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On Friday night of a recent Homegrown Music Festival in Duluth, MN, Teague Alexy wandered the city’s rainy downtown with a 1957 Harmony acoustic guitar, a harmonica, and a band of fellow minstrels, just playing music wherever there was none. Not long after midnight, they boarded a Duluth Transit Authority trolley taking imbibers to and from shows; someone struck a beat on a seat and before long Alexy was leading the whole bus in a raucous work holler that could have been ancient, improvised, or one of his originals.
Makes sense: Teague means bard--lyric poet--in Celtic, and like the medieval Irish bards who traveled from town to town, Alexy, who’s got roots in California and New Jersey, has spent the last few years based in Duluth and roaming the Midwest bearing songs heavy with news of the human condition--stories, philosophies, parables, and his own folklore--and a groove born from funk, country blues and folk, hip hop, soul, roots rock, Americana and jazz.
Regardless of the guise, Teague Alexy is a young man with an old soul; a blue-eyed griot singing tales of redemption and unforeseen fulfillment, of villains turned heroes and back again. He conveys all that and more in powerful anthems and dirty-blues stomps driven by melody, harmony, his uniquely resonant voice, and undeniable, never-ending, mantra-like swing.
“a potential great new American voice. The gift of painting pictures with words is a unique one, and this man is truly blessed.”
-READER WEEKLY - David Keiski
"Records this good--so engaging, defined by groove, and full of thoughtful words and sounds--are rare."
- MNARTISTS.ORG - Chris Godsey (New Folklore review)
“In the turmoil of 2008, we can use all the genuine teagues we can find.”
-DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE - John Ziegler
“4 Stars!!…I’ll be damned if they haven’t written some of the most beautiful and captivating songs I have heard in a long time”
-VAIL DAILY (Hobo Nephews Sing! review)
“The New Folklore is a shining hour for the local scene and independent music all together....Not to disregard a thousand-odd songwriters but Alexy's words are just more interesting than most trying to make a living today”
-DULUTH BUDGETEER NEWS
“noticeably strong songwriting skills and a velvet voice accenting his infectious grooves. You may have not yet heard about Teague Alexy. Chances are you will very soon.”
-ST. CLOUD TIMES
“Alexy’s patented blend of folk, jazz and hip hop is unduplicated anywhere else, though considering how infectious it is, expect to see imitators cropping up soon. But for now, here’s the original.”
-READER WEEKLY
"Teague Alexy steps out as a buzzworthy singer/songwriter on his CD The New Folklore"
-MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE - Chris Riemenschneider
