A most impressive look at a working band doing what they do best.
Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion have only been playing together for around three years, but have been very busy i the studio during that time, having releasee three studio albums in that time. Their fourth release, I'll Be Yours Tonight - Live (33 records), was not planned, but fortunately...
Read more of Blues Bytes USA, 'What's New' Sept 2015, Live Album Review
A sensational live performance of the band's studio recordings.
What a show. The scene is set with Your Sun Shines Rain, with its hypnotic guitar solo. Schwarz's energy and spontaneity make the live version of the title track similarly memorable, and Fine And Mellow also reaches heights of emotional intensity far beyond the...
Read more of The Blues Magazine, issue 23, Aug 2015, Live Album Review, 9/10 Stars!!
Zoe Schwarz is an amazing, though late, discovery in a genre which goes from blues to rock, from jazz to country.
Amazing for it is via an email contact that we have discovered her. Something that rarely happens you'll agree. Lori's publicity has been good. But above all it is Zoe's voice together with her music which is so impressive. She has released her fourth album with Blues Commotion and...
Read more of Histozic.Fr Renowned French blogger Iceman, Didier A. 28.8.15. Live Album Review.
'Vibrant, original, adventurous and in Zoe you have a passionate singer who gets inside the lyrics'
With 3 studio albums under their belt and a busy gig sheet, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion have established themselves as a sophisticated blues band with their own unique selling point.
They are vibrant, original, adventurous and in Zoe Schwarz you have a passionate singer who gets inside...
Read more of 'Get Ready To Rock', Online Magazine, Album Review, Aug 2015 **** Pretty damn fine!
I have listened to this release a number of times and I continue to be surprised by the chord changes and I like it better each time. Koral again steps up with clean and interesting guitar riffs making this one of my favorites.
I just received the newest release, I'll Be Yours Tonight LIVE, from Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotionand it's quite good! Opening with a rocker, Your Sun Shines Rain, Schwarz reminds me a lot of early Yeah Yeah Yeahs but done in San Francisco in 1968. Interesting. Fine & Mellow is a perfect...
Read more of Bman's Blues Report, Arizona USA, Live Album Review, July 2015
One of the best live albums which has arrived in the editorial office this year.
English translation: This is already the 4th album released in as many years by British singer Zoe Schwarz with her band Blue Commotion. It was not a 'planned' recording by chance, "I'll Be Yours Tonight', recorded November 2014 at a show at The Tuesday Night Music Club....
Read more of Wasser-Prawda 'Musik und Meer - Kulturmagazin' Live Album Review July 2015
It is an honour and a thrill to be featured in this American website Arts Blog, William Phoenix's '3 Questions' has become in huge demand for artists. Read this comprehensive interview with overview, photos and clips here. Thank you Lori Graboyes for clinching it.
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"with verve and with a distinctive and instantly recognisable sound"
The live album opens with verve with a distinctive and instantly recognisable sound and then Zoe’s vocals hit the airwaves and you can only be listening to the Blues Commotion’s jazz, funk and soul inspired blues that has hints of rocky fire as on the opening number Your Sun Shines Rain....
Read more of Bluesdoodles, July 2015, Live Album Review
"One of the most interesting albums of the year"
Live at Richard Dunning's Tuesday Night Music Club, Hooley Surrey,
"Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion" is the fourth album by this up and coming quintet from the lively Blues English scene: "I'll Be Yours Tonight" is a fresh and original album, recorded live on November 8th 2014 without any alteration oat Richard Dunning's Tuesday Night Music Club; 11 original...
Read more of Blues Time Magazine, Italy, July 2015 Live Album Review, via 'The Blues Music Review'
Album Review, 'I'll Be Yours Tonight - Live'
Hailing from 'across the pond', the band Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion somehow manages to meld together blues, jazz, R&B, and , dare I say, even a dash of punk to form their own unique sound. Schwarz's voice has a quality that is somewhat of a hybrid of Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, and...
Read more of Sound Waves Magazine, USA, Issue 6 Volume 25, July 2015
'We'll Find A Way' from the live album 'I'll Be Yours Tonight-Live'.
"Terrific musicians all 4 of them, I think that was very very nice indeed" Paul Jones, BBCRadio 2, 29th June 2015
Read more of BBC Radio 2, Paul Jones 'Rhythm & Blues', Live track played (5th in 2 years)
Zoe Schwarz. The well-respected vocalist talks about her Blue Commotion team.
Editor Ed Mitchell prints a full A4 colour photo by Richie Brown, and writes from recent correspondence: " WE'VE JUST RELEASED I'll Be Yours Tonight, our fourth album in three year, and in that time we've never had a rehearsal We run through new songs at sound checks, and to warm up in...
Read more of The Blues Magazine, issue 22, June 2015, Spotlight On...
De vorige drie studio albums werden bij Rootstime positief onthaald maar nu krijgen we de gelegenheid om ook eens te proeven hoe Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion het er live van afbrengt. Dit...
Read more of Rootstime Magazine, Belgium, Live Album Review, July 2015
On This Issue's CD: Hit The Highway! Ah, that new blues small! Crank up this collection of cool tracks from some old friends and fresh faces.
Track 12: Say It Isn't So - This song's riff will burrow its way into your head like a parasitic worm... but in a good way. One of our favourite tracks from the band's new "accidental" live album, Say It Isn't So is fuelled by some incendiary vocal, guitar and organ work....
Read more of Cover mount CD Classic Rock The Blues - Issue 22 June 2015
Broadstairs Blues Bash, February 2015
"Zoe Schwarz was sublime in the Charles Dickens and were, for many people, band of the festival!"
Read more of Blues Matters Magazine Jun/Jul 2015, Festival review quote