​Roomful of Blues (from the album Steppin’ Out

​Roomful of Blues (from the album Steppin’ Out

​Roomful of Blues (from the album Steppin’ Out available on Alligator Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
Blues bands are talent incubators; stepping stones for the fanaticism of Blues aficionados to morph into full-time players to fulfill their passions and their dreams. Over the course of a 50-year membership in the world of their musical career, Roomful of Blues have watched 55 members come and go in their lineup. All of the players that have called Roomful of Blues home have curated and cultivated the Providence, Rhode Island-based band’s mission of keeping the flames of Jump Blues and Big Band Swing lit.

On their recent release, Steppin’ Out, Roomful of Blues keep the pace as they wave the banner high for the music that has become a brand for the band. In 2024, singer DD Bastos stepped behind the microphone as vocalist for Roomful of Blues. She demands answers on “Tell Me Who” as the rhythm smooths out to a gentle flow that courses underneath the advice of “Tend to Your Business”. Steppin’ Out points fingers for “You Were Wrong”, dances on a rhythmic patter with “I’ve Got a Feelin’, introduces “Good Rockin’ Daddy”, and slows the pace to climb the rhythm ladder rungs of “Steppin’ Up in Class”. As a reminder Steppin’ Out names names when it brings together a worldwide community with “Boogie’s the Thing” as Roomful of Blues turn the radio dial to classic Rock’n’Roll with “Slippin’ and Slidin” while they march over the rumble of rhythm declaring “Satisfied” and introduce ‘public enemy number one’ in “Dirty People”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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