Kyle Henderson

Album Title: Brand New Chance
Record Label: Kyle Henderson
Review by Sal Serio
(2015) Page Views

Kyle Henderson - Brand New Chance

Reinventing one’s self is oft-traveled territory for musicians that refuse to quit, and in this instance, ‘Brand New Chance’ is quite an apropos title for singer/guitarist/songwriter Kyle Henderson, of The Producers fame. Henderson has taken the lessons learned from the power pop years and his more recent soul leanings, and applied them effectively to a red-hot electric blues format.

Employing excellent back-up musicians most certainly does not hurt, so lead guitarist Michael Ripp and drummer Chris Sandoval provide Henderson’s new material a razor-sharp and in-the-pocket groove throughout this new CD’s eleven tight compositions. Occasional keyboards by Jimmy Voegeli also toss some pepper in to the gumbo, and keep the music jumping and bopping along, at times invoking a feeling like the final incarnation of the Stevie Ray Vaughan Band met the iconic Stax/Volt studio group in a South-side Chicago juke joint.

While this release goes down very smoothly as a total experience, there are a few tracks that I especially gravitated toward, mainly due to blistering leads by guitarist Ripp. “Walkin’ Shoes”, “Better To Roll How You Roll”, and “Good People” are obvious stand outs.

Saturday, December 14, the Kyle Henderson Band will perform at the Brink Lounge in Madison, for the Brink’s Holiday Extravaganza.

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