Rapidly-ascending Southern California-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Jason Robert has a busy schedule in the days ahead, with two marquee performances: Hilltop Tavern & Inn, 9544 Kiowa Rd., Saturday, March 16, 8pm, Free, All Ages, Info: (760) 961-8698 or visit http://hilltoptavernandinn.com/home-page25412805;and Headlining the Big Top Stage at the Inaugural New Blues Festival/Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach Sports Complex, 18100 Goldenwest St., Saturday, April 27, 12 Noon, Info./Tickets: (707) 572-5837 or visit www.newbluesfestival.com.
Robert – who capped a solid 2018 with a “Best Video” nomination for “Mr. Bell” from the 2018 L.A. Music Critic Awards – released his new album “The Death of Stone Stanley,” on February 5. “Jason Robert’s talent as a composer, guitarist, and vocalist is undeniable. He has taken the premise of Delta Blues and infused it with a sound that is rough, raw, and, indeed, unique. His originals are created in the style of the past masters, and, “The Death Of Stone Stanley” is a crowning achievement!” –Nashville Blues & Roots Alliance.
Jason recently released two of the tracks on The Death of Stone Stanleyas videos: Mr. Bell (“a spooky, haunting track…the story of a town doomed to last forever in that place between worlds” – Indie Pulse Music); and, John The Revelator (“an amazing cover of the 1926 blues classic” – L.A. Music Critic).
Robert’s previous 2017 album The Mudstomp Tapes, (released under the Stone Stanley moniker) received great reviews both in the U.S. and abroad. Robert describes the Mudstomp sound as “a very muddy sound predicated on the back-beat of drums and distorted acoustic guitars with a lot of re-verb on the drums and vocals. It’s something that has organically grown out of my solo work. The feeling is one of stomping through the Desert during a Mid-Summer rain on a Saturday night.” Musically, Robert says, “it encompasses an eclectic mix of blues, folk, rock, and a hint of reggae, that takes on a life of its own.”
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