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For the latest REVIEWS, please CLICK HERE...
(5/14/08)
Mark Verbert, "Da Blues Doctor", a DJ in Belgium, has been spinning, "Another Kind Of Love", by The Mystix, on MOJO DREAMS Radio ZRO + FM GOUD, check out his Weblog at hogtown.be/weblog and MySpace page at http://myspace.com/dabluesdoctor.
(5/9/08)
The Mystix were just booked at the TUPELO MUSIC HALL in Londonderry, NH for a show on Saturday, June 28th! This will be our first gig there and we really want to make a good showing so please plan on attending. The Bobby Keyes Trio is opening too! Tickets are now on sale at www.tupelohall.com.
(5/8/08)
The Mystix will be headlining the Seacoast Concert For A Cure on June 29th at the REDHOOK BREWERY on June 29th in Portsmouth, NH. Details are still being finalized but you can visit http://www.seacoastconcertforacure.com/ for more information. Please make plans to join the band for this most worthy cause; it is shaping up to be a extremely fun day in the sun!
(5/1/08)
THE MYSTIX ON THE RIVER FM 92.5 at 10 p.m TONIGHT! Rita Cary, the host of the HOMEGROWN music show on 92.5 FM, THE RIVER will be featuring some tunes and information from The Mystix tonight at 10pm. Drop in for a listen, we're excited! Thanks Rita! Click here to listen: Abacast Enabled Streaming Media
(4/1/08)
From the April 2008 NOISE magazine THE MYSTIX As the Mystix intrudes upon my morning awakening, I really can't grab the words at first. This band, as early morning, go-to-the-job background, well, it really leaves a space between the mind and brain. For those who work the early, or "normal" shift of slavery to acquire the monies to pay thy rent and booze, I heartily recommend this. Okay, enough weird talk, this album GROOVES in the CCR way, funky low down blues-grooves with slide guitar-really great songs that could serve as an ass-kickin' smooth drivin' soundtrack for some new classic American film. Real pro musician quality (whatever that may be; make your own decision) permeates every song, and I love that twangy surf guitar. These guys know how to play, and they know how to play together. It's refreshing to hear a veteran band like this in the midst of the Boston scene. Some bands got it, and the Mystix has it and uses it. (Mike Loce)
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(3/31/08)
April 2008 Review of BLUE MORNING Boston-based band The Mystix has produced some good Southern fried soul music with the new release BLUE MORNING. Made up of Massachusetts and New York musicians, the group makes roots music with an ecstatic and loving sound. Singer and guitarist Jo Lily's hoarse field calls practically beg to be heard in open air. He growls, purrs and shouts with a sound that isn't quite country, isn't quite New Orleans blues, but draws on both, with a helping of gospel thrown in.
(3/19/08)
Check out The Mystix : Blue Morning - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect Click here: Mystix : Blue Morning - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
(3/10/08)
Are your ear-buds lacking that Mystical feeling? Save on your digital downloads at CD BABY! Go to www.cdbaby.com when you want to download The Mystix. You can buy the entire album as one zip download, which includes the MP3s, a JPG of the album art, and a text file of song titles, and album notes. They're regular MP3 files that play easy on ANY MP3 player might use, whether iPod, cellphone, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia, Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. The MP3s are encoded at top-audiophile-quality (~200k VBR), higher than iTunes or any other major store. AND CD BABY is about 20% cheaper than iTunes! So what are you waiting for?! http://cdbaby.com/cd/mystix2 for Blue Morning
(3/3/08)
The Mystix' latest CD, BLUE MORNING, just got a fantastic review in the latest issue of BLUES REVUE magazine that will be on newsstands (like Barnes & Noble and Borders) March 11th. THE MYSTIX The Mystix, at least name wise, sound like a band in one of Lenny Kayes' NUGGETS collections, more akin to The Standells' of "Dirty Water" fame than to Muddy Waters. But the players in The Mystix are veteran hardcore New England bluesmen, with Jo Lily, of Duke and the Drivers, on vocals, the two Martys-- both Ballou and Richards from all those Duke Robillard albums-- handling the rhythm section, Bobby Keyes (not the Stones sideman) on guitar, and Tom West and guest Kenny White on keyboards.
(2/29/08)
The Mystix to perform at Salem Jazz and Soul Festival's 2nd annual Spring Gala Fundraiser on Saturday, April 12! Tickets for Salem Jazz and Soul Festival's 2nd annual Spring Gala Fundraiser on Saturday, April 12, featuring the Ken Clark Organ Trio, The Mystix, and the Boston Horns with special guest Barrence Whitfield, went onsale this morning. As a Festival supporter, you get the first opportunity to purchase tickets to this fundraiser, which sold out last year. Just 265 tickets are available and they are for sale online only for the next 24 hours. Please reserve space for your family and friends today by clicking here: http://salemjazzsoul.com/swag_tickets.html. Thanks for your support!
(2/21/08)
THE MYSTIX on AirPlay Direct The Mystix now have a new website in which you can sample songs from BLUE MORNING, watch a really cool promotional trailer for the band and actually download some of their tunes (after you register for the downloads). This has been set up through the Artist Developement Co-Op. Give it a look and let us know what you think. http://www.airplaydirect.com/TheMystix
(2/18/08)
The Mystix on INTERNATIONAL RADIO in Europe! Berrie Koetsier, a DJ for the Dutch Roots Radio Ring in Belgium has been playing a couple of songs by The Mystix. "Hi-Line" and "Which Side of Heartache" from BLUE MORNING have been in rotation on his show, SONGRIVER. You can visit the website www.dutchrootsradio.com it is, however, in the Dutch language but you can listen to his show via the internet on www.omroepijsselmond.nl with various media players including iTunes. Furthermore, The Mystix version of The Traveling Wilbury's "Rattled" is now in rotation as the cover song of the week! Thank you very much Berrie and Dutch Roots Radio Ring for all your support and interest in The Mystix.
(2/8/08)
The Mystix just had a great article written about them, by Ted Drozdowski for the new Boston Phoenix The "X" Factor The Mystix want you to know they're not fortune tellers. If you Googled their band a year ago, that wasn't so obvious. "You'd have to wade through 15 pages of Nostradamus before you got to us," says singer Jo Lily.
(1/30/08)
A great Review for The Mystix' BLUE MORNING As you'd expect from a batch of journeyman musicians from jazz hotspots like Boston and New York, this set of excellent tunes with dynamic performances rarely misses the mark. The band is Jo Lily (vocals and guitar), Bobby Keyes (guitar), Marty Ballou (bass) and Marty Richards (drums). While the rhythm section holds things down, Lily and Keyes are the focus. Lily's vocals sound uncannily like latter-day Bob Dylan and the guitars drive most of the music.
(1/25/08)
SPIN CONTROL Summer wouldn't be complete without a steaming musical gumbo of funky New Orleans-style R&B. But Dr. John, the gris-gris man with the swamped-out voice and roiling rhythms, is working as a "Mercernary" this year -- actually doing quite interesting renditions of Johnny Mercer classics. And various other Crescent City projects were either delayed by Katrina or accelerated to strike while our collective attention was focused there. Where's a music fan to turn?
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"Blue Morning," the brand new release from The Mystix, is NOW AVAILABLE online through 
