ASH GRUNWALD

"Pretty amazing for one man with a guitar and percussion." Sydney Morning Herald

"Give Signs is a soundtrack for the summer…There is a charm and confidence to this album that’s difficult to resist, so why try? This is blues for Australia." J Mag

"Lock rolling gold from dirty blues man Ash Grunwald, who was always good but just got better." Beat Magazine.

It is too simplistic to describe Ash Grunwald as just a blues musician.

While it’s true that his music is steeped in the Delta blues tradition of the legendary acoustic musicians who proliferated in pre-World War 11 America’s deep South and the giants of electric blues who shaped rock and roll, it’s the young Victorian’s willingness to combine these influences with grooves and sounds common in contemporary music that sets him apart.

Ash won an ARIA award nomination for Best Blues And Roots Album, and the Victorian Blues award for Male Vocalist Of The Year (equal with Lloyd Spiegel) and in 2005 the MBAS Vic / Tas award for Solo / Duo Of The Year (equal with Dave Hogan).

For the ‘Live At The Corner’ album (songs from his first two releases plus Willie Dixon’s ‘Spoonful’ featuring Ian Collard on harmonica) Ash won the 2005 MBAS Vic / Tas and Australian Blues award’s Album Of The Year in addition to being nominated once again for the Best Blues And Roots album at the ARIA’s.

Ash Grunwald continues to forge his own identity with the release of twelve original songs on album number four, ‘Give Signs’ recorded on his own label Delta Groove Records. As usual it is live and solo. And as usual, it is another terrific offering from this talented performer.

Date performing: 31 December 2009
Stage: The Lyrebird

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