4779 - LUKE WINSLOW-KING Featuring ESTHER ROSE - The Coming Tide (2013)
LUKE WINSLOW-KING
''THE COMING TIDE''
MARCH 26 2013
35:31
1. The Coming Tide /2:48
2. Moving On (Towards Better Days) /3:03
3. Let 'em Talk /3:17
4. Staying In Town /2:23
5. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning /2:52
6. You Don't Know Better Than Me /3:18
7. I've Got the Blues for Rampart Street /3:15
8. You & Me /3:33
9. I Know She'll Do Right By Me /3:36
10. Ella Speed /4:33
11. I've Got My Mind Set on You /2:54
Bruce Brackman /Sax (Tenor)
Cassidy Holden /Bass
Chris Johnson /Sax (Alto)
Rich Levinson /Drums
Ben Polcer /Piano, Trumpet
Esther Rose /Vocals, Washboard
Tom Saunders /Sax (Bass)
Earl Scioneaux III /Organ
Rick Trolsen /Trombone
Luke Winslow-King /Arranger, Guitar, Organ, Vocals
In 2010, Winslow-King formed a four-piece made up of singer/washboard-player Esther Rose, bassist Cassidy Holden, trumpet/piano/bass-drummer Ben Polcer. The band combines their influences into a jubilant medley of gritty lyrics, blended vocal harmonies, soloing slide guitar flurries, and chain gang call and response vocals, backed by percussive upright bass and washboard accompaniment.
To date, Luke Winslow-King & the band have toured festivals, jazz halls, dive bar, listening rooms, barns, theatres, and arenas across the US and Europe; sharing the stage with such legends as: Taj Mahal, John Anderson, Cheick Hamala Diabete, Jack White, Robert Earl Keen, Tower of Power, Rebirth Brass Band, and Chris Thile.
REVIEW
by Steve Leggett
Singer and songwriter Luke Winslow-King isn't your garden variety blues convert. Born in Michigan, where he attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, specializing in jazz guitar, he then studied music theory and composition at the University of New Orleans, earning a scholarship to study Czech music at St. Charles University in Prague. He also worked as a music therapist for a time, taught music at the La Velle School for the Blind, wrote scores for theater and movie productions, and has done a couple of stints as a street musician in New Orleans, where he makes his home and co-founded a record label, Earthwork Music. He knows his way around the American roots music block, and all of the avenues he's taken inform The Coming Tide, which is an organic mesh of country blues, traditional jazz, gospel, ragtime, folk, and a dash of rock & roll, somehow emerging as both ragged and elegant all at once. A fine guitarist, Winslow-King doesn't have a great voice in the commercial sense, but he has the perfect smoky, wine-soaked voice for vernacular expression, and he also wisely (he produced the album) has bandmate Esther Rose buoy things with harmony vocals on most of the tracks here, which gives the vocals just the right balance. Among the highlights on this refreshingly varied but still connectedly coherent set are the folky title tune, "The Coming Tide," a trombone-led "Moving On," and the gospel and blues mesh of "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning," although again, everything here seems to fall together naturally, one of Winslow-King's greatest strengths as a performer and recording artist.
BIOGRAPHY
by William Ruhlmann
Singer/songwriter Luke Winslow-King was born in Cadillac, Michigan, and began learning to play the guitar before adolescence. He attended Interlochen Arts Academy, then studied music theory and composition at the University of New Orleans. While there, he won a scholarship to study Czech music at St. Charles University in Prague. He has also studied with avant-garde composer "Blue" Gene Tyranny. He picked up blues and folk music playing live on the streets of New Orleans as an accompanist to jazz singer John Boutte. He has written scores for theater and film productions, and worked as a music therapist with the Institute of Applied Human Dynamics in the Bronx, New York, in 2004. He also taught music at the La Velle School for the Blind. Moving to New Orleans, he co-founded Earthwork Music and performed on the label's albums, releasing his self-titled debut in 2006. In 2009, he followed it with Old/New Baby, issued through Fox on a Hill Productions. The Coming Tide appeared in 2013 from Bloodshot Records.
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Luke Winslow-King (born March 12th 1983) is a guitarist, singer, composer, and lyricist known for his slide guitar work, and interest in pre-war blues and traditional jazz. Winslow-King’s work consists of an eclectic mix, taking in delta-folk music, classical composition, ragtime, and rock and roll; juxtaposing original songs with those from a bygone era.
Whether solo, or with a band, Winslow-King offers an original sound that is both rustic and elegant. He delivers energetic and dynamic performances, with his burgundy voice and versatile guitar playing.
LWK, originally from Cadillac, Michigan, moved to New Orleans by chance in 2001. During a decade in New Orleans, he has collaborated with a revered list of local musicians, including: John Boutte, “Washboard” Chaz Leary, and Paul Sanchez.
Performing years of weekly gigs on Frenchmen Street, LWK has honed his sound and earned respect as leader among the young traditionalists, while playing to countless vacationers making musical pilgrimages to New Orleans. Outside the Crescent City, accompanied by singer/washboard-player/sweetheart Esther Rose and bassist Cassidy Holden, the trio has performed festivals, jazz halls, dive bars, listening rooms, barns, theaters, and arenas across the US and Europe; sharing the stage with icons such as Taj Mahal, John Anderson, Jack White, Robert Earl Keen, Tower of Power, Rebirth Brass Band, and Chris Thile. Winslow-King has also performed live on CNN, the Discovery Channel, and BBC-TV in recent years and was named ‘Writer of the Week’ by American Songwriter Magazine.
Winslow-King began performing at the age of 14, playing festivals and events all through high school with the ‘Luke Winslow-King Blues Band’. He received his diploma in 2001 from Interlochen Arts Academy Majoring in Jazz Guitar.
He came to Louisiana in the fall of ’02 at age 19 with Earthwork Music founders Seth Bernard and Daniel Kahn presenting: ‘From California to the New York Island’ the songs and stories of Woody Guthrie. After only a few days in New Orleans, Winslow-King’s car – filled to the brim with a bands worth of instruments – was stolen while parked overnight on Ursulines Street. It was during the two or three weeks that he stuck around trying to recover his vehicle and instruments that he fell in love with the city that he now calls home. He enrolled in the music theory and composition program at the University of New Orleans in the spring of ’03 and was awarded an ambassador scholarship to study Czech classical music at St. Charles University in Prague that summer.
Back in New Orleans, Winslow-King learned gospel and jazz standards accompanying John Boutte, bottleneck guitar from blues maestro Roberto Luti (formerly of The Washboard Chaz Blues Trio), and traditional jazz tunes playing with The Loose Marbles Jazz Band. He began paying his dues busking on Royal Street in the day and working regularly at the clubs on Frenchman Street at night.
In New York City, He was employed as a music therapist by the Institutes of Applied Human Dynamics in the Bronx, and held a music teacher’s position at the La Velle School for the Blind. While in New York, Luke studied composition privately and recorded with Grammy nominated avant-garde composer “Blue” Gene Tyranny, and attended Jack Hardy’s legendary songwriter’s circle.
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