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One Woman Band, is boldly minimalist and musically intriguing.
Following recording sessions in New Orleans for
Let the Demons Out and North Mississippi’s hill country for her
Mississippi Blend, Volt recorded
One Woman Band at the historic Royal Studios in Memphis. True to the album’s title, she simultaneously sings and plays slide guitar, drums and tambourine. Although bassist Dean Zucchero and guitarist “Monster” make a few contributions to the album,
One Woman Band usually is a one-woman show, co-produced by Volt and Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell (Buddy Guy, Al, Green, Solomon Burke, Anthony Hamilton).
The album opens with “Last Minute Packer,” a blues-rock song that pairs Volt’s pleasingly husky voice and impressive range with loud, distorted electric guitar and pounding, no-frills drums. A reverb fan, Volt drenches her slide guitar and Southern-country-sounding singing in the echo effect for “Espìritu Papàgo.” The latter song’s ps