LINN HOLMSTEDT | SINGER | LOS ANGELES

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"WHIPPING POST"
LINN HOLMES FEAT. ERIC GALES
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"Eric Gales needs no introduction. Guitar World’s Best New Talent for 1991, Billboard blues chart-topper, and a 2022 Grammy nominee, Gales is also a Cleopatra Records regular Mick Jagger is a fan, and so is Joe Bonamassa, who has described him as“one of the best, if not the best, guitar players in the world.”

Now he’s playing alongside Swedish born, LA based Linn Holmes, on her Cleopatra Records debut single, spreading molten guitar across an audacious cover of the Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post."It remains one of her all-time favorite songs, but taking it into the studio with Gales, plus producers Daniel Jakubovic and Rev. Tom Chandler, she adopted an altogether different approach to the number.

Condensing the Allmans’ 22 minute epic to less than three-and-one-half minutes, without losing an iota of the energy, was a tall order after all. But drenching the song even deeper in the blues, Linn’s vocal is spellbinding and Gales’ guitar is electrifying. There’s ears out there that have been listening to the Allmans’ version for over half a century. But with Gales at his most incendiary, Linn makes it her own regardless."
- Cleopatra Records

"INTRODUCING LINN HOLMES"
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"Now, with her solo project, Introducing Linn Holmes, the artist offers us a new perspective on her art".
- Billboard Argentina

"With ongoing projects and new releases on the horizon, Linn is going to give people a lot to talk about."
- Radar Online

"Each track on the EP reflects Holmes’ deep appreciation for the rich musical heritage of the past while infusing it with a contemporary flair. It is a Nostalgic Rock Revival."
- The Source

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