Huell Howser with Guitar: Americana Songs from the Soul, Jeffrey Halford at Armando's Nov. 15

"A talented wordsmith with the soul of a rugged roadhouse rocker."  

          NO DEPRESSION            

 

 

Huell Howser With Guitar: Jeffrey Halford Plays Americana Songs From The Soul, In Concert W/ His Band, The Healers, At Armando's - Friday, Nov. 15th

              

   (MARTINEZ) - Much like the late Huell Howser, Jeffrey Halford's songs are a musical road-map that offer an enhanced understanding of California's history, culture and people - as well as that of others outside of California (i.e. "Louisiana Man," written about the Hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005).

     Jeffrey Halford and the Healers perform locally at Armandos, 707 Marina Vista, in Martinez, Friday, November 15. 8 p.m. $10. Info: (925) 228-6985 or http://www.liveatarmandos.com/.

   Marin-based Jeffrey Halford is definitely an artist that wears his musical heart on his sleeve, writing compelling songs that deal primarily with the American Way - from topics as varied as legendary Negro League pitcher Satchel Paige, to our country's interaction with Native Americans, etc., music that's commonly referred to as 'Americana.' 

   Halford's latest single "Harry We Need You" is about politician Harry Hopkins, who was the principal architect of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal." Hopkins was also the head of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), that was responsible for some 4.3 million Americans working by 1936, not long after the Great Depression and leading up to World War II.

  Called "Hemingway with a blues-y guitar" by Dirty Linen Magazine, The Alternate Root magazine also writes, "Halford's Broken Chord shutters, shakes, and shimmies across the surface of your mind."  

   Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop, mixed with Southern soul, a heap of Texas storytelling, and a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side. Throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine once named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade."

   Jeffrey Halford's original roots rock 'n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. Look for a new Jeffrey Halford and the Healers album to be released in 2013.

                                              www.jeffreyhalford.com  

   

Monterey County Weekly  

Music Connection - Live Show Review  

The Alternate Root 

San Francisco Chronicle   

Los Angeles Examiner

Jeffrey Halford Guest Artist at Sonoma County Blues Society October 16

"A talented wordsmith with the soul of a rugged roadhouse rocker."  

          NO DEPRESSION            

 

 

                                     Blues Troubador - Jeffrey Halford

Guest Artist At Sonoma County Blues Society's Weekly Jam
At Society: Culture House in Santa Rosa - Wednesday, October 16

 

                                  

   (SANTA ROSA, CA) - Sonoma County Blues Society welcomes singer-songwriter-guitarist Jeffrey Halford to their weekly Blues Jam as the Guest Artist on Wednesday, October 16 at Society: Culture House, 528 7th St., Santa Rosa. Performing from 8:30-9:30 p.m. (entire evening's music lasts from 7-11 p.m.). Free. Info: (707) 336-2582 or https://www.facebook.com/societyculturehouse. Also http://www.sonomacountybluessociety.net/ for additional info.

  The Sonoma County Blues Society exists to promote and support 'The Blues' as a unique American art form through fellowship with the local music community and support of music programs in our local schools.

   Marin-based Jeffrey Halford is definitely an artist that wears his musical heart on his sleeve, writing compelling songs that deal primarily with the American Way - i.e. Hurricane Katrina, legendary Negro League pitcher Satchel Paige, our country's interaction with Native Americans, etc., music that's commonly referred to as Americana. 

   Halford's new single "Harry We Need You" is about politician Harry Hopkins, who was the principal architect of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal." Hopkins was also the head of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), that was responsible for some 4.3 million Americans working by 1936, not long after the Great Depression and leading up to World War II.

  Called "Hemingway with a blues-y guitar" by Dirty Linen Magazine, The Alternate Root magazine also writes, "Halford's Broken Chord shutters, shakes, and shimmies across the surface of your mind."  

   Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop, mixed with Southern soul, a heap of Texas storytelling, and a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side. Throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine once named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade."

   Jeffrey Halford's original roots rock 'n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. Look for a new Jeffrey Halford and the Healers album to be released in 2013.

  

                                              www.jeffreyhalford.com  

   

Monterey County Weekly  

Music Connection - Live Show Review  

The Alternate Root 

San Francisco Chronicle   

Los Angeles Examiner

Iron Man: Americana/Roots Artist Jeffrey Halford Performs@Iron Springs Brewery

"Hemingway With A Blues-y Guitar" - Dirty Linen Magazine

"Halford's 'Broken Chord' shutters, shakes, and shimmies across the surface of your mind" - The Alternate Root

Jeffrey Halford (pictured) and his longtime band, The Healers, whose songs include topics such as the plight of Native Americans, Hurricane Katrina and Negro baseball legend Satchel Paige, perform at Iron Springs Brewery in Fairfax on July 18. Other upcoming show: Poor House Bistro in San Jose on July 20; and the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa July 29. More on Jeffrey Halford: www.jeffreyhalford.com.

Iron Man: Acclaimed Americana/Roots Troubadour

Jeffrey Halford & the Healers

Performs Live In Concert@Iron Springs Brewery in Fairfax - Wednesday, July 18

(Fairfax, Calif.) - Move over, Robert Downey Jr.: There's another 'Iron Man' in the person of Americana/Roots singer-songwriter-guitarist Jeffrey Halford, who along with his band The Healers, perform at Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax, Wednesday, July 18. 8 p.m. Free. Info: (415) 485-1005 or log onto www.ironspringspub.com.
Other upcoming Halford shows: Poor House Bistro in San Jose, Friday, July 20; and the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa on Sunday, July 29 (1 p.m., $10.).

For over two decades, Bay Area resident Jeffrey Halford has sung with passion and conviction about important subjects ranging from the plight of Native Americans to the raging tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans not long ago - hence his very apropos monicker, "Americana Troubadour."

Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop - take some Southern soul, add a heap of Texas storytelling, a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side, throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine recently named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade."

A guy who doesn't play favorites when it comes to words and music, Jeffrey Halford knows how to get his point across subtly, and he also knows when to hammer it home. But most of all, he knows how to craft music that grabs your attention and keeps it - on record, but particularly on stage, where he and the band make you want to jump out of your seat..Jeffrey has shared the stage with Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and George Thorogood to name a few. Turns out the streets of San Francisco might have been the best teacher of all.

Watch a live acoustic Jeffrey Halford performance of his tune "Louisiana Man," about Hurricane Katrina:


Jeffrey Halford has been called "An Americana heavyweight" for his heartfelt songs about the conditions of the everyday man and woman in America. Among his most memorable: "Cry of Hope," about Americans' need to keep faith in America; and "Louisiana Man," about the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster and our government's slow response to it. As validation of Halford's writing prowess, he won "2009 Songwriter of the Year" at the 5th Annual South Bay Music Awards. BROKEN CHORD went as high as #8 on the Americana radio charts. Based in San Francisco over the last 15 years, Halford's original roots rock 'n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape.
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Americana/Roots Troubadour Jeffrey Halford Performing@Creekside Music Festival

"Hemingway With A Blues-y Guitar" - Dirty Linen Magazine 

            

 Jeffrey Halford (pictured) and his longtime band, The Healers, perform this Friday, June 29, as  part of the summer-long 7th Annual Creekside Music Festival Concert Series in Mill Valley. Free and family-friendly!  
"Jeffrey Halford and The Healers album, 'Broken Chord', does not hit your ears as much as it slinks, shutters, shakes and shimmies across the surface of your mind. Barrel roll pianos, big, fat swamp guitar notes and hard hitting rhythms push around Jeffrey's vocals. His voice comes on like a lyrical conversation as it snarls admonitions and finger points, naming names ("Louisiana Man", "Ninth Ward"), paints a picture of a hot rod pin up wife-to-be ("Rockabilly Bride") and offers a great visual of someone who looks like a barnyard feathered friend, forget about how he tastes ("Chicken Bones Jones").                                                                    THE ALTERNATE ROOT     

