It was a great honour to be invited onto Mark’s and James’ show to chat about music. They played three songs from the new album: Making New Ways, What If and TimeBomb.

They also played three of my favourite songs whilst growing up in the 70s: Cos I Luv You, Starman and Misty Mountain Hop. You can access the show on Black Country Radio On Demand. The show is two hours long but only the second hour is when I joined Mark and James.

It looks like part two is imminent to continue our lively conversation and update on the band’s development probably sometime in January

I want to thank everybody at Black Country Radio for their support

P.S. Don’t forget to tune in to  Steve’s Retro Rock Show on Monday 29 December for more shenanigans 

Hi

This a review from Findnoenemy.com of my song Mr Johnson. click on the link to open the review:

https://findnoenemy.com/kevan-and-the-black-country-sons-mr-johnson/?fbclid=IwAR3bxrb2WCjK_CSYFUkS-VMdAotZPOR9CmoaTxCVYrnG

Artist Kevan and the Black Country Sons based in West Midlands, US,  released an epic alternative folk song called ‘Mr. Johnson’, that will make your morning and nights like a spicy dream. Released on the 7th of March, the song is elegant and full of joy, a great dedication to the late blues artist and musician Robert Johnson. This is an amazing debut with high quality music production, well written lyrics by the artist, a and a great concept and vision of encouraging people to follow their dreams no matter how hard it is to get there.

The song is magical in every way possible. It’s so sophisticated and radiant with infectious positive and good vibes. It’s a sunny patch of golden strings. The overall sound of the song is an upbeat fusion of country blues and even a little bit of jazz and rock. The musical arrangement is fantastic, with a sexy, high energy melody, fast and playful piano, shaking sound effects in the background with lots of smooth groovy electric guitar, and symbolic moving cymbals. You’ve also got some tune humming in the melody in both male and female vocals that really upgrade the song. You will enjoy lots of sophistication with this song and a really good vibe that will shine through any sad or depressed soul.

https://www.rockeramagazine.com/mr-johnson-by-kevan-and-the-black-country-sons/?fbclid=IwAR1uwK6C1J7TfetWC_jOybDmS7-hGQWjkojMPEuZ1rXiB0iz4SS_5ZlmOYU

The album on blue Vinyl will be available on the Friday 3 June 2022.

The song Rainmaker will be recorded on Wednesday 13 April, which will feature on the second album.

The new song No Words Can Say will have a string quartet arrangement on the song on Sunday 20 February to complete the recording. Liviu has done an amazing job on arranging and performing the string quartet.. 

The song Sticks & Stones will be featuring Paddy on slide guitar and lead guitar; it sounds incredible. I will be putting down the rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Simon will be contributing on the drums. The recording will be complete. Both songs should be at the stage of a first mix on Sunday 20 February. However, the final mix and mastering of all the songs on my second album will be done when all the songs have been recorded.

Rainmaker will be the title of album number two. The first two songs to be recorded are: Sticks & Stones and No Words Can Say on Thursday 30 December.