CLUB FOX welcomes back the rootsy Rock n’ Roll of The Coffis Brothers!
With two songwriters, six albums, and more than a thousand shows under their belt, The Coffis Brothers have earned their reputation as modern-day torchbearers of all-American rock & roll. It’s a sound caught halfway between amplified Americana, acoustic folk, roadhouse R&B, and electrifying roots music, crafted by a pair of California-born siblings who’ve been sharing the stage since childhood, and the five piece band filled out by their childhood friend, Kyle Poppen on lead guitar, and the rhythm section of Aidan Collins (bass), and Cory Graves (drums).
That sound reaches a new peak with Kaw-fis Bruth-urs. The band’s third collaboration with Bay Area legend (and longtime Mother Hips frontman) Tim Bluhm, who serves as the album’s producer, Kaw-fis Bruth-urs finds Jamie and Kellen Coffis letting their guard down, enjoying the creative ride as much as the destination itself. For every signature-sounding song like “Cut Right Through” — a heartland rock anthem built for highway drives and long horizons, as sunny as the band’s Golden State homeland and as hook-driven as a Tom Petty classic — there’s another track that stretches the band’s sound into new territory. The result is The Coffis Brothers’ widest-ranging album yet, running the gamut from bluesy, blue-eyed soul (“Face the Music”) to jangling, harmony-heavy power pop (“Do You Want To”).
“This is what we do, and we’re giving ourselves license to evolve and get better at it, too” says Jamie, who was raised in the Santa Cruz Mountains of northern California alongside his mother — a children’s musician — and his younger brother. Decades after Jamie and Kellen made their stage debut alongside their mom, singing three-part blood harmonies at a young age, their musical bond has only grown stronger, sharpened by hundreds of live shows as much as their shared DNA. “It’s the natural evolution of us performing together and spending so much of our lives together,” Kellen adds. “We didn’t set out to make anything in one particular direction — we just wanted to make a batch of really great songs.”
At age 15 Santa Cruz native Anthony Arya caught the performance bug on stage as a contestant on NBC’s The Voice. Since then, Anthony has released two albums of original music winning numerous awards for his songwriting. As an accomplished guitarist and captivating performer, Arya has been collaborating with other like-minded musicians all around the Bay Area.
Arya’s music, folk rock with blues and jazz influences, is frequently played on roots station KPIG. Fans love the upbeat rock songs mixed with melodic lyric tunes on the second album, The Road, which was released in May 2020. In June 2020 Anthony Arya received the prestigious award of Presidential Scholar in the Arts (category singer/songwriter) awarded by the US Department of Education.
His latest release, Listen to the Voice of Anthony Arya, a tribute to his Voice journey, was released in June 2021. Recently Anthony was selected by Nashville’s iconic Bluebird Cafe for season 3 of the Taylor Golden Pick Contest in songwriting.
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