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Does the anticipation of “blue Monday” put a damper on your Sunday nights? Shake the end-of-the-weekend rut this Sunday, November 13 and kick start the new week with some authentic roots music by the critically acclaimed Kelley Hunt Band. Missouri’s-own Roots and R&B piano queen Kelley Hunt has added a St. Louis stop to her incredible cross-country tour. The skilled songstress brings her fresh, new blues/roots/gospel sounds to BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups at 8:00 p.m. Sunday night. Admission is $10 at the door.

Located at 700 South Broadway, this former 19th century brothel which Blues Revue, America's Blues Magazine, considers one of the top blues clubs in the nation is a stronghold of blues music in St. Louis.

“Kelley Hunt is an artist who has muscled her way onto the scene on her own terms with an identity that is clearly steeped in blues/roots/gospel but reaches out toward refreshingly unexpected horizons,” said John May, a leader within the St. Louis Blues Society. “That freshness together with a commanding, passionate stage presence and superior skills as a vocalist, piano player and writer has earned Kelley the respect of critics and fans across the country.”

According to May, Kansas City-born Hunt's love for her craft was fine tuned listening to early blues, R&B, roots rock, jazz and gospel influences including Ruth Brown, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, Ann Peebles, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin, Charles Brown, Wanda Jackson and a cross-section of the New Orleans/St. Louis/KC piano traditions of Professor Longhair, Toots Washington, Johnnie Johnson and Kansas City masters Jay McShann and Mary Lou Williams among others. While subtle reminders of those very traditional influences can be heard in Kelley's live performances and recordings, her lyrics, soul and passion are all her own. Don’t miss out!