Katie Knipp Productions, Rocklin, CA
This is unquestionably the blues, but a new shade. Her fourth top ten Billboard charting album, Me, brings Knipp's hard-fought personal and musical self awareness to the forefront of the contemporary Blues landscape. From sultry to social justice, Katie Knipp dives all the way in, teaming her refreshing vulnerability with expert level musicality and composition. Knipp's unique euphony and passionate storytelling has propelled her career to new heights, independently paving new ground. Alongside Katie on vocals, piano, and guitar, her band features Pancho Tomaselli on bass (War, Tower of Power, Philm), Steve Utstein on the B3 (Cafe R and B, Bo Diddley, Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks), Chris Martinez on guitar (Sac Blues Hall of Fame, Guitar Mac, Arbess Williams), and Neil Campisano on drums (4 top 10 Billboard albums).