With his new album, Brick By Brick, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist JP Soars makes it clear yet again that he’s absolutely determined to advance his career one step at a time, whether it’s through his interaction with fans or via his ongoing album trajectory. He’s made that consistently clear in the past and his work has been rewarded — not only in terms of his accolades and chart accomplishments — but also through the appreciation he’s received from the audiences and admirers he’s managed to attract every step of the way.
PERFORMER BIO:
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, JP released his latest album on June 30, 2024. In addition, it marks his first effort for Little Village recordings. True to form, the music runs a musical gamut spanning riveting blues, gypsy jazz, the sweep and sway of explosive riff-ready rockers, and tender, touching ballads. JP’s stirring vocals provide a particularly emotive element, seizing on the sentiment in a way that’s resonant and resilient from start to finish. That ability to shift gears and vary his template has gained the adulation of audiences, admirers, pundits, and critics since the very beginning.
Living Blues magazine declared “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. Jp Soars inherently understands that… Soars and band make the most of this label debut, delivering 11 energetically performed and well-crafted songs.” Curt’s Blues concurred, maintaining “Little Village’s first release of 2024 is a sonic wallop of the varied and impressive collective proficiencies of JP Soars, a musician whose music can best be described as a fiery co-mingling of blues, roots rock, and straight-ahead rock-n-roll. This is not your traditional “lump de lump” blues journey; no, this is a modern-day stew of blues and related genres that audibly rip, tear, and demand attention.”
In fact, the kudos have continued throughout JP’s career. In 2009, JP won the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge, as well as the prestigious Albert King guitar award. Since then, he’s been nominated for six Blues Music Awards, including those for Best Guitarist, Best Blues-Rock, Best Contemporary Blues Artist, Best Band and the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award. Little Steven’s Underground Garage placed him among the “Top Five Coolest CD” for his album More Bees with Honey.” In 2012, he was named a Blues Music Award Nominee for Best Contemporary Male Blues Artist. In 2019, he climbed his way to the top ten of Billboard’s blues chart. That same year, 2019, he was accorded the Blues Blast Music Award for “Blues Band of the Year.” The same organization cited him for having the “Best New Artist Debut Release.”
Also in 2019, he became a double Blues Blast Award nominee for Best Rock Blues Album and Best Blues Band of the Year, and also garnered a Blues Music Award nomination for Best Blues Rock Artist. Two years later, in 2021, he was nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best Contemporary Male Blues Artist. In 2022, he was cited as a Blues Music Award nominee for Best Blues Instrumentalist (Guitar). He was also nominated by that organization for the BB King Entertainer of the Year honors and for Band of the Year.
Band Members:
JP Soars - Guitar, Vocals
Chris Peet - Drummer
Cleveland Frederick - Bass
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