Selwyn Birchwood | en

Selwyn Birchwood (born March 9, 1985) is an American blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from Tampa, Florida. He was the winner of the Blues Foundation’s 2013 International Blues Challenge (band category), as well the winner of the Albert King Guitarist of the Year award, presented at the same event. By all accounts, Birchwood is a guitar and lap-steel-playing bundle of pure energy. He delivers his original songs with a revival tent preacher’s fervor and a natural storyteller’s charisma made all the more impactful by his raw, unvarnished vocals. Birchwood plays high-octane blues – at once deeply rooted, funky and up-to-the-minute...

Anyone who thinks the Christian faith attracts only weaklings has not met Selwyn Cox. A maintenance fitter in a steelworks in Corby, Selwyn's hobbies are weightlifting and judo – clearly he is not a man to pick a quarrel with! Yet Selwyn has a warm, friendly personality that has endeared him to everyone who has heard him sing in his country and western style. It was Easter 1962 when Selwyn first answered the challenge of Jesus Christ at a time when he was pursuing a career in show-business and a recording contract had led to the release of three LP...