Now that the Christmas holidays are coming, Ben Levin brings us an excellent present for all those who love not only blues the blues but also the most endearing songs played on those special holidays. The gift is his album “Holiday Blues Revue”.

Only remember Ben Levin is a fantastic young piano player and singer from Cincinnati who, since he was a young boy, was caught by the blues and the history of this kind of music. After studying at the College of Musical Knowledge and start his career performing regularly, Ben has also devoted himself to collaborating and recording with some veterans and great blues legends, like Lil’ Jimmy Reed, he has released a couple of albums with. He has also received three Blues Music Award nominations, including nominations for Best Pianist of the Year (2023, 2024).

Ben is also passionate about Christmas songs and has been inspired by some recordings from artists like Freddy King, Charles Brown or Amos Milburn to give shape to an album where you will find different blues styles, all of them provided with that special air that only Christmas songs have.

Ten songs where Ben has surrounded himself with a large group of guest musicians like Lil’ Ed on guitar, Sonny Hill and Candice Ivory on vocals, Lil’ Jimmy Reed on guitar and vocals, his father Aaron Levin on guitar, Takuto Asano on guitar too, Joe Polen and Eli González on sax, bass players Walter Cash Jr., Jim Anderson and Chris Douglas and drummers Cole Baker, Art Gore, Ricky Nye and Oscar Bernal.

It is always a pleasure to enjoy Ben Levin’s feeling and piano technique and, if you add the contribution of the rest of the musicians as well as the pleasure of listening to those songs that delight us once a year performed with the beat of blues, the result can be no other than an excellent present for most blues lovers.