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Really nice reviews by Eclipsed Magazine from Germany. Danke schön👍🙏
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Micke & Lefty feat. Chef - Live On Air 7,5/10
Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip - Outtakes 7/10
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Playground Music Finland
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MICKE & LEFTY FEATURING CHEF "Live On Air" 7,5/10 And Micke Bjorklof is at it again. This time, he plays with a competent acoustic trio that interprets their songs impeccably. The first CD was recorded for Deutschlandfunk in 2020, while the material on the second comes from the Blues Baltica Festival in Eutin. Duplicates? A single one! Instead, there's an acoustic version of "Hoochie Coochie Man," energetic blues-rock that only electric guitars can deliver ("Let Me Love You"), 1920s blues ("California Blues"), and a bit of ZZ Top boogie ("Guitar Man"). This band is an impressive talent! Ja Micke Bjorklof on jälleen mukana. Tällä kertaa hän soittaa pätevän akustisen trion kanssa, joka tulkitsee kappaleensa moitteettomasti. Ensimmäinen CD on äänitetty Deutschlandfunkille vuonna 2020, kun taas toisen levyn materiaali on peräisin Eutinissa järjestetyltä Blues Baltica -festivaalilta. Duplikaatteja? Yksi ainoa! Sen sijaan mukana on akustinen versio ”Hoochie Coochie Manista”, energistä blues-rockia, jota vain sähkökitarat voivat tuottaa (”Let Me Love You”), 1920-luvun bluesia (”California Blues”) ja hieman ZZ Topin boogieta (”Guitar Man”). Tämä bändi on vaikuttava lahjakkuus!
MICKE BJORKLOF & BLUE STRIP "Outtakes" 7/10 Now he wants to know! Micke Bjorklof has released two albums under different names (see below), each showcasing different sides of his musical sides. "Outtakes" doesn't do justice to its name, as such compilations usually serve listeners second-rate material, whereas this is a full-fledged album. A relaxed shuffle ("On Vacation"), breathtaking slide blues ("Way To Go"), blues with dark undertones ("Running Shoes"), or a number with a gripping yet laid-back Bo Diddley rhythm ("Silver Moon") represent originality within the genre. Strange that the new tracks weren't available earlier! FI Nyt hän haluaa tietää! Micke Bjorklof on julkaissut kaksi albumia eri nimillä (ks. alla), jotka kumpikin esittelevät hänen erilaisia musiikillisia puolia. ”Outtakes” ei tee oikeutta nimellään, sillä tällaiset koosteet tarjoilevat kuulijoille yleensä kakkosluokan materiaalia, kun taas tämä on täysimittainen albumi. Rento shuffle (”On Vacation”), henkeäsalpaava slide-blues (”Way To Go”), tummia sävyjä sisältävä blues (”Running Shoes”) tai kappale, jossa on mukaansatempaava mutta rento Bo Diddley -rytmi (”Silver Moon”), edustavat omaperäisyyttä genren sisällä. Outoa, että uusia kappaleita ei ollut saatavilla aiemmin!
On air in Germany. Danke schön👍🙏
Heute, 11.Juni ab 20 Uhr "Rock This House" / Radio EVW / Blues auf die Ohren. Neue Alben von Joe Bonamassa, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Dave Specter's Blues & Beyond, Grace Potter, Micke Bjorklof & BlueStrip, Gary Hoey, Simon Kinny-Lewis, The Dead Daisies, VA Playing for Change and Happy Birthday: Mike Welch and Mason Rack.
