Your music discovery of 2020?  Andrew Hagar, who’s shown up with a voice that saws logs, a guitar he plays the hell out of and hardcore lived experience to share. You might assume that his dad, Sammy, was his role model and musical mentor, but the apple fell a long way from the tree. His mom, Betsy Bell Berardi (who co wrote a few hits with Sammy), was equally influential, instilling a love of classic roots and cowboy music that helped shape his musical vision. Which is why Andrew’s not a rocker – he’s a singer-songwriter who veers away from the standard singer-songwriter lane.
 
His scabrous roots/Americana has threads of Delta blues, psychedelia and outlaw country running through it. And he shares a humanist message about conflict, the way people mistreat each other and why anxiety is a normal response. His first single, Judgement Day, comes with his life story burned in: “Say your gates are open, your blood is wine/ Don't need your four walls to find peace of mind…”
 
They all coalesce around Hagar’s predominant themes: social injustice, society’s response to it and “this crazy renegade culture we have in America, where people feel justified to bust into places and start shooting.” But there’s also a left-field streak, inspired by weird vintage sci-fi books and movies, that sometimes pops up in songs: “I have a serious fascination with how basic human concepts like love are influenced by Quantum Mechanics.”
 
Check him out yourself on April 24th, when Judgement Day (mixed by super-producer Machine) is released. In the meantime, with the world in lockdown, he’s making the most of things. “While self-isolating,” he laughs, “I’ve taken it upon myself to become an absolutely savage harmonica player.” Don’t bet against him doing it, either.

- Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian

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Profile: Gypsy piano blues
February 12, 12:54 PMPittsburgh Piano ExaminerCaroline Ydstie
Denise Peachey
The blues styling of Denise Peachey's Gypsy Piano Blues has been said to liven up the Avenue in the November 2009 performance series in the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh. A proud native Pittsburgher, Denise has released three CDs, appeared on the "Code Pearl" tribute CD to Janis Joplin (of which the proceeds were donated to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts), and has played for the Baltimore Jazz & Blues Festival and the Federal Hill Jazz & Blues Fest with her former band Gypsy & Crazy Moon. Peachey has received radio play on Bzoo Homegrown Radio, Pitt Radio, Crossfire Radio, Fat Cat Radio and Nette Radio and has also gotten airplay in Australia, France and England.
(*Gypsy plays piano-and sings...all parts on recordings piano-lead rythym and bass are played straight on piano, not programmed..drums on drum machine are created live for each recording except when not using drum machine)

Gypsy Piano Blues,I play piano blues and Gypsy was a nickname many moons ago and I put it together..but Gypsy Piano Blues does mean,piano jazz..swing..traditional..blues..roots..so in a fated way it still fits together like peices in a puzzle...
recent review
BSWPA Newsletter Jan 2011,Musicians Corner
Pittsburgh Museum examiner described Denise Peachey's Gypsy Piano Blues as having livened up the Avenue in the Nov 2009 performance series in the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh.Denise,known for her keyboard,blues organ,harp & vocal skills,has released 3 CD'S and has appeared on the Code Pearl CD(proceeds went to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts).Peachey appeared at The Baltimore Jazz & Blues Fest,The Federal Hill Jazz & Blues Festival with her previous band Gypsy &Crazymoon,(2003)Her Inspirations have been Elvis Presley,&The Rolling Stones,Her influences include:Dr.John,Jerry Lee Lewis,Fats Waller&Leon Russel.
Listen to her current song,"When The World's Got The Blues

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