Russell's American Roots Music Festival
Russell American Roots Music Festival
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Kelley Hunt

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Kelley Hunt KELLEY HUNT (Lawrence) – an internationally acclaimed Roots R&B/Blues/Americana singer/songwriter/piano player, Kelley is a veteran of 100s of international festival stages, 6 live appearances on “A Prairie Home Companion” volumes of international radio, TV and satradio spins and the recipient of bushels of critical praise. The music crosses boundaries – an intense, intentional collision between her righteous roots and contemporary overlays. She and her band return to Russell to make this festival the official Western Kansas release party for her much-anticipated new CD “Mercy”.

Kelley's new CD - Mercy
This Kansas native daughter is a member of the Kansas Music Hall of Fame and a 2007 recipient of the Kansas Governor’s Award for the Arts.

"...One of the best new songwriters in the genre."

— Paul de Barros
SEATTLE TIMES

"Hard-driving, Gospel-influenced piano blues and ballads. Her vocals are rich and limber - there's not a tentative bone in her body."

— Brad Wheeler
TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL

"Stellar singing, songwriting and monstrous boogie-woogie piano chops."

— PORTLAND OREGONIAN

"...A great voice and a magnetic stage personality, and leads a rock-solid band. No excess showboating, just a floating bed of groovitude for Hunt's subtly powerful voice to ride."

— Garaud MacTaggart
THE BUFFALO NEWS

"...I ventured to Toronto's venerable Silver Dollar and was blown away by the talent in evidence...Hunt's fiery blasts of soul channel Bonnie Bramlett, Maggie Bell, and even Queen Aretha herself."

— Eric Thom
BLUES REVUE