Michael Powers/Frequency

"Powers is a precise guitarist. He doesn't squander notes and he sounds like no one else. ONYX ROOT is sure to make a few Top Ten lists this year."
Jeff Calvin - BLUES REVUE

Michael Powers is a purist. Not the kind that declares only Delta blues or Texas blues or Chicago blues to be the "real deal," but the kind that turns all of his diverse influences into "pure" musical expression. His (first) offering, ONYX ROOT, on Baryon Records, contains six originals plus the prewar Muddy Waters classic "Country Boy" and the postwar Willie Dixon classic "I Can�t Quit You, Baby," along with the 60s rock classics "She�s About A Mover" by the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Count Five�s "Psychotic Reaction." With his eclectic view of what constitutes the "blues," Powers makes the perfect subject for the first PlayBluesGuitar.Com interview. 2005 - PlayBluesGuitar.Com

You can search http://world.yahoo.com/ for Michael Powers, however FYI: This is NOT the Jazz guitarist from Seattle USA!

This is the reknown BLUES MUSIC AWARD Nominated (https://www.blues.org/#ref=bluesmusicawards_pastyears)

MICHAEL POWERS in New York USA at:
www.MichaelPowers.com
www.myspace.com/PowersBlues
www.facebook.com/PowersBlues
My photo: file:///Volumes/Mac5GB2/MICHAEL%20POWERS/Jeff%20Blues%20Mag155%20Cover%20(1:2008).webarchive
- http://world.yahoo.com/

Live INTERVIEW on UStream:

WKZE-FM 98.1 Dec 2009: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2722706(8 minute interview)

LIVE PERFORMANCES:

BABY CAUGHT A TRAIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_jqdezeSik

LITTLE WING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q50omOHH9s

FOXY LADY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPr2sBivYWs

ACOUSTIC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbeqPDQPOM

INTERVIEW at Scranton Jazz Festival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD9qW5vl8cw

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONs performed:
"PRODIGAL SON"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dssf0TaxfE

"ISTANBUL"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVWVmj-tpqE

"GRAFFITI"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9VwCcUuoCo
Solo Electric: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2724346

WITH OTHERS:
with Lonnie Brooks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX8PN4ZqeCw&NR=1

with BELLYDANCER SHIVATI (BlackMagicWoman): http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2724880

with Floodwaters Band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jmh6dh0zwk&feature=related

with Eric Durham (2nd half)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7T7ODy4fog
- Various

http://www.StaticandFeedback.com/Music/0408mpow.html

EXCERPT
Michael was in great spirits, ripping through song after song, some originals, some covers. The first set alone featured the Hendrix cover “Little Wing,� as well as “Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)� and “Killing Floor.� This was blues and rock melded at its best, with Powers jamming in his own world from the comfort of his chair, as well as special guests, none of whom I was particularly familiar with.

Between the first and second set, I went over to purchase his second album, Prodigal Son, which I had yet to obtain. In the process, I was told to hang out for a minute, as Powers would sign my CD and have about a 5 minute chat about upcoming gigs and such.

Powers then came out by himself, playing a mesmerizing song I had never heard. He introduced it as something completely new that was to be part of a Warner Bros. movie. - Static & Feedback Magazine

PHOTOS: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=537762

WRITE-UPs
http://www.clubhelsinkiweb.com/news127.html

http://www.musicbox-online.com/mp-onyx.html

AUSTRIA review:
http://www.bluesartstudio.at/NeueSeiten/MichaelPOWERS2006.html

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - TEATRO LIBRA BLUES FESTIVAL 2008
http://www.TeatroLibre.com/michael_powersdc.html
In Spanish:
http://elmercuriodigital.es/content/view/11335/76/
http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-3021509
http://www.eltiempo.com/blogs/caja_de_resonancia/2008/07/Muse-el-concierto--Calamaro-ta.php
http://bogota.vive.in/bluesdc/

FRANCE reviews:
Vic Morgan, Devon Radio.
http://www.sefronia.com/album/michael_powers/prodigal_son.htm
http://www.bluesmagazine.net/C_Disques_chroniques/Artistes/Powers Michael.htm

UK: BELFAST's BIG RIVER BLUES & JAZZ FEST 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jan/05/jazz.shopping4

DENMARK:
http://www.imusic.dk/item/0616892574125/michael-powers-2004-onyx-root-cd

FINLAND:
http://www.blues-finland.com/news3/news0070.html
http://www.blues-finland.com/news3/news0057.html

NORWAY:
http://www.bluesnews.no/index.php?option=com_simple_review&Itemid=33&review=521-Michael-Powers-Prodigal-Son-Baryon-Records-BYN-005

GERMANY- ROCKTIMES "PRODIGAL SON CD" REVIEW
http://www.rocktimes.de/gesamt/opq/michael_powers/prodigal_son.html

ITALY - REVIEWS
Onyx Root CD:http://www.ilpopolodelblues.com/rev/ottobre04/Powers.html
Prodigal Son CD:http://www.ilpopolodelblues.com/rev/febbraio07/recensione/michael-powers.html
Show:http://www.deltablues.it/index.php?pagina=artisti&artist=3

RUSSIA: "LIVE IN LATVIA CD Review" http://CDbaby.com/cd/mpf

TURKEY, CROATIA, YUGOSLAVIA - Nov./Dec. 2006
http://www.pozitif-ist.com/2004/tr/festival/fest_master_program.asp?fest_master_id=78
http://www.gitaresk.com/Album/24th/alb070109_mpowers.htm
- Various Magazines Worldwide

http://www.JazzReview.com/article/review-5400.html
EXCERPT:
Powers says that while in his neighborhood, most of the black kids were listening to Motown and stuff like that. I was completely at the other end of the rainbow. What I was digging on was the Yardbirds. Out of the Yardbirds came some of the best guitar players you ever heard in the history of music. He rhymes off the names of Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Who is going to argue with him about that list? Although I consider myself to be very knowledgeable concerning the life of Eric Clapton, Powers reveals something that I did not know. At one time the Yardbirds backed up legendary blues artist Sonny Boy Williamson for his London gigs.

These days, the kids that grew up in Powers neighborhood are probably talking about Powers as being their friend back in the day. This tremendously gifted man has performed and/or recorded with Robert Cray, Johnny Winters, Chuck Berry and John Lee Hooker (Sr.). He can rock out with great chord progressions on the opening track Goin Down, cast haunting vocals over Jimi Hendrixs Voodoo Child, and can shift gears to sing the contemplative ballad Prodigal Son. WOW! - JAZZ REVIEW

"More than anyone else, anywhere, Powers represents the future of the Blues." - Billboard Magazine

"... On his first solo album (Michael) has managed to create that a rare beast: a blues album that doesn't depend on endless guitar wankery."
Scott Rowley - CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE (UK)

"That thick, layered vibe reverberates throughout the diverse, freewheeling Onyx Root - a record defined by Powers world-weary vocals, superb acoustic electric interplay and formidable rhythm support... A stylistic tour de force..."
Sean McDevitt - GUITAR WORLD ACOUSTIC