Cyril Neville July 26, 2011

The youngest of the prolifically musical Neville Brothers family and a member of the influential and successful band The Meters (now known as the Funky Meters), Cyril Neville has toured with the Rolling Stones and has collaborated with such artists and acts as Galactic, Tribe 13, The Endangered Species Band, Edie Brickell, Jimmy Buffett, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois, Willie Nelson, Tab Benoit among others. Putting forth both an enthusiastic soulman’s singing voice and deep, blues and reggae-inspired rhythms, Cyril may be the last great voice of New Orleans music. Beyond work with The Meters, Cyril’s own work is blues-heavy, often with funky horn sections and a rich jumbalya of New Orleans musical textures.

BBC review of his ‘09 album Brand New Blues: “his well documented love of reggae and outspoken views on the Hurricane Katrina disaster collide for an anguished, eight-minute version of The Wailers' Slave Driver – with an extra verse written in – the album's piece de resistance and final track.”