The Blessing
May 22nd, 2008 by sparky
The Blessing will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket info
Congratulations to The Blessing who’ve just one the BBC Jazz Award for album of the year!
The Blessing – Biography
The Blessing was formed in 2000 to share a fascination with improvised music, a pathological distrust of chords and a passion for north-african cuisine. We started out playing the music of Ornette Coleman but began slowly to madi a noise of our own. We began to write tunes and a turning point came in 2006 when we finally got in the studio and a new sound emerged almost overnight. Our new approach has much in common with the current crop of trailblazers, bands such as EST, Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland, and draws from influences as diverse as the Kings of Leon, Morphine, Elvis Costello and Albert Ayler.
"…jazz-informed art-rock at its finest, and if there was more musical quality on another stage west of London, I’ll eat my hat." Venue Magazine
"right now they’re simply awesome"
"For pure ensemble creativity, this is the place" Bath Evening Chronicle
"They play like children" Marc Gauvin
www.myspace.com/thisistheblessing
The Blessing will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket info
