Kat Riggins & Her Blues Revival – Revival
Kat Riggins & Her Blues Revival – Revival
Format: CD
Label: House Of Berry Productions
Release: 2024
Release date: October 18, 2024
‘Revival’ is the sixth full-length album from Kat Riggins, a Miami native whose gritty vocals and powerful singing style are peppered with generous hints of R&B, soul, gospel and rock ‘n’ roll – but deeply rooted in the blues.
Ten original songs by Riggins and producer Tim Mulberry are filled with vivid lyricism that showcases the joyous benefits of the blues. Mulberry is also featured on bass, drums, keys and horns; the remaining Revivalists are Eric Guess on guitar with background vocals from Shaelyn Mulberry and Mark Barner.
BIOGRAPHY
Kat Riggins, born Katriva Riggins in Miami on February 7, 1980, was raised in a home where music was always the heartbeat. Thanks to her parents’ eclectic tastes, she fell in love with everything from gospel and soul to country, rock, and beyond. But it was the gritty, smoky voices of legends like Koko Taylor, Tina Turner, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, and Janis Joplin that really spoke to her soul.
At 23, Kat landed her first gig, singing jazz and blues standards in a cozy lounge in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, backed by just a piano. Fast forward, and she’s now rocked stages across the U.S., Southeast Asia, the Dutch Antilles, and throughout Europe. In 2018 and 2019, she took The Netherlands by storm during the Johan Derksen Keeps the Blues Alive tour, wowing sold-out crowds and winning over new blues fans on Dutch prime-time TV shows.
While Kat’s sound is a fresh blend of blues, rock, gospel, and soul, she is undeniably a BLUES WOMAN. Whether she’s writing uplifting anthems or belting out feel-good grooves, her music is raw, real, and full of heart, just like the blues. Her first releases, the EP Seoul Music and album Lily Rose, hinted at her deep love for the genre, but it was her 2016 project, Blues Revival, that fully declared it. This album is a wild, soulful mix of gospel, rock, and every shade of the blues! Following that declaration, in 2018 Kat self-released In The Boys’ Club, which is a foot stompin’ acknowledgement and appreciation of the power of women in the blues.
In 2020, Kat joined the Gulf Coast Records family, and her debut album with them, Cry Out, earned her a Blues Music Award nomination and snagged two Independent Blues Awards. Her 2022 follow-up, Progeny, made waves too, with another BMA nod and a spot at lucky #13 on the Billboard Blues charts.
In addition to her recorded works, Kat’s dynamic stage show is something to behold! Backed by an extraordinary group of musicians, a LIVE ‘Blues Revival’ will “get your mojo workin’” with high energy originals, as well as a couple of well-placed blues covers that folks can sing and shake to. Whether it’s your hips, your heart, or both, when it comes to Kat Riggins & her Blues Revival, you will be moved! Full of might, rasp and grit she can belt out one of her contemporary blues originals one minute, then deliver a tender, sultry standard the next. She does this all while making each person in her audience feel as if she is speaking directly to them. Blues Revivals are interactive and personal no matter how large the crowd. This intimacy is what makes every Blues Revival a memorable experience…not only for the audience, but also for Kat.
With her current discography, and more to come, Kat Riggins is doing her part to keep the blues alive and thriving,
one electrifying performance at a time!
Website: https://www.katriggins.com/
Tracks:
01. Lucky
02. Revived
03. Southern Soul
04. New Level
05. Set Me Free
06. Mojo Thief
07. Chasin’ Time
08. Mighty
09. Old Time Way
10. Healer