MUSIC

Dosey Doe Coffee House presents Real Life - Real Music.  Carolyn Wonderland spends the evening talking about her music & playing with host Kyle Hutton for this recorded for radio event.

One of the most impressively powerful voices recently heard anywhere. Able to boon, cajole, promise and growl with equal power, she plays guitar with much the same forcefulness: Incorporating elements of Blues, Country, Swing, Zydeco, Surf, Gospel, Soul, & some nights, maybe even Cumbia.

She'd grown up the child of a singer in a band and began playing her mother's vintage Martin guitar when other girls were dressing dolls. She'd gone from being the teenage toast of her hometown Houston to sleeping in her van in Austin amid heaps of critical acclaim for fine recordings. Carolyn began performing solo as a teen and then later with her band The Imperial Monkeys. While firmly entrenched in blues-rock, Wonderland, a singer/songwriter/pianist/ trumpeter/guitarist, and her group sport a diverse range of other influences, from country to zydeco to surf to Latin to boogie, and even jazz. The group has performed and toured with such similarly minded predecessors as B.B. King, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, The Allman Brothers, Delbert McClinton, and Buddy Miles.

Comparisons to Janis [Joplin] are always there since she's rooted in blues and R&B, but it's still rock & roll, and like Janis, Carolyn can take it into country. She's also an incredible guitar player and a great person, so humble. The combination is disarming and totally real. That's magic.

Real Life - Real Music makes it's home at Dosey Doe in the Woodlands Texas select Tuesday nights throughout the year. Every show is recorded and rebroadcast throughout the Real Life syndicated network of radio stations.