“Imagine you're making a list of today’s top female blues/rock guitarists. No doubt you'll include Bonnie Raitt, Samantha Fish, Susan Tedeschi, Ana Popovic. If you don’t include Debra Devi, your list is not complete. ”
“Devi plays dreamy blues-rockers and blistering psychedelic jams”
— RELIX
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Named “one of today’s top female blues/rock guitarists” by American Blues Scene, Debra Devi delivers “dreamy blues/rock and blistering psychedelic jams” (Relix). She’s “a supersonic fret-burner who writes hauntingly memorable songs,” adds Jambase. Up next: East Coast dates and a new single/music video on Wicked Cool Records.
Devi's live EP, Jamification Station hit #5 on the Relix/Jambands.com Top 30 Radio Chart, staying on the chart for three months. She’s played festivals from Montana to Florida, and opened for national artists, including Fantastic Cat, Joan Osborne, Jesse Malin, Willie Nile, Ana Popovic and Joe Louis Walker. Devi’s soulful vocals and soaring guitar solos earn her press comparisons to Susan Tedeschi, Sheryl Crow and Samantha Fish.
Based in Jersey City NJ, Devi’s powerful live band includes Kevin Jones (bass), John Roccesano (drums) and a rotating crew of top NYC keyboard players. Her critically acclaimed EP A Zillion Stars Overhead, featured Gov’t Mule bassist Jorgen Carlsson, Amfibian drummer John Hummel, and keyboardist Rob Clores (Jesse Malin, Steve Forbert).
Devi produces her own records, and is also an accomplished author. Her books include The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu (foreword by Dr. John), which won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, and Almost Grown—A New York Memoir by Jesse Malin with Debra Devi.
She is one of a select few guitarists--including Warren Haynes, Susan Tedeschi and Jimmy Herring--invited to endorse Homestead Amps.
John Roccesano (drums), Kevin Jones (bass), Debra Devi, Andy Burton (keys) - backstage at Heaven Can Wait NYC