STEVEN ALVARADO found critical acclaim with the release of his third studio album The Howl Sessions (Mott Street Records 2005). The album received extensive airplay in France on the popular radio show Pop Dreams, which chose it as one of the Best Albums of 2005. Alvarado headlined solo-acoustic tours across Europe including venues in the UK such as The Porter in Bath and The Troubadour in London, where a young Bob Dylan made his British debut.