Sandbloom

Kevin Sandbloom has been playing music ever since he picked up a guitar at 16 and simultaneously fell in love with the music of Bob Marley. "All my songs sounded a little like a Marley rip-off" he says of his early pieces. The first band he fronted in high school, BUMP, became a local staple in his hometown Pasadena, CA. He cut his musical teeth on influences like B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Prince and Sade. Of the creative culture he came up in he says Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

Kevin Sandbloom has been playing music ever since he picked up a guitar at 16 and simultaneously fell in love with the music of Bob Marley. "All my songs sounded a little like a Marley rip-off" he says of his early pieces. The first band he fronted in high school, BUMP, became a local staple in his hometown Pasadena, CA. He cut his musical teeth on influences like B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Prince and Sade. Of the creative culture he came up in he says, "The whole thing was to do like Bill Withers mixed with The Beatles or Parliament meets Elvis Costello or Pink Floyd meets Steel Pulse so we were trying to mash it up from early on". It was this eclectic atmosphere that shaped his musical path as well as a local songwriter, Peter Galvin who was in a legendary band, The Bedshredders. "He showed me first hand what was possible with songs. His stuff was so advanced though he was only a few years older, my songs sounded juvenile next to his". Fast forward to the present and Kevin's music can hardly be called childish. He is regarded in songwriter circles as an artist who operates at the top of his game. He has performed on stages from the Nuyorican Poets cafe in New York, to B.B. King's Blues Club in Los Angeles and is a fixture at music and poetry venues across the U.S. He is also a favorite on college and high school campuses. For the last six years he has been producing music at a furious pace. 5 full-length albums and an Ep under his belt, he is currently touring and promoting his latest recording,"Under Pink And Bourbon Skies". The CD is his most blues inspired work to date, though it contains elements of jazz, bossa nova, and folk to create a sound which is uniquely "Sandbloom". Sandbloom has been featured on the ABC Family series "Lincoln Heights", and has credits on the Laurence Fishburne film "Once In The Life", as well as countless independent films. He was also payed the honor of having one of his songs used by guitar legend Robben Ford on his album, "Supernatural". It ended up being chosen as the title track. During the sessions for the same record he got to meet and perform with Vinny Caliutta, Jimmy Earl and singer Michael McDonald. On meeting one of his vocal heroes, Kevin says," Man, what a trip that was! I was trying not be starstruck, but he was one of the most humble and down to earth people you will ever meet." Sandbloom is hard at work recording new material, compiling footage for a live CD/DVD release in 2009 and gearing up for a European tour as well. "I'm keeping it moving this year, expanding my brand so everyone knows about what I do" he says. And indeed it won't be long until everyone does. Instrumentation Kevin Sandbloom-Vocals/Guitar/Loops Discography 2009/UNDER PINK AND BOURBON SKIES 2007/MAD LOVE ACTIVATE 2005 / FROM A BIRD 2005 / EP.DELTA[6] 2005 / The Temple Bar Records compilation #1 2004 / EARTHBOUND 2002 / BLUES FOR BRICKTOP Under Pink & Bourbon Skies Reviews: "His lyrics are indeed poetry, an example of the pure art." -Sean Rasul/Urban Soul Review "Sandbloom seems to know that his assignment in making such an intimate record is that people are going to listen to what he has to say. He doesn’t waste time. “Sweetness,” “Sentimentally Yours,” “Up From the Cracks” and “You Should Know” are four songs that exhibit Sandbloom’s ability to vary the tempo, use his voice as an instrument and paints pictures with words. Recommended." -Howard Dukes/Soul Tracks "You take the extremely talented D’Angelo and the extremely talented Ani DiFranco, mix it with the mystery of even more humanity and you get Kevin Sandbloom." -the rasx() context Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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