Pressure Cooker (band)

Pressure Cooker
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Ska, rocksteady, reggae
Years active 1997 (1997)-present
Labels Jump Up
Members Craig Akira Fujita - lead vocals
Michael O'Connor - tenor saxophone
Brian Thomas - trombone
Jeffrey Eckman - drums
Dan Hawkins - upright bass
Adam Dobkowski - guitar
Zack Brines - keyboards and organ
Robin Teague - tenor saxophone
Louisa Bram - trumpet
Past members Glen Pine - trombone
Lana Cohen - tenor saxophone
Jill Considine - trumpet
Howie Boswell - backing vocals

Pressure Cooker is a nine piece reggae/ska/rocksteady band from Boston. The group writes, records, and performs original songs in the styles of 1960s and 1970s Jamaican music. The group formed in 1997.

Pressure Cooker has released seven full-length CDs. Fronted by lead singer Craig Akira Fujita and backed by a core of Boston-area musicians, the band has played to audiences at clubs and festivals spanning from New England to Chicago. Over the years, Pressure Cooker has opened locally for notable artists of roots reggae music including Toots & the Maytals, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, The Wailers, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, The Skatalites, Culture, Laurel Aitken, Eek-A-Mouse, Julian Marley, and Sister Carol.

Their newest recording, Wherever You Go, was released in December 2012 and funded through Kickstarter.[1][2]

Line up

Discography

  • Pressure Cooker S/T - 1999
  • I Want to Tell You - 2001
  • Committed - 2003
  • Burning Fence - 2004
  • Future's History - 2006
  • What She Wants - 2009
  • Wherever You Go - 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Pressure Cooker | Wherever You Go | CD Baby Music Store". Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  2. ↑ Scott McLennan (2012-12-06). "NOISY NEIGHBORS: Pressure Cooker, 'Wherever You Go' - Music". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Pressure Cooker. Retrieved 2014-08-19.


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