THE CHATTANOOGA PULSE
“Of Haggis & Hog Jowls: by Marc Michael
Dave Arcari is Mississippi meets the Highlands
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A Scotsman walks in to a Finnish record label to record an album of powerful Mississippi Delta Blues…
The Scotsman is Dave Arcari, the Finnish record label is Blue North and the album, Whisky in My Blood, is indeed powerful Mississippi Delta Blues (and a bit more). Arcari is currently touring the U.S. promoting his latest record (it is available on vinyl, as all good blues ought to be) and will be making an appearance at J.J.’s Bohemia on July 10.
“Positive” and “upbeat” are not words typically associated with the blues, an art form decried by Navin R. Johnson as being “too depressing.” This album defies that convention. Every one of the 14 tracks listed is toe-tapping and infectious—it’s impossible not to smile. This is quite easily the happiest blues album I have ever had the pleasure to listen to, and a large part of that comes from the fact that Arcari is clearly having a ball doing what he does.
The guitar work is phenomenal. It is pure bottleneck blues, simple and unadorned, and that’s a bit of a rarity. A great many guitarists get their start playing blues in some form and go on to muck it up with needless over-complication. Not so Arcari, whose considerable chops are tempered by the taste and restraint of a seasoned pro. Arcari learned his trade by listening to the classics (Blind Willie Jefferson is a particular influence) and has managed to maintain that raw edge found on good old scratchy records from the ’30s and ’40s. For a man who grew up across the broad Atlantic in a land better known for craggy peaks, impenetrable lochs and terrifying ethnic cuisine, Arcari’s blues are surprisingly, refreshingly authentic. Many a would-be Memphis busker would do well to pay attention to the William Wallace of National Guitars.
Whether the guitar licks complement the vocals or the vocals complement the guitar licks, his gruff Celtic growl is the perfect counterpoint to his soulful playing. In this respect, he is evocative of Tom Waits in that one suspects there is a diesel engine idling away deep in his chest. Yet for all its low, rumbling, scratchy, and whiskey-soaked qualities, there is the burr of a Scottish accent and somehow that makes it better. If it were any heavier, it might be a distraction, but as it stands, it is the perfect extra-ingredient to make a genuinely good blues album great, an unconventional component that enhances the overall impact nicely. This combination of “guts guitar” and unique vocals means this is an album you can listen to over and over.
The production work on the album is minimalist, which is absolutely appropriate.The album is unvarnished, and if it were any other way, it would be less than it is. Too often artists at this level come out with albums that are over-processed and over-produced, heavily laden with studio tricks to compensate for a lackluster performance. As a recording, Whisky in My Blood sounds like a group of hungry musicians and a rolling tape and that’s it—and that’s precisely what it should sound like. You half expect to hear the players telling each other dirty jokes between tracks. The spirit of live performance is so large that I doubt there was any overdubbing done at all. This has “one and done” written all over it.
Lyrically the tunes are well-written, solid blues tunes with a sly shot of humor here and there, Arcari being a man who describes the “morning after” a show as “a bad head and a mouth like a badger’s arse…” Hard to imagine Robert Johnson using that particular phrase but if he were to hear Arcari say it, there is no doubt he’d shake his head and say, “I know what you mean, man.”
Whisky in My Blood is an album strongly grounded in the Delta style, full of tradition (the unmistakable voice of a cigar box guitar is readily apparent on several tracks), but incorporating some slightly less conventional elements (a plaintive banjo broadens the sound nicely)and the result is an album that is just at home at a punk show, a blues fest, a honky tonk or a street corner. In Chattanooga we call that JJs Bohemia. Come down July 10. When Dave Arcari takes the stage, that’s where you’ll want to be.
Wednesday, July 10, 10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.com
http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/music/music-feature/of-haggis-and-hog-jowls/
TIMES SQUARE.COM (NYC A&E site) – Feature interview to preview NYC show and US tour
The Whiskey in David Arcari’s Blood
Written by Peggy Hogan
David Arcari is an alt-blues slide guitar player and songwriter, whose energetic and charismatic live persona is wholly unique and respected by creative musicians the world over. Times Square spoke with Arcari about his latest release, and his US tour beginning on July 3 in New York City.
Times Square (TS): How were you first introduced to slide guitar? Did you start off playing a traditional guitar?
