After winning the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Birchwood found doors swinging open. When he sits down to play his lap steel, he takes the crowd to a whole other level, with the music exorcising any bad times and troubles.īirchwood first hit the blues scene in 2011 with the self-released, self-produced FL Boy. Toe-tapping, hip-shaking, joyful and inviting…expansive and focused, exploratory and time-honored, but always original.”īirchwood wins over an audience with his warm personality, as down-to-earth as his music is thought-provoking. Each twists its own tale, ranging from the love-gone-wrong "Horns Below Her Halo" to the love-gone-terrifying "Exorcist" to the autobiographical "Underdog."Īccording to Blues Music Magazine, “Selwyn Birchwood heralds a fresh, exciting new direction in the blues. The soul-baring tracks hit with lasting rhymes and unexpected rhythms. Recorded in Florida and produced by Grammy Award-winner Tom Hambridge, each of the 13 detailed songs was written and arranged by Birchwood. On "Exorcist," Birchwood delivers a musically adventurous album. The first single, the ripped-from-the-headlines howler FLorida Man, was released on May 9. Tastemaker Americana music magazine No Depression says, “Selwyn Birchwood reaches back in the blues tradition to launch something out of this world.”Įxorcist will be available on purple vinyl LP, CD and at all popular streaming and download sites. He calls it “Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues,” a mix of blues, blistering, psychedelic-tinged rock, booty-shaking funk and sweet Southern soul, played and sung with fervor. The guitarist, lap steel player, songwriter and vocalist sets a course for the future of the blues with his visionary, original music.
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