"Bottom line, Marty Christian makes beautiful music, and Rambling Blues is another fine showcase of his artistic gifts." - Living Blues
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Marty Christian’s cut his teeth recording and touring as the guitarist for some of Louisiana’s musical greats: Henry Gray (Howlin’ Wolf), Carol Fran (Excello, BlackTop) and Thomas “Big Hat” Fields (Maison de Blues/Zydeco). On his latest CD, Rambling Blues, Christian is still following his own path as a writer and musician, blending the Blues with anything else that happens to pass his way on the journey. "Bottom line, Marty Christian makes beautiful music, and Rambling Blues is another fine showcase of his artistic gifts." - Living Blues
Marty Christian plays Bluesicana music: Originals with a deep root in the Blues. It's an Acoustic, Electrified, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi blended gumbo of styles. Christian's music combines elements from his time immersed in the Blues world of Austin, TX to the Zydeco lands of Lafayette, LA and now in his current home in the music mecca of New Orleans.
Marty Christian plays Bluesicana music: Originals with a deep root in the Blues. It's an Acoustic, Electrified, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi blended gumbo of styles. Christian's music combines elements from his time immersed in the Blues world of Austin, TX to the Zydeco lands of Lafayette, LA and now in his current home in the music mecca of New Orleans.
"Christian achieves an artistic milestone...
" - Offbeat, New Orleans, LA 2015
" - Offbeat, New Orleans, LA 2015
"Despite Christian’s folkie sensibility,
he also defies strict categorization..."
" - Offbeat, New Orleans, LA 2015
"James Taylor sometimes deceives himself into thinking he’s got the blues. If Sweet Baby James actually had them—or, more accurately, understood them—he’d probably sound a lot like guitarist Marty Christian” - Offbeat Magazine, 2007
"Bottom line, Marty Christian makes beautiful music, and Rambling Blues is another fine showcase of his artistic gifts." - Living Blues
"Underground Blues is everything that the blues should be" - Victory Review, April 2009
¨A compelling original repertoire” - Soul Bag - Paris, France, 2009
Rue Boogaloo press:
"Smack dab in the middle of where Jimmy Reed, R.L. Burnside and the Meters would all crash and smash." - Dan Wilging, Offbeat Magazine Feb 2013
"Together they serve up a delicious stew of blues, funk, and zydeco that, at album's end, leaves this listener hungry for more. " - Living Blues, Melanie Young, August, 2012
he also defies strict categorization..."
" - Offbeat, New Orleans, LA 2015
"James Taylor sometimes deceives himself into thinking he’s got the blues. If Sweet Baby James actually had them—or, more accurately, understood them—he’d probably sound a lot like guitarist Marty Christian” - Offbeat Magazine, 2007
"Bottom line, Marty Christian makes beautiful music, and Rambling Blues is another fine showcase of his artistic gifts." - Living Blues
"Underground Blues is everything that the blues should be" - Victory Review, April 2009
¨A compelling original repertoire” - Soul Bag - Paris, France, 2009
Rue Boogaloo press:
"Smack dab in the middle of where Jimmy Reed, R.L. Burnside and the Meters would all crash and smash." - Dan Wilging, Offbeat Magazine Feb 2013
"Together they serve up a delicious stew of blues, funk, and zydeco that, at album's end, leaves this listener hungry for more. " - Living Blues, Melanie Young, August, 2012
