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DEB CALLAHAN Backbone Blue Pearl Records – No # 6 Reviewer: —Matt R. Lohr Philly-based vocalist/songwriter Deb Callahan’s sixth album is called Backbone, and its dozen tracks are undeniably loaded with this titular strength. Joined by a coterie of l  More...

Deb Callahan – Backbone | Album Review Deb Callahan – Backbone Blue Pearl Records – 2023 www.debcallahanband.com 12 tracks: 48 minutes Reviewer – Ken Billet Backbone, Deb Callahan’s first studio album in eight years, provides plenty of ‘S  More...

March 1, 2016

Reviewer: Richard Skelly | March 2016 In the last dozen years, Deb Callahan has become a fixture on the Philadelphia area blues scene. But what most people don’t know is how widely she was able to tour. She has done extensive touring from Florida to New  More...

February 1, 2016

CD Review | Feb 2016 | Written by John Mitchell It has been four years since Deb released “Tell It Like It Is”, the gap being partly explained by her becoming a mother and this album is dedicated to her son Elijah.  For her fifth release Deb took her  More...

January 1, 2016

Deb Callahan “Sweet Soul” | Jan 2016 After about five years of silence due to her maternity, Deb Callahan has just come back to the recording studios to give her fifth album to all her followers and general audience. The spirit of blues, soul and root  More...

December 1, 2015

December 2015 | Reviewer: Ron Weinstock This writer had the pleasure to see the Philadelphia based singer Deb Callahan several years back and it’s been way too long since I have seen her perform. In any event, this very talented vocalist has a new recor  More...

December 1, 2015

Review of Sweet Soul | December 2015 | Reviewer: Melanie Young “I’ve got places to go, but nothing to prove” Deb Callahan sings on Slow as Molasses, Sweet as Honey, and the lyric could also serve as a summary for her new album. Her first release in   More...

December 1, 2015

Sweet Soul Review, Blue Pearl Records | Dec 2015 | Written by: Mark E. Gallo The cover photo of Deb Callahan does not mesh with the music herein. On it is a shy demure looking woman. Out of the grooves comes a lioness. Here’s an appropriately named alb  More...

November 11, 2015

Deb Callahan Sweet Soul | Blue Pearl Records | Nov 11, 2015 | Written by Richard Ludemere Deb Callahan is from the Boston area where at an early age she studied African American music and art. It was at the age of twenty that she first sang in a blues roc  More...

Review of Sweet Soul, Deb Callahan | Nov-Dec 2015 | Reviewer: John Mitchell It has been four years since Deb released “Tell It Like It Is”, the gap being partly explained by her becoming a mother and this album is dedicated to her son Elijah. For her   More...