 
 Acclaimed Americana/Blues Troubadour Jeffrey Halford & the Healers In Concert@
7th Annual  Creekside Music Festival Concert Series In Mill Valley - Friday, June 29                        

    (MILL VALLEY, Calif.) -  Once dubbed  "Hemingway with a blues-y guitar" by Dirty Linen Magazine, Americana/Roots singer-songwriter-guitarist Jeffrey Halford sings with passion and conviction about subjects ranging from the plight of Native Americans to the raging tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans not long ago - hence his very apropos monicker, "Americana Troubadour."

    Jeffrey Halford and his longtime band, the Healers, perform as part of the summer-long Creekside Music Festival Concert Series, 60 Tennessee Valley Rd., Mill Valley, this Friday, June 29.  8 p.m. Free. This is a family-friendly event! Info: (415) 388-6393 or log onto  www.tcsd.us    

    

     Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop - take some Southern soul, add a heap of Texas storytelling, a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side, throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine recently named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade." 

    

   A guy who doesn't play favorites when it comes to words and music, Jeffrey Halford knows how to get his point across subtly, and he also knows when to hammer it home. But most of all, he knows how to craft music that grabs your attention and keeps it - on record, but particularly on stage, where he and the band make you want to jump out of your seat..Jeffrey has shared the stage with Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and George Thorogood to name a few. Turns out the streets of San Francisco might have been the best teacher of all.

     

    Watch Jeffrey Halford perform his tune "Rock and Fire" live, here: 

     Jeffrey Halford has been called "An Americana heavyweight" (MERCURY NEWS) for his heartfelt songs about the conditions of the everyday man and woman in America. Among his most memorable: "Cry of Hope," about Americans' need to keep faith in America; and "Louisiana Man," about the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster and our government's slow response to it. As validation of Halford's writing prowess, he won "2009 Songwriter of the Year" at the 5th Annual South Bay Music Awards. BROKEN CHORD went as high as #8 on the Americana radio charts.  

   Based in San Francisco over the last 15 years, Halford's original roots rock 'n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. Look for a new Jeffrey Halford and the Healers album to be released late in 2011.

If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

Americana/Blues Troubadour Jeffrey Halford Brings All-American Sounds To Armandos

"Hemingway With A Blues-y Guitar" - Dirty Linen

"Jeffrey Halford specializes in "swamp rock with soul," which means that Poor House Bistro, the valley's center for New Orleans food and music, is the perfect venue for the San Francisco singer/songwriter/guitarist and his band, the Healers." SAN JOSE METRO

"Jeffrey Halford and The Healers album, 'Broken Chord', does not hit your ears as much as it slinks, shutters, shakes and shimmies across the surface of your mind. Barrel roll pianos, big, fat swamp guitar notes and hard hitting rhythms push around Jeffrey's vocals. His voice comes on like a lyrical conversation as it snarls admonitions and finger points, naming names ("Louisiana Man", "Ninth Ward"), paints a picture of a hot rod pin up wife-to-be ("Rockabilly Bride") and offers a great visual of someone who looks like a barnyard feathered friend, forget about how he tastes ("Chicken Bones Jones"). THE ALTERNATE ROOT

Acclaimed Americana/Blues Troubadour Jeffrey Halford and the Healers Bring Their All-American Sounds To Armando's In Martinez - Friday, June 8 At 8:00 P.M.

(MARTINEZ) - Called "Hemingway with a blues-y guitar" by Dirty Linen Magazine, Americana/Blues singer-songwriter-guitarist Jeffrey Halford and the Healers plays a return engagement at Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Friday, June 8. 8 p.m. $10. Info: (925) 228-6985 or log onto www.armandosmartinez.com.

