With every exuberant turn of phrase and searing guitar lick, Louisiana-born bluesman D.K. Harrell radiates a joy that’s impossible to ignore. His new album, Talkin’ Heavy, delivers a potent blend of Delta grit and Chicago soul, all filtered through Harrell’s distinctive voice and deeply expressive fretwork.
Praised by Guitar World for solos that are “lyrical, slow-burning, and well-crafted,” Harrell brings a vintage sensibility into the present moment, wringing raw emotion from each note. No Depression calls him a “larger-than-life” performer whose sound is “supremely satisfying,” while Guitar Player hails Talkin’ Heavy as “the joyous sound of a one-man revival.”
Unselfconsciously virtuosic and musically adventurous, Harrell is one of the leading lights of a new generation of blues artists. As the San Diego Union-Tribune puts it: “D.K. Harrell is a fast-rising blues dynamo… one of the most talented and exciting young blues artists to emerge in decades.”
