Bman's Blues Report

"Hoyer sang with fire and exuded a natural joy." -  Rolling Stone New EP - 'The End of the Night' Josh Hoyer Hello Bman! On Friday, January 26th, international recording and touring artist Josh Hoyer (Silver Street Records) released 'The End of the Night' , a three song EP and the first new music from Hoyer since his 2017 appearance on NBC's The Voice. 'The End of the Night' is the result of a writing collaboration between Hoyer, veteran Nashville songwriter Jay Knowles (Ha...

I just received the newest release (January 13, 2015), Living By The Minute , by Josh Hoyer & The Shadowboxers and I really like it. Hoyer's last release, a self titled CD was hot and this one is a super followup. Opening with soul strut title track, Living By The Minute , Hoyer with his strong soulful voice and fine keyboard playing backed by Denny Kushner on guitar and vocal, Justin G. Jones on drums and vocals, Josh Bargar on bass and vocal, Mike Dee on sax and vocal, Tommy Van Den Berg on trombone, Brian Morrow on flute and Hanna Bendler, Kim Moser & Megan Spain on backing vocal really hit the groove. Excellent! Misfit Children has a funky jazz groove with a hot horn/organ thing. I particularly like the drum riffs by Jones on this track popped by Morrow on flute. Great track! Over The City is s soul/R&B ballad with warm backing vocals and cool trombone by Van Den Berg. A Man Who Believes His Own Lies has a strong radio vibe with swinging pace and pop backing vo...