I hereby guarantee that you, dear reader, whoever you may be, will at least tap your toes while listening to these guys. There is no way that once this soulful rock music reaches your ears that you won’t want to. I tell you this only having heard their new debut self-titled album, to be released on July 27 (yes! the very same day that you Philadelphia-area-dwellers can go see them in the flesh) and I can only begin to imagine how contagious their energy would be live. Soulful is definitely the word to describe their sound. I’m immediately reminded of all that music my dad would make me listen to when I was younger. So I guess I’m kind of reminiscing about the stuff my parents’ generation would reminisce about? Huh.

Don’t get me wrong, though. I’m not saying in a non-childlike manner that it’s “old” people’s music. If you can appreciate classic rock, all that great stuff that was being produced when the genre was born, then you will definitely appreciate J-Roddy Walston & The Business. I personally think they’re pretty awesome. I think the aspect of their music that gets to me the most is J Roddy Walston jamming on that piano like he was born to make people dance. Gosh, it just sounds so good, haha. Speaking of pianos, they recently did a little quickie tour in Manhattan hitting up nearly every outdoor piano set up by a project called Play Me, I’m Yours. If you’re curious about the project, as I was, you can check out an article about it here (http://bit.ly/bTIb36) - it’s a pretty neat idea. I’m all for encouraging creativity in the masses!

Anyway, as it appears that I’m beginning to get sidetracked (and I’m reaching my 300 word suggested limit for entries), I’m going to pack up and head home where I can shamelessly boogie to my heart’s content. Well, y’know, until the other people who live in my apartment come home.

As for you, you should most definitely try to get yourself down to The Khyber on July 27th to see J-Roddy Walston & The Business do their thing. If you can’t make it, be sure to check out their debut self-titled album, which will be released on July 27th.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
J-Roddy Walston & The Business
The Khyber, 56 S. 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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