Look for the new review on:
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1/15/2011 8:00pm - Bluebonnet Ballroom @UT Arlington
300 W 1st St Arlington, TX 76010 US-
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1/17/2011 7:00pm - Neo Spot
7402 Greenville Ave. Dallas, TX 75231 US-
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8/13/2010 7:00pm - SOJOARTS FEST
8401 Center Parkway Sacramento, CA 95823 US -
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8/14/2010 7:00pm - SOJOARTS FEST
8401 Center Parkway Sacramento, CA 95823 US -
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8/21/2010 9:00pm - B-Day Party
Los Angeles, CA US -
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9/18/2010 9:00pm - Spitfest
Austin, TX US -
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10/29/2010 9:00pm - TEAMS Institute
135 Bells Store Road McKenzie, Tennessee 38201 US -
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12/31/2010 9:00pm - Private Function
Los Angeles, CA US -
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For updated calendar, please refer to our website. Thanks.
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View the complete Sandbloom tour schedule
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Kevin Sandbloom is a man who has one thing on his mind. Playing music. He has been doing it ever since he picked up a guitar at 16 and simultaneously fell in love with the music of Bob Marley. "All my songs sounded a little like a Marley rip-off" he says of his early pieces. They also happened to be crowd rockers, as the first band he fronted in high school, BUMP, became a local staple in his hometown Pasadena, CA. He cut his musical teeth on influences like B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Prince and Sade. Of the creative culture he came up in he says, "The whole thing was to do like Bill Withers mixed with The Beatles or Parlamient meets Elvis Costello or Pink Floyd meets Steel Pulse so we were trying to mash it up from early on". It was this eclectic atmosphere that shaped his musical path as well as a local songwriter, Peter Galvin who was in a legendary band, The Bedshredders. "He showed me first hand what was possible with songs. His stuff was so advanced though he was only a few years older, my songs sounded juvenile next to his".
Fast forward to the present and Kevin's music can hardly be called childish. He is regarded in songwriter circles as an artist who operates at them top of his game. He has performed on stages from the Nuyorican Poets cafe in New York, to B.B. King's Blues Club in Los Angeles and is a fixture at music and poetry venues across the U.S. He is also a favorite on college and high school campuses.
For the last six years he has been poducing music at a furious pace. 5 full-length albums and an Ep under his belt, he is currently touring and promoting his latest recording,"Under Pink And Bourbon Skies". The CD is his most blues inspired work to date, though it contains elements of jazz, bossa nova, and folk to create a sound which is uniquely "Sandbloom".
Sandbloom has been featured on the ABC Family series "Lincoln Heights", and has credits on the Laurence Fishburne film "Once In The Life", as well as countless independent films. He was also payed the honor of having one of his songs used by guitar legend Robben Ford on his album, "Supernatural". It ended up being chosen as the title track. During the sessions for the same record he got to meet and perform with Vinny Caliutta, Jimmy Earl and singer Michael McDonald. On meeting one of his vocal heroes, Kevin says," Man, what a trip that was! I was trying not be starstruck, but he was one of the most humble and down to earth people you will ever meet."
Sandbloom is hard at work recording new material, compiling footage for a live CD/DVD release in 2009 and gearing up for a European tour as well. "I'm keeping it moving this year,
expanding my brand so everyone knows about what I do" he says. Indeed it won't be long until everyone does.
NEW REVIEW FROM DJ BOBBY PHATS [Houston]
$15 shpg. inc.
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Listen to interview from Sankofa Kafe Dallas, TX
http://mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=59
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--->"Kevin, I had to let you know that I got a great response
playing your music on my show. Once I played "Is It A Crime"
my phone lines ALL lit up! Not only did my Houston listeners call
in, my internet listeners did as well. That's the mark of a great
record.
Keep up the good work. It won't be long before everyone knows
your name."
-Bobby Phats /KPFT 90.1 FM Houston
The Groove - Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 pm CST
--->"Kevin, not only do I love your record.every song is great,
but everyone else loves it too. I'm down with that soul, blues sound. We've been playing it a lot."
-Soreath Hok/ Music Director KFSR Fresno
College Radio 90.7 FM
"Kevin Sandbloom is the genuine article - a soul singer and
song writer in the tradition of the best of the best. I have
never disliked a single song of his. Lovers of soul music can
do no better than to discover this artist. Check out his chord
changes and listen deeply to his lyrics. He is saying something
from way beyond the surface details."
-Toberose/Download.com
"From A Bird translates the complete journey
of relationship and all that is meaningful. No
whining or obnoxious crooning here. Kevin
Sandbloom's musical and vocal talent orig-
inates from his ability to be in tune with his
authentic self, the self he was created to be
vs. who the world told him to be. He posseses
an understanding all women seek and adorably
speak of, but rarely experience in man. What's
impessive about Fom A Bird's 10 tracks is how
well Sandbloom understands the recipe for
making good music--not a note, measure, nor
lyric is wasted. At times it's introspective,consoling, or straight-up
bangin', Sandbloom and Melany Bell's chemistry throughout From
a Bird compels you to acknowledge all matters of the self. Among
the many standout tracks on the album, Sandbloom lays into an amazing cover of Sade's "Is It a Crime". It all gets better to
witness his performance live! The meaning is in the detail.
Listen.
-Charles "Bomani" Watson/Jointz Magazine March 2006
$15 shpg. inc.
Recent venues SANDBLOOM has performed:
Nuyorican Poets Cafe -New York, NY
Untamed Tongues -Las Vegas, NV
Meetery Eatery -Detroit, MI
Maxwell's -Oakland, CA
Buji's -Chicago, IL
Da Poetry Lounge - Los Angeles, CA
B.B. Kings - Universal City, CA
Flypoets - Los Angeles, CA
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Listen to LIVE "Is It A Crime" from FLYPOETS
LIVE "IS IT A CRIME" @ FLYPOETS
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Neo-Soul Lounge - Austin, TX
5th Avenue Soul Sundays - Dallas, TX
Sankofa Arts Kafe - Dallas, TX
EB5 Arts - Houston, TX
Free Verse Friday - San Antonio, TX
Seattle Slam - Seattle, WA
Mahogany Poetry Series - Sacramento, CA
Funky Buddha - Chicago, IL
Hotel Utah - San Francisco, CA
Ortleibs Jazzhaus - Philadelphia, PA
Five Myles - Brooklyn, NY