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Bluesmusiikin kotimainen konkari Micke Björklöf
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Bluesmusiikin kotimainen konkari Micke Björklöf
Olipa kiva saada käydä ihanan Joanna Kuvajan jututettavana 60v. ja uusien albumien
tiimoilta aamun MTV3 Huomenta Suomi lähetyksessä. Kiitos🙏
Had a really nice visit to the MTV3 ”Good Morning Finland” show. Talking about my recent 60th birthday and new album releases. Thank you!🙏
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These two gentlemen started their musical collaboration in 1997 when the lead singer, harmonica player and bandleader Micke Björklöf (born –65) was looking for a new guitarist to his band, Micke Björklöf & BlueStrip (formed 1991) and asked Lefty Leppänen (born –66) to join the band. This world-class slide guitar virtuoso is also known from his previous work with Keystone Cops and his solo project Southpaw Steel N´ Twang. After playing few years together, they started talkin´ about doing some acoustic duo shows while the band was having a break from touring. They both shared a passion and love for older acoustic delta and country blues music; this would be great opportunity to play the music they both had strongly been influenced by. Their first show as duo, Micke and Lefty took place when they were asked by the festival organizer to fill up with an acoustic show due some cancellations. But a real kick-start came little later when they got a chance to open the show for Robert Plant and B.B King on the main stage at Puistoblues, the biggest blues festival in Finland, with audience over 10 000.
Musically it started as a spinoff from the MB& Blue Strip band, playing acoustic versions of the same material. Over the years it became and grew to a totally own band with original material and own repertoire. In the fall 2003 Micke & Lefty started to work on their forth coming debut album. “We thought it would be nice to get some upright bass on some tracks so we asked Mr. Chef Kivimäki to join us in the recording sessions”, says Björklöf. Those sessions were a blast! This talented young man has been cooking´ his bass rhythms and singing with Micke & Lefty since then. Nowadays Micke & Lefty perform mostly as trio with Chef but are still doing some duo performances every now and then. Their critically acclaimed debut album “Big Bag” was released 2004 by Bluelight Records. The album introduced strong original material among couple of unique performances of classic tracks.
2010 Micke & Lefty feat.Chef celebrated their 10th anniversary with releasing a new album “Up the Wall” (Hokahey Records!). This was already the fifth album where Björklöf and Leppänen were collaborating. With the follower to the critically acclaimed “Big Bag” album they took a huge step forward; hundreds of live shows had improved their unique band sound and made this trio very tight and groovy, which you really can hear on the album. The album was mainly recorded live in studio just to get as close as possible of the magic of a live show. Also bass player Chef has got his space as lead vocalist this time. Up the Wall album contains 11original tracks and 2 cover tracks, Tony Joe White’s “Polk Salad Annie” and Willie Dixon’s Big Three Trio’s “Come Here Baby”.
Key tracks on the “Up the Wall” album: “You Better Me”, the first radio single is strongly soul and gospel influenced song with great harmony vocals. This song also has some real crossover potential. “Up the wall” the title tracks for the album, with Micke on lead vocals. This is a really authentic down-home blues song. This will also be the first ever-filmed music video for the band. “Clean up” is a tight Louisiana flavoured rock´n roll song with Chef on lead vocals. “Guitar man” is an up tempo blues song with lyrics from blues guy’s hard but rewarding life; it’s also Lefty’s showcase of his fantastic slide guitar playing. He also sings this track.
2020 (Hokahey Records)
Tracklisting:
01. Tell That Woman
02. Always Something Good
03. Big Bill Blues
04. Small Town Baby
05. Let The Fire Lead
06. The One
07. Gotta See My Church
08. You Gorgeous You
09. No Stuff Is Good Enuff
10. Rock n Bowl
11. I’m Steady Rollin’ Man
12. I Got to Tell you
2004 (Bluelight Records)
Produced by Micke Björklöf & Ville “Lefty Willie” Leppänen
Micke Björklöf: vocals, drums & percussion, dobro, harmonica
Lefty Leppänen: vocals, guitars, mandolin, tenorbanjo, harmonica
Miikka “Chef” Kivimäki: upright bass, acoustic bass, background vocals
Mika Virkkala: fiddle on “Love´s made a fool of you”
Kimmo Ahola: grand piano sound on “If I had possession…”
2010 (Hokahey! Records)
Produced by Micke, Lefty and Chef
Micke Björklöf: vocals, drums & percussion, dobro, harmonica
Lefty Leppänen: vocals, National steel, pedal steel, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, harmonica
Chef: vocals, upright bass, acoustic bass
Pekka Gröhn: organ
DigiMusalinkki: https://lnk.to/mickeleftyupthewall
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