SIRENS

Richard Gibbs is a virtuoso musician who truly can do it all; he adeptly testifies and grooves on the organ, piano, and bass. This recording pays tribute to Richard's mother Inez Andrews and to...

'Glory! Glory!' introduces gospel piano player Reverend Dwayne R. Mason, one of the most talented pianists in Chicago today. While his piano style is spiritual, it is easy to hear the deep roots of...

Chicago native Kimberly Gordon has been a part of the national jazz scene for ten years, playing top venues and receiving high acclaim from critics and musicians. During her four-year stint in New...

2019 release. Elsa Harris is one of the most talented and respected gospel keyboard musicians in Chicago today. She has a huge heart and it is clearly reflected in her music. Elsa plays with force or...

In early March 2020, The Sirens Records gathered some of Erwin Helfer's closest friends and musical collaborators to record a jam session. Through the years, the band members, John Brumbach, Davide...

Skinny Williams follows a long tradition of great Chicago tenor saxophonists, from Gene Ammons to Von Freeman, whose playing is steeped in a blues, soul, and jazz gumbo. Erwin Helfer is a master...

Erwin Helfer follows up his 2003 W.C. Handy nominated solo recording I'm Not Hungry But I Like To Eat - Blues! With a trio on Careless Love, a diverse collection of blues, boogie, and jazz piano...

In the Chicago Blues piano tradition, each player developed his own personal style, from Jimmy Yancey to Albert Ammons. Erwin Helfer's style and his compositions are his own. His playing and...

Erwin Helfer is a Chicago boogie woogie piano master. Peter J. Welding, a well-known blues historian, wrote years ago that Helfer has \'mastered the rhythmic and melodic subtleties\' of the blues...

2016 release. As these recordings prove, Helfer's octogenarian status has not slowed him down a bit; he's still tickling the ivories with the same verve that he's done throughout his career. On one...

In The Right Hands / Various In The Right Hands / Various CD1. The Wicked Shall Cease from Their Troubling 2. Hold on 3. God Shall Wipe All Tears Away 4. I Have a Friend 5. That's What I Like About...

2019 release. Pastor Donald Gay is one of the last living links to Chicago's golden age of gospel music, and his music are some of it's last vestiges. He has a unique deep, warm, smooth, and bluesy...