Press
Quotes
“Hard work, a passion for playing and a thirst for discovering the roots of blues, gospel
and vintage R & B music have resulted in huge steps forward as a band for The 24th
Street Wailers. They are committed to the music, continually write better new material
and bring a sense of joy to the stage.”
-Holger Petersen – CBC’s Saturday Night Blues, CKUA’s Natch’l Blues and Stony Plain Records
“Beyond the 12 bar blues bands and weekend warriors, it is amazing to see the 24th Street Wailers among a new breed of young acts creating fresh material and proving there is such a thing as Canadian blues that is as valid as Chicago, delta, West Coast, British or any other kind of blues out there.”
-Chris Martin, CBC Music Blues Community Producer
“this is just great, gritty, fun, live stuff!”
-Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd), Host of the House of Blues Radio Hour
“Unshakeable is raw and authentically funky…these young players have the natural rhythm and looseness of studied musicians, which is a breath of fresh air.”
-thebluesmobile.com
“a worthy representative of the new face of the blues”
-Richard Knechtel, GBFS/Summerfolk Artistic Director
“One of the hottest acts layin’ it down!”
- Billieboy Bill Lucas, Host of the “Blue Plate Special” on CHLY Nanaimo
CD reviews
Jeffrey Morgan (Official Biographer of Alice Cooper and The Stooges) – Live in Halifax
American Blues Scene-Unshakeable
Review by Barry Kerzner
Gonzo Online Review – Unshakeable
Gonzo Online CD Review by John "The Rock Doctor" Kereiff
Blues Rock Review – Unshakeable
Blues Rock CD Review by Paul Kalis
L.A. Beat CD Review – Unshakeable
L.A. Beat CD Review by Richard Amery
Blinded By Sound CD Review – Unshakeable
Blinded By Sound CD Review by John Taylor
Maple Blues Magazine CD Review – Unshakeable
Maple Blues Magazine CD Review by John Valenteyn
Bman’s Blues Report CD Review – Unshakeable
Bman's Blues Report CD Review by Bman
Bman’s Blues Report CD Review – Dirty Little Young’uns (click here)
Articles and Additional Quotes
Barry’s Bay This Week Newspaper Live Show Review from Wilno Tavern
Jon makes the cover of the Trentonian Newspaper July 21st, 2011
BLUES REVUE article which includes our performance at the FedEx International Showcase at IBC 2012
“The Wailers are a great example for young performers………. it is interesting for people to see young people that did the school route and got their chops together and then went for the feel thing, with the blues,”
-Richard Knechtel, GBFS/Summerfolk Artistic Director
“When it comes to playing the blues, The 24th Street Wailers are the REAL deal.”
- Award Winning Drummer Paul DeLong (Kim Mitchell, David Clayton-Thomas)
“The 24th Street Wailers are an exciting young band that really deliver the goods. Wailing sax, dynamic keyboards and skilled electric guitar ride overtop of a first class bass and drum combination. Whether its down home and dirty, or smooth and sophisticated, these fine up and coming musicians rise to the occasion, both vocally and instrumentally.”
- Four Time Maple Blues Award Winning Trumpeter/Composer Chris Whiteley
“two guys and two girls who don’t look a day over 22 delivering charming, upbeat blues. Lindsay Beaver does a very good “slightly raspy blues” voice and leads her band through dynamic, long and instrumentally-impressive blues songs. Their repertoire of standards, reworked classics and originals seemed large, their technique was solid, Lindsay’s songwriting is professional and sincere and Jon Wong kills it on sax, delivering multiple fairly blistering solos per set with iron-lunged efficiency.
The 24th Street Wailers seem to know all of this, too, because they’re also self-assured entertainers with plenty of crowd interaction tricks. They seem bright and comfortable and managed (during the set I saw) to be wittier between songs than I usually manage to be on paper. Most importantly, though, there is an obvious joy in what they do, which is something you sometimes don’t get from older bands.”
-Chris Carriere, MississaugaLife Magazine
The 24th Street Wailers win the 2010 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search