Browsing: Tab Benoit

‘Alive In The New World’ was recorded in Chicago at the City Winery during a six night sold-out “Chicago Takeover.”

Listen to the first single, “When You Don’t Know What to Do,” from ‘Alive in the New World.’

“I try to keep the music honest and direct like my heroes did. I add a modern twist to reflect this present moment in time, just like they did.” Lightnin’ Malcolm

Review/Gallery: Samantha, Tab, and Devon rocked the Fillmore in NOLA!

Sponsored by the Young Leadership Council, the free weekly concert series features well-known local artists and highlights a variety of indigenous musical styles!

The arts will hold our hands through the darkness. These are the backstories of five artists who provided us with survival soundtracks for the year that never seemed to end.

As Monk tells it, the song comes from his mother’s words, as he was growing up: “She used to tell me that all the time when I was a kid. She used to say ‘Shut up, you think you be a preacher?’ Ha ha ha. She always said the right thing.”

Tab is homegrown, but his dexterity on guitar is needle-sharp, and his rapport with an audience likewise in need of musical therapy was nothing less impressive than what I’d expect from an Apollo Theater crowd on a hot Saturday night in Harlem.

“Lyrically it reflects a turbulent time in our nation’s history when it was hard to know who and what to believe at any given time.” – Alastair Greene

Bloodstains and Teardrops is an excellently produced album from a near-octogenarian cultural and musical icon