[Harp-L] New carlos del Junco CD coming out Feb. 8th

["Fred Litwin" <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos del Junco's new harmonica Cd, Blues Mongrel, will be
hitting the streets on Feb. 8th.

Here is a review from BLuzharp

http://bluzharp.tripod.com/feb05.html


"Carlos del Junco is one MONSTER of a harmonica player that you must give a
listen to ! Carlos as well as the whole band are playing music that is
absolutely groundbreaking with different ways of interacting with each other
that is other worldly sounding and frankly I love it.Now as most of my
readers know I am a harp player too and only play by ear,so it may be a
little hard to explain but Carlos and the whole band have a way of coming in
to play their particular parts in a song that is different than anyone I
have ever heard and the first tune (Blues With A Feeling ) on his new cd is
the perfect example .Carlos has that big fat tone like Kim Wilson and maybe
even better and he uses overblows that he learned directly from Howard
Levy,the person that pioneered this inovative technique on the diatonic
harmonica.

Carlos del Junco was born in Havana,Cuba and relocated with his family to
Canada when he was one year old. He started bending notes on the harp at 14
years of age and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and then went on
to start his visual arts career as a sculpter.As already mentioned,Carlos
can play the ten hole diatonic chromactically by using the "Overblow" method
which gives him the ability to add more complex textures to his
playing.Using this technique Carlos plays blues/Latin rythms/rockabilly/ and
a jazz-ska mixture that will intoxicate your mind and body on this new
release. Even if you are a straight ahead blues lover you will not miss a
beat on any of the tunes on this cd,Carlos has a way of making any style of
music that he plays impossible not to lose yourself in and appreciate.It is
people like Carlos del Junco that enable the listener to take their musical
taste to yet even a higher level.So in a way I would liken Carlos to a
"Musical Guru",you will walk away from listening to this cd an elightened
traveler in the musical web of life.

I give Carlos del Junco a hard thrown (7) Harp Salute for this new
effort,"Blues Mongrel" on the " Northern Blues Music" label .Carlos is
plowing new ground in the harmonica music world,this cat is one of the very
best on the planet earth and possibly in our galaxy."
   Steve "Big Daddy BluzHarp" Harvell

Fred Litwin
NorthernBlues Music, Inc.
225 Sterling Road, Unit 19
Toronto, Ontario M6R 2B2
www.northernblues.com