Riverhead’s Suffolk Theater presents blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Albert Cummings, who performs in concert on Sunday, July 17, at 7 p.m.
Cummings burst onto the blues rock scene in the early 2000s and has kept growing over the course of endless tours and nine albums, right up to today with the release of his newest album, “Ten.” He recorded several albums for Blind Pig Records, and on 2012’s “No Regrets,” the guitarist extended the boundaries outside the blues world to include country and rock influences like he hadn’t before. It was obvious that the musician did not want to limit himself in any way, and saw a wider possibility for where his music could go. With its release on Cummings’s own indie label imprint, Ivy Music, “Ten” is a full realization of that possibility.
As Cummings started making plans for the sessions that would become “Ten,” he connected with producer Chuck Ainlay. With Ainlay’s credits working with Mark Knopfler, both solo and with Dire Straits, and George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Emmylou Harris and many others, it was immediately obvious that this new album would be one for the ages. Cummings knew a new vista for his music was right in front of him.
“When you walk into a room with a producer like this, it feels like there is a whole new world of possibilities ready to open up,” he said, “And I felt like things were really turning in an exciting new direction.”
Tickets for Albert Cummings are $25 to $35 at suffolktheater.com. The Suffolk is at 118 East Main Street, Riverhead.
Staff Writer on Jul 8, 2022