It is rather unusual that a Costa Rica musician devotes himself to spread and perform blues all around This is the case of José Ramírez who, although he has now settled in Florida, in 2020 was chosen to represent the DC Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, getting the second place Since that moment his popularity has gone through the roof which enabled him to release this album that has been produced by his good friend Anson Funderburgh You will also find Jim Pugh on Hammond and piano, Nate Rowe on bass, Wes Starr on drums, The Texas Horns as a horn section and Anson Funderburgh on guitar in a couple of songs The album presents eleven tracks, nine of them Ramírez’s own compositions In his debut album José Ramirez wants to pay homage to some of the soul, blues and rhythm and blues musicians he deeply admires such as Ray Charles, Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson and even a totally different musician like Chucho Valdés José Ramírez plans to include Spain on his next European tour So, pay attention to this interesting artist and this really firmly built and pleasant to listen album, that communicates much feeling and a lively intensity