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MAMA'S BLUES JOINT
Mama's Blues Joint
Mamas Records:
Produced by Lene Strøyer/André Sørensen
I played this album without looking at the cover and believed,
because of the name, that the band was American and,
because of the vocals, that it was fronted by a well-schooled
black female singer. The production sounded American and
even the Stevie Wonder styled harmonica on 'Happy Dude' and
the horn section on 'This Ain't Love' all contrived to add to that
belief. Imagine my surprise, then, when I discovered that the
vocalist in question is a young lady called Lene Stroyer and that
the band is Danish!
Nine tracks are all Stroyer originals and excellent quality they are, too.
The best is probably 'How Many
Times', a beautiful love song. In fact, matters of the heart are a
consistent theme throughout, with titles like 'The Love That I
Gave You', 'I'm Missing You' and 'My Heart Will Speak'.
Styles range from ballads through slow Blues to out and out rockers,
such as 'Mama Told Me'.
Willie Dixon's 'Spoonful' gets an outing
with a full sounding brass section livening up the whole,
with the fat sounding Hammond organ adding its' chunky
sound.Thefunky 'NoExceptionToTheRule'would make a good dance track at any party. Throughout, Stroyer is backed
by a very tight four-piece, with added horn section on many of the
numbers. A good introduction to Danish Blues..
Merv Osborne
Blues Matters, UK
June 2008 - Blues Matters, UK
LADIES SIN G THE BLUES
Uh Oh Yeah!
ladiessingtheblues.dk
Denmark sings the Blues. and does a fine job. Put together in
2001 by the board of The Copenhagen Blues Festival. to
encourage more women on the local Blues scene, the band
has become an established act. This album is full of fairly light,
foot tapping smile-on·yer-face numbers.
About half are selfpenned and with titles like 'Cold Pizza& Warm Beer' and 'Have
You Tried It In The Bush',
you know it should be fun.
There is a good balance
maintained by some very
credible covers, which
include Etta James'
'Something's Got A Hold an
Me. Willie Dixon's 'I Love
The Life I Live' and
Marva
Wright's 'Let's Make Love'.
A six-piece band fronted by
three powerful female
vocalists, who individually
provide some excellent solo performances and together beautiful
harmonies.
The three accomplished male musicians are
never overly intrusive and provide a tight, easy sounding, laidback
feel that compliments the vocals well. The normal keyboards,
drums and bass are joined on a couple oftracks by a
guest guitarist who helps to maintain the freshness.
Thomas Rankin
Blues Matters
June 2008 - Blues Matters
Discography
The single called "Boy You drive me crazy" Record Artist :Anna David
The song was performed and played in German TV and Radio.
Mama's Blues Joint:
Different tracks are being airplayed on blues radios all over the world:
Ladies Sing the Blues: UH, OH, Yeah:Different tracks are being airplayed on bluesradios all over the world
First single from the album "Mellem mine hænder. Record Artist: Anne Grete :It still have airplay in Danish Radio.
Lene Strøyer and her husband André Sørensen, have recently written underscore music for the Danish television Program, DR2.Tema. Broadcasted sep.2007.
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Bio
Lene Strøyer has been a performing artist and a singer/songwriter on the Scandinavian live scene since 1987.
She has been living and studying music in Los Angeles, USA and took several classes here in songwriting.
Mama's Blues Joint was founded by Lene Strøyer in 2002. The band released their debut CD Mama's Blues Joint in spring 2005.
Lene Strøyer has written most of the material on the album, and the song "Missing you"recently won a sixth place in the international category in one of the biggest songcontests in Australia. ASA.(Aug.2008)
The CD is being played on Blues radios all over the world.
Lene Strøyer has been writing for the dansh pop Star Anna David's first release in Germany. The single called "Boy You drive me crazy" .The song was performed and played in German Tv and Radio. Lene also co-writes with Anna David now. www.annadavid.dk
Anne Grete,a Danish pop/folk artist heard some songs from Lenes solo project and asked her to write a song for her. She did, and "Så forsigtigt "was released in 1994 as first single from the album "Mellem mine hænder. It still have airplay in danish Radio.
Lene Strøyer and her husband André Sørensen, have recently written underscore music for the Danish television Program, DR2.Tema. Broadcasted sep.2007.
The band Ladies Sing the Blues was formed in 2002.
The band got great success and they are still touring Scandinavia.
Lene Strøyer is one of the Ladies. Their debut CD is out now. 2008.
Lene has co-written 3 songs on the CD. www.ladiessingtheblues.dk
OTHER PROJECTS LENE STRØYER HAS BEEN WRITING FOR:
Lene Strøyer is a member of the Danish showband Pistacie and has written material for this band as well. Lene is currently working on songs for their new album. The CD will be released in fall 2008 www.pistacie.com
Lene Strøyer has composed music for a performance in Tivoli, Copenhagen 2006 with musicians, singers and dancers from a Danish Music school.
Lene Strøyer has written songs for the band Lene Strøyer Jazzquartet, she toured with from 1990-1993.
Lene Strøyer is a member of the Danish Artist union and the Danish singer/songwriter Union DJBFA.
NEWS:
Lene Strøyer has been to London in January and Nashville in February 2008 to co-write with other songwriters for different projects.
Mamas Blues Joint is currently recording tracks for their second album. The CD Will be released in the beginning of 2009.
www.mamasbluesjoint.com www.myspace.com/mamasbluesjointcom
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