“Our band, the Brian Torff Group, is really more than a musical project—it is a cultural statement, a mission to reclaim and reframe Southern music and the importance of Black American culture for a new generation. We never follow trends; our music is intent on reconceiving the past and propelling it forward.” — Brian Torff
NEW ALBUM SOUTHERN EXPOSURE AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS
Radio Stations playing The Brian Torff Group’s album ‘Southern Exposure’
WXPN (Philadelphia, PA): The Blues Show (with Jonny Meister) - Big Blues Chart + Living Blues + AMA
WFPK (Louisville, KY)
WNCW (Charlotte, NC)
KHUM (Eureka, CA)
WXPN (Philadelphia, PA)
KRFC (Ft Collins, CO)
WUTC (Chattanooga, TN)
WAYO-FM (Rochester, NY)
WDIG (Dothan, AL)
WEFT (Champaign, IL)
WFYI: Blues House Party (Indianapolis, IN)
WUSB: Blues At Dawn (Stony Brook, NY)
NACC Jazz Chart at WMSE (Milwaukee, WI - Core)
Jazz and Folk charts at M3 Radio (NYC/streaming)
Jazz and Blues Charts at WODU (Norfolk, VA).
Top 30 at WHFR (Detroit).
WRUW (Cleveland, OH)
WMKY (Lexington, KY).
RadioRadioX.com: Not Another Blues Show (Streaming)
Riding The Train (Atlanta, GA)
KFAI (Minneapolis, MN)
KRFC (Ft. Collins, CO): Big Blues Chart + Living Blues + JBE, CDX/AAA
KTUH (Honolulu, HI): Something Blue - Big Blues Chart
RMU (Moon Township, PA/Pgh area) - Big Blues Chart + RMR
WAER (Syracuse, NY) - Big Blues Chart
WITR: Bad Dog Blues (Rochester, NY) - Big Blues Chart + Living Blues
WMSE: The Blues Drive (Milwaukee, WI) - Big Blues Chart
WOJB (Hayward, WI): Blue Monday - Reports Big Blues Chart
Crumble Radio: Day at the Dog Races Jazz Show
KRZA (Alamosa, CO): Blues With A Feeling - Big Blues Chart
KVSC: Whole Lotta' Blues (St. Cloud, MN) - Big Blues Chart
WAER (Syracuse, NY) - Big Blues Chart
WITR: Bad Dog Blues (Rochester, NY) - Big Blues Chart + Living Blues
WNCW: Saturday Night House Party (Spindale, NC) - Big Blues Chart + JBE & AMA
KMSU/KMSK: Blues Before Monday (Mankato, MN) - Big Blues Chart
KRZA: Blues With A Feeling (Alamosa, CO) - Big Blues Chart + NACC
KTUH: Something Blue (Honolulu, HI) - Big Blues Chart
KVSC: Whole Lotta' Blues (St. Cloud, MN) - Big Blues Chart
KRZA (Alamosa, CO): Top 30 Chart Also Report to Big Blues Chart
M3 Radio (Brooklyn, NY/Streaming): Top 10 Add AND #1 on both Folk Adds AND Jazz Adds PLUS Top 10 Jazz Chart Debut!
WDWN (Auburn, NY - Core Station): Top 10
WERU (E. Orland, ME - Core Station): #2 on Top 10 Adds AND #1 Jazz Add
WHFR (Detroit market): #1 on both Top 10 Adds AND Folk Adds
WODU (Norfolk, VA): #1 on both Folk Adds AND Jazz Adds
WICN: Blues Hit Big Town (Worcester, MA) - Big Blues Chart
WITR: Bad Dog Blues (Rochester, NY) - Big Blues Chart + Living Blues
WIZN (Vergennes, VT) - Big Blues Chart + Living Blues
WMSE: The Blues Drive (Milwaukee, WI) - The Big Blues Chart
WSFM: Brews & Blues (Asheville, NC) - The Big Blues Chart
WVUD's The Roots Show (Newark, DE)
WKYW aka Mountain Streams Radio (Keyser, WV).
NACC 1 Folk Add & making NACC's MMD Top Downloads and Top Streams.
RMR Top 50 Blues Albums: #24 Blues Rock Albums: #9 United States Albums: #23
and remaining at #1 on Connecticut Albums.
International
Bandana Blues (Netherlands - Streaming)
Radio Banda Larga (Turin, Italy - Streaming)
Radio Weser: Bluespower (Bremerhaven, Germany) - Big Blues Chart
Blues Radio UK (Crediton, UK)
KL85 (Brussels, Belgium)
Radio Weser: Bluespower (Bremerhaven, Germany) - Big Blues Chart
SW Fresh (Crewkerne, UK)
Author • Songwriter • Vocalist • Bassist • Guitarist • Harmonica
Brian Torff, after a career as a jazz bassist and composer that began in the 1970s, now creates music as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and blues harmonica player. Torff has performed with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, George Shearing, Dizzy Gillespie, Erroll Garner, Mary Lou Williams, Stephane Grappelli and Marian McPartland, among others. As an author and Professor of Music at Fairfield University, Brian Torff combines his music history and Civil Rights research trips to the Deep South with dynamic songs that tell an American story. “We need to create new musical categories,” says Torff, “and I hope our music is a soundtrack to an American road trip, past and present.”
‘Good Trouble’ was inspired walking across the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Featuring Brian Torff, with Wes Lewis and Nathan Edwards, saxophones and Avery Collins, drums, this is a tribute to John Lewis.
The Brian Torff Group Now Booking 2026-2027 Concerts and Tours
Experience the powerful 90-minute live concert by The Brian Torff Group, featuring a dynamic trio with vocals, guitar, harmonica, saxophone, and drums. Their program blends original songs with classic Delta Blues, highlighting the profound impact of Black Music on American culture. Torff’s engaging on-stage stories draw from his extensive research on music and race in the Deep South, emphasizing the critical role of Black Music in Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, and Pop. Download the EPK for more info and book now for the 2025-2026 season.
Photo credit: Jared Beltz
Photo credit: John Anthony Rivadeneira