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Steve Kozak Band Press Kit
An accomplished and tasty guitar player with a relaxed vocal style Kozak has been winning over fans performing his up-tempo brand of jump, swing and working man’s blues to enthusiastic audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest and western Canada.
Gaining national recognition in 2013 Steve Kozak won a Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year.
Nominated for a 2018 Western Canadian Music Award for Blues Artist of The Year.
Congrats to the 2018 Western Canadian Music Awards Blues Artist of the Year nominees! — with Jesse Roper, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Jim Byrnes, Tracy K and Steve Kozak.
Download our EPK as a PDF file here:
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Download a PDF file of the EPK for the Steve Kozak Band .
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Inquiries
For information and or bookings contact:
Steve Kozak
Mobile: 778-233-7005
Email: kozakranch@gmail.com
Booking agent: Greg Baert
Mobile: 604-880-1953
Email: baekor@telus.net
Media and publicity contact:
Sarah French
Phone: 416-566- 4188
Email: sarah@sarahfrenchpublicity.com
Sample tracks
Press photos
Photos by Andy Cotton
Photo by Andy Cotton
Photo by Andy Cotton
Photo by Andy Cotton
Photo by Andy Cotton
Photo by Andy Cotton
Photo by Andy Cotton
Press quotes...
“It's Time for Steve Kozak Band's classy blues: Originals match classics on new album”
“ The album 'It's Time' is a divine piece of West Coast blues and jump. Highly recommended! ”
“Kozak’s fluid playing and razor sharp band are perfectly suited to his brand of passionate, exuberant jump blues. They may hail from Vancouver, but they have Chicago in their soul.”
“ Steve Kozak Ambassador of West Coast Blues: For over thirty years Vancouver musician Steve Kozak's music career has been fueled by passion and a promise. His album It's Time is a fulfillment of both.”
“This highly adaptable group shifts easily from jump blues and r'n'b to electric sizzle, but everything is played with a sense of history and respect for the form. Things are happening out west. ”
“This is what I call real blues, not rock pretending to be blues. ”
“Kozak delivers a compelling guitar-based blues album that blends distinctive original material with covers of songs from Jody Williams (“You May”), Henry Glover and Julius Dixon (“Love, Life and Money”), and Magic Sam (“Every Night and Every Day.”) Brook Benton’s “Kiddio” is stretched out just enough, allowing it to fill the room with no little magic, and Jerry Cook’s saxophone is especially appreciated. Kozak’s originals do not pale beside these classic tracks. The lead track “Cane Sugar Sweet” is instantly appealing, “Trouble” digs deep, and “Stranger In My Hometown” has a gentle melancholy made all the sweeter by Dave Webb’s Hammond organ.”
“For all those gumbo, Texas and jump blues lovers, this album will not have a single bad note on it and will certainly become essential in any good record collection. GREAT.”
Press links
The 100th issue of Blues Matters Magazine is out now! Featuring an interview with Steve Kozak.
Vancouver Bluesman Steve Kozak discusses his 30 plus years in the Blues, his preferred gear and the many festivals he’s been involved with over the years.
Nashville Blues Society Feb. 24, 2018 Review of It's Time by Don and Sheryl Crow
Blues Matters Magazine 100th Issue: Features an interview with Steve Kozak
Blues Matters Magazine 100th issue
The YYSCENE Calgary's Go to Guide to getting out:
Vancouver artist Steve Kozak keeps reeling ’em in with his West Coast approach to the blues
Review of It's Time - La Hora Del Blues , July - August 2017 , Barcelona Spain.
Blues Matters Magazine - Issue 11-27 July 6, 2017
John Valenteyn – Maple Blues Magazine Feb. 2017 Vol. 33 No. 2
Review of It's Time - Steve Kozak Band
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Stuart Derdeyn - Vancouver Sun March 16, 2017
"It's Time for Steve Kozak Band's classy blues: Originals match classics on new album"
http://vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/its-time-for-steve-kozak-bands-classy-blues-originals-match-classics-on-new-album
100 Percent Rock Magazine - CD REVIEW: STEVE KOZAK BAND – It’s Time
"Kozak’s fluid playing and razor sharp band are perfectly suited to his brand of passionate, exuberant jump blues. They may hail from Vancouver, but they have Chicago in their soul." - Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar - 7 ½ /10
http://magazine.100percentrock.com/cd-reviews/201706/231439
Review of It's Time: Posted 2017 June 4 by Donald Teplyske
Fervor Coulee- roots music opinion Music reviews and thoughts @FervorCoulee
BillyBop review of It's Time - Steve Kozak Band by Mr. Blue Boogie.
Read the review here: May 29, 2017
Shelley Gummeson - Steve Kozak Ambassador of West Coast Blues: "For over thirty years Vancouver musician Steve Kozak's music career has been fueled by passion and a promise. His album It's Time is a fulfillment of both."
Earshot magazine featured article May 2017
Bob Mersereau - CBC Radio - Music Review of the Day- Top 100 Canadian Blog
May 3, 2017 - read the review here
Blues Magazine from The Netherlands review of It's Time - The Steve Kozak Band by Martin Van der Velde May
May 4, 2017 read the review here
The Music Express press release for It's Time - The Steve Kozak Band
STEVE KOZAK BAND Written by Fred Delforge Tuesday, 21 March 2017 (France)
Rootsville Blues, Jazz & Roots Info March 2017 Album Review It's Time - Steve Kozak Band (Holland)
Professor Johnny P's Juke Joint- Review of It's Time by John Porter: April 1/2017
Sound Gaurdian - Blues Corner - Review by Written / by Mladen Loncar - Mike April 6/2017 (Croatia)
FATENA Magazine - Reviews- by - Rory Stanbridge April 10/2017 (United Kingdom)
Rudolph's Music Review- It's Time- Steve Kozak Band April 12/2017 (Belgium)
Past press items and reviews of It's Time- Steve Kozak Band:
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***Sound bite: From a recent interview with Shelley Gummeson for Earshot Magazine... Shelley asks me how many guitars I own... then how many fishing rods, hahah!
100th issue of Blues Matters Magazine
Steve Kozak - Making of a Canadian Icon
Featured article in the 100th issue of Blues Matters Magazine (UK) Article by Suzanne Swanson. Images by Andy Cotton, Suzanne Swanson.
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Blues Matters Magazine -100th issue
Page 4 - Blues Matters Magazine 100th issue. Steve Kozak - The making of a Canadian Icon.
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Guest host Jim Byrnes interviews Steve Kozak and talks about the new album It's Time - The Steve Kozak Band on Cory Price's Live from Railtown on Roundhouse Radio 98.3 FM in Vancouver. Thursday March 16/2017
Sample videos
It's Time - Steve Kozak Band was chosen by Cindy McLeod (Calgary International Blues Festival) for the CKUA Essential Albums of 2017
