Denise La Grassa: Jazz UpFront - Bloomington IL

Chicago-born Denise La Grassa is the ticket. She has the pipes, but isn’t like any of the well-known high-octane female belters of the past. There’s a quirky, deep-throated, polished hell-bent tonality to Ms. La Grassa that stands out like lightning between dark clouds - John Apice, Americana Highways

A Crossroads Communion proves she is not merely preserving the blues, but revitalising it with imagination, authority, and soul-stirring originality for a new generation of listeners everywhere - Colin Campbell, Blues Matters! (UK)

Denise shows us that her brand of blues is a homage to the traditional, yet with a modern twist. It's the old, yet it's new, it's a message, it's on fire, yet it's cool, very cool. And most of all, it's real. Pick this one up - Peter "Bluewzzman" Lauro, Blue Monday Monthly

The Denise La Grassa Band stands at the crossroads where reverence meets rebellion. Steeped in the spirit of their blues elders, including Howlin Wolf, R.L. Burnside, Albert King, and Memphis Minnie, the band treats those influences with deep respect, even devotion. But La Grassa refuses to let tradition become a cage, as she and the band honor the blues by twisting it into something new. It’s music that is soulful, riveting, and unafraid to take exciting turns.

The band’s new A Crossroads Communion album is their boldest move yet: a rockin’ blues statement that honors the past while forging its own sound. The Denise La Grassa Band stands ready to remind audiences what modern blues can be: reverent but restless, rooted but roaming, fierce, faithful, and fearlessly alive.