JJ Soul is a mulit-instrumentalist from Oxford England. He moved to Iceland for a few years and met Kngvi Thor Kormaksson. Soul played guirtar, drums and harmonica, while Kormaksson played the keyboards and they both wrote songs. Together they formed the JJ Soul Band. Not strictly a blues band, the duo combined their love of jazz with blues and created a blues fusion band.
They self produced their first album and released it in 1994. It was Hungry For News. Several songs from the album went on to win songwriting awards.
Their second album continued their effort of writing their own material and the album was City Life. Again multiple songs on this album went on to win awards for their craft.
The third album, Reach For The Sky, continued their treak of awards and earning new fans. Their new album is Bright Lights and was released in June of 2008 and continues their string of awards. The band tours rarely, so if you want to hear them you need to get the albums.
The group consists of:
JJ Soul - vocals/songwriting
Edvard Larusson - guitar
Stefan Ingolfsson - bass
Steingrimur Oli - drums/perscussion
Agan Mar Magnusson - pianos, rhodes, hammond
Ingvi Thor Kormaksson - songwriting/keyboards
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Interesting sound...his voice has a depth not found often anymore...
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