Little bit of blues. Little bit of soul. Little bit of rock. Little bit of roll.

That’s it. That’s the formula Big Joe and the Stolen Hearts have been mixing as they have steadily worked themselves into the Greater Hartford music scene, playing everywhere up and down the Connecticut River Valley.

Led by the guitar artistry of Joe Linhart, they represent the forefront of a new blues rock movement, blending classic sounds from artists like Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen with modern artists like Gary Clark Jr. and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.