David Arcari (DA): I started off playing acoustic guitar – playing Bob Dylan and Neil Young songs. I guess it’s changed for fold now, but fifteen, twenty years ago, that was the stuff you listened to when you started out playing guitar. I started my first band, but I was never very interested in playing electric guitar. When I started my blues band everyone wanted the guitar solos and I wasn’t really interested. I don’t really know what but one day I tried tuning my guitar into a chord and immediately found that I was much better at that than playing normal guitar. I was almost a lack of ability at normal guitar that accidentally led me to it.
TS: What do you think are the most important elements contemporary blues musicians have to be aware of within the genre in order to have their own voice?
DA: Definitely the first thing is to just do your own thing. Don’t’ try and think it should be this way or that way. It’s just what comes out – don’t fight that. Express it the way it comes. As a genre – I don’t’ think the world needs someone else going out and playing Mustang Sally, or yet another twelve bar blues. Fuck it up somehow. Put your own timing on it, screw around with it, but stay within the framework. That for me is the secret – as soon as you try to add extra chords or make it fancy, it really doesn’t, for me, sound like blues anymore. It doesn’t need to be sophisticated or complicated, but people need to be able to do their own thing with it. There are so many ways to play even just two or three notes, you never run out of possibilities.
TS: You’re a Scottish guitar player, but your latest album, Whisky in my Blood was backed by Finnish musicians and released on a Finnish label. Did that come together as a fluke, or had you planned to work with Scandinavian blues musicians?
DA: It’s quite a long story. Basically when I started out doing this whole thing, I was running my own record label, putting out my own stuff-
TS: That was Buzz?
DA: That was Buzz Records, yes. I did two EPS and three albums. Then there was a company in France called Dixiefrog, a European independent label doing mostly blues and Americana kind of stuff. He initially wanted to license my second album, and I kind of thought, it’s a small world and a small niche, so if they stick this album out again, I’ve probably already reached a lot of the people who will be interested in this. I suggested to him that rather than license one album, he should check out the other albums and maybe we could do a compilation, maybe do a few new songs. He thought that was a great idea. We fired on with that, but then I thought I could re-record some of the songs, and I happened to be going to Finland for one fairly big gig. I’d been doing quite a lot of gigs in Finland and Estonia for the last five or six years, and the woman who books my gigs over their, her husband is a bass player. I kind of thought, I’m going to be in Finland, the bass player and I had had a wee jam before and the drummer is quite a well known drummer in Finland – a real personality, and he used to come to all of my gigs, so I thought maybe I’d record some of these tunes with an upright bass player and this drummer to give a different feel to some of the songs. We recorded five or six of the tracks and then ended up using a couple of them I quite liked the sound of it, so the people in Finland got quite excited about this, and Blue North records, which is part of the Finnish blues society, talked over some ideas and they were keen to put an album out. It seemed like a nice project to work on – it kind of slowly evolved. It sort of just happened.
TS: You’ve been touring extensively, and you’re heading to New York City on July 3 to play the Terra Blues Club. What is life on the road like for you, and what can your fans expect from you at your NYC show?
DA: Touring – I rely on that for a living. Without the live stuff these days, trying to doo anything in the music industry is pretty economically not viable. So there’s the economic consideration, but aside that, I just love it. If someone said to me, you’re going to have to stop gigging, there’s not really anything I’d rather do. I’d be pretty pissed off. It’s a way of life – I’m very lucky that my wife books all of gigs and she’s my tour manager, so we can travel together and work together. It’s almost something we both get involved in. It’s fantastic. I can’t really say much more than that. I’ve had lots of shite jobs in the past. For the show, I suspect it will be stuff across from all the albums – everyone is always like, “What’s the new album?” even when you go into new territories. I think for a lot of the people who come to the gigs, even the first album will be as new to them as the newest one. It’s quite good that I get to start and finish in New York – the first gig at Terra Blues, and then there’s one right at the end, the last gig on the twelfth of August in a place in Brooklyn called the Trash Bar.
