Chris Denny & The Old Soles
Chris Denny cracked the joke before we had a chance to: He dubbed his backing band the Old Soles, a punny and accurate intimation that, though he may be in his early 20s with only one album under his belt, the Arkansas warbler is wiser than his years. Last year's debut, "Age Old Hunger," was chock-sull of country, gospel and blues influences, interlaced with Denny's idiosyncratic vibrato. The songwriter visits Billboard's showcase amid the spring's Hotel Cafe tour and a trek with Carolina roots rockers the Avett Brothers thereafter. Along with drummer Marcus Lowe, bassist Chris Atwood and pianist Robbie Crowell, Denny is preparing to release the EP "Chris Denny and the Old Soles" in May, built out of leftovers from "Hunger."
Chris Denny cracked the joke before we had a chance to: He dubbed his backing band the Old Soles, a punny and accurate intimation that, though he may be in his early 20s with only one album under his belt, the Arkansas warbler is wiser than his years. Last year's debut, "Age Old Hunger," was chock-sull of country, gospel and blues influences, interlaced with Denny's idiosyncratic vibrato. The songwriter visits Billboard's showcase amid the spring's Hotel Cafe tour and a trek with Carolina roots rockers the Avett Brothers thereafter. Along with drummer Marcus Lowe, bassist Chris Atwood and pianist Robbie Crowell, Denny is preparing to release the EP "Chris Denny and the Old Soles" in May, built out of leftovers from "Hunger."
