C Bone North Sea Breeze (CD)

(APM Records) 12 tracks, digisleeve.

He's played over 200 shows in the last year, and now beach blues busker and festival funker C Bone is taking his music from the road to the studio.

C Bone and his bassist Dr. Funk are constantly posting videos on social media, drawing tens of thousands of views. They are something of a phenomenon in the British Southwest music scene, where they originally performed in the Big Sets. The latter appeared on the BBC and presented two original songs.

Musically, C Bone absorbed a lot during the years he lived and played in Spain and France. The tracks on North Sea Breeze range from 12-bar blues to swing, R&B, jazz and Hendrix, and the songwriting on the debut album reflects that versatility.