Hokie Joint – The Music Starts To Play (Cool Buzz).
Formed in late 2007, Hokie Joint have set themselves the task of reminding Blues fans that the guitar doesn’t have to be the main instrument. The Music Starts To Play is their second album and follows on from their 2008 debut, The Way It Goes….Sometimes. They are hard to pigeonhole, going from the Folk Country of the energetic eponymous title track to Folk Rock in the form of Force Of Habit with its Rolling Stones style chorus, Aeroplane and Apologise via the more straightforward Jackie Boy. All their songs show a penchant for storytelling and they are all originals. The Blues are never far away from t5he surface but it is the Country feel to the album that comes through most on tracks such as Bang Bang, Watch What We Eat and Remington. They have managed to get away from the guitar driven stuff and it is Giles King on harmonica who is the main driving force with Bang Bang being the standout , albeit frantic, track. There is a lot of humour on the album but they can be dark and sombre with the strangely alluring This Body Of Mine being a good example. Add gutsy vocals from Jojo Burgess and the occasional guitar interlude from Joel Fisk and you have a solid base to build a lasting future.
http://www.hokiejoint.co.uk/
http://www.coolbuzz.nl/
David Blue.
Formed in late 2007, Hokie Joint have set themselves the task of reminding Blues fans that the guitar doesn’t have to be the main instrument. The Music Starts To Play is their second album and follows on from their 2008 debut, The Way It Goes….Sometimes. They are hard to pigeonhole, going from the Folk Country of the energetic eponymous title track to Folk Rock in the form of Force Of Habit with its Rolling Stones style chorus, Aeroplane and Apologise via the more straightforward Jackie Boy. All their songs show a penchant for storytelling and they are all originals. The Blues are never far away from t5he surface but it is the Country feel to the album that comes through most on tracks such as Bang Bang, Watch What We Eat and Remington. They have managed to get away from the guitar driven stuff and it is Giles King on harmonica who is the main driving force with Bang Bang being the standout , albeit frantic, track. There is a lot of humour on the album but they can be dark and sombre with the strangely alluring This Body Of Mine being a good example. Add gutsy vocals from Jojo Burgess and the occasional guitar interlude from Joel Fisk and you have a solid base to build a lasting future.
http://www.hokiejoint.co.uk/
http://www.coolbuzz.nl/
David Blue.
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