Musicians who live in New York City have often learned the hard way that the music industry can be shortsighted when it comes to recognizing talent in its own back yard. Many bands that dreamed of shots at the big time have long since had to accept that the reason they're still playing – at age forty and beyond – is for the fun, not the glory. But now such scaled-down expectations help...

Over the course of their two previous recordings, In the Spirit and Where It's At, the Holmes Brothers allowed their many influences – R&B, country, soul, gospel – to shine through their explosive and stirring juke-joint blues. On Jubilation (a one-off for Peter Gabriel's Real World label), they set out to redefine not only gospel music, but the blues as well. Captured live in the studio...