Jeffrey Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop - take some Southern soul, add a heap of Texas storytelling, a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side, throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine recently named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade."

A guy who doesn't play favorites when it comes to words and music, Jeffrey Halford knows how to get his point across subtly, and he also knows when to hammer it home. But most of all, he knows how to craft music that grabs your attentionand keeps it - on record, but particularly on stage, where he and the band make you want to jump out of your seat..Jeffrey has shared the stage with Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and George Thorogoodto name a few. Turns out the streets of San Franciscomight have been the best teacher of all.

Watch Halford perform an intimate acoustic version of his poignant tune about the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Louisiana Man," here:

Jeffrey Halford has been called "An Americana heavyweight" (MERCURY NEWS) for his heartfelt songs about the conditions of the everyday man and woman in America. Among his most memorable: "Cry of Hope," about Americans' need to keep faith in America; and "Louisiana Man," about the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster and our government's slow response to it. As validation of Halford's writing prowess, he won "2009 Songwriter of the Year" at the 5th Annual South Bay Music Awards. BROKEN CHORD went as high as #8 on the Americana radio charts.

Based in San Francisco over the last 15 years, Halford's original roots rock 'n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. Look for a new Jeffrey Halford and the Healers album to be released late in 2011.

If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

Jeffrey Halford "Unplugged" @ Lagunitas Brewing Company Friday, December 30

Jeffrey Halford: A Classic Americana Troubadour 

            

 
"Jeffrey Halford specializes in "swamp rock with soul," which means that Poor House Bistro, the valley's center for New Orleans food and music, is the perfect venue for the San Francisco singer/songwriter/guitarist and his band, the Healers."    SAN JOSE METRO  

  Jeffrey Halford "Unplugged" @ Lagunitas Brewing Company                   <<<<<<Friday, December 30>>>>>>    

                                

      (PETALUMA) -  Brews and Americana-style blues collide when classic Americana troubadour Jeffrey Halford performs in concert "unplugged" (acoustic) at popular Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, Friday, December 30. 4-7 p.m. No cover. Info: (707) 778-8776 or www.lagunitas.com.  

     Halford recently gave a rare solo performance as direct support for renowned blues man Robert Cray at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Auburn. The Bay Area-based singer-songwriter-guitar player has been hailed by respected music magazine Dirty Linen magazine as "Hemingway armed with a bluesy guitar." 

    It doesn't seem like there could be a straight line between Dallas and San Francisco any more than there could be a direct connection between being an architectural student and learning to play guitar and sing on the mean streets of Chinatown and Union Square - until you hear Jeffrey Halford and it all makes sense.

    Jeffrey Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop - take some Southern soul, add a heap of Texas storytelling, a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side, throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine recently named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade." 

   A guy who doesn't play favorites when it comes to words and music, Jeffrey Halford knows how to get his point across subtly, and he also knows when to hammer it home. But most of all, he knows how to craft music that grabs your attentionand keeps it - on record, but particularly on stage, where he and the band make you want to jump out of your seat..Jeffrey has shared the stage with Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and George Thorogoodto name a few. Turns out the streets of San Franciscomight have been the best teacher of all.

    Watch Halford perform an intimate acoustic version of his poignant tune about the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Louisiana Man," here:

     Jeffrey Halford has been called "An Americana heavyweight" (MERCURY NEWS) for his heartfelt songs about the conditions of the everyday man and woman in America. Among his most memorable: "Cry of Hope," about Americans' need to keep faith in America; and "Louisiana Man," about the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster and our government's slow response to it. As validation of Halford's writing prowess, he won "2009 Songwriter of the Year" at the 5th Annual South Bay Music Awards. BROKEN CHORD went as high as #8 on the Americana radio charts. 

     Based in San Francisco over the last 15 years, Halford's original roots rock 'n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. Look for a new Jeffrey Halford and the Healers album to be released late in 2011.

