About Angelfire:
Band members are Jimi Lee Barela and Angelo Ortiz.
Jimi Lee Barela is a masterful guitarist who has been fusing rock, blues and jazz, and has performed around the Seattle, WA area for a number of years with his band Cavernous Groove & Jimmie Lees All-Stars before being joined by long-time friend, Angelo Ortiz to form the Duo “Angelfire”
Angelo Ortiz is a well-known, gifted percussionist, named Best Instrumentalist by the Washington Blues Society in 2016. Angelo has had multiple previous nominations for best percussionist, including 2018, and has appeared on the cover of Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine, a nationally published music trade magazine. Angelo has also played with notable greats, Randy Oxford and Lee Oskar, and appears on many CD’s and recordings around the Northwest.