Steve Kozak Band - It's Time

Size: 117,0 MB
Time: 50:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Art: Front

01. Cane Sugar Sweet (Feat. Jerry Cook) (3:09)
02. You May (Feat. Jerry Cook) (3:53)
03. Messed Up (2:58)
04. Every Night And Every Day (Feat. The Harpoonist) (5:07)
05. Kiddio (Feat. Jerry Cook) (3:58)
06. Trouble (Feat. The Axe Murderer) (3:42)
07. One Woman I Need (Feat. Dave Vidal) (4:33)
08. That's Cool With Me (Feat. Jerry Cook) (2:47)
09. Stranger In My Home Town (3:58)
10. Tell Me Why (Feat. The Harpoonist) (5:54)
11. Love, Life And Money (5:46)
12. Goin' Fishin' (Feat. The Harpoonist) (4:33)

The new CD from The Steve Kozak Band... IT'S TIME is here! Recorded in Vancouver BC at Afterlife Studios, site of the famed Mushroom Records. The album – Kozak’s fourth – ­­ is produced and mixed by award winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Rogers. Rogers is one half of the amazing blues duo, The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer.

One of Canada’s finest blues artists, Steve Kozak has been turning heads of blues fans in Canada for over thirty years since he first broke onto the Vancouver scene in the mid-eighties.

When it comes to tasty West coast blues guitar, Kozak’s name is at the top of the list in this nation -- just ask greats like Duke Robillard and James Harman who have shared the stage with this gifted bandleader, instrumentalist, writer and singer.

Gaining national recognition in 2013 Steve Kozak won a Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in Canada. Steve was also awarded The Ambassador of the Blues Award for 2012 by the Blues Underground Network.

The Steve Kozak band is Steve Kozak, guitar and vocals, Dave Webb on piano and Hammond organ, Roger Brant on bass, and 2016 Maple Blues Award nominee for best blues drummer of the year in Canada, Chris ‘The Wrist’ Nordquist on drums.

It's Time

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Steve Kozak's Westcoast Blues Revue - Hoot 'n Holler

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:21
Size: 119.9 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:59] 1. Hoot 'n Holler
[4:13] 2. Come By Baby
[4:42] 3. Girl Of My Dreams
[2:50] 4. It Didn't Happen That Way
[3:31] 5. I Just Wanna Be With You
[3:45] 6. You Got Love For Me
[3:24] 7. Rollin' With Brother D
[6:04] 8. Almost Bought The Farm
[2:52] 9. Juiced
[4:24] 10. Right On Time
[3:27] 11. Don't Go No Further
[4:46] 12. You Got To Lose
[3:17] 13. Leavin' Time

In a sea of endless white boy blues bands and tired old riffs, there is one cat who stands out from the crowd. Vancouver based Steve Kozak is that man. Harkening back to sound of the juke joint, traditonalist Kozak has been raisin' the roof with some smokin' vintage equipment all along the west coast for a long time. The long awaited follow up to his 2003 offering is fittingly called Hoot 'n' Holler, because that's what he seems to cause audiences to do. As opposed to mundane blues riffers who seem to make seemingly normal people do strange dances, The West Coast Blues Revue just grooves along and make people just wanna dig the show. That groove of the live shows has been captured and laid down on a CD with excellent production values laid down by local veteran, Jack Lavin, at the helm. (Why do Canadian CD's always sound so good?).

Kozak, a bluesman's bluesman, has surrounded himself with a stellar array of blues veterans. there is some crazy piano pounding by Dave Webb that is reminiscent of Amos Milburn. The general feel of the album leans towards the jump blues of the late 40's and R&B of the early fifties, while Steve's playing has echoes of the tasty licks produced by T-Bone Walker.There is even a Jackie Brenston cover called Juiced. Backed by the hard drivin' rhythm of the meanest stand up bass player in the business (so mean he uses steel strings) , Ken Wilson, this track is a real mean jumper. Like the R&B cats, Steve likes to sing about cars, chicks, and havin' a good time, evoking images of some cinder block shack by the side of the road. Steve and the boys always make the good times roll. It has been said that roots musicians should have lived what they play, which is the only way to make it convincing. Booze, bar fights, lost love; it's all in there somewhere. Track 8 is a case in point. Called "Almost bought the farm" this is not a hackneyed blues cliché that is all too familiar these days. This is literal and autobiographical. Steve recently had contracted a life threatening medical condition and did indeed almost buy the farm. The line "17 days in the hospital " is earnest and comes from actual experience, you believe the man. The resilient and always jovial Kozak thankfully pulled through and eventually got back to playing. A lot of the tracks on this album are a metaphor for Steve's recovery and joy of life, and that comes through clearly in the playing.

A solid, hard driving offering this time round. Hoot 'N' Holler and get juiced and give a listen to Steve Kozak's brand of blues. ~Serge Lotosky

Hoot 'n Holler mc
Hoot 'n Holler zippy

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Steve Kozak - Lookin' For Lucky (With Special Guest James Harman)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:34
Size: 111.2 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:43] 1. Lookin' At Lucky
[2:58] 2. Blues Dance Party
[4:37] 3. Your Funeral And My Trial
[5:03] 4. Lay Low And Go Slow
[4:20] 5. Is It Yes
[3:05] 6. Down At The Barroom
[5:01] 7. Little Girl
[3:55] 8. Come To Me
[4:46] 9. Need My Baby
[4:18] 10. I Know You're Fine
[4:42] 11. Read My Mind
[3:00] 12. I Hear You Knockin'

Vancouver born and based Steve Kozak has been a mainstay on the western Canadian blues scene since the mid-eighties. He gained national recognition in 2013 winning a Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in Canada. Backed by some of Vancouver’s top musicians Kozak has built a reputation as one of Canada’s premier Blues acts and is known as the go to guy in Vancouver for the west coast blues sound. An accomplished and tasty guitar player with a relaxed vocal style, Kozak sings and plays blues guitar in flavors ranging from classic Chicago blues, to swing, jump blues, Texas shuffles and early R&B with even a hint of rockabilly thrown in for good measure. He and his band can switch gears from driving dance-able boogie to deep blues to soul ballads; he's always mixing it up to fit the occasion.

In 2015 Kozak was called to work alongside legendary guitarist Duke Robillard and his band at The Winnipeg TD International Jazz Festival, filling in on the guitar duties for the injured Duke. Kozak was very well received by Duke and his band and the enthusiastic audiences at the two sold out shows in Winnipeg. Steve has worked and performed with international recording artists, James Harman, Big Joe Duskin, Mitch Woods, Big Joe Louis, ‘The Shuffle King’ Tom Holland, David Vest, Kenny ‘Blues Boss Wayne’ and Robin Banks. He has also opened shows in Vancouver for Nick Curran and the Low-Life’s, Rick Estrin and the Night Cats, Maria Muldaur, The Lee Boys, Matt & Nikki Hill and ‘Super Harp’ James Cotton. Currently working on a new album, Kozak’s last CD release Lookin at Lucky featuring special guest James Harman was very well received by Blues Fans and industry professionals alike.

Lookin' For Lucky (With Special Guest James Harman) mc
Lookin' For Lucky (With Special Guest James Harman) zippy

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