Joe Power - The Music Advocate

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Spartanburg’s Shane Pruitt and Joe Power team up as Hurt & Skip and will play two livestream concerts this weekend

On April 17, 2020February 23, 2022 By admin

By DAN ARMONAITIS Long before forming The Consumers, a Spartanburg-based band that began churning out edgy pop-rock in the mid-2000s, Joe Power was a serious student of early 20th century blues. “I must have been 11 years old when I heard Skip James’ ‘Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues,’ and it Read More

Buffalohead, led by Joe Power of The Consumers, releases ‘heavy duty, insanely loud’ debut album

On February 21, 2020April 28, 2020 By admin

By DAN ARMONAITIS As the frontman for Spartanburg-based progressive pop-rock outfit The Consumers, Joe Power has spent more than a decade crafting melodic songs that are sometimes edgy but almost always accessible. With his new band, Buffalohead, Power has a different mission. “My goal is to melt your face and Read More