The 24th Street Wailers Are Unshakeable New CD and Canadian Tour

The 24th Street Wailers Are Unshakeable New CD and Canadian Tour

On the heels of their sophomore release ‘Unshakeable’, Toronto’s The 24th Street Wailers are kicking off festival season with a Canadian tour that includes opening for American blues legend Jimmie Vaughan in Picton, Ontario to launch the tour. Unshakeable has been getting extensive reviews, airplay and charting positions throughout Canada and USA. The popular syndicated House of Blues Radio Radio Hour selected "Unshakeable" as their favorite new song of the week for the episode airing July 7/8. Here is what reviewers are saying about The 24th Street Wailers: “Unshakeable is raw and authentically funky. These young players have the natural rhythm and looseness of studied musicians, which is a breath of fresh air.” -thebluesmobile.com “You'd think it was the work of seasoned and toughened bar-band veterans, but these Wailers are actually fresh-faced music school products, all young but obviously getting the right seasoning fast.” - Bob Mersereau, CBC Fredericton top100canadianblog.blogspot.ca “This CD shows significant growth over the Wailers first CD and is certain to win them a larger audience“ - Bman’s Blues Report bmansbluesreport.com “Home Cookin’” and “Unshakeable” have a terrific 60’s feel, slow yet upbeat, and fantastic vocals. You can’t unshake the feeling. “I’m Not Free” is a bit slower paced, so we have a great variety of tracks. Jon Wong’s saxophone shines in “Trouble” and “Jack, Jim, Johnny, and Me.” Everyone’s talents pool together creating a great blend in “I Will,” specifically the opening.” - Blues Rock Review bluesrockreview.com “If these Wailers were out to capture a vintage juke joint vibe, they’ve succeeded admirably. The overall groove of Unshakeable is casual but never sloppy, coy and occasionally slutty- but in a really cool way. One of my favorite blues outings of 2012.” - John Kereiff, Gonzo Magazine gonzoonline.ca “The band’s sound is rough and tumble, bristling with raucous energy and greasy, grinding grooves. The well-written material seems geared to live performance and rowdy and lively audiences. They’re tough, take-no-prisoners tunes rich with innuendo and double-entendre, with lots of off-kilter stops and fills to keep things interesting throughout.” - John Taylor, Blinded By Sound blindedbysound.com Summer Tour Dates: June 29 - Lavigne Tavern, Lavigne, ON 30 - Regent Theatre, Picton, ON w/ blues legend Jimmie Vaughan July 1 - Lake Affect, Mississauga, ON 4 - Tacoma Freedom Fair, Tacoma, WA 5 - Lions Head Pub, Robson, BC 6 - Vancouver Island Music Festival, Courtenay, BC 7 - Vancouver Island Music Festival, Courtenay, BC 8 - Vancouver Island Music Festival, Courtenay, BC 9 - Harrison Festival of the Arts, Harrison Hot Springs, BC 12 - Minstrel Cafe & Bar, Kelowna, BC 14 - Pat’s Pub, Vancouver, BC 18 - Days Inn Hotel, Prince George, BC 20 - Folk on the Rocks, Yellowknife, NT 21 - Folk on the Rocks, Yellowknife, NT 22 - Folk on the Rocks, Yellowknife, NT 26 - Rockwater Grill, Golden, BC 27 - Mikey’s Juke Joint, Calgary, AB 28 - The Mainliner Pub, Medicine Hat, AB 31 - Pappy’s Cafe, Wabigoon, ON August 1 - The Apollo, Thunder Bay, ON 2 - Water Tower Inn, Sault Ste. Marie, ON 4 - Kaffe 1870, Wakefield, QC 5 - c.o blitz, Combermere, ON 6 - Lakeshore Mardi Gras,Toronto, ON 9 - Festiblues International de Montreal, Montreal, QC 10 - Delicious Delicatessen and Music, Renfrew, ON 11 - Madawaska Mountain Lounge, Madawaska Valley, ON 15 - The Red Herring Pub, St. Andrews, NB 16 - The Globe, Charlottetown, PEI w/ Ross Neilsen band 17 - Bearlys House of Blues, Halifax, NS 18 - Bearlys House of Blues, Halifax, NS 23 - Limestone City Blues Festival, Kingston, ON 23 - RCHA Club, Kingston, ON (Limestone City Blues Festival) 24 - Eaglewood Folk Festival, Pefferlaw, ON 25 - Eaglewood Folk Festival, Pefferlaw, ON 25 - Wasaga Beach Blues, Wasaga Beach, on 26 - Eaglewood Folk Festival, Pefferlaw, ON the24thstreetwailers.com

