GRAMMY Nominee 2008
"Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album"

Our GRAMMY Nominated CD "King Cake" on Billboard World Chart #15!

• Pollstar Box Office Summaries: 90%-100% sellouts
on 2008 US & European summer dates.
• New album “Absolutely Live!” submitted for GRAMMY 2009

Energizing audiences with the most exciting Americana/Cajun/Zydeco act on tour today!

When Lisa Haley’s soaring, compelling “cornbread” voice holds court in the "One World Swamp", worlds collide!

Lisa's distinctive sound embraces the multi-faceted genres of Louisiana music, including its French, Irish Celtic, Blues and Jazz genres, in which she is well-versed. Her music celebrates the power of family songs and stories to convey our shared human emotion, and her perspective over time of the cultural journey transforming Cajun/Zydeco into its modern forms.

LEAH TYSSE

WINNER- BILLBOARD WORLD SONG CONTEST "You Don't Scare Me" - Best R&B Song 2007

From 1994 to 1997, Leah was a featured soloist in an all-female a cappella group before moving to Paris to work as a blues and R&B vocalist for a popular nightclub. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1998, Leah joined the world-famous Glide Memorial Church Ensemble (www.glide.org) in San Francisco where she is a featured soloist in the 100-person gospel choir.

When you see her face, watch her perform, listen to her songs and, especially, hear that voice, you'll be convinced that Leah Tysse's arrival brings the next big thing to Blues, R&B and Soul. Featuring a rich, sultry voice, with a lyrical depth and emotion that transcend the years of one so young, Leah Tysse is an original American voice.

Says Joseph Jordan, Southland Blues Magazine's National Editor, "She's got an intuitive feel for the fire and core of a song, and brings that to the audience with both intense conviction and a steely soulfulness. She's a commanding young singer, filled at once with endearing subtly and steely grit.

Audiences and peers have compared Tysse's voice and stage presence to such artists as Aretha Franklin, Joss Stone and Susan Tedeschi, yet she maintains a fresh originality that sets her apart from virtually anyone currently performing.

But it's Tysse's original music that is causing such a buzz. Her lyrics and genre-bending versatility allows her music to be continually fresh and provides listeners with a multitude of musical directions & vocal styles. Her songs have gathered West Coast recognition via airplay on independent stations and national network affiliates.

Now, her wildly enthusiastic fan-base have the CD they've been demanding from her. Call the songs in Leahs first album "Real Good Fire" what you will, be it blues, soul, funk or pop-crossover. It doesn't matter, the proof of budding-greatness is in the listening.

www.LeahTysse.com 

Mark Hummel & the Blues Survivors with Rusty Zinn

The past decade has seen the emergence of young harmonica-led blues bands. In California, groups that draw their inspiration from the Chicago school but add elements of jump blues and rock 'n' roll into the mix have come up with an exciting new style of West Coast blues. In Oakland, the northern capital of California blues, resides the incredibly powerful harmonica player and vocalist Mark Hummel, leader of The Blues Survivors, who has been a major force in shaping and defining this musical genre.

Mark Hummel is a road warrior - a true Blues Survivor. Along the way, he has crafted his own trademark harmonica sound - a subtle combination of tone, phrasing and attack combined with a strong sense of swing. While Mark is new to Electro Fi Records, his earlier albums, constant touring and appearances at the major blues festivals have firmly established his solid reputation around the US and Europe.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Los Angeles, California, Mark absorbed the music of such Chicago based harp blowers as Little Walter, James Cotton, and Sonny Boy Williamson, before settling in Berkeley, California in 1972. There he played with local bluesmen such as Cool Papa, Boogie Jake, Mississippi Johnny Waters and Sonny Lane.

While on tour with his band in 1988, Mark was introduced to Canadian guitarist and vocalist Sue Foley. After several tours that year, Mark and Sue released "Up & Jumpin'", which also features piano legend Charles Brown. Eager to revive the Blues Survivors, Mark hit the road again in 1990, before releasing "Hard Lovin'" in 1992 on Double Trouble Records. He has been on the road constantly since then, stopping only to record "Feel Like Rockin'" in 1994 and "Married to the Blues" in 1995 on Flying Fish Records. He has performed at numerous festivals across the country, including the San Francisco Blues Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, King Biscuit Blues Festival, Waterfront Blues Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, and has performed and judged at the Hohner Harmonica World Championship, held in Germany.

Since 1991, Mark has been both producing & performing at his annual Blues Harmonica Blowout™ series. These shows have grown to be a much heralded event & continue to draw sellout crowds wherever they appear. The list of participants is a who's who of Blues harp history, James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, Norton Buffalo, Kim Wilson, Huey Lewis, Carey Bell, Billy Boy Arnold, Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin, Paul deLay, Snooky Pryor, James Harman, Gary Primich, Sam Myers, in just the last three years of this 11 year event.

www.MarkHummel.com