SPOTLIGHT: Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra

It's been awhile since we've done a Spotlight here, the Simply Six have kind of taken over, but we want to get back to just Spotlighting some great artists also. Today's Spotlight is on an unusual band, Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra. The group lists New York as their home state, but their musical home is New Orleans. The group is lead by singer Brother Joscephus.

On their webpage they describe their sounds as:

BroJo blends together the perfect gumbo of New Orleans party music, Soul in the style of Ray Charles and Al Green, a good helping of jam-bandy Roots Rock and a righteous splash of good, upbeat Gospel without the religious overtones (we like to call it "Secular Gospel").

Their first album was just released on Feb 24 of this year. The group's intention is to do more than just create great music. Their stage shows are a spectacle in themselves. The group second lines through the auidence, throws mardi gras beads from the stage, in other words they have a good time Nawlins style. The group comprises of twelve members with additional members when needed. They have a horn section, a gospel choir section and the rhythm section.

In addition to its music and stage show Brother Joscephus tries to pass along the message of love. He reminds me a lot of the artists from the sixties that thought their music could pass a message of love and faith along with the feel good sounds of their music.

This month Brother Joscephus is touring throughout the New Orleans area. He has already played with such local greats as Trombone Shorty, New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars and Eric Lindell.

Lastly I'll leave you with a list of the members of the group:

Brother Joscephus - lead vocals, acoustic guitar

The Right Reverend Dean Dawg - piano, organ, conducting

Pastuh Peace – drums

Reverend Deacon Big Bottom - bass guitar

Friar Paisley - electric guitar

Lost Prophet of the Ivories - backup vocals and organ

Gospel Spice - tenor sax, clarinet

Low Flying Quail – trumpet

12-tone Johnson – trombone

Alabama Red - soprano vocals

Ukulele Jackson - alto vocals

Jambalaya Jones - alto vocals