Tomás Doncker and the Tomás Doncker Band are geared to follow up their Moanin’ at Midnight: The Howlin’ Wolf album in a big by collaborating with legendary spoken word artist/Pulitzer prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa. The soon-be-released album, Big Apple Blues, is scheduled to be released on October 21, 2014.
This is the second time Doncker, the band and Komunyakaa will be collaborating as their initial project was The Mercy Suit. They begin their promotional run for the album with an official introduction in Newark, New Jersey at the Dodge Poetry Festival which sponsored by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
While it’s expected that the Big Apple Blues will be filled with a blast of raw energy and soul, it will be interesting to see what else Tomás Doncker and the Tomás Doncker Band will have to offer with this Yusef Komunyakaa collaboration.
Take a listen to the title track Big Apple Blues:
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