Kris Barras' Hollow Souls

From humble beginnings in Torquay, Devon to trading licks with the likes of Joe Bonamassa and Billy Gibbons on the world stage, Kris Barras is a leading light of the British blues rock scene who has already lived a hundred lives that defy his youth and exuberance.

Inspired by the US supergroup Supersonic Blues Machine in which he also performs, and energised by the wealth of British talent around him, Kris put together a homegrown jam band to serve as a creative sparring exercise during his downtime. Recording everything just one take, with long-term collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and producer Josiah J Manning, using Josiah’s Plymouth-based Momentum Studios as their base, a studio band consisting of drummer Joe Harris (Toby Lee / Lack of Afro) and bass player Leighton Allen (Callum Scott / The Hoosiers) became more than the sum of its parts. When Kris invited in former KBB backing singer Phoebe Jane to jam, the floodgates of creativity truly opened. In writing for her dexterous range and astonishing power, Kris and Josiah knew they had found a singer with which their musical palette could continue to evolve; the spark that ignited a whole new band into existence Hollow Souls. Hollow Souls’ debut single ‘Borderline’ showcases all this and more, as Kris invited Jared James Nichols, US blues-rock rising star, to feature on lead guitar remotely from across the pond.