http://www.timessquare.com/Music__/Interviews/The_Whiskey_in_David_Arcari%E2%80%99s_Blood/
THE ALTERNATE ROOT : TOP TEN SONGS OF THE WEEK
Dave Arcari & the Helsinki Hellraisers – “Traveling Riverside Blues” (from the album Whisky in My Blood) – Whisky in My Blood has the sound of true Mississippi Delta electric blues. The album features a dirty, distorted National guitar, a bass man who serves double duty on both electric and upright, and a percussionist at home with snare and washboard. The songs are authentic children of the Blues; heartbreak and hallelujah are present in the story lines, sometimes riding together on the same track. The one small difference is that Whisky in My Blood is not a Fat Possum Records find but comes courtesy of Finnish label, Blue North. “Traveling Riverside Blues” is a non-stop electric Blues trance that showcases the true blues of Dave Arcari & The Hellsinki Hellraisers. They are sons of a frozen land of lakes and forests but these boys have sunk their roots deep into the delta mud.
Listen and buy “Traveling Riverside Blues” by Dave Arcari & the Hellsinki Hellraisers from AMAZON or iTunes
http://www.thealternateroot.com/what-s-trending/1333-top-ten-songs-of-the-week-writers-picks-6-25-13
BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER (daily) – Marshal show preview with photo of Dave
Scottish Bluesman Dave Arcari with Left Lane Cruiser
Dark Horse Brewing Co.
511 S. Kalamazoo Ave., Marshall, MI 49068 Venue Phone: 269-781-9940
Friday, Aug. 2 8:00 p.m. Add to my calendar
Glasgow-based deep-blues musician Dave Arcari is currently on his debut U.S. tour and he’ll be performing at Dark Horse Brewery in Marshall on Aug. 2nd. This show and tour is in support of Dave’s recently released fifth studio album, Whisky In My Blood.
http://search.battlecreekenquirer.com/localevents/event/100/18333-Scottish-Bluesman-Dave-Arcari-with-Left-Lane-Cruiser
FAT CAT RADIO (Rockford, IL Internet Radio) – Positive post and Chicago show preview
FatCat Radio Network Artist of the Week: Dave Arcari
Long time station favorite, Dave Arcari (Glasgow, Scotland) is currently touring the USA for the 1st time & we here at FatCat Radio are VERY EXCITED to be attending his gig on Saturday July 27th at Reggie’s in Chicago, IL. You can find the schedule of remaining dates along with an entertaining blog (required reading!) chronicling Dave’s daily adventures as he makes his way from the East Coast, the Midwest, and back again at www.daveacari.com. Is it Saturday yet?!
http://blog.fatcatradio.com/2013/07/dave-arcari-us-tour.html
WNMC (Traverse City, MI Community Radio) – Hefty spins from both Whisky in My Blood and Devil’s Left Hand in July.
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=wnmc&year=2013&month=Jul&find=dave+arcari&kind=artist
TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE (daily) – Brief show preview
InsideOut Gallery- Dave Arcari from Glasgow, Scotland, performs alternative/rockabilly blues 7-10 p.m. Aug. 4, no cover charge
http://record-eagle.com/features/x2040129128/Night-Life-Calendar-07-19-2013
FEARLESS RADIO (Chicago Internet radio) In-studio session 4pm July 27th
KAQL RADIO (Winona, MN radio) – In-studio session 4pm July 18th,
WUTC RADIO (Chattanooga, TN public radio) – In-studio session with Richard Windham 3pm July 11th,
IOWA CITY DOWNTOWN DISTRICT – Show preview.
Dave Arcari live The Mill Restaurant in Iowa City Wednesday, July 17 |
Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via six internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. Nobody’s Fool was recorded in Glasgow, Scotland and Helsinki, Finland. The new album features collaborations with Finnish musicians Juuso Haapasalo (bass) and Honey Aaltonen (drums) and Scottish fiddle player Jamie Wilson. As well as Arcari’s trademark National slide guitar playing and original material, Nobody’s Fool presents another side of Arcari with ‘normal’ guitar and some material from key traditional, geographic and musical influences.
http://downtowniowacity.com/pages/events/listings/dave-arcari-2588.php
WINONA DAILY NEWS – Brief show mention
Wilkie Days ’13: Charlie Parr with special guest Dave Arcari
Folk and blues legend Charlie Parr returns to Winona for another lively performance. Scottish bluesman Dave Arcari will open.
http://www.winonadailynews.com/calendar/music/event_fe9e3d1e-e8e4-11e2-b7d0-10604ba09cc0.html
METRO PULSE (Knoxville weekly) – Brief show preview with photo
The Daily Plan-It: “Cats in Outer Space,” Dave Arcari, and the Ghost Wolves.
