Janice was born in the Atlanta suburbs but the family soon moved to rural central Georgia. Growing up her musical influences included her mother who played gospel piano, her father who played harmonica and her brother who sang and played guitar in a rock band. She developed an early love of country, jazz, big band, rock and blues.
Karl Baudoin is a composer songwriter and performer based in New Caledonia equally at ease in the fields of Orchestral Film Music, Rock, Pop, Soul, Funk and Blues. He also works as an actor and voice-over / narrator.
Australian blues artist SIMON KINNY-LEWIS has performed/recorded with the cream of the blues crop including Robben Ford, Chris Cain, Josh Smith, Kirk Fletcher and many more. Not only recognised as a great guitarist but also as an impressive singer and songwriter, Simon’s approach has been described as a musical intersection in which tradition, modern tendencies and personal style are enriched by pure emotional release.
Mitch Grainger infuses the Blues & Roots genre’s traditional styling’s with a confidence, and depth of spirit, that has seen him compared to the likes of Robert Johnson by American music critics. No overnight sensation, this accolade came after over 25 years of performing and recording predominantly as a side-man with some of Australia and the world’s greatest blues and bluesrock artists.
I try to capture through my lyrics, situations and circumstances that we have all been through one time or other in our lives. And now that I am of a certain age I try to pool all those experiences that I have gained over the years within my music. Love, life and heartbreak.
The BluesBones are a band of 5 passioned and experienced musicians, playing blues/rock with undiminished feeling and skill. Their original songs vary from blues-rock over mellow and sensitive blues ballads, swampy slide to more heavy rock.
Kari Kirkland
Walter Baumgartner
Bai Kamara Jr.
Zorita