Kings & Associates

“....Produced by Seven-Time Grammy-winner Jim Scott, the album promises to be a humdinger.”
Randy Radic, Contributor HuffPost
Left Coast author, writer and editor.

“You are left emotionally drained after this soulful experience has concluded. There is such a seamless craftsmanship at work here that is cunning in its' deceivingly simple approach. The magical voices of Angela and Benjamin set against expert musicianship and top notch production propel this effort into greatness. Hearing is believing!”
Peter Szalony, Blues Blast Magazine

“Wow l think l have just been to heaven and delivered back a new man.....”
Peter Merrett, PBS106.7, Melbourne, Australia

Australian neo-blues outfit Kings & Associates have generated some serious interest from music lovers around the globe with their eclectic blend of blues, soul, and rock. There is certainly something unique about this band, and the successes produced over the last 3 years highlights the bands impressive rise.

Formed in Adelaide South Australia in 2014 the band first made waves across Australia and New Zealand being nominated in every category of the 2018 Australian Blues Music Awards on the back of their 2nd album Tales of A Rich Girl, and ultimately picked up 3 gongs. Tales was tracked in LA by 7 x Grammy winner Jim Scott and mixed in Nashville by 4 X Grammy winner Vance Powell. It received some incredible reviews and had a stellar run on the charts hitting no.1 on the Australian Blues Music Charts, and no.15 on the International Roots Review. Huff Post’s Randy Radic called the album “.....a humdinger”, and Peter Salzony from Blues Blast Mag wrote “You are left emotionally drained after this soulful experience has concluded.......expert musicianship and top notch production propel this effort into greatness. Hearing is believing!”

Between 2017 and 2019 in support of Tales of a Rich Girl the band toured extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand appearing at many of the major festivals in those 2 countries including Womadelaide, Wangaratta, Broadbeach, Mitchell Creek, Bay of Islands (NZ), Mordialloc, Bruthen, Blenheim, Eltham to name a few. However, the announcement that they had signed to Big Wing Records and were heading to the USA for their first full tour was the most exciting news. The US tour took in 7 states and 22 performances kicking off at Summerfest in Milwaukee and finishing at Mammoth Lakes Bluespalooza in California where they featured on the main stage with the likes of Buddy Guy, Trombone Shorty and Charlie Mustlewhite. Other dates included 210 Live, Rosemont and Rockford Illinois, Mishawaka and Gas City Indiana, Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville Tennessee, Little Rock Arkansas, Dallas Texas, and LA and Morro Bay California, with the highlight a live performance on WGN-TV in Chicago reaching a potential 60mil homes through the US! The summer tour rounded out with a return trip at the start of September where the band played a headline set at Grapefest in Dallas TX.

Most recent news, Kings and Associates are in the final stages of tracking their 3rd studio album titled ‘Neighbour’ with a planned release date set for 25th March 2020. While in the US the opportunity was taken to hook up with Jim Scott for a reunion of sort to record a bunch of new songs. To coincide with the release of Neighbour several trips to the US in 2020 are currently in the planning including another summer run returning to many of the places from the 2019 tour. Stay connected to Kings and Associates social media for the latest news, and be sure to catch the release of the new album, and definitely plan to see the band live in 2020.