mvyradio’s Barbara Dacey Speaks with members of the John Henrys before their set at the Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest.
The John Henrys may be a new band to the general public and the typical country music fan, but to the alt-country and roots music fans in Canada who are out seeing new bands regularly at the clubs and are all about what is hip, the John Henrys are the next big thing.
Already in demand and currently on tour in the USA, hitting markets like Austin, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Nashville, and Cleveland, the John Henrys are getting heard in places that are far from their hometown of Ottawa, Ontario, in support of their new album, ‘Sweet as the Grain’. Produced by the band themselves at their rehearsal-turn-studio space, the album features songs like ‘Lost in the Canyon’ and the title track are sweetly laid back alt-country, while the angry ‘New Years’ and tongue-in-cheek ‘No More Rock n Roll’ and ‘Ain’t Gonna Drink No More’ keep the album interesting with variety and humor.