Alex Lopez - Rising Up (2021)

Cleveland born guitarist and singer songwriter, Alex Lopez, who has established himself as a prominent figure on the Florida blues scene, returnswith his fifth album Rising Up, striving for a stronger more authentic sound of straight-ahead blues. rock and soul. The eleven tracks of original materialfeature Lopez and his band,The Xpress, a tight, dynamic quartet of Lopez on guitar and vocals with Kenny Hoye on keyboards, Steve Roberts on bass and drummer Kana Leimbach. Gulf coast singers , Latonya Oliver from the Soul Sensations, and Dana Merriwether add sweet background vocals to the title track. Co-producer, engineer and “preacher at the big electric church,”George Harris, out ofCreative World Recording Studios in Tampa, also lent his acclaimed guitar playing and songwriting skills tothe project and captured the songs in a live off-the-floor style.