News Update - 3/30/08
A One Time Event !!!!!!! After being disbanded for ten years BLUE IN
THE FACE will have a reunion gig. It will include many of the original members. This will be the first time in ten years that
Paul Gabriel, Barry Urich, Chris Cross, Paul Opalach, Roy Rodriques, Howard Eldridge and Bob Nunno have performed together.
More news to come soon !!!!!!!!!!
News Update - 2/14/08
Duke Robillard - Paul Gabriel - Acoustic Cafe - Black Rock,CT 2/22/08
8:00pm (Rescheduled)
News Update - 1/16/08
New CD review of the Paul Gabriel solo acoustic album -'Silent Movie'.
News Update - 1/04 /08
The CD - 'Paul Gabriel and His Blues Band - Shuffle The Deck' has finished
in the Top Ten in the INTERNATIONAL BLUES FOUNDATION'S best self produced CD event in Memphis,
Tennessee.
News Update - 12/14/07
The CD - Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band - Shuffle The Deck has been listed in
the TOP TEN at the INTERNATIONAL BLUES FOUNDATION'S best self produced CD event in Memphis,Tennessee.
News Update - 11/15/07
'Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band - Shuffle the Deck' heads to
Memphis, Tennessee as part of the Best Blues CD event of 2007 sponsored by the International Blues
Foundation.
News Update - 10/5/07
Paul Gabriel & His Blues Band win Best CD Event
In the 3rd Annual “Best Self Produced CD Event” run by the Connecticut Blues Society, Paul
Gabriel & His Blues Band’s “Shuffle the Deck” garnered the most votes from this year’s blues savvy
judges. In addition to this CD, other entrants included Eran Troy Danner, The Pete Sheips Band,
The Johnny Boots Band, Fade to Blues, Ozzie Williams & The Marion Street Band, and Ms. Marci & The Lovesick
Hounds. Thanks to all these bands for putting in the effort to participate in this event.
The judges were requested to judge the CDs to the International Blues Challenge-stated criteria of Musicial Performance,
Audio Quality, Cover Art and Design, and Credits and Liner information. The judges this year were Hartford’s
WCCC 106.9 FM’s “Sunday Night Blues” DJ “Beef Stew”, New London’s WCNI
90.9 FM Blues Music Director Dana Fargnoli, and Bridgeport’s WPKN 89.5 & 88.7 FM host of “Antique Blues”,
DJ Bill Nolan. “Shuffle the Deck” by Paul Gabriel & Blues Band will be entered as the CTBS representative
in the 2008 IBC Best Self Produced CD Event in Memphis. Congratulations to Paul Gabriel and band! -Kent
Kirkland, Event Coordinator
News Update - 9/1/07
Check out the new review for Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band in the Oct.
- Nov. issue of BLUES REVIEW MAGAZINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New review from Bill Nolan - WPKN 89.5 FM
More worldwide reviews on
the way !!!!!!!!
Top 25 on many U.S. and European Blues radio charts.
News Update -7/19/07
Both new releases are receiving airplay world wide on over 200 radio stations as
'Silent Movie' starts to move into the comtempory music charts.
Upcoming reviews for Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band in Blues Review Magazine ,
Living Blues Magazine, Barrelhouse Blues, Vintage Guitar Magazine and Real Blues Magazine.
Both releases available at Sally's Place in Westport, CT
News Update - 5/29/07
Upcoming reviews for Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band in REAL BLUES Magazine and
Barrelhouse Blues !!!
The Acoustic solo CD 'Paul J. Gabriel - Silent Movie' was released on April 20,
2007. It is available at CD Baby, Digstation, iTunes, eMusic, and at select retail locations including SALLY'S PLACE in Westport,
CT
Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band continues to climb the blues charts in Europe,
Canada and in the USA. It has reached the Top 25 in the Netherlands and the Top 100 in Canada. Available
now at SALLY'S PLACE in Westport, CT
News
Update - 4/10/07
The acoustic solo CD 'Paul J. Gabriel - Silent Movie' will be officially
released on April 20th.
Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band is now receiving airplay in France, Belgium, The
Netherlands, Australia, Poland, Japan and the USA.
News Update - 3/26/07
Extra special thanks to Bill Nolan from WPKN - FM 89.5
Always the finast
in Blues broadcasting !!!
Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band will be performing live on -
Bill Nolan's Antique Blues Show - Sunday June 17, 2007
The new and highly anticipated solo acoustic
CD -
'Paul J. Gabriel - Silent Movie'
will finally be released
and on the airwaves in April 2007.
Special thanks to Beef Stew - WCCC 106.9 in Hartford, CT
Special thanks to Dana Fargnoli -WCNI New London, CT
Special thanks to Bob Putignano- WFDU-New Jersey
News Update - 3/1/07
The new CD from Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band was released on Feb. 8th,
2007. It is currently recieving airplay in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia and Poland. It will be on
USA airwaves starting in March 2007.
The solo acoustic CD -"Paul J. Gabriel - Silent Movie" will be released
in the next few weeks, hopefully by the end of March.
Both CD's will be available at select retail locations, iTunes, eMusic, CD Baby,
Digstation, the website and at all performances.
News update - 2/04/07
The official release date for "Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band - Shuffle
The Deck" is Feb. 8th .
The approximate release date for the acoustic solo CD
"Paul J. Gabriel - Silent Movie" is March 12th.
Both CD's will be available at select locations, as well as iTunes, eMusic, Digstation,
CD Baby, the website and at all performances.
News Update -1/09/07
The new release date for "Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band - Shuffle The
Deck" is February 8th !!!!
The acoustic solo release, "Silent Movie" will feature songs written by
Paul Gabriel and Howard Russell (1950-2005) during a very special period of creativity and will also introduce
18 year old electric guitarist Jamie Debicella on "Where Is Your Heart"(a
slight deviation from most of the acoustic material on the CD) The scheduled release date is February
19th.
News Update - 12/11/06
The new CD's - Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band - " Shuffle
The Deck" and the Paul Gabriel acoustic solo CD "Silent Movie" are completed. The release date
for the blues CD is late January, while the acoustic CD will be released shortly after in early February.
News Update - 10/13/06
Material from the Blue In The Face CD "Pack Your Bag" and the Paul Gabriel CD
"Fate" are currently receiving international attention in Great Britain and Finland as well as in the U.S. in the form of
airplay, cablevision and in films !!!!!!!!!! Special thanks to all.
