By Chris Reddy

Last year, the Worcester music scene was fortunate to have experienced an up and coming blues band when Little Wolf headlined Wormtown Brewery’s Oktoberfest at Jillian’s.

After extensive recording and touring in the months since its last stop here, the band is back in New England to start its new tour. Little Wolf fashions a unique, dynamic roots/blues/rock explosion: a fusion of Steve Lott’s 35 years of experience and Kristi Clanton’s youthful exuberance. Bred in West Texas, Lott is a principal singer/writer/ guitarist in the band. Lott has toured the world extensively and released two award-winning albums in Australia in 1999 and 2001.

Just last year, his compilation CD, Blues from Down Under, was No. 13 on the Living Blues Australian Radio Chart. Clanton, the other principal singer/writer/guitarist, has been a singing star since childhood in Texas. She has blossomed into a great slide-steel guitarist and songwriter. At 22, she can handle anything from a traditional blues shout to a heart-breaking ballad.

Tough as overdue rent or smooth as 20-year-old bourbon, Clanton can kill you with one note. This Texas blues sensation was well received on 2012’s Down Under Tour. The tour began with the Blues at Broad Beach festival, one of Australia’s iconic blues fests. The band made additional appearances in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. In the fall of 2012, Little Wolf was a part of the Brother’s & Sister’s Americana Tour of New England.

To get Little Wolf’s full tour schedule, visit littlewolfmusic.com.