Category: Mark Porkchop Holder
MARK ‘PORKCHOP” HOLDER “Let It Slide” makes PREMIER GUITAR’S Editors’ Best Music of 2017
It’s raw, powerful & demanding—a sonic demon breathing fresh, searing air into a largely stale, deflated genre. – PREMIER GUITAR HERE
Nice review of MARK ‘PORKCHOP’ HOLDER via BLURT MAGAZINE
Though the former member of Black Diamond Heavies is no amateur, Holder is sort of the anti-cracker blues cracker bluesman – he skips displays of six-string virtuosity typical of Clapton/Vaughan acolytes and just goes for the gut. Whether he’s admonishing haters with the heavy “What’s Wrong With Your Mind,” gets a little frightening with the […]
Fantastic review of MARK ‘PORKCHOP’ HOLDER “Death And The Blues” from LIVING BLUES
Great MARK “PORKCHOP” HOLDER feature in VIVE LE ROCK magazine!
8/10 review of MARK ‘PORKCHOP’ HOLDER “Death And The Blues” from MAXIMUM VOLUME
A great contemporary blues record. – READ THE REVIEW HERE
Great review of MARK “PORKCHOP” HOLDER “Death And The Blues” courtesy of BLACK BULL BLUES
This bluesman knows how to deliver some of the finest blues songs you’ll find today. This results in an album you easily listen for multiple hours. Expect harmonica tunes that Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf made famous and, badass guitar solos in the Hill Country tradition. – READ THE REVIEW HERE
MARK ‘PORKCHOP’ HOLDER “Death And The Blues” OUT NOW!
Great review of MARK ‘PORKCHOP’ HOLDER “Death And The Blues” from NO DEPRESSION
A heavy romp through the catacombs of deep Blues with an outsider punk aesthetic, authentic and powerful, at times sinewy and jangly, vulnerable yet unwaivered. – READ THE REVIEW HERE
★★★ ½ 3 and half stars review of MARK ‘PORKCHOP’ HOLDER from GET READY TO ROCK
With an unmistakable fuzzy, bottom-end growl to his guitar playing, this is junkyard-dog blues at its best – sometimes it don’t need polishing to still be a diamond. The Porkchop’s second album is a classic delta blues ride except this one is splattered with mud, has had its muffler tampered with but is comfortable as […]