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Edgehill Avenue / About This Artist

Artist Details and Stats:

Hometown: Louisville, KY

Label: Departure Records

Website: www.edgehillave.com

Genre: Rock

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Biography:

Edgehill Avenue is a rock and roll band from Louisville, Kentucky steeped in the roots of 70's rock and roll that draws comparisons to The Black Crowes, Ryan Adams, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, and the Rolling Stones. Growing from the initial duo of Drew Perkins and "Hurricane" Mike McLaughlin the band added John Poole on bass and Lamont "Phatbeat" Melson and recorded an acoustic sounding self-titled demo EP in February of 2007. After playing nearly everywhere and anywhere in 2007 and 2008 the band added Paul Nevitt on keyboards and signed with Departure Records to record the full-length and full on rock and roll record, Rambler, due out Feb 24th.

Press:

“This is mature, timeless rock music for grownups....”
Duncan Jamieson - Powerplay Magazine

“70's rock like the Allmans...Edgehill Avenue's third studio album has all the proper parts...Reckoning Day is a slow burn that will draw lighters (or lighter apps, natch) and that weird, collective sway an audience does during songs like this. Manifesto plays like an encore, all flash and octane.”
Damien McPherson - Leo Weekly

“...painstakingly crafted slices of highly accessible pop-rock with subtle hints of Americana, alt-country and blues...a sonically beautiful listen, a great disc to blast while driving around with the windows down on a warm summer day.”
Kevin Gibson - Louisville Music News

“riveting roots rock...“With These Hands” is reminiscent of R.E.M.’s “Driver 8”...'Rambler’ is nothing less than a seamless & compelling mix of well-crafted & equally well-played (think Petty’s Heartbreakers or the E Street Band ensembles as models) Americana-inspired classic rock.”
Fred Pellberg - Village Records

“a cool cocktail of Americana...”
Duncan Jamieson - Powerplay Magazine (UK)

“Swirling in Hammond organ and countrified blues rock, Edgehill Avenue instantly draw you in to their down-home, soulful, folksy, Americana southern-rock...will satisfy more than a handful of Black Crowes fans...a very retro feel and wouldn't be out of place on an Allman Brothers album.”
Dirty Rock Magazine - Dirty Rock Magazine UK

“...an excellent release utilising their excellent musicianship to convey the energy and imagery that only solid songwriting can produce.”
MC - Classic Rock Society (UK)

"This a perfect summer party record. Best served with friends & drinks. For music lovers Edgehill Avenue brings you blues,country and rock 'n' roll with damn fine class."
Andy Flash - Spinechained (Sweden)

“Dense with bold Southern rock-style anthems, Allman Brothers-like swirling jams, and jangly countrified folk-rock-Rambler is powerful, memorable music...inhabits a unique spot at the crossroads where heady jams meet down-home roots rock...this is a band I would love to see and hear perform. ”
Chip Withrow - musesmuse.com

“The spirit of Springsteen’s epic song “The River” is conjured repeatedly...and Edgehill Avenue pulls it off splendidly. “With These Hands” is as catchy as a Tom Petty hit...the voice of Drew Perkins reminds one of a less affected Steve Earle.”
Jonathan Ashley - Louisville Eccentric Observer

“On Rambler, you get a piping-hot stew of southern rock, blues, folk, and country, served up in generous portions, that kicks you in the pants one song, then buys you a drink on the next...throughout the work, we get crisp, dead-on-target musicianship from the entire lineup.”
Tim Roberts - Louisville Music News