Irv Lyons Jr.
2010 - SAMMY* Award Winner Best Americana CD w/ The Ripcords
2013 - SAMMY Nominated Best Blues Album w/ The Ripcords
2014 - NAMA* Nominated National Award w/ The Ripcords
2016 - Akademia Music Awards Best Rock/R&B Album
2017 - SAMMY Nominated for 'Doing It All'
2017 - NAMA Nominated for 'Doing It All'
2019 - SAMMY Nominated for 'Sisters and Brothers'
2019 - SAMMY Nominated for 'Ripcords Live Album'
2019 - NAMA Nominated for 'Song of The Year'
2019 - NAMA Nominated for 'Best Rock Recording'
2019 - NAMA Nominated 'Best Blues Recording' w/ The Ripcords
2019 - NAMA Nominated 'Best Music Video Performance' w/ The Ripcords
"Sisters and Brothers" Great press!
"It’s not necessarily soul, but Irv Lyons Jr. is a soul man. He writes about his feelings and turns those emotions inside out. The notes and arrangements of his tunes portray moods just as much as his lyrics and vocals do. Lyons is an Oneida Nation Native who is one of Central New York’s most notable songwriters." WithGuitars.com
Interview WithGuitars.com
Native American Music Award Nod
Tell Me Something Good
"Wonderland" released to rave reviews!!
"A NAMA or GRAMMY nomination does not seem like too much to hope for." RockWired Magazine
RockWired Magazine
"I Love The Night" reviews.
Examiner.com
Syracuse New Times
In The Mailbag, Mark Bialczak
To view Irv Lyons Jr.'s full press kit go to: https://www.irvlyonsjrmusic.com
At age 7, a young left handed aspiring musician was handed a guitar. "If you're going to learn to play, it is going to have to be on this right handed one." Playing flipped around and upside has proven to be a metaphor for Irv Lyons Jr.'s life. Nothing gets this man down.
Irv's sultry vocals and melodic guitar playing brings to the band a distinctive sound rooted in Latin influenced jazz, as well as country and blues. Irv has opened up for Dickie Betts, Grammy Winner Joanne Shenandoah and NAMMY winner Jana.
This Oneida Nation Native is a major contributor of original material for his other band The Ripcords including straight ahead blues, instrumentals, Latin, and roots rockers. With this group he's graced the stage with such talents as Earl Slick, Terrance Simien, Dickie Betts, Coco Montoya, Jackie Greene, Kenny Wayne Shepard and Indigenous. Irv won a SAMMY with The Ripcords for best Americana CD in 2009.
Irv Lyons Jr. covers everything from Blues, Rock to Funk.
Irv's sultry vocals and melodic guitar playing brings to the band a distinctive sound rooted in Latin influenced jazz, as well as country and blues. Irv has opened up for Dickie Betts, Grammy Winner Joanne Shenandoah and NAMMY winner Jana.
This Oneida Nation Native is a major contributor of original material for his other band The Ripcords including straight ahead blues, instrumentals, Latin, and roots rockers. With this group he's graced the stage with such talents as Earl Slick, Terrance Simien, Dickie Betts, Coco Montoya, Jackie Greene, Kenny Wayne Shepard and Indigenous. Irv won a SAMMY with The Ripcords for best Americana CD in 2009.
Irv Lyons Jr. covers everything from Blues, Rock to Funk.
*NAMA known as the Native American Music Awards. “Our national music archive has become the world’s first & largest Native American music archive in the world.” https://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/
*SAMMY known as the Syracuse Area Music Awards. https://www.syracuseareamusic.com/
*SAMMY known as the Syracuse Area Music Awards. https://www.syracuseareamusic.com/
