The enfant prodige Alexis Evans returns with a new album
that makes Bordeaux the new French capital of deep soul.
Forget about great wines for a second, from Bordeaux rolls
in Alexis Evans, the next big thing of the French deep soul scene.
Following
his acclaimed debut LP “Girl Bait” (2016) Record Kicks is proud to present
“I’ve Come A Long Way”, the new installment of the Anglo/French artist that
will hit the streets worldwide on March 08 2019.
Recorded in Bordeaux, mixed in
Sydney by Dojo Cuts’ and The Liberators’ head honcho Nate Goldentone and
mastered in LA at Golden Mastering, with “I’ve Come A Long Way” Alexis Evans is
ready to impress you with one of the most original and honest deep soul and
rhythm and blues album that you’ll find around.
“I’ve Come a Long Way” might seem like an ambitious album
for a 25 years old guy, but from the soulful opening track “She Took me back”
to the last rock and roll storming cut “Rock’N’ Roll Healer” you’ll be
immediately captured by Alexis’ incredible musicianship and songwriting.
Imagine a soulful and much funkier version of Jon Spencer where the Meters,
Otis Redding and Sly & The Family Stone are kings. “I spent a few months
composing and arranging all these tracks with the idea of approaching the songs
of The Impressions, Allen Toussaint or Bobby Womack” says Alexis “and with
everyone in the right mood, we found our own sound and we recorded the album”.
Despite his relatively young age, the Bordeaux-based
singer-songwriter-producer Alexis Evans is not a newcomer in the music scene.
He discovered Afro-American music as a child and learnt to play guitar thanks
to his father, an English musician. At the age of 17 he debuted with his first
project “Jumping to the Westside”, with which he was awarded the “Cognac Blues Passion”
prize and flew to the “International Blues Challenge” in Memphis, Tennessee,
where he impressed the American audience even though he was still a teenager.
Mr.Evans has built a household name in the scene as the “enfant prodige of
soul”, touring extensively his country with explosive live sets at RDV Erdre
Nantes, Rhino Jazz St-Etienne, Lyon Ninkasi, Club Nubia Paris, Festivals
Relâche Bordeaux, Jazz à Vienne as well as Festivals in England, Switzerland
and Wales.
Fans of Daptone and Stax Records you better take note.
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