoodood

This CD, produced by renowned producer and drummer Tony Braunagel, was recorded at Ultratone Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Deb and guitar player Allen James travelled to Los Angeles in February 2015 to record the tracks with an all star studio line-up including Johnny Lee Schell, engineering and slide guitar, Mike Finnigan on keyboards, Reggie McBride on bass, Braunagel on drums and James on guitar. This group of LA musicians have recorded and toured with performers such as Etta James, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal so it was a truly wonderful experience to play with and learn from each one.

It’s been almost 5 years since Deb’s last CD, “Tell It Like It Is” was released. Shortly after this release, Deb became a mom to her now 4 year old son Elijah. The experience of being a new mom has had a direct impact on her writing and focus in her life. The songs from “Sweet Soul” were written during an overall sweet and rich phase of life. Deb worked with James and Chris Arms (who produced Deb’s last 3 CD’s) to write the original material and with producer Braunagel to find some gems written by others that fit the vibe as well. The mood of this blues, soul, roots CD is upbeat, rockin, funky and fun and explores the theme of love and family with an honest and at times humorous view into both its joys and challenges. This includes the experience of loving a child or partner, the connection and sweetness you feel when you slow down and just be present with ones you love, the pain and difficulty of letting go of a family member, the ups and downs of living with someone, the inner tension about balancing family and career, the energy it takes to keep things running to do a lot of different things in life.

Sweet Soul mc
Sweet Soul zippy

Album: Tell It Like It Is
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:15
Size: 96.8 MB
Styles: Blues/Soul
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:55] 1. Gonna Get There
[4:09] 2. Sun Is Rising
[2:58] 3. I Got It Bad
[3:49] 4. Old Ways
[3:58] 5. Funkier Than A Mosquita's Tweeter
[2:52] 6. Sweet Words
[3:39] 7. I Feel The Spirit
[2:30] 8. In My Bones
[4:47] 9. Long Suffering Woman
[3:26] 10. Throwaway Child
[6:07] 11. Cold Irons Bound

Spacious arrangements of bluesy songs characterize Tell It Like It Is, suiting the sultry voice of Deb Callahan well. The Philadelphia singer is particularly fine on the soulful “Long Suffering Woman” and turns in equally superb performances on the rocking “Gonna Get There”, the swampy “I got it bad” and the old time jazz of “Sweet Words.” She over reaches on the lone cover (Dylan’s Cold Irons Bound” doesn’t work) but ”In My Bones”, “Old Ways” and “I Got It Bad” are fine ringers for “real” blues. Jason Crosby’s gospelized piano and organ turn “I Fell The Spirit” into a revivial tent-wrecker and the discs high point, and Allen James is MVP for his clean guitar work across the CD. ~Tom Hyslop

Tell It Like It Is mc
Tell It Like It Is zippy