Music Monday: Jeffrey Halford And The Healers Comes To Armando's Saturday

This Saturday at , a Bay Area singer/songwriter, Jeffrey Halford, and his band The Healers will bring their brand of Americana to the local venue for a night of songs about life as it is today.

Halford has received a lot of accolades over the past few years, including one comparison to “Hemingway with a bluesy guitar.” His songs and his voice are on the gritty side, but he has a glimmer of hope in his lyrics that belies the starkness of the presentation. He also plays a pretty mean slide guitar.

The former architectural student had a pretty typical American childhood, moving across the country and the state with his parents, who were always seeking a better job, a better place. After finding his voice and his guitar, Halford joined some street musicians in San Francisco for a number of years, honing his skills there and later in Oakland clubs, before forming the Healers.

So far he has five CDs out, all of which will be for sale at the Armando’s show, which is Saturday at 8 p.m. Cover is $10.

To hear Halford and his band, go here.