Tab Benoit is a 4x Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30+ year career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues, acquiring a devoted legion of fans along the way, as well as 5 Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer of the Year (twice) and an induction into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. After a 13-year hiatus, Tab is back with his latest effort, I Hear Thunder, on his own label, Whiskey Bayou Records. The new album was his first #1 in the Billboard charts in over 30 years. Benoit's 2013 release, Medicine, was co-produced with Anders Osborne for Concord International, and garnered three Blues Music Awards. Following this notable success, Benoit took a step away from music, taking a 13-year sabbatical from recording and entering a period of creative exile. Tab's accomplishments as a musician are matched only by his devotion to the environmental health of his native Louisiana wetlands. The notoriety achieved by his success provided him with a mouthpiece to promote his growing concern for the Louisiana Wetlands and coastal erosion from the region he calls home. Benoit is the founder and driving force behind Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to preserve the coastal waters of his home state. In 2010, he received the Governor's Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Benoit has also starred in the iMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina's effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands. Benoit has recorded and/or performed with Junior Wells, George Porter Jr, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Billy Joe Shaver, Maria Muldaur, James Cotton, Cyril Neville, Kenny Aronoff, Allen Toussaint, Kim Wilson, Jimmy Thackery, Charlie Musslewhite, Kenny Neal,Chris Layton, Ivan Neville, Jimmy Hall, Jim Lauderdale, Anders Osborne, and Alvin Youngblood Hart to name a few.

Sgt. Splendor works from the groove up, fueled by chemistry, curiosity, and serious musicianship. Centered around Kate Vargasand Eric McFadden, the band blends the elastic, communal pulse of Sly and the Family Stone, the raw emotional authority of PJ Harvey, and the loose-limbed swagger of The Rolling Stonesinto a sound that’s exciting, exploratory, and sharply focused. Vargas delivers vocals with clarity, bite, and an unflinching sense oftiming, while McFadden’s shape-shifting guitar work draws from gritty rock, funk, blues, and flamenco, informed by years on the road leading his own projects and touring with artists like George Clinton and Eric Burdon. Live, Sgt. Splendor thrives on controlled chaos, often performing with rotating rhythm sections that keep the music responsive and unpredictable. That approach has landed them on festival stages such as BottleRock, MEMPHO, High Sierra, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and Olympia Funk Fest, as well as tours and shared bills with Samantha Fish, Fantastic Negrito, Joan Baez, The Nth Power, and Mike Dillon’s Punkadelick