Jeffrey Halford, Healers Debut Performance @Plaza Linda - Sat,Oct.16

Jeffrey Halford: A Classic American Troubadour

"A masterful album crammed with timeless tales and crackilng fireside wisdom...fierce storyteller and skillful painter of sound...Broken Chord is a vivid world filled with poignant accounts like "Louisiana Man" and "Chicken Bones Jones." SONGWRITERS MONTHLY

Jeffrey Halford, Healers Debut Performance @Plaza Linda - Sat,Oct.16

(CARMEL VALLEY) - Jeffrey Halford & the Healers bring their thinking-man's mix of Americana, Blues and Rock to scenic Plaza Linda Restaurant & Cantina, 9 Del Fino Place, Carmel Valley, Sunday, October 16. 5-7 p.m. $10. (831) 659-4229 or www.plazalinda.com This marks the Carmel Valley debut of the Bay Area-based singer-songwriter-guitar player hailed by Dirty Linen magazine as "Hemingway armed with a bluesy guitar.

It doesn't seem like there could be a straight line between Dallas and San Francisco any more than there could be a direct connection between being an architectural student and learning to play guitar and sing on the mean streets of Chinatown and Union Square - until you hear Jeffrey Halford and it all makes sense.

Jeffrey Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop - take some Southern soul, add a heap of Texas storytelling, a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side, throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine recently named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade."

A guy who doesn't play favorites when it comes to words and music, Jeffrey Halford knows how to get his point across subtly, and he also knows when to hammer it home. But most of all, he knows how to craft music that grabs your attention and keeps it - on record, but particularly on stage, where he and the band make you want to jump out of your seat..Jeffrey has shared the stage with Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and George Thorogood to name a few. Turns out the streets of San Francisco might have been the best teacher of all.

Watch Halford perform an intimate acoustic version of his poignant tune about the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Louisiana Man," here:

Jeffrey Halford has been called "An Americana heavyweight" (MERCURY NEWS) for his heartfelt songs about the conditions of the everyday man and woman in America. Among his most memorable: "Cry of Hope," about Americans' need to keep faith in America; and "Louisiana Man," about the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster and our government's slow response to it. As validation of Halford's writing prowess, he won "2009 Songwriter of the Year" at the 5th Annual South Bay Music Awards. BROKEN CHORD went as high as #8 on the Americana radio charts.

Based in San Francisco over the last 15 years, Halford's original roots rock 'n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. Look for a new Jeffrey Halford and the Healers album to be released late in 2011.

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The American Troubadour Returns To Play the Sonoma County Fair Aug. 13

<<<<Performing Locally: Sonoma County Fair - Saturday, August 13>>>>

(SANTA ROSA, Calif) - It doesn't seem like there could be a straight line between Dallas and San Francisco any more than there could be a direct connection between being an architectural student and learning to play guitar and sing on the mean streets of Chinatown and Union Square - until you hear Jeffrey Halford and it all makes sense.

Jeffrey Halford and the Healers take their talents to Santa Rosa to perform again this year at the Sonoma County Fair, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd., Santa Rosa, Saturday, August 13. 1-5 p.m. $10. Info: (707) 545-4200 or log onto www.sonomacountyfair.com.

Jeffrey Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop - take some Southern soul, add a heap of Texas storytelling, a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side, throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine recently named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade."

Dirty Linen hailed Halford as "Hemingway armed with a bluesy guitar," which is really just a colorful way of saying the guy doesn't play favorites when it comes to words and music. He knows how to get his point across subtly, and he also knows when to hammer it home. But most of all, he knows how to craft music that grabs your attention and keeps it - on record, but particularly on stage, where he and the band make you want to jump out of your seat..Jeffrey has shared the stage with Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and George Thorogood just to name a few. Turns out the streets of San Francisco might have been the best teacher of all.