Scottish bluesman Dave Arcari will be rocking the Preservation Pub at 10 p.m. with Billy Lawson in support of Arcari’s new album Whiskey in my Blood. The show’s free to attend! 21+ only.
http://blogs.metropulse.com/the_daily_pulse/2013/07/the-daily-plan-it-cats-in-oute.html
KNOXVILLE.ORG (Knoxville online A&E site) – Brief show preview
Dave Arcari live
Preservation Pub
SCOTTISH alternative blues artist Dave Arcari’s sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues…with a Scottish twist. Don’t mis this date on his debut US tour. http://www.davearcari.com 10:00pm to 11:45pm
http://www.knoxville.org/event/4748/dave-arcari-live/
CFBX RADIO / KAMLOOPS – Whisky In My Blood debuts at the #13 spot in CFBX’s Top 30 Chart this week!
Glasgow-based deep-blues musician Dave Arcari with Husky Burnette play at JJ’s Bohemia. 8 p.m.
http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cfbx.cfm?intChartTypeID=1&dWeekOfID=2013-06-25
THE CHATANOOGAN – Brief show preview
July 10
Glasgow-based deep-blues musician Dave Arcari with Husky Burnette play at JJ’s Bohemia. 8 p.m.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/Leasuretime/On-Stage.aspx
KCOR RADIO (Kansas City On Line Radio) – Dave’s “Jitterbug Swing” aired on May 20th.
http://wewblues.blogspot.com/
THE NORTHWOODS RIVER NEWS (Rhinelander daily) – Quade’s Place show preview
Dave Arcari to bring his modern take on the blues to Quade’s Place this July
Glasgow-based deep-blues musician Dave Arcari is embarking on his debut U.S. tour next month and will be performing at Quade’s Place in Rhinelander on July 24. This show (and tour) is in support of Arcari’s recently released fifth studio album, “Whisky In My Blood.”
On it, Arcari turns in 14 tracks that owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues, according to a press release announcing the engagement. Arcari is joined by his backing band “The Hellsinki Hellraisers,” featuring Finnish musicians Juuso Haapasalo (upright and electric bass) and Honey Aaltonen (snare drum, cymbal, rub-board). Melding the rural sounds of the Deep South with a hint of folk music that emerged from the British Isles over a century ago, Arcari & Co. manage to update these age-old sounds into an energetic and often bone-chilling new modern take on the blues.
“Whisky In My Blood” features three cover songs – two from Robert Johnson (“Traveling Riverside Blues” & “Preachin’ Blues”) and one from Bukka White (“Jitterbug Swing”). The remaining 11 tracks were all composed by Arcari and showcase his ability to craft equally timeless songs that sit comfortably next to the blues masters he covers.
Performing more than 100 UK dates a year, as well as regular shows in Finland, Estonia, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland and Ireland, Arcari is one of the hardest gigging live artists on the circuit. In addition, he’s performed at numerous music festivals around the globe, including appearances at Glastonbury (UK), BluesAlive (Czech Republic & Poland shows), Moulin Blues (Netherlands), The Great British R&B Festival, Peer Festival (Belgium) and NXNE (Toronto), among others. Notable performances opening for music legends such as Steve Earle, Alabama 3, Seasick Steve, Toby Keith and Jon Spencer, along with his relentless tour schedule, have established Arcari as a formidable international solo performer who, with his hard-hitting gravel-laden voice and slashing bottleneck steel guitar, is quickly building a reputation with media and fans alike as a “hell-raising national guitar madman.”
http://www.rivernewsonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=78&ArticleID=57528
RMD MUSIC BLOG – Positive post with WIMB mp3
Dave Arcari – “Whisky In My Blood” {Alt-Country} + Free download
Because Americana and whisky are like peas and carrots, we just had to give this Scottish bluesman a shout-out; (plus his tunes feature a strange-yet-unique mix of punk, rockabilly, alt-blues and even Celtic music). If you dig the song make sure you download it for free in the player below.
http://rmdmusicblog.com/2013/06/11/top-indie-americanafolk-tracks-of-2013-part-1/
INNOCENT WORDS (online music magazine) – Feature interview with artist photos and video..
Dave Arcari: And His Band Of Helsinki Hellraisers Have Whi9skey In Their Blood
By John B. Moore
Dave Arcari and his band The Helsinki Hellraisers are pretty much a three-man UN. Arcari is Scottish, his drummer and stand up bassist are Finnish and they play an eclectic brand of U.S. Blues mixed with classic British punk rock.
Their fifth and latest record Whiskey in My Blood captures the band deftly blending the two genres, packing the album with steel guitars and banjos underneath Arcari’s gruff vocals. Alongside 11 originals and three stellar covers including two Robert Johnson tunes.
Before heading for their first American tour, Arcari was kind enough to answer a few questions from Innocent Words via e-mail.
Innocent Words: The album seems to combine some of the best elements of punk rock and bluegrass. What are your musical influences? Any influences that would surprise people?
Davearcari_cutout_bw_2012_optDave Arcari: All kinds of music really…from the blues side of things Blind Willie Johnson, Bukka White and Son House really got into my head. But I guess the kinda weird mix of influences also includes some of the alt.roots folks out there like Hank (Williams) III and Scott H Biram. I love a lot of the Bloodshot (Records) stuff and it was one of their samplers in the early days that got mixed up with my blues influences to produce what comes out now. Although maybe not too surprising, one of my earliest influences was Johnny Cash – the Sun stuff, not the 70’s middle of the road crap he got caught up in. That, and a lot of 50’s rock ‘n roll. Oh yes.
IW: This is your first U.S. tour. What are you expecting? Anything you really want to do or visit when you get here?
Arcari: I have absolutely no idea what to expect. American folks keep telling me I have to get my ass to the USA and it’ll go a storm, but I’ll just wait and see what happens. I do know that I’m gonna have a lot of fun though. Although this is my first time playing in the USA, I’ve been at SXSW many, many times and spent some time in San Diego and New York on past trips. This, I think, is gonna be the most exciting trip ever. What do I want to do/see? Everything!
IW: Are you touring with any other band in the US?
Arcari: My pal Charlie Parr has organized a show for us to play together in Winona…and the Meantooth Grin guys out of Wausau have sorted a bunch of stuff. Mark Miloff of the Cannibal Ramblers has sorted some shows for us to do together too which I’m looking for and further south Ted Drozdowski (Scissormen) and Husky Burnette have got stuff together too. I’m excited to catch up with these guys.
IW: Is Whiskey in My Blood being released in the U.S.?
Arcari: Not specifically as there’s no formal U.S. distribution in place, but Blue North – the label in Finland who put the record out –have made it available worldwide and it’s available via iTunes and all the download services as well as, of course, my own website.
IW: You have three covers on this new record. What was it about those songs that made you want to record and include them?
Arcari: I generally don’t do many covers, but these songs featured in my early live sets before I’d written that much of my own material…there’s a couple of covers on each of my last four solo albums too. So really early formative tunes that I got my head round early on and folks sometimes ask for.
IW: What’s next for you and the band?
Arcari: Juuso (Haapasalo, upright bass) and Honey (Aaltonen, drums) – the Hellsinki Hellraisers – are based in Finland, so we generally only play together when I’m on tour over in Scandinavia although I’d love to be able to bring them to do some UK shows…or even the U.S.! Logistics and economics mean we do very little and I’m really a solo artist as it’s the only way I’ve really been able to earn a living at this. Also, my band in Scotland (Radiotones) is still alive and kicking. It’s just that we rarely play any shows! Again, it’s down to other folks’ availability and costs of taking a band on the road. Would be nice of things took off enough to be able to bring these guys out though.
http://innocentwords.com/dave-arcari-and-his-band-of-helsinki-hellraisers-have-whi9skey-in-their-blood/
HAVENSTAAD FM RADIO (Netherlands radio & reporting station to Euro Americana chart) – “Cherry Wine” aired on Jan Willem Bos’
“Delta Rhythm” roots music show the week of April 14th.
HAVENSTAAD FM RADIO (Netherlands radio & reporting station to Euro Americana chart) – “Still Friends” aired on Jan Willem Bos’
“Delta Rhythm” roots music show the week of April 10th.
BLABBER ‘N’ SMOKE (Glasgow-based music site) – Positive album review with cover art and “making of WIMB” video.
DAVE ARCARI: YOU HEARD IT FIRST ON RADIO 68 – NEW CD OUT 25 March
Scotsman Dave Arcari has a new album out: Whiskey in My Blood. It’s raw and uncompromising as ever and yet not the same as before. First, because he invited a backing band to the studio and the Hellsinki Hellraisers (mind the double ‘l’) do a great job: Juuso Haapasalo is on upright & electric bass and Honey Aaltonen handles the snare drum, the cymbal and the rub-board. Second, he has allowed more country (Johnny Cash style), folk and Celtic influences to colour his songs. Three covers – Bukka White’s Jitterbug Swing plus Walkin’ Blues and Preachin’ Blues from Robert Johnson – sit comfortably alongside eleven originals. Says Arcari: “While the majority of the tracks feature my trademark National steel guitar, two banjo songs (Still Friends and Third Time Lucky), the rockabilly-infused Tell me, Baby and cigar box steam punk blues of Get Outta My Way showcase the full breadth of my song-writing and performance”. Soon on tour everywhere! Go to: www.davearcari.com
RADIO 68 (Belgium radio show and music website) – Positive album review with album art and related link
Dave Arcari and The Helsinki Hellraisers. Whisky In My Blood.
April 9, 2013 by Paul Kerr
Dave Arcari and whisky seem to go together like ham and eggs. Sometimes we reckon he only started off in his quest to be Scotland’s premier blues artist in order to get offered dram after dram from adoring fans. It seems that after almost every feral delivery on stage someone comes up, glass in hand to offer homage and it’s somewhat fitting that he finally admits it in the title of his latest album, Whisky In My Blood. It’s something of a departure for Arcari who is renowned for his blistering solo performances live and on disc. Here he’s accompanied by the Helsinki Hellraisers whom he encountered on his regular trips to Finland, proof indeed that the Blues are universal. The Hellraisers (Juuso Haapasalo, upright & electric bass and Honey Aaltonen, snare drum, cymbal, washboard) actually appeared on a few songs on Arcari’s last album but here they clatter, batter and boom along with the main man allowing him to indulge in some rockabilly and skiffle.
It’s a great set that adds that extra dimension to Arcari’s usual sound. It allows him to come across as a demented swamp dwelling version of Led Zeppelin on Travelling Riverside Blues where his particularly lascivious slavering on the notorious squeeze my lemon lyric should be X- Rated. He revisits Robert Johnson on Preachin’ Blues which is given a tremendous run through and despite the great slide guitar playing it’s the singing which impresses most, a whisky soaked preacher indeed. Aside from another cover, Bukka White’s Jitterbug Swing which swings mightily Arcari penned all of the songs here. The title song is a classic celebration of the amber nectar and by all rights should have been recorded by The Dubliners if they had come from Alabama rather than Dublin. Third Time Lucky hits the same spot with Arcari on banjo and raising the ghost of Ronnie Drew. Tell Me Baby is a cracking rockabilly roustabout and this pell mell gung ho blues abandon is the primary feature throughout the album but Arcari and the Hellraisers do take some time to catch breath and deliver a few slower numbers. Still Friends has him picking on banjo and gruffly reminiscing on younger days while Wherever I Go is a boastful swagger of a song that stumbles along wonderfully. Cherry Wine is perhaps the best example of the synergy of the band with Aaltonen’s brushed drums, Haapasalo’s solid bass and Arcari’s fine slide playing and vocals coming together on what is an excellent song.
Have a look at this video on the making of the album which tells all much more eloquently than we can manage. http://paulkerr.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/dave-arcari-and-the-helsinki-hellraisers-whisky-in-my-blood/
TOP-40 CHARTS (online music site) – News posting (from press announcement) with artist photo and related links.
http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=88205
HELLHOUND MUSIC (online music site) – News posting (from press announcement) with artist photo and related links.
http://www.hellhoundmusic.com/scottish-bluesman-dave-arcari-embarks-on-debut-u-s-tour-this-summer-new-lp-out-next-week/
MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS NETWORKS (online music industry site) – News posting (from press announcement) with artist photo and related links.
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=162746