River Eckert is one of the most promising young voices in the New Orleans blues and soul scene — a guitarist and vocalist whose command of the city's deep musical traditions belies his relative youth, and whose original music points toward something genuinely special.
Biography
River Eckert came up in New Orleans surrounded by the city's extraordinary musical culture and absorbed its lessons deeply. As a guitarist, he demonstrates a facility with the blues idiom that is rare in a young player — he understands the space between the notes, the importance of feel over flash. His vocal style is soulful and unaffected, carrying the weight of the traditions he draws from without ever sounding like imitation. Eckert has performed at Jazz Fest and earned recognition as one of the more exciting young musicians on the New Orleans scene.
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