Reverend Zen
       Dangerous Times

Reverend Zen’s musical credentials are beyond question. The group’s musicians have a history of playing with the music greats, ranging from Eric Clapton and Bruce Springsteen to Cheryl Crow, Donald Fagen, Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin and John Mayer. The band’s sound pays tribute to these influences, but also pushes musical boundaries mixing the funk laden wit of “Bad Attitude” and the burning “Boy Genius,” with the classic rock sound of “Magdalena” and it’s folk tale of love found.

“Our influences span several genres,” says Evans, who names Miles Davis, James Brown, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Sting and Claude Debussy among their favourites. “Still all of them inspire us with their spirit, eloquence and craft. They all seem to express themselves with conviction and humanity.” he concludes. Strands of Debussy and Mitchell can be heard flowing through Reverend Zen’s impressionistic ballad of love in question, “Only A Fool”, with the band again bridging musical idioms.

Such rich musical backgrounds coupled with their distinctive writing has helped Reverend Zen quickly gain a reputation for thought provoking lyrics and no holds barred rhythms. Those qualities are never more evident than on their rocking, Enquirer like tales of an amusing psychotic “My Sigmund Freud” and “Her Love”, their haunting portrait of a woman’s emotional damage. It’s music for the thinking man’s head. Critics seem to agree. To date the band has won eighteen awards in the VH1 and Billboard Song Contest’s ac, rock, jazz, R&B, lyric categories, with a best performance nod coming from L.A.’s highly regarded Unisong International Contest.

Resumes and platitudes aside Reverend Zen’s true genius lies in its music, and Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon is everything a great album should be. Melodies that hang in your head like an old friend. Lyrics of wit, introspection and cultural commentary. Dead on drum tracks, bad ass guitar solos and subtleties that slowly reveal themselves.

Ten years in the making, Angels, Blues, & the Crying Moon was worth the wait and looks set to take Reverend Zen’s mix of rock, jazz and R&B to the world stage.

Contact Details:

Reverend Zen Music: 111 Katonah Ave, Katonah, NY 10536 (914)232-8946 revjackzen@optonline.net; www.reverendzenmusic.com; myspace/reverendzenmusic Blakjak Music Records & Anamosa Songs Publishing - ASCAP: use above address.