From the bright lights of the Grand Ol' Opry to the UK's Glastonbury and Cambridge Festivals, regular appearances on Prairie Home Companion, the BBC’s ‘Later…with Jools Holland’ and festival stages worldwide, The Hot Club of Cowtown has ascended from its unlikely beginnings in NYC's East Village more than a decade ago, to become the premier ambassador of Hot
Jazz and Western Swing through sheer tenacity, virtuosity and the unstoppable power of their breathtaking live show.

On Wishful Thinking, HCCT’s last album released in May 2009, the combustible ‘Can't Go on this Way’, by Texas swing master Bob Wills, hinted at yet another milestone for the band, a precursor to their next project: ‘What Makes Bob Holler’ (Proper Records, 18th October 2010).

It is in fact, a return to the band’s Hot Jazz and Western Swing best. Elana's spring-fingered violin solos and Whit's effortless, liquid guitar lines are propelled by Jake's driving percussive upright bass.

Naturally when live and in the flesh, there remain glimpses into Romany music and culture, capturing the musical sophistication and sizzle of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt's Quintette du Hot Club de France.

Lauded on NPR, darlings of international stages from Japan's Fuji Rock Festival to Stagecoach and all points in between, HCCT began as a young and gutsy trio playing traditional music but began to develop its own sound through invitations to collaborate, tour with and work alongside more contemporary artists. The trio was hired (and survived) tours with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, first opening for them then playing with them: Elana, a classically trained violinist and the legitimate heir to the great tradition of Western Swing which she learned firsthand horse wrangling and working with Texas fiddle masters (and a few stolen encounters with traveling Romany fiddlers), became the first dedicated female instrumentalist to tour in Bob Dylan's
band in over 30 years.

An invitation from Bryan Ferry for HCCT to reinterpret his material coaxed the band into the modern mainstream. Rachel Ray put them in her cookbook! Their appearances at mega-festivals from Byron Bay (Australia) to Fuji Rock (Japan), Glastonbury and Cambridge (UK) and performances on the BBCTV show, ‘Later…with Jools Holland’, have brought the band international acclaim. The music is blazing, modern, and has more energy than ever.

HCCT understand that the beauty and danger that makes great music lies not only in the notes that are played, but from secrets that are held close to one's heart. They are true proponents of the old adage less is more; never sacrificing taste and simplicity for mere dazzle. "Bob Dylan taught me that you have to keep some mystery," confesses Elana. "Don't give it all away. The power's in holding some things back."

In 2009, HCCT commanded a plethora of international 4-star reviews for both its live shows and the album, ‘Wishful Thinking’. Now, we brace ourselves, for the imminent release of a much anticipated return to their roots; ‘What Makes Bob Holler’ (18th October 2010), with the band once more in worldwide demand.