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Unshakeable - The 24th Street Wailers - New Release Review

I just got a copy of Unshakeable, the new 24th Street Wailers CD and they continue to grow as a band. Lindsay Beaver, lead singer and drummer for the band, Mike Archer on bass, Emily Burgess on guitar and Jon Wong on sax. The release opens with Home Cookin' and I have to say that Wong's horn work is impressive. I notice that the band has gone for a vintage sound with Beaver's vocals sounding like they are through a vintage ribbon mic throughout the recording. Love Triangle features guitarists Carter Chaplin and Marc Doucet along with the band adding an extended guitar exploration. Trouble shows solid writing and increasingly interesting instrumental contributions from the band. On What Can You Give Me Now, Burgess shows her chops with some super guitar riffs. I'm Not Free is actually a really interesting ballad and in my opinion the strongest track on the release. Another strong track is Jack, Jim Johnny and Me is a cool jump blues that is sure to get the listener moving. This CD shows significant growth over the Wailers first Cd and is certain to win them a larger audience.
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CD review:Dirty Little Young'uns - The 24th Street Wailers

I just received "Dirty Little Young'uns", the most recent release from the 24th Street Wailers. The Wailers are a formally trained band of four aiming to show the world what they got and what they have is the capability to put out a recording that has universal appeal. This self penned 13 track release shows each members command of their craft featuring Mike Archer on Bass, Lindsay Beaver on Drums and vocals, Emily Burgess on guitar and Jonathan Wong on sax. Stand out tracks "Who Do You Think You Are" demonstrates Burgess' prowess on guitar and "Before You Were Gone" their songwriting chops as well as a tasty sax solo by Wong.
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Southside Shuffle - The 24th Street Wailers Band

On the surface, they may appear to be fresh-faced college kids – but don’t let that, or the title of their recent release, Dirty Little Young’uns fool you. The 24th Street Wailers are a group of experienced, driven and academically trained musicians full of piss and vinegar with energy to spare.

Known for their funky, danceable and often hilarious live performances the band has played most of the joints in their home town of Toronto: Grossman’s, the Silver Dollar Room, the Rex, Hugh’s Room and assorted pubs and bars. In 2010, after only one year together as a band, The 24th Street Wailers made waves in the tight-knit blues community by winning the Toronto Blues Society talent search, and performing at festivals such as The South Side Shuffle, The Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival, The Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival, the Toronto Blues Society’s 25th anniversary party.

The 2011 release of their first full-length CD Dirty Little Young’uns brought them to more prestigious festival stages including the Frankford Island Blues festival, Lighthouse Blues Festival, Summerfolk Festival , and the Dutch Mason Blues Festival. Most notably, however is that The 24th Street Wailers were the only English band to be a part of and win both prizes of the Festiblues International du Montreal and Prize of the Bourse Air Transat /Blues Sur Seine, the prize being a coveted headline spot at the Blues-Sur-Seine Festival in France in 2011. Shortly after its release, Dirty Little Young’uns debuted at number three in Canada and number eight over all on the Roots Music Report, was number 16 on the DAWG FM top twenty charts where it stayed for several months and was the featured “Blues Breaker of the Week” on Dan Aykroyd’s House of Blues Radio Hour.

Driven by Halifax born lead singer and powerhouse drummer Lindsay Beaver, whose tough exterior is matched by even tougher drumming and original innuendo filled lyrics, the quartet features Beaver’s husband Mike Archer on bass, songwriter Emily Burgess, who writes half of the material, on guitar and Jon Wong on saxophone. Their music is innovative; Dirty Little Young’uns is 13 tracks comprised of original material from each member — a record that begins with a raunchy shuffle in the title track, and ends with a stunning emotional and soulful acoustic song, “Turn To You”.

Living together in a little house on 24th Street in Etobicoke, near where they all met while pursuing bachelor degrees in music, the 24th Street Wailers are a band in every sense of the word – a team who eat, sleep and breathe for their craft. They are friends first – a trait that is obvious during their live performances as they appear to be having as much, if not more fun playing together as the audience has while watching and listening to them.
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