Review: Solid blues-rock. But what's the group called, again?
Scott Rutherford
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Frend's thin stature belies her voice: on stage or on the sidewalk, she can project lyrics with an intensity that the listener not only hears but feels. Combine her voice and guitar with Yalkowski's blistering, soulful guitar work, and you'll have discovered a truly unique and powerful female blues duo, as they move easily between blues standards and mainstream blues-rock covers (such as a gender-reversed version of ZZ Top's "She loves my automobile").
The third combination—Little Wolf and the Mojos—takes Katie and Arina and adds a couple of snap pick-up musicians for background, lending percussion and bass to Katie and Arina's two guitars, and producing a sound that makes the audience feel like they knew B.B. King in a former life. They're energized, skillful, and yet minimalist—they find the soul of the song, and present it to you, delivered through Katie's soulful voice and Arina's Stratocaster guitar. They're also rewarding because they don't take themselves too seriously—between songs, the band has been heard to improvise the theme song to the TV series "the Simpsons."
It makes you wonder what the David James Motorcycle could do with some better, more soulful material.
The third combination—Little Wolf and the Mojos—takes Katie and Arina and adds a couple of snap pick-up musicians for background, lending percussion and bass to Katie and Arina's two guitars, and producing a sound that makes the audience feel like they knew B.B. King in a former life. They're energized, skillful, and yet minimalist—they find the soul of the song, and present it to you, delivered through Katie's soulful voice and Arina's Stratocaster guitar. They're also rewarding because they don't take themselves too seriously—between songs, the band has been heard to improvise the theme song to the TV series "the Simpsons."
It makes you wonder what the David James Motorcycle could do with some better, more soulful material.