Kelly Bowlin & The Orphans to Release 'Are You Listening,' 1/13

Kelly Bowlin And The Orphans today announced the January 13, 2017 release of 'Are You Listening', an 18-song compilation of their amazingly varied yet always rockin' songs.

Described as "the best alt-country act you've never heard of" and more succinctly as "ugly country," the band celebrates its 15-year-and-counting run with this selection of 14 previously released and 4 brand new cuts, including their new single, a wistful rumination on times gone by titled "You Can Never Go Home."

With this release, singer, guitarist and mandolin player Bowlin (who calls his band "a roots-rock/Americana act trapped in Southern California,") joins vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Russell Berkley, vocalist/guitarist Dan Miller and drummer/percussionist Jim Moreland on a dazzling variety of live and studio performances. The sound ranges from a stone-pure bluegrass original ("Break the Chain") to a gently romantic reverie ("Dancing in a Hurricane") and a righteously furious sermon on homelessness in America, lacerated by slashes of electric guitar ("Thanksgiving Day") and all musical and lyrical points in-between and beyond.

"It's 'Steve Earle meets the Who, or Gram Parsons playing a mandolin through a Marshall Stack," Bowlin insists. "Our sound is raw, high-energy, growling vocals, most certainly un-homogenized."

Kelly Bowlin And The Orphans will for The Blind Boys Of Alabama at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on January 27, 2017

About Kelly Bowlin And The Orphans Kelly Bowlin and the Orphans are a Southern California phenomenon on the edge of challenging and then conquering the Americana community. They have garnered top honors at the Southern California, Orange County and Riverside County Music Awards and toured with Dwight Yoakam, Junior Brown and the Beat Farmers. The have also shared stages with Buddy Guy, Joe Ely, Cracker, Soul Asylum, Dave Mason, The Blasters and Bob Mould amongst others and have had their music lauded and played by Steve Van Zandt on his Sirius XM program Underground Garage. Kelly Bowlin and The Orphans have been kicking butt and taking names for 15 years... and honestly, they are just warming up.

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