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This Swiss blues quartet plays music from the time when alcohol was drunk out of teacups and Al Capone would have refilled them. Musical pearls from the pre-war juke joints and speakeasies have been dusted down by Marco Marchi & the Mojo Workers to reveal the mesmerizing and enthralling energy of music from Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Tampa Red, Blind Boy Fuller and Robert Johnson. The Mojo Boys are made up of Fabio Bianchi on tuba, Claudio Egli on blues harp and Toby Stiftner on washboard and drums who, together with Marco Marchi, an exceptional guitarist and vocalist, play blues, ragtime and swing numbers from the good old days.

Since their first concert in the autumn of 2009, the band has enjoyed growing success, both with the Swiss public and the music press. Today they are seen as holding great promise for the blues scene.

"Here and Now" is the bands third CD. Ranging from acoustic sounds, inspired by the Blues of the Mississippi from the first half of the last century, to the dawn of Electrified Blues, this latest album is at its simplest a musical laboratory direct from New Orleans. A melting pot of sounds and rhythms, it blends a wide variety of traditional classic styles from the "Crescent City": from Delta Blues to Cajun or Creole music, from Jazz to Dixie, from Ragtime to the Spirituals, ...New Orleans, the city that brings new inspiration and unveils the beginning of a new musical journey for Marco Marchi & the Mojo Workers.