Pressure Cooker (band)

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Pressure Cooker
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Ska, rocksteady, reggae
Years active 1997 (1997)-present
Labels Jump Up
Members Craig Akira Fujita - lead vocals
Michael O'Connor - tenor saxophone
Brian Thomas - trombone
Jeffrey Eckman - drums
Dan Hawkins - upright bass
Adam Dobkowski - guitar
Zack Brines - keyboards and organ
Robin Teague - tenor saxophone
Louisa Bram - trumpet
Past members Glen Pine - trombone
Lana Cohen - tenor saxophone
Jill Considine - trumpet
Howie Boswell - backing vocals

Pressure Cooker is a nine piece reggae/ska/rocksteady band from Boston. The group writes, records, and performs original songs in the styles of 60's and 70's Jamaican music. The group formed in 1997.

Pressure Cooker has released seven full-length CDs. Fronted by lead singer Craig Akira Fujita and backed by a core of Boston-area musicians, the band has played to audiences at clubs and festivals spanning from New England to Chicago. Over the years, Pressure Cooker has opened locally for notable artists of roots reggae music including Toots & the Maytals, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, The Wailers, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, The Skatalites, Culture, Laurel Aitken, Eek-A-Mouse, Julian Marley, and Sister Carol.

Pressure Cooker music has reached audiences worldwide through DJs, distribution outlets such as CD Baby & iTunes Music store, niche CD compilations in the U.S., Japan, France, Germany and Poland, and the Chicago label Jump Up Records for the 2004 album Burning Fence.

Their newest recording, "Wherever You Go", was released in December 2012 and funded through Kickstarter.[1] Boston Globe review[2]

Lineup[3]

Discography

  • Pressure Cooker S/T - 1999
  • I Want to Tell You - 2001
  • Committed - 2003
  • Burning Fence - 2004
  • Future's History - 2006
  • What She Wants - 2009
  • Wherever You Go - 2012

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/pressurecooker8
  2. ↑ http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/12/06/noisy-neighbors-pressure-cooker-wherever-you/oAYS5mN7KpILR3Gb20Vm0K/story.html
  3. ↑ http://www.pressurecooker.net/v5/about-us


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