Souled American
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Souled American, stirring Chicago band, lost then found, forgotten now remembered, finally finishing 7th record after 28 years (photo: Christopher Bruno)
Souled American’s seventh album—said since December 1997 to be nearing completion—is at last sequenced, mastered, and done. The band is in talks with several labels. Expect details soon.
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Souled American’s seventh album—said since December 1997 to be nearing completion—is at last sequenced, mastered, and done. The band is in talks with several labels. Expect details soon.
In late-July 1989, a few months after the release of Flubber, the band arrives in California and the LA Weekly celebrates them thus: "funky hillbilly-rock that captures the dark, charred heart and speed-addled brain of the American truckstop spirit..."
August 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In late-July 1989, a few months after the release of Flubber, the band arrives in California and the LA Weekly celebrates them thus: "funky hillbilly-rock that captures the dark, charred heart and speed-addled brain of the American truckstop spirit..."
Souled American playing outdoors at Phyllis’s North in 1988.
August 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Souled American playing outdoors at Phyllis’s North in 1988.
A review of Souled American’s Rise Above It in Poland’s Lizard magazine…!
July 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A review of Souled American’s Rise Above It in Poland’s Lizard magazine…!
Chris Grigoroff, age twenty-four, in cut-offs and Charleston Girls softball shirt, pictured with the rest of the Uptown Rulers in 1980, the band of cut-offs that preceded Souled American.
May 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Chris Grigoroff, age twenty-four, in cut-offs and Charleston Girls softball shirt, pictured with the rest of the Uptown Rulers in 1980, the band of cut-offs that preceded Souled American.
“We dub thee… Flubber!” Souled American’s second release was named for the anti-grav product created by Ned Brainard in Disney’s “The Absent-Minded Professor” (1961)
May 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“We dub thee… Flubber!” Souled American’s second release was named for the anti-grav product created by Ned Brainard in Disney’s “The Absent-Minded Professor” (1961)
This from the excellent Skylar Keffer—a photo from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a flyer mentioning Souled American, raising hopes that they will dominate next year’s voting.
May 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This from the excellent Skylar Keffer—a photo from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a flyer mentioning Souled American, raising hopes that they will dominate next year’s voting.
I am lucky to live closeby and their membership is cheap and I go often.
April 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I am lucky to live closeby and their membership is cheap and I go often.
April 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I love this scrap. While sequencing their second album "Flubber," Souled American heard that Rough Trade label-mates The Feelies called them the "most musically talented on our roster."
March 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I love this scrap. While sequencing their second album "Flubber," Souled American heard that Rough Trade label-mates The Feelies called them the "most musically talented on our roster."
We just discovered 800 Bandcamp people behind us! Thanks ❤️
March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We just discovered 800 Bandcamp people behind us! Thanks ❤️
A feature about Souled American from illustrious Jon Dale occupies a remarkable number of pages in the very latest issue of Uncut Magazine labeling RISE ABOVE IT their choice as "Reissue of the Month." !!!!!!!!!!
February 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A feature about Souled American from illustrious Jon Dale occupies a remarkable number of pages in the very latest issue of Uncut Magazine labeling RISE ABOVE IT their choice as "Reissue of the Month." !!!!!!!!!!
April 19. Cleveland. Tickets on sale Friday. (Poster by Emma Jane Keffer.)
February 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
April 19. Cleveland. Tickets on sale Friday. (Poster by Emma Jane Keffer.)
April 17. Chicago. Tickets go on sale this Friday. (Poster by Emma Jane Keffer!)
February 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
April 17. Chicago. Tickets go on sale this Friday. (Poster by Emma Jane Keffer!)
A great collection requires a great cover picture and Souled American is indebted to Achim Kröpsch for not only taking a great picture in 1989 but now allowing it to be used on the forthcoming “Rise Above It: A Souled American Anthology.” Thanks!!!
February 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A great collection requires a great cover picture and Souled American is indebted to Achim Kröpsch for not only taking a great picture in 1989 but now allowing it to be used on the forthcoming “Rise Above It: A Souled American Anthology.” Thanks!!!
Here Joe Adducci, Scott Tuma, and Chris Grigoroff harmonize on Notes Campfire, the opener of the 20-song overview “RISE ABOVE IT: A Souled American Anthology,” out next week from Omnivore Recordings.
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Here Joe Adducci, Scott Tuma, and Chris Grigoroff harmonize on Notes Campfire, the opener of the 20-song overview “RISE ABOVE IT: A Souled American Anthology,” out next week from Omnivore Recordings.
Played my kids White Man in the Hammersmith Palais. Cried.
February 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Played my kids White Man in the Hammersmith Palais. Cried.
we are all a-quiver because it's now LESS THAN 2 WEEKS before Omnivore Recordings releases RISE ABOVE IT: a souled american anthology, which collects 20 previously released SA tunes including 'Feel Better.' Here's Scott Tuma pictured by Wade Iverson in 1988! (cont.)
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
we are all a-quiver because it's now LESS THAN 2 WEEKS before Omnivore Recordings releases RISE ABOVE IT: a souled american anthology, which collects 20 previously released SA tunes including 'Feel Better.' Here's Scott Tuma pictured by Wade Iverson in 1988! (cont.)
An exciting month here at SA HQ: Just eighteen days until the release of “RISE ABOVE IT: A Souled American Anthology” from Omnivore Recordings… should you be an individual who wishes to write or pod-speak or interview the band about this, please email [email protected]
Fists raised high. ❤️
Fists raised high. ❤️
February 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
An exciting month here at SA HQ: Just eighteen days until the release of “RISE ABOVE IT: A Souled American Anthology” from Omnivore Recordings… should you be an individual who wishes to write or pod-speak or interview the band about this, please email [email protected]
Fists raised high. ❤️
Fists raised high. ❤️
The LA folks at the label releasing the forthcoming SA anthology were hit hard by the recent tragedies. Please please please consider purchasing something from the Omnivore Records website to help them rebuild.
January 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The LA folks at the label releasing the forthcoming SA anthology were hit hard by the recent tragedies. Please please please consider purchasing something from the Omnivore Records website to help them rebuild.
from 35 Days of Fe: “Right around the Fourth of July in 1987 Chris opens the New York Times magazine to see a series of black and white photographs taken by Sebastiao Salgado that document a gold rush in Brazil at Serra Pelada. Salgado shoots not only intimate portraits of the miners themselves…”
January 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
from 35 Days of Fe: “Right around the Fourth of July in 1987 Chris opens the New York Times magazine to see a series of black and white photographs taken by Sebastiao Salgado that document a gold rush in Brazil at Serra Pelada. Salgado shoots not only intimate portraits of the miners themselves…”
Coming 02/21/25 from Omnivore Recordings
January 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Coming 02/21/25 from Omnivore Recordings