“A skilled, energetic and original artist. His songwriting is observant, clever and pointed. His voice is smooth; his singing on target. His guitar fluency generates new licks and rhythmic surprises. Expectations have been high for Mr. Birchwood, and he lives up to them,” says the WALL STREET JOURNAL.
2x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 7x-Blues Music Award Nominated Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter SELWYN BIRCHWOOD is a groundbreaking blues visionary. Birchwood calls his original music "electric swamp funkin' blues," defined by raw & soulful musicianship played with fire-and-brimstone fervor. His gritty, unvarnished vocals draw his audience deep inside his unforgettable tales. Birchwood's band won the 2013 International Blues Challenge and his debut album, 'Don't Call No Ambulance' (2014 - Alligator Records), won the Blues Music Award & Living Blues Critics' Award for "Best Debut Album of 2014". Birchwood has been Nominated 4 times for "Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year" at the Blues Music Awards (2018-29, 2021-22) and he won the 2022 Blues Music Award for "Song of the Year" ("I'd Climb the Mountains"). "A remarkable, contemporary bluesman, a powerhouse young guitarist and soulful vocalist. A major player, highly recommended," raves ROLLING STONE.