Diamond & Glass, which quickly became a favorite of Triple A radio. Her follow up,
Mirrors and Windows, was included on Soundstage s Best Recordings of the Year along with artists such as Brian Wilson and Wilco. Though she continues to record stunning new material, like 2018 s
Better Part of Me, in the last year or so she s begun to look back at some of these earlier songs on two EPs. click to enlarge
MORE FROM THE VAULT Singer-songwriter Dulcie Taylor releases
Rediscovered, a new EP featuring six of her early hits, on
March 12.
Rediscovered, and similar to my previous release
Reimagined, this six-song EP is another collection of some of my earlier songs that we have remixed and remastered, Taylor explained. We even rerecorded some too, all in an effort to incorporate new ideas into these older tracks, and take them in a direction we didn t get to the first time around. This
Filled With Sound: Bette Smith, Joe Bonamassa, Colin Hicks, Brian Lisik and more
Mike Greenblatt reviews a varied amount of sounds in Filled With Sound, from Bette Smith to Joe Bonamassa to Brian Lisik . and more!
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Bette Smith’s
The Good The Bad and The Bette(Ruf Records) ain’t no blues album. Although this bad Brooklyn bitch has belted the blues in the past, she’s rocking out now with a ferocity unmatched in any of her previous efforts. To that end, she’s got Drive-By Trucker Matt Patton co-producing, North Mississippi Allstar Luther Dickinson on guitar and Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood on vocals. Considering DBT gave the world Jason Isbell, and they’ve already backed up Bettye Lavette, it’s a match made in honkytonk heaven. Sequenced to tell her story, it’s an album that could be made into a movie. Smith took to hard partying to counter-balance her childhood scars. “Whistle Stop” is the highlight, and she sings it as if her life depends upon it. Bett