The Richmond sessions

"Even though Sherman Holmes has delivered his music around the globe for the better part of the past 60 years, won numerous Blues Music Awards and has been the recipient of America's foremost honor for a musician, the NEA National Heritage Fellowship, he makes his recording debut as a soloist on this album.It's a bittersweet event for the 77-year-old bass, keyboard and trumpet player, a native of Christchurch, Va., after his world was turned upside down in 2015 after being a member of the beloved Holmes Brothers band for decades along with younger sibling Wendell, the group's guitarist and organ player, and fellow Virginian Popsy Dixon on percussion. Both Sherman and Wendell were based out of New York starting in the early '60s. Formed in 1979, the band's career included stops at Rounder, Stony Plain and Alligator records ... Don't be misled by the fact that all of the material has been recorded previously. Like the Holmes Brothers before him, Sherman and bandmates put afreshspin on everything that's come before ... The Richmond Sessions is a tour de force, and strongly recommended".

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"Here he is, energetic, passionate as ever, with the same relentless energy and vibrancy that was the hallmark of the Holmes Brothers. This well-produced album is remarkable on many levels. Sherman Holmes still kicks ass!".