“Thanks for the EP… the real, raw, authentic and not derivative sound fits right into the second hour of B&B along with guitarist Tommy Castro’s soon to be released album. With Steve, Jesse, and Zeek adding their parts EYE is an EP that should get a lot of attention from blues fans in lots of place. Congrats…” – John Tackaberry, CKCU, Black & Blues, Jan 30 2025
Available at BandCamp, CD Baby and iTunes
Many thanks to the City of Ottawa
Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin are an Ottawa based original roots blues/rock band. Gritty vocals and guitar and an “in your face” groove that doesn’t quit!
Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin was a semi-finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, January 2019.
Wicked Grin’s album “Murder Creek”, released October 2018, has earned widespread industry acclaim and was a semi-finalist for the 2019 IBC Best Self-Produced CD Award.
Wicked Grin’s latest album “Eye Of The Storm”, released January 2025 is getting accolades from around the world.
Bassist Laura Greenberg has won two Maple Blues Awards for Bassist of the Year and drummer Dave Tettmar has twice been named Blues Drummer Of The Year by Blues Blast Magazine.
Wicked Grin won the 2014 Maple Blues Award for Best New Group.
To the journey!
“The entire band is on another level of musical skill, it’s frightening how good they are individually and as a collective within a band. Murray’s use of a “Cigar Box” guitar totally blew me away”
“By evening’s end there was loud applause and repeated calls for encores that could have gone into the midnight hours. It was that sort of magical evening”
“If The Doors were a blues band……”
“Their style of “Gritty Roots Rock” is a marvel to listen to, played with such precision and power – this band went into overdrive from the 1st song and almost dared the crowd to hang on for two amazing sets”
“a level of musicianship that frankly I have never heard even from the biggest bands in the world”