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New CD - HEARTLESS

We are very excited to announce the release of our new CD, Heartless.  This is our 4th project and we are very excited for you all to hear it and to get your feedback! 
Eight of the eleven tracks on this disc are Blue Voodoo originals and we've added three songs from our live set to round out the collection.
We've posted the first six tracks on our MySpace page (that's all they will let us put up at once), or you can go to our EPK at www.BlueVoodooBlues.com and hear all the tracks there.

Available now at:

Circle M Music - Kirksville, MO
Hastings Book Store - Kirksville, MO
www.CDBaby.com/all/bluevoodoo (CDs and/or digital downloads)

Coming soon to:

www.ITunes.com

www.Amazon.com



OR.....

You can get one directly from us for $12.... and we will even cover the postage!  This will be an ongoing special for those who buy direct from us, either via our website or at our shows. 

Paypal $12 to this address:
Heartless@BlueVoodooBlues.com

Or snail mail a check or money order to: 
BJ Allen, PO Box 480, Kirksville, MO  63501

PS - If you share this note with a friend, the same discounted price will apply... just send us the $$ and we'll send the disc... how simple is that??  :)

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Radio support for independent musicians is hard to come by and we want to be sure and tell everyone we know about the DJs and programs that are playing our music.  Our hats are off to them and we say a hearty Thank you! for helping us let the world know about our music. 

Please tune in to these shows, either over the radio or on-line... call-in and thank them for helping to keep the blues alive... and while you're at it, request to hear your favorite song by BJ Allen & Blue Voodoo.     ;)


KBXR 102.3 - Columbia, MO - Bluesman "B" hosts the No Name Blues Show - Su 10-midnight - Studio line: 573.874.1023            www.bxr.com

WGLT 89.1 - Champagne, IL - Delta Frank Black hosts  GLT Blues Friday 7 PM to midnight & Saturday 8 PM to midnight Central Time. In central Illinois tune in 89.1 or 103.5 FM or hear great GLT Blues 24/7 at www.wglt.org.

The Fox 103.9 -  Quincy, IL - Jerry Davis - Su 9a - noon
WQUB 90.3 - Quincy, IL - Jerry Davis - Fr 9p ;  Su 6p    www.wqub.org

City Sounds Radio - Seattle, WA - Dick Fairchild - www.citysoundsradio.com

KJLU 88.9 - Jeff City - Cathe Frank - "Missouri Sound" - Thursdays 11:30 am to 1:00 pm         www.kjlu.com

KMXT 100.1 FM - Kodiak, AK - Kodiak Slim - Rollin' with the Blues - Mondays, 9 pm        www.kmxt.org

Murphy's Saloon Podcast - www.MurphysSaloon.com

KFFA 1360 AM - Helena, AR - Sunshine Sonny Payne -   King Biscuit Time - 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Weekdays www.kingbiscuittime.com

WHUS 91.7 - Storrs, CT - DJ Vinny - Ramblin' Burt - The Blueline - Tuesdays 2-4 p.m - www.whus.org 

KKFI 90.1 - Kansas City, MO -  multiple DJs and shows.  Listen live or online:  www.kkfi.org

WEVL  89.9 FM - Brett Fleming - Memphis, TN - Soul Stew - Saturdays  6 - 9 p.m. CST  www.wevl.org

"Fessa" John Hook - N. Myrtle Beach, SC
Roadhouse Blues & Boogie Show - Sun 6-9 pm and Wed 7-10 pm - www.BeachShag.com

WWOZ  90.7 FM - New Orleans, LA - Big D - Sittin' at the Crossroads - Wednesdays 2-4 pm     www.wwoz.org

Christian Marillac - Limoges, France - www.radioblues.com
www.beaubfm.com

LES TAYLOR-THE HONEYDRIPPER - BYRON BAY.NSW  Australia
'CRUISIN FOR A BLUISIN'    
www.bayfm.org
www.myspace.com/lesthehoneydripper

WBOR  91.1 - Brunswick, ME - Mike Halmo hosts The Blues Highway, Thursdays 5-7 p.m.    www.wbor.org 

N.E.A.R.  FM - Dublin, Ireland - Michael Dowling - www.nearfm.ie 

Simone Bargelli - Umbertide, Italy - www.radiorcc.com/launch.html

WHQR - 91.3 FM - Wilmington, NC - Lan Nichols - Front Street Blues - Sat, Midnight - 2 am


***  ....THIS JUST IN....    *****

We will be featured on the nationally syndicated program, Blues Deluxe, the week of Feb 15-21.  Check on-line for local broadcast stations and times at:  www.BluesDeluxe.com   or listen anytime through the week at www.rootsmusicreport.com

We also received word that we will be added to rotation on BB King's Bluesville on XM/Sirius Satellite Radio  Channel 74 in the next few weeks.  You can listen on-line here:  www.xmradio.com or www.Sirius.com

You can also catch us on the Music Choice blues channel.  Check your local cable provider for station listing or on-line at www.MusicChoice.com

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Our first review for Heartless is in and it comes from our friends in Belgium at Rootstime.be.   Many thanks to our friend Pauline in Utrecht, The Netherlands, for translating this from the Dutch to English!  :)


Despite her previous amazing cd's and a possibly even more impressive live reputation, BJ Allen and her band are still considerably unknown. Incomprehensible actually, since this band plays music that should address a broad audience. Like Renee Austin, BJ Allen plays bluesrock with quite some soul - and especially roots influences. Where the flame appears to be extinguished over the past years at Renee Austin, it's just blazed up with BJ Allen.

BJ Allen has an incredible voice, one that rumbles over you like an ocean. Moreover she collected a fantastic band around her, existing David Daniels (drums), Jon Hurd (bass/vocals/harmonica) and Jerry Fuller (guitar/piano/vocals), a band that can play everything and doing that well also. After the very well received and by Rootstime very praised albums "The Storm" (2005) and "Hot Wire (My Heart)" (2007), here is their newest album out now: "Heartless".

Blue Voodoo arose in Missouri, in 2003, as a rockin' blues quartet, and this fourth independent release contains again bluesrock full of influences from country, gospel, soul and warm-blooded vocals, straight from the heart.

Since a number of covers did appear clearly on the predecessors, we find three cover tracks on this album as well, all covers that BJ Allen forces to her will piece after piece, but as well covers that belong to their favorites during live concerts.

Front woman of this band is still BJ Allen. She transmits these music styles in a very dynamic way, but moreover she is as well sweet, sultry, sexy, but mainly she puts her heart and soul in each song. Starting with the swinging "Don't Know What You're Missin' " and ending with a gospel colored version of Janis Joplin's "Get It While You Can", you can swing with almost every track on this amazing album. The traditional 12-bar shuffles in "Radio Song and "Take Out Some Insureance" are perfectly mixed with a somewhat James Brown-esk "Borderline", the obstinate "It's All About You", and Dinah Washington's classic "Sunday Kind of Love".. Third cover is "Take Out Some Insurance", which is originally written by Jimmy Reed, but is a song that has been covered by Springsteen and J.J. Cale as well. All other songs are original, written by the duo JP Hurd and Jerry Fuller. Here JP Hurd's "Tryin' To Find The Groove" is very strong, where the band gives a very contemporary turn to it, together with a rather protest song, J. Fuller's "Do Something", a song that really shouts for social justice.

"Heartless" is not only notable for a fantastic band with a brilliance role for singer BJ Allen with her soulful way of singing, but also for its very beautiful production, for which nobody less than drummer David Daniels appears to be responsible. It seems clear to me that this is going to be the break-through cd of BJ Allen & Blue Voodoo, because as richly filled as this, albums are rarely produced these days. This is just a must-have for each fan of contemporary blues. That's very promising for this new act.


How about that!  :)    Also, here are a couple of comments from a couple of friends who have heard Heartless:


 "The little band from Missouri that could, definitely can.  BJ Allen's vocals are sizzling and Blue Voodoo's tight backing arrangments ensure that Heartless is the band's best release to date!" - Kyle Deibler, Phoenix Blues Society

"Wowwwsa! From the opening cut, "Don't Know What Your Missin', if you don't get this latest from BJ & Blue Voodoo, you will be missing a lot.  Awesome, vocals run the spectrum of moods and feelings only BJ can inspire.  Fuller, Hurd and Daniels are nice and tight on the instruments and make for another great release from this group." - Mike Halmo - WBOR, Brunswick, ME

Whew.... I gotta quit before all this talk goes to my head!  Look for more reviews and comments in this section next time....  ;)

BJ