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HANS CHEW & BAND

HANS CHEW & BAND

Date: Thu 31st
Jul
Time: 11:30pm
€0.00 Free Gig
Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Death gives meaning to life, suffering gives meaning to love. This is the theme of Hans Chew’s story, an expression of the soul. Hans Chew delivers a powerful medicine, a resurrection of rock & roll as unique as it is traditional. A Tennessee native and self-taught pianist,Chew’s style has been described in wide fashion, his name appearing in print alongside artists as varied as Bob Dylan, Elton John, John Prine, Albert Ammons, Nicky Hopkins, and The Band, to name but a few.


Chew’s 2010 debut album received four stars from Rolling Stone and was heralded by Uncut as one of the top 25 albums of the year. Now Hans Chew returns with his second long player entitled “Life & Love” (At The Helm Records), the sonic snapshot of a full-fledged rock and roll spectacle. Led by Chew on grand piano and vocals, with Dave Cavallo (guitar), Ricardo Ortiz (bass), and Jesse Wallace (drums), the new album transports the listener into the full experience of the band’s immediate raw power. With distinct influences of British and southern American classic rock, the album’s sound stands on plenty of blues, country, and soul as it bares its teeth. “Life & Love” will have the listener encounter the creation and rise of civilization, temptations of the flesh from across the railroad tracks, the cool hand of the goddess of mercy, a marriage between a nymph and the son of Zebedee, a prodigal son in goatskin cloaks, Tsars, Boyars, the ripping open of space and time, and last but not least, the Junco Partner himself.