Living Blues Magazine By Lee Zimmerman A powerhouse Nashville-based duo, guitarist Ric Latina and singer/percussionist Jeanette Markey make a formidable impression on this superb set of songs that find the duo sharing co-composing credits. Then title is evocative in...
Blues Matters Magazine – UK By Alan Pearce The title track Raised In Muddy Water is a very clear indication of what is about to come. Wonderful slide guitar from Ric Latina which provides the perfect balance to the stunning vocals of Jeanette Markey. This lady...
[From Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine – June/July 2016] The band Markey Blue was formed in Nashville when Ric Latina and Jeanette Markey teamed up as a duo for “a few club dates” and things began to click sspk8yd. Together they started writing songs and found...
[From Flying Shoes Review] This is a very classy, straightforward blues set from this Nashville-based outfit. Guitarist Ric Latina – a veteran of many country and blues groups and sessions – teamed up with singer Jeannette Markey in 2012, initially just to write a few...
[From Blewzzman’s Blues CD Reviews | by Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro] Career wise, Jeanette Markey and Ric Latina have individually traveled down many different roads. But since joining forces in 2013, those roads have merged into one. And since that is...
[ from Chris Spector – Midwest Record ] MARKEY BLUE/The Blues are Knockin’ (SOUL O SOUND): It’s good to see this indie blues duo make the most of the nu opportunities the present throws in your path to try and make a living as a working muso. First off, this...
[ from Peter Merrett – PBS 106.7 ] *** MARKEY BLUE – “The Blues Are Knockin’ “. Label – Soul Sound Records. Ric Latina – Guitar, Song Writer. (Jeannette) Markey – Vocals, Percussion, Song Writer. ***Track 1. –...
[ by Bill Wilson – Reflections In Blue ] What began as a couple of performers looking to put a show together and maybe do a few gigs has turned into an unstoppable international sensation. Individually the pair have something special, a fact that can be spotted...
[ by Rhetta Akamatsu – blogcritics.org ] This is Markey Blue’s second album and it’s just as impressive as their debut Hey Hey was. The core of the group, vocalist Markey Latina and guitarist Ric Latina, are perfectly paired, with Ric’s expressive guitar...