YAP / Hamell on Trial

BLURTANNIA RULES THE WAVES

In the fourth installment of YAP, Hamell comes direct from the Ottawa Blues Festival, and live from the bathtub--where he sings of Blurt, WMDs and Detroit rock kiddies.

Ed Hamell picked up the guitar at age 7 and started writing songs not long after. In his early 20s, Mr. Hamell was the front man and writer for an original band, but local bands were a dime a dozen in the tough, working class neighborho ods in Syracuse, NY. So he launched a one-man act called Hamell on Trial. Six albums (plus a live one) and countless shows later, Hamell himself is one of a kind. Catch him on tour this summer in the U.S., Canada and Europe.