by Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune
Friday July 10, 2009, 5:00 AM

In Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, Aaron Wilkinson and Chris Mule found themselves stranded in San Francisco with the rest of soul-blues guitarist Eric Lindell’s band.
In need of additional work, they resolved to pool their respective songs and create a new band. At the Boom Boom [...]

Honey Island Swamp Band
Wishing Well
Independent
By David Kunian

In the years since the Honey Island Swamp Band released its first record, it has crossed the country and been the secret force behind swamp soulster Eric Lindell. Now it has released its second record, Wishing Well, a record that shows off its roadhouse-right rock ’n’ roll. Wishing Well splits [...]

by Chris Rose, columnist, The Times-Picayune
Thursday April 30, 2009, 11:32 AM
The Honey Island Swamp Band chose their name well. Their opening set on the Gentilly Stage Thursday morning was a jolly rocking, sweet, swampy set of travelin’, drinkin’ and lovin’ trouble songs.
The first notes to travel over the Gentilly Valley were strummed from an [...]

original author: By David Kunian
The Honey Island Swamp Band combines the talents of some of New Orleans instrumental ringers and lets them open it up for seven tunes that move from rock to roots to even reggae. All the songs are originals from the pens of guitarist Aaron Wilkinson and Chris Mule, both of whom [...]

Weekly Freak Review of Honey Island Swamp Band EP:
“A-ron Wilkinson and Chris Mulé bust up some swampy roots dosed in funked-up bayou water.” I hear their live shows are bombadelic bombarazi the bomb. A few steps beyond good. I personally love this kind of twang-infused, Nolacana-flavored savory music. It requires no genre, which is [...]