Stony Plain Records artist: Rory Block - A Woman's Soul - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, A Woman's Soul , A tribute to Bessie Smith, from Rory Block and it's solid. Opening with sassy, Do Your Duty , Rory Block shows she's up to the challenge with strong vocals, percussion and cool slide work. Cool opener. Kitchen Man has stylistic vocals and sparse but tight guitar riffs keeping the track sounding authentic. Give Me A Pigfoot and A Bottle Of Beer is one of my favorite tracks on the release with Block really digging in vocally and fuller slide work giving the track a more complex sound overall. I'm Down In The Dumps has a great story telling quality with a moderate guitar accompaniment and nicely articulated slide work. Very nice. Wrapping the release is Empty Bed Blues , a typically suggestive song with steady pace and dynamics. Block really enjoys this performance and it shows as it fades off. Nicely